A brilliant mathematician whom the British government persecuted for being gay, Alan Turing has been honored with an obituary in The New York Times more than half a century after his death. Though Turing would go on to be celebrated as the…
Four teenagers have been arrested after a lesbian couple were subjected to a “disgusting” attack while travelling on a London night bus last month, Scotland Yard said. The boys and one man, aged between 15 and 18, were arrested on suspicion of robbery and…
San Francisco Pride organizers may exclude Google from its parade over inaction regarding harassment of LGBTQ people on YouTube. The problem of hate speech on YouTube has bedeviled the platform for years, but issues about bullying and harassment hit a…
A bill was reintroduced today in Congress to ban the use of the “gay panic” and “trans panic” defenses in cases of murder, assault, and other violent crimes. Rep. Joe Kennedy III introduced the legislation in the U.S. House and…
Fifty years after the Stonewall riots of 1969 kicked off the LGBT rights movement, the New York Police Department apologized Thursday for the violent raid that led to the uprising. “I think it would be irresponsible of me, as we go through…
This year’s Pride celebrations mark the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall Riots, often considered the birth of the modern LGBTQ+ rights movement. The first Pride parade was held one year after Stonewall, meaning that although we’re celebrating the 50th anniversary…
When Shika Corona was growing up in Malacca in the 1980s, her Muslim Indian family would take her to visit pop-up fairs. The fairs always featured “paper doll” performances in which trans women (mak nyahs in Malay) would perform on…
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