Rights & Law

Aurore Bergé outlines a multi-pronged approach with apps and police to tackle gay-baiting, improve reporting and expand LGBT+ support networks

Major dating platforms pledged new safety measures with the government after violent ambushes targeting gay men and arrests in Gironde highlighted gaps in prevention and police cooperation.

Major French dating apps signed a Dilcrah-backed charter to tackle violent homophobic ambushes by improving user information, verification, reporting and law enforcement cooperation

Senators rejected an amendment aimed at excluding transgender girls from school sports as part of a larger Republican voting bill, underscoring clashes over voting rules and transgender rights

Families have filed a class action alleging that Rady Children’s decision to stop gender-affirming care discriminates against transgender youth and violates California law

A coalition of advocacy groups argues that the SAVE America Act (S.1383) would disenfranchise voters and escalate attacks on transgender people across health, education and civic life

A 26-year-old used Tinder and Bumble to create false romantic ties and obtain more than £28,000 from three men, leading to a prison sentence

Police Scotland has withdrawn guidance that allowed self-identification and will now record biological sex while separately logging transgender status; the change follows legal challenges and a recent Supreme Court ruling

A high-profile search of Violette and Co over a disputed coloring book ended with no charges, raising questions about proportionality and legal basis

The Greens forced the release of the Sackar Review after growing calls from advocates for stronger protections for LGBTQIA+ people amid new NSW hate crime reforms

Government amendment would redefine who counts as transgender and make medical certification mandatory for legal recognition

Settlement reform threatens to turn refuge into a decades-long limbo — this article explains the risks and how to respond

Social feeds are filling with AI-crafted falsehoods about public figures that inflame anti-LGBTQ+ sentiment; experts argue the fix lies in stronger digital literacy and careful protection of free speech

Take an in-depth look at how legacy exposure laws put some people with HIV at risk of arrest and forced registration, and how survivors and advocates are pushing for change

Lil Nas X tells fans he appreciates their support after a hearing where his attorney requested diversion

An examination of how historic exposure laws persist despite modern science, and the legal fight to end discriminatory registration practices

Survivors of AIDS-era exposure laws are fighting statutes that ignore modern science and disproportionately punish LGBTQIA+ Americans of color, raising urgent legal and human rights questions.

Survivors and advocates argue that long-standing exposure laws deter testing and punish communities of color

A professor’s intervention at a March 10 board meeting and a March 12 EU court decision highlight how courts and campuses are shaping the future of trans rights

Yanis Varoufakis rejects the indictment after speaking openly about drug use from 1989 and frames the case as part of a broader political struggle.

An exploration of how statutes that force people onto a sex registry and evolving definitions of gender influence legal protections and social stigma

A jury in the NSW Supreme Court cleared Rory Amon of eight charges but failed to agree on two counts, leaving the director of public prosecutions to consider a retrial

Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko has presented a bill that would raise jail terms for same-sex relations and penalise advocacy, introduced into parliament as arrests of suspected LGBTQ people rise

Discover how the furry subculture can be a liberating space for LGBTQ+ people and why the persistence of the gay and trans panic defence still poses a legal and social threat

A persistent urban myth about schools installing litter boxes for students who identify as cats has been amplified by political figures and online networks, shaping debates over trans and LGBTQ+ rights in education