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The frill is gone: US mourns Darcelle XV, the world’s oldest drag queen

Walter Cole, better known as the iconic drag queen Darcelle XV and fearless advocate for the LGBTQI community, has died at 92.

The New Daily · Mar 25, 2023

Grindr warns Egypt users about police entrapment

Gay social networking app Grindr is warning Egyptian members to be on the look out for fake accounts set up by police

The New Daily · Mar 24, 2023

GOP war on LGBTQ rights will backfire

New research shows most Americans side with RuPaul and Kevin Bacon against Christian nationalists

Salon · Mar 24, 2023

Two arrested after LGBT group attacked by ‘mob’ outside Sydney church

Two men have been arrested after a mob clashed with LGBT activists outside a church in Sydney, local police have said.

Evening Standard · Mar 22, 2023

Videos urged counter-protesters to attack LGBTQ+ activists outside Sydney church

Messages sent prior to violent confrontation encouraged group to ‘grab them and drag them by their fucking hair’

The Guardian - AU · Mar 22, 2023

Uganda’s new anti-homosexuality law bans identification as LGBTQ

Law could be the first to criminalise identifying as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ): Rights Watch

Al Jazeera · Mar 22, 2023

Uganda's legislature passes harsh new anti-LGBTQ bill

Ugandan lawmakers passed a bill prescribing jail terms of up to 10 years for offenses related to same-sex relations, responding to popular sentiment but piling more pressure on the East African country’s LGBTQ community

The Independent UK · Mar 21, 2023

LGBTQ+ rights: African Union watchdog goes back on its own word

The primary human rights watchdog in Africa recently made a decision that departed from its existing practice. The African Commission of Human and Peoples’ Rights, an independent expert body within the African Union (AU) framework, used sexual or gender identity as the reason it rejected applications for observer status from…

The Conversation · Mar 20, 2023

Varadkar hails US as trailblazers on LGBT rights issues

Leo Varadkar thanked vice president Kamala Harris for being a ‘strong ally’ to the LGBT community.

The Independent UK · Mar 17, 2023

Leo Varadkar and partner have Washington DC breakfast with Kamala Harris as Taoiseach praises 'strong ally'

Taoiseach Leo Varakdar and his partner Matt Barrett were attending a breakfast held in the Vice President’s Residence in Washington DC on St Patrick’s Day morning.

Irish Mirror · Mar 17, 2023