Jill Biden visits LGBTQ+ health centre
Dr Jill Biden has begun her new role as US first lady by visiting Whitman-Walker Health, which specialises in LGBTQ+ healthcare and HIV/AIDS treatment.
Trailer released for Trans in Trumpland documentary
The first trailer for Trans in Trumpland – a four-part documentary which follows the lives of trans people in America under the Trump administration – has been released.
Update: Anti-LGBTQ+ Lithuanian MEP expelled
Lithuanian member of parliament, Viktor Uspaskich, has been expelled from the country’s centre-left Labour party following a series of anti-LGBTQ+ comments.
Biden signs order in support of trans athletes
On Joe Biden’s first day in office, he signed an executive order, prohibiting discrimination against trans students, thus ensuring them access to single-sex spaces and sports facilities.
US defence leader supports overturning trans military ban
General Lloyd Austin has publicly spoken out in support of Biden’s plans to overturn the ban on transgender people joining the military.
Queer Hungarian children’s book ordered to print disclaimers
The publishers of Hungarian children’s book, A Fairy Tale for Everyone, has been ordered by authorities to add a printed disclaimer to highlight its ‘controversial content’.
Biden to restore trans bathroom protections
Newly elected US president, Joe Biden, has vowed to restore bathroom protections for the country’s trans community, which were enforced under Obama’s presidency but later scrapped by Donald Trump.