A coalition of 52 Democrats is demanding proof that gay asylum-seeker Andry Hernández Romero is still alive. Robert Garcia, who is himself gay, has been joined by 51 other lawmakers to demand that secretary of state Marco Rubio intervene in the case of the gay hairdresser, who was deported to a mega prison in El […]
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The chairwoman of the UK’s equalities watchdog thinks guidance on trans access to single-sex spaces could become law by early next year. Appearing before a parliamentary committee on Tuesday (11 June), Kishwer Falkner, who heads up the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC), said officials calculated that the guidance could become “statutory” within “seven or […]
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Staunch Republican Marjorie Taylor Greene is begging the US government to think of the plight of white Christians. Greene made her opinion known during debates on two resolutions condemning antisemitism on Monday (10 June), following the attack on demonstrators in Boulder, Colorado, who were calling for the release of Israeli hostages held by Hamas. Mohammed […]
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Gymnast Simone Biles has apologised for comments she made about former college swimmer Riley Gaines during a heated online exchange. Seven-time Olympic-gold-medallist Biles got into a spat with Gaines last week over trans inclusion in sport. Gaines, who tied in fifth place with trans swimmer Lia Thomas in a National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) women’s […]
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