Gay couple who wanted a son sue IVF clinic after surrogate gives birth to daughter
A gay couple are suing a California fertility clinic after they requested a male embryo but ended up having a baby girl. According to CBSNews, Albert and Anthony Saniger were determined to be fathers to two sons. Before the couple wed in 2013 they had already chosen the names of their future kids and even …...
Disgraced MP Chris Pincher faces fresh sexual assault allegations from Tory councillor
New allegations against disgraced former deputy chief whip Chris Pincher have been reported. Warning – sexual assault allegations. Conservative councillor Daniel Cook told Channel 4 News that Pincher groped him in 2005 and 2006. Cook is deputy mayor at Tamworth Council, while Pincher has been the constituency’s MP...
Attorney general Suella Braverman announces Tory leadership bid with anti-trans dogwhistle
Attorney general Suella Braverman, who thinks there’s been a “collective frenzy” over trans rights, has said she will run for Tory leadership. Braverman, who had previously been a close ally to Johnson, spoke 12 hours before it was confirmed by No 10 sources that Boris Johnson would stand down as prime minister....
How the next prime minister could change the course of LGBTQ+ rights – for better or worse
Boris Johnson has reportedly agreed to step down as Tory leader, meaning the race for the next prime minister is on – and the future of LGBTQ+ rights hangs in the balance. Johnson will announce his resignation Thursday morning (7 July), the BBC has reported, after 36 hours of crisis sparked by an unprecedented tranche...
Sinn Féin’s Michelle O’Neill calls on DUP to help advance LGBTQ+ rights in Northern Ireland
First minister-designate of Northern Ireland Michelle O’Neill has urged the DUP to form a new executive in a bid to advance LGBTQ+ rights. Sinn Féin’s vice president reissued her plea during a panel discussion at the PinkNews Summer Reception in Belfast on Wednesday evening (6 July) in Stormont. O’Neill was joined on the...
WNBA coach says Brittney Griner would have been brought home ‘if she was LeBron’
Brittney Griner would have been brought home almost immediately if “she as LeBron”, her Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA) coach has claimed. Brittney, the American WNBA star, has been detained in Russia since February. She has endured months in prison and faces the threat of years more....
Keir Starmer uses PMQs to pay tribute to Terry Higgins 40 years after he died from AIDS
Labour leader Keir Starmer delivered a touching tribute to Terrence ‘Terry’ Higgins, the first person named in Britain to die of an AIDS-related illness, during Prime Minister’s Questions (PMQs). During a hotly-anticipated PMQs session on Wednesday (6 July), Starmer honoured Higgins against the backdrop...
British Triathlon bans trans athletes from women’s competitions and announces ‘open’ category
British Triathlon has banned trans athletes from competing in the female category at an elite and grassroots level, creating a new “open” category. Under a new policy, released Wednesday (6 July), trans athletes over the age of 12 will have to compete in an “open” category including all “male, transgender and those...
Twitter under fire for letting Elliot Page’s deadname trend despite anti-hate policy
Twitter is under fire after letting Elliot Page’s deadname trend despite its policies against hateful conduct. Page’s deadname (the name he used before coming out as trans) trended for approximately 45 minutes on Tuesday (5 July). Twitter’s policy on hate conduct prohibits users from “targeting...