Two young women arrested in Uganda for kissing — yes, kissing — under one of the world’s harshest anti-LGBTQ laws. The state policing affection? It’s giving dystopia, darling. 💋🚨🌈
“The FBI has seen a horrific increase in reports of financial sextortion schemes targeting minor boys—and the fact is that the many victims who are afraid to come forward are not even included in those numbers"
The Scottish government has decided to move a transgender woman convicted of rape out of an all-female prison following concerns over the safety of other inmates. The decision comes weeks after the Scottish parliament passed a bill to make it easier for people to change their legal gender, drawing criticism from some women’s rights campaigners who argue that predatory men could use it to access single-sex spaces such as bathrooms.
The European Court of Human Rights has ruled that Lithuania's anti-LGBTQ propaganda law violates the European Convention on Human Rights. The law, which bans the distribution of information to minors that "expresses contempt for family values," has been met with criticism from LGBTQ advocates and allies, including the openly gay U.S. Ambassador to Lithuania.
In the wake of a bias-motivated attack on an LGBTQ+ business in Orlando, Florida, community leaders and political figures are speaking out against the act of violence. On Wednesday evening, the windows of District Dive, a bar located in Orlando's Milk District, were shot out. The Orlando Police Department (OPD) has characterized the crime as a hate crime and has distributed security footage of the incident across its social media channels.
An investigation by Townhall has uncovered a disturbing case of abuse and exploitation involving a gay couple in Georgia. William Dale Zulock, 33, and Zachary Jacoby Zulock, 35, have been charged with molesting their two adopted sons and using them to record child pornography. The couple also allegedly pimped their young children out to members of a local paedophile ring.
Jasmine "Star" Mack, a 36-year-old Black transgender woman, was tragically stabbed to death on Saturday in Washington D.C, marking the first reported case of a violent death of a trans person in the United States in 2023. Her death has been classified as a homicide, and the police department is currently investigating the case. Friends and family remember her as a kind and loving person who always had a high spirit.