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Gay Australian MP Stephen Bates joins OnlyFans to campaign for free PrEP
Bates justified the move, saying: "Sometimes you have to make a splash to make people pay attention to the things that matter”
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Hungary passes amendment to constitution which bans public LGBTQ+ events and recognises only two genders
The amendment, which states it is in protection of "children's rights", was passed by a vote of 140 for to 21 against
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Disgraced US cop played key role in sending gay make-up artist to prison in El Salvador
“We have grave concerns about whether he can survive,” says Andry José Hernández Romero's lawyer of conditions at the maximum security prison
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White House officials inform reporters they won’t respond to anyone who displays preferred pronouns
"We do not respond to reporters with pronouns in their bios," a White House official told a journalist from The New York Times
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Trump administration deports gay make-up artist to maximum security prison in El Salvador
A TIME photojournalist heard Hernandez Romero say, “I’m not a gang member. I’m gay. I’m a stylist,” as he cried out for his mother, was slapped and had his head shaved
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Ireland, Germany, Finland and more issue official travel advice to trans citizens visiting the US
Citizens of countries including Portugal and the Netherlands have been advised to mark themselves as the gender they were assigned at birth
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Comedian Amber Ruffin dropped from White House press dinner after calling Trump administration ‘murderers’
Ruffin previously stated that she would not honour a request to roast both Democratic and Republican politicians at the event
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Taliban arrest LGBTQs – one a teenager – amid fears they’ll be ‘tortured’ to reveal others and executed
"It is possible they'll be placed in solitary confinement and stoned to death" says the partner of one of the detained
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Trump cancels 68 research grants focussing on LGBTQ+ health concerns
Most of the grants related to sexual minorities, with topics including HIV prevention, cancer, youth suicide and bone health
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Hungary bans Pride marches in latest crackdown on LGBTQ+ rights
Police have also been given powers to use facial recognition technology to track attendees
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LGBTQ bar staff respond as Trump supporter’s ejection video goes viral: ‘We’ve a right, by law, to refuse service’
"We do not tolerate dehumanising or disrespectful language"
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Gay MAGA influencer found dead at 33 while awaiting trial for murder
Bruno Garrett, known on social media as @garret.travels, was reportedly found dead at his parents' home last week
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Almost one in 10 US adults identify as LGBTQ, new data shows
This is almost triple the number in 2012 and up two-thirds since 2020, Gallup finds
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Muhsin Hendricks, world’s first out gay imam, shot dead in South Africa
“The motive for the murder is unknown and forms part of the ongoing investigation" say police
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Peter Tatchell slams Saudi Arabia as World Cup host: ‘Death penalty for same-sex relationships’
The human rights campaigner is seeking “categoric assurance” over safety for LGBTQ football fans: "No arrests, no harassment or discrimination”
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Indonesian police raid ‘gay sex party’ in Jakarta, leading to arrest of 56
Though homosexuality is not illegal in most of the country, three of the arrested individuals could face sentences of up to 15 years
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Gay man rejects Trump pardon for January 6 Capitol riot
“I did those things, and they weren’t pardonable"
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Apple, Microsoft and more commit to DEI as Meta, Amazon and others scale back
The moves come amid an order from US President Donald Trump to end "dangerous" DEI initatives in government departments
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Michelle Visage blasts Trump on social media: ‘You will not erase my child’
Visage, who has spoken publicly about being a mother to a queer child, took to her Instagram story to share a message to Trump
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‘Woman means adult human female’: Trump to sign executive order on gender hours after he’s sworn in
The order will be titled 'Defending Women from Gender Ideology Extremism and Restoring Biological Truth to the Federal Government'