Independent news outlet the 19th has been tracking the record number of anti-LGBTQIA+ bills put forward by Republicans in the United States in 2025, with a total of 575 such bills already tabled in state legislatures this year. According to the outlet, this has been the trend for the past five years with every year since 2020 bringing a new record of state bills aimed at rolling back LGBTQIA+ rights and especially transgender rights.

More than 60% of LGBTQIA+ people will experience some form of domestic, family or intimate partner violence and abuse during their lifetime. Held annually on 28th May, LGBTQ Domestic Violence Awareness Day highlights domestic, family and intimate partner violence and abuse within LGBTQIA+ communities.

The Trump administration has escalated its attack on the transgender community with the Republican majority House of Representatives passing legislation that will ban federally funded gender-affirming care for transgender people of all ages.

Thinking of a European holiday? ILGA has just released it’s 2025 edition of the Rainbow Map, which ranks 49 European countries on their respective legal and policy practices for LGBTQIA+ people.

The latest Social Media Safety Index report from American LGBTQIA+ media advocacy organisation GLAAD has found that the six leading social media platforms - TikTok, YouTube, X, and Meta’s Facebook, Instagram and Threads - are all failing dismally when it comes to providing basic protections for the safety of their queer users.

Under proposed changes to the Northern Territory’s Anti-Discrimination Act (1992), the Country Liberal Party intends to scrap a key provision of the Act that provides legal protection to LGBTQIA+ and disabled people, along with other marginalised communities, from vilification and hate speech.

Public Service Announcement: Grindr is reportedly pursuing members relentlessly for personal details to help train new AI powered features, raising concern amongst privacy advocates and users.

Ali France’s election to parliament following her shock defeat of former Liberal leader Peter Dutton at the recent Australian federal election has generated a lot of excitement amongst Australia’s disability community. Much of this excitement comes down to the fact that Ms France’s election means greater representation in parliament for those of us with disability.

In its ongoing efforts to erase trans people, the Trump administration has reportedly stopped monitoring violence against trans people by removing questions relating to gender identity from federal surveys on violence in the United States.

The long lasting mental health effects of conversion therapy are well documented, but a new study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association reveals that it also has a demonstrated impact on the physical health of those subjected to such practices.

US President Donald Trump’s obsession with rolling back transgender rights and protections is reportedly starting to dent his popularity.

In alarming news from the United States, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the Department of Health and Human Services secretary, has dispensed with decades worth of research and evidence from leading medical organisations to pander to the views of fringe far-right groups advocating for transgender youth to be ‘treated’ with conversion therapy.

People With Disability Australia has launched a national survey to better understand the experiences, needs and priorities of LGBTQIA+ people living with disability.

Melbourne will this weekend play host to Australia’s first Deaf Queer Festival. Described by the organisers as “A weekend packed with accessible celebration, expression and empowerment for our community”, the festival will run from 2 - 4 May at the Victorian Pride Centre.

In yet another attack on the LGBTQIA+ community, the Trump administration has proposed ceasing all funding for a suicide prevention hotline that specifically provides support to LGBTQIA+ youth.

Not content with being our favourite transphobe, and desperate to remain in the limelight, J.K. Rowling recently turned her hate towards another minority group - the asexual community. Read on for the response to Rowling’s attack by someone from that community.

Less than a week after the UK Supreme Court declared that the term “woman” refers exclusively to biological sex assigned at birth, the populist New Zealand First party, which forms part of the country’s conservative coalition government, has introduced a bill to parliament to define men and women by their biology

US vice president JD Vance is reportedly demanding that the UK repeals its hate speech laws, including those protecting the LGBTQIA+ community and other minority groups from hateful comments, if it wants a future trade deal with the United States.

It’s 2025 and in Australia people with disability can still be paid less than the minimum wage. Advocates are trying to get the major parties to change this.

A trans woman in the US has allegedly been denied her reservation at an Extended Stay America hotel, with the hotel clerk reportedly telling the woman that her reservation was cancelled because “people like you can’t stay here”.