The European Parliament has voted to support a ban on conversion therapy, following a citizen-led campaign that gathered over 1.2 million signatures. The move adds pressure on the European Commission to introduce binding legislation as human rights experts call for stronger protections against a practice still reported in several member states.
The Trump administration has finalised a new US visa rule (finalised on 11 March 2026) that forces all applicants to disclose “biological sex at birth,” even where it conflicts with their passport or legal gender, and advocates say the change will put transgender and nonbinary people at greater risk of visa refusals, accusations of fraud and immigration enforcement.
Kansas revoked transgender people’s IDs overnight – researchers anticipate cascading health and social consequences. This anti-trans bills in Kansas USA effectively restrict transgender people’s ability to participate fully in society.
Europe’s politicians have put something in writing that many of us already know in our bones: trans women are women. In Strasbourg, the European Parliament has passed a nonbinding resolution that explicitly calls for “the full recognition of trans women as women,” tying their inclusion to effective gender equality and anti‑violence laws across the European Union.
A win for queer couples in the Philippines as the Supreme Court ruled that same-sex partners who live together can be treated as co‑owners of property they helped pay for, even though same-sex marriage is still illegal. Read time: 4 mins.
The Council of Europe’s parliamentary assembly has called on 46 countries to ban practices that try to change or suppress people’s sexual orientation or gender identity — saying they don’t work and can cause serious harm, from PTSD to increased suicide risk. Est read time 3 minutes.
Russia has just taken another swing at queer rights. The Russia Ministry of Justice has added ILGA World – a global LGBTIQA+ rights federation linking 2,000+ groups in 170 countries to its list of “undesirable organisations”.
OpenAI’s decision to introduce advertising into ChatGPT marks a major turning point in how artificial intelligence will be funded, used and possible trusted.
Kazakhstan follows Russia in banning ‘LGBTQ propaganda’ While the Kazakhstan government says being LGBTQ+ isn’t illegal, the new LGBTQ+ 'propaganda' raises serious concerns about censorship, visibility, and the silencing of queer voices.
