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April 22, 2022

South Korea’s top court overturns convictions of gay soldiers in landmark ruling

South Korea’s supreme court has overturned the conviction of two soldiers who were in a same-sex relationship while off their military base. The two defendants – a first lieutenant and a master sergeant – were brought up on charges of breaking the military’s decades-old ban on same-sex conduct after they were found to have...

April 22, 2022

South Korea’s top court overturns convictions of gay soldiers in landmark ruling

April 22, 2022

Queer Moana star Auli’i Cravalho challenges Disney to ‘step up and say what’s right’

Moana‘s Auli’i Cravalho has become the latest Disney star to speak out against the reviled Don’t Say Gay law as she denounced the company’s mishandling of the Floridian bill. The Walt Disney Company faced widespread criticism for initially refusing to speak against the legislation, and for cutting...

April 22, 2022

Queer Moana star Auli’i Cravalho challenges Disney to ‘step up and say what’s right’

April 22, 2022

Olympic skier apologises after implying gay men are too ‘cowardly’ to ski down mountains

Italian Olympic skier Sofia Goggia has apologised for a homophobic comment in an interview which implied that gay men are too “cowardly” to ski down mountain courses. The gold medallist made the comments to Italian newspaper Corriere Della Sera, stating when asked if there are any gay professional skiers:...

April 22, 2022

Gay couple to tie the knot in first-ever same-sex wedding in British Antarctic Territory

Two polar research ship crew members are set to become the first ever same-sex couple to get married in British Antarctic Territory. Eric Bourne and Stephen Carpenter have been together for 20 years, having first met on the RFA Sir Percivale before being deployed in the Gulf war. Since then, they have travelled the...

April 21, 2022

Libs of TikTok credited with inspiring hateful ‘Don’t Say Gay’ law and ‘grooming’ rhetoric

The recently exposed Libs of TikTok Twitter account has been credited with inspiring Florida’s ‘Don’t Say Gay’ bill, as well as the surge in “grooming” rhetoric among conservatives. This week, Chaya Raichik was exposed as the person behind the account, which started on TikTok but moved...

April 21, 2022

Olympic champion Katie Archibald says sporting bodies are failing trans athletes and women

Olympic gold medalist Katie Archibald has declared that trans athletes have been “let down” by inclusion policies in the sporting world. Archibald, who is a two-time Olympic cycling champion, called out “international governing bodies of several sports” for failing trans athletes – particularly trans women – with their...

April 21, 2022

Russian courts liquidate and dissolve life-saving LGBT+ rights charity in yet another sinister move

An LGBT+ charity in Russia that has provided support to the community for more than a decade has been formally dissolved by the courts. Charitable Foundation Sphere was formally dissolved by Kuibyshev District Court judge Tatiana Kuzovkina on Thursday (21 April) after the Russian ministry for justice argued that they were...

April 21, 2022

Tory minister Sajid Javid echoes anti-trans lobbyists in attack on NHS services for trans kids

Tory health minister Sajid Javid has attacked NHS gender services for trans youth as “bordering on ideological”. On Tuesday (19 April), in the House of Commons, Conservative MP James Sunderland referenced the recent Cans Review interim report on healthcare for trans youth, and asked Javid whether he...