A judge who was fired after defying US president Donald Trump’s anti-trans directives has said she’s “seriously” considering running for office.  In an interview with Marie Claire, administrative judge Karen Ortiz opened up about being fired from the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) after she opposed an agency directive to deprioritise cases involving gender identity […]

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Budapest’s mayor Gergely Karácsony has been questioned by police over accusations he helped organise a banned Pride event in the city. The right-wing Fidesz party, led by Viktor Orbán who has been the European country’s Prime Minister since 2010, passed an anti-LGBTQ+ law banning Pride marches in Hungary in March 2025 on the grounds that […]

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The famed “Transgender House” in Topeka, Kansas has sustained serious damage after a murder suspect barricaded himself inside while being pursued by police. The house, which is painted in the colours of the trans flag, sits next to the rainbow-coloured Equality House, both of which were set up by non-profit Planting Peace as a “symbol […]

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