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People Are Not Enamoured of Right Wing Laws

Posted on 6 Jun 2024 in Law

Pagan community website The Wild Hunt reports that two bills edging their way through the Ohio State Legislature and pushed by right wing fundamentalist groups are an attempt to install an extremist Christian world view over education. In addition, one of the bills would effectively "out" young LGBTQIA+ children to their parents, requiring schools to notify parents if their offspring sought any advice or support around their sexuality or gender identity. However, reporter Manny Moreno noted that many people are not enthusiastic about the proposed legislative changes. He

Has Dating App Shared Sensitive Personal Data

Posted on 1 Jun 2024 in Law

The Peter Tatchell Foundation and the BBC News Channel both report that Grindr, a top dating app for gay, bisexual and pansexual men, has been accused of sharing sensitive personal data about the sexuality and HIV status of its users, with commer

Cautious Optimism That Hate Laws Have Peaked

Posted on 24 May 2024 in Law

LGBTQ Nation's Good News Feed suggests that advocates for LGBT+ equality, such as the Human Rights Campaign, are cautiously optimistic that the current frenzy in the States for homophobic and transphobic legislation may have peaked. Vivian Yin, for the popular n

Scottish Hate Crime Law Defends Trans People

Posted on 29 Apr 2024 in Law

The left wing newspaper Socialist Worker was in no doubt that millionaire author Joanne Rowling, who fashions herself "JK" Rowling, is no friend of ordinary people with her latest outburst against transgender people, about whom she has been running a preoccupied and fixated campa

Fundamentalist Accused of Murdering Own Son

Posted on 9 Apr 2024 in Law

The Guardian newspaper reports that a woman following religious teachings of a Biblical fundamentalist sect denies murdering her own three year old son, after beating him in accordance with the religion's extreme interpretation of scripture. Christina Robinson t

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Right Wing Rabble are No Upholders of Law

Right wing and hate inspired groups often claim to be arbiters of law and order. But this is a lie.

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Right Wing TV Host Loses High Court Battle

The right wing activist Laurence Fox has lost a high court battle against a former trustee of the Stonewall Charity and a drag artist, both of whom he falsely labe

Feb

Witnesses Wanted for Bristol Hate Attack

The BBC News Channel reports that Avon and Somerset Police are looking for witnesses to a homophobic attack in St Nicholas Street, which left a young gay man with a fractured eye s

Feb

Police Aim to Build Bridges with Public Day

Avon and Somerset Constabulary, who became the fifth regional police service to respond to campaigner Peter Tatchell's invite for them to apologise to the LGBTQIA+

Feb

Irish Reform Benefits Unmarried Couples

RTE Radio in the Republic of Ireland reports that the country's Supreme Court has struck a blow for the rights of unmarried partners. IN a unanimous ruling, the seven justices fou