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September 26, 2019

This couple didn’t want to assign a gender to their baby, but the government did it anyway

An LA couple who did not want to assign their baby a gender were told by the US government officials that “a baby is not a person without a gender”. Jay Brissette, who is non-binary, and Miguel Ruelas, a trans man, wanted their baby Azul to be spared from gender stereotypes in the first years …...

September 26, 2019

Man sought over death of black trans woman found burned in a car already wanted in connection with another killing

Police have identified a person of interest in the killing of black trans woman Bee Love Slater in Florida. James Richemond, 29, has been identified as a person of interest in Slater’s death. She was found burned in an abandoned car in Clewiston, Florida, earlier this month. Investigators also revealed that Richemond is a...

September 26, 2019

LGBT activist paints hard hats with rainbow colours to keep her safe from anti-gay violence

One LGBT+ rights activist in Poland is spray painting hard hats with the Pride flag in a bid to keep her and other campaigners safe. Alicja Sienkiewicz, 18, decided to emblazon the protective gear with the symbolic rainbow stripes after she went to a Pride parade in the Polish city of Bialystok in July, which was …...

September 26, 2019

Anti-LGBT Republican opposes abortion so much he’s introduced a bill to protect gay foetuses

An anti-LGBT+ Republican congressman is trying to ban foetal genetic testing to determine sexual orientation in an attempt to protect gay foetuses. Sean Duffy – who up until this week was a member of the House of Representatives from Wisconsin’s 7th district – has a track record of being anti-LGBT+. But that isn’t stopping...

September 26, 2019

Bigot claims homosexuality can’t be loving because anal sex is painful, gets quickly shut down with logic and reason

Logging onto Twitter and seeing a homophobe on your timeline is almost par for the course these days, but one bigot got schooled after she said homosexuality isn’t loving because anal sex is painful. Lisa Bedrick, who has a “BA in English with a minor in the Bible” from Californian Christian college Biola...

September 26, 2019

Fresh battle to decriminalise gay sex launched in Singapore

A gay rights activist in Singapore has filed a new legal challenge against the country’s colonial-era ban on gay sex. Roy Tan’s new legal bid is the third recent attempt to change the law. Efforts to overthrow the law – known as Section 377A – have stepped up in recent months since the same colonial-era …...

September 26, 2019

Police enabled Ed Buck to be a predator by ignoring black gay men, victim’s mother claims

Ed Buck got away with his crimes for years because police ignored the stories of black gay men, the mother of one of his victims has said. The big money Democratic donor and businessman and was arrested earlier this month. He is accused with injecting black gay men with fatal doses of drugs, with investigators …...

September 26, 2019

North Korean YouTuber says he didn’t know trans people existed till he fled the country

A North Korean YouTuber has said that he didn’t know about the existence of transgender people until he left the country. North Korean refugee Jang Myung-jin, 32, vlogs about his experience growing up in the country on YouTube. His channel offers a rare insight into the daily lives of people in North Korea. In clips...

September 26, 2019

Trans son of soul singer Sade shares emotional message to mum as he completes his transition

The trans son of soul singer Sade shared a heartfelt message to thank his mum for her support throughout his transition. Izaak Theo Adu has spent the last six months recovering from bottom surgery, but posted a picture of himself hugging his mother to announce that they were finally returning home. He wrote in a …...

September 26, 2019

These Republicans want to ban marriage equality because ‘perverted acts’ shouldn’t be protected

Two Republican lawmakers in North Carolina want to ban marriage equality because it legitimises “perverted acts”. The draft bill – called the Marriage Reaffirmation Amendment Act – was filed earlier this year by representatives Larry Pittman and Michael Speciale, but it is already effectively dead. If passed, it would...