Law News

Free Speech - Only for Transphobes and Like

Posted on 8 Nov 2025 in Law

The long standing academic anarchist journal Freedom carries a fascinating editorial this month in which it examines how the fake culture war over supposed "free speech" on campus has actually been used to close down the left, feminist, transgender activists, and disabled people among others. Punkacademic examines how this situation has come about and how right wing news outlets like the Spectator, Telegraph and Daily Mail have constructed a false narrative about freedom on campuses.

Gay Magazine Backs Online Strangle Porn Ban

Posted on 7 Nov 2025 in Law

LGBTQIA+ Magazine Instinct has broadly welcomed legislation from the UK's Labour government which will place a heavy ban on depictions of choking and other strangulation type material online. Although the regulation of the internet is a very difficult thing to achieve, the UK's

Another Anti-Gay Fundie is a Danger to Kids

Posted on 22 Oct 2025 in Law

Another rabid conservative fundamentalist Christian preacher, who attacked the innocent and loving gay romance novels Heartstopper, has been exposed as a real and present danger to children, according to a report on top gay newswire Pink News. The newswire states that Silas Shel

Virgin Islands Allow for Trans & Intersex ID

Posted on 18 Oct 2025 in Law

Greg Owen writing at top queer newswire LGBTQ Nation, reports that quietly and with dignity, a new executive order came into force in the Virgin Islands last week. This allows for trans and intersex people to change the gender marker on their official documents.

Intersection of Immigrant Rights Looks Grim

Posted on 4 Oct 2025 in Law

The essential daily briefing from Erin Reed, published on substack every day, is a must read for LGBTQIA people and others who care about the survival of minority groups in an age of hate and Trumpism. On Friday, Erin reported "Sometimes the political crises of our era collide, and few intersect

Oct

Cruising Site Arrests Bring Back Trauma

Out Magazine reports that since June 1st, over two hundred gay and bisexual men, have been arrested for cruising offences at Penn Street Station in Central New York. Such arrests

Jul

Tory and Labour Dithering is Costing Lives

In the new edition of gay magazine Attitude, Peter Tatchell blasts the old conservative government and its replacement, Sir Kier Starmer's Labour Party in its failings on many LGBT

Jun

Time for Police Apology - Tatchell

The Peter Tatchell Foundation for Human Rights says that whereas some police forces, such as Avon and Somerset Constabulary, have apologised for

May

Lavish Lifestyle "Misogynist" Tate Charged

According a newscast monitored Wednesday night from Chippenham Hospital Radio, right wing and self declared "misogynist" internet influencer Andrew Tate, and his young brother Tristan, are to face

May

All Out Fighting Back Against the Far Right

The LGBTQIA+ campaigning and action network, ALLOUT, says that it is doing all it can to mobilise supporters to defend the rights of minorities from the predations of the international far right wi