LGBTQ NEWS US Navy to rename ship named after gay rights activist Harvey Milk The decision, during Pride Month, marks the latest move by Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth, and the wider Trump administration, to purge all programmes, policies, books and social media mentions of references to diversity, equity and inclusion. By Graham Robson • 1 min read
LGBTQ+ News Several LGBTQ+ swimming groups decide to skip this year’s WorldPride in Washington DC, citing Trump’s sustained attacks against LGBTQ+ communities Several LGBTQ+ swimming groups have decided to skip this year’s WorldPride in Washington DC, citing Trump’s attacks against LGBTQ+ communities. Toronto’s Purple Fins, a “gender free” swimming club, is one of several aquatics teams with bi, non-binary or trans athletes that made the difficult decisio By Graham Robson • 1 min read
LGBTQ+ News Trump plans to cut suicide prevention and crisis services for LGBTQ+ youth President Donald Trump has plans to cut suicide prevention and crisis services for LGBTQ+ youth, according to a leaked budget proposal from the White House. The 988 Suicide Prevention and Crisis Lifeline, funded through the Department of Health and Human Services, could end as soon as 1 October if a By Graham Robson • 1 min read
LGBTQ+ News Kennedy Centre cancels week’s worth of LGBTQ+ events for World Pride The Kennedy Centre in Washington DC has cancelled a week’s worth of World Pride events celebrating LGBTQ+ communities, amid President Donald Trump‘s purge of the centre’s leadership and being installed as the centre’s new chairman. Multiple artists and producers involved in the centre’s Tapestry of By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Transgender News A petition demanding “an end to ruthless attacks” on trans people in Texas has been signed almost 33,000 times A petition demanding “an end to ruthless attacks” on trans people in Texas has been signed almost 33,000 times after a new law “could make it illegal to be trans” in the US state. A recently proposed bill would make it a crime to have a gender identity that differs from one’s sex assigned at […] By Graham Robson • 1 min read
LGBTQ+ News Fears for gay make up artist deported by Trump administration to maximum-security prison in El Salvador Andry Hernandez Romero, a gay Venezuelan makeup artist who sought asylum in the United States last year, was flown to a maximum-security prison in El Salvador in March under a deportation deal brokered by President Trump. The deportations come as part of the Trump administration’s crackdown on the V By Graham Robson • 2 min read
Transgender News Trans ally Lena Dunham stood up for trans rights outside of the US Capitol on Trans Day of Visibility Girls creator and American Horror Story actress Lena Dunham stood up for trans rights outside of the US Capitol on Trans Day of Visibility at an event which criticised Donald Trump and his administration over targeting trans communities. Dunham honoured her trans brother while speaking at the rally, By Graham Robson • 2 min read
Transgender News Trans RuPaul’s Drag Race favourite Adore Delano denied female passport by US Government Trans RuPaul’s Drag Race favourite Adore Delano has been denied a female passport by the US Government despite applying to change her name and gender. Adore, who came out as trans in 2023, said at the time her gender transition was years in the making and had taken her from “dysphoria to euphoria”, By Graham Robson • 1 min read
LGBTQ+ News Trump administration cancels at least 68 grants focused on the health of LGBTQ+ people The Trump administration has cancelled at least 68 grants focused on the health of LGBTQ+ people, as it continues to target what it describes as “ideologically driven science”. The US government terminated at least 68 grants to 46 institutions totalling nearly $40 million when awarded. While some of By Graham Robson • 1 min read
LGBTQ+ News United Nations blasts Hungarian parliament after it passes new law banning LGBTQ+ Pride events in Hungary The United Nations has expressed concern about a new law banning LGBTQ+ Pride events in Hungary, which would affectively outlaw Budapest Pride. On Tuesday, March 18 the Hungarian parliament – led by Prime Minister Viktor Orban – passed a law prohibiting Pride events and authorising the authorities t By Graham Robson • 2 min read
LGBTQ+ News Trump mocked after marking historic images and posts of Enola Gay for deletion as it has the word ‘Gay’ in it The Trump administration has been mocked after marking historic images and posts of Enola Gay, the plane which dropped the atomic bomb on the city of Hiroshima, Japan during the Second World War, for deletion. Images and posts of the plane are among 26,000 historical images and online posts marked f By Graham Robson • 1 min read
LGBTQ+ News Meta, which owns Facebook and Instagram, booted from San Francisco Pride Organisers of San Francisco Pride have announced they’ve booted social media giant Meta from this year’s Pride, which has the theme Queer Joy is Resistance – seen as a direct response to the anti-LGBTQ+ policies of President Donald Trump. This will be the city’s 55th Pride celebration, aiming to hig By Graham Robson • 1 min read
