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May 6, 2022

Mermaids launches pioneering scheme to help make young trans and non-binary people’s voices heard

Young trans people are coming together to make their voices heard in a new pilot programme. MANGO (Mermaids’ Activists Network Group Online) is a pilot trans-led programme for trans, non-binary and gender-diverse people aged between 16 and 19 that will allow them to connect, build support networks and discuss how they can...

May 6, 2022

Rape crisis centre Survivors’ Network sued for helping trans people

Trans-inclusive rape crisis centre Survivors’ Network is being sued for after allowing a trans women to access its all-women services. Survivors’ Network is a Brighton-based charity that supports sexual violence and abuse survivors of any gender, and provides counselling, drop-in sessions, support groups, legal...

May 6, 2022

Joe Biden warns LGBTQ+ kids will be next targets of ‘extreme MAGA crowd’ after Roe v Wade

Joe Biden has warned that LGBTQ+ children could be the next targets of the Republican party after a leaked Supreme Court opinion indicated that Roe v Wade may be overturned. The president told journalists at the White House that the “MAGA crowd” is “the most extreme political organisation… in recent...

May 6, 2022

Joe Biden warns LGBTQ+ kids will be next targets of ‘extreme MAGA crowd’ after Roe v Wade

May 6, 2022

Karine Jean-Pierre makes history as first Black and openly LGBTQ+ White House press secretary

Joe Biden has named Karine Jean-Pierre as his next White House press secretary, making her the first Black and openly LGBTQ+ person to hold the position. Jean-Pierre will take over the coveted role from Jen Psaki, who is due to leave the White House on 13 May, the president said in a statement. “I am …...

May 5, 2022

Madonna announces new album celebrating her record-breaking number one singles

Madonna has announced details of a new remix album featuring her record number of chart-topping hits. The pop icon is the only artist in history to achieve 50 number ones on the Dance Club chart, as well as on any single Billboard chart. This will be celebrated on a brand new record entitled, Finally Enough …...

May 5, 2022

Disturbing Don’t Say Gay copycat bill decisively killed off in Louisiana

A Louisiana copycat of Florida’s “Don’t Say Gay” bill, which bans discussion of LGBTQ+ topics in schools, has been struck down. The Daily Advertiser explained that the Republican-backed Louisiana bill would ban discussion of “sexual orientation and gender identity” in pre-school through...

May 5, 2022

Activist explains why trans and non-binary voices need to be heard on Roe vs Wade

Trans athlete and activist Schuyler Bailar explains why the possible overturning of Roe v Wade would be “devastating” for so many people. Bailar swam for Harvard as the first openly trans athlete to compete in any sport on an NCAA Division 1 men’s team and is a prolific speaker, activist and educator on trans...

May 5, 2022

Rapper Kidd Creole jailed for 16 years for killing homeless man ‘he thought was gay’

Rapper Kidd Creole has been sentenced to 16 years in jail after he killed a homeless man in Manhattan, New York, who he “thought was gay”. Kidd Creole – real name Nathaniel Glover – was found guilty of manslaughter in April after he stabbed 55-year-old John Jolly in the chest on 1 August, 2017....

May 5, 2022

Halsey passionately defends right to abortion: ‘This will spiral into lethal situations’

Musician Halsey has called for urgent action to defend abortion rights after a leaked Supreme Court opinion indicated that Roe v Wade may be overturned. The 27-year-old, who has previously spoken about her experiences with miscarriage and the music industry’s treatment of pregnant people, encouraged her followers to...