A growing number of Labour MPs have spoken out against health secretary Wes Streeting’s “very concerning” decision to make the ban on privately prescribed puberty blockers permanent.  In the wake of criticism from LGBTQ+ organisations and activists, Streeting defended his decision, writing a long thread on X/Twitter on Sunday (14 July). The ban on private prescriptions […]

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A Californian school district is suing governor Gavin Newsom over a new law that bars schools from outing LGBTQ+ children to their parents. The Democrat governor signed the bill, known as the Safety Act, on Monday (15 July), to prevent schools from creating policies that would require teachers to out LGBTQ+ students by telling their […]

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Delegates and members of the audience at the Republican National Convention have been spotted wearing ear bandages to match Donald Trump’s. The former president’s ear was bandaged after it was nicked when 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks fired at him during a rally in Pennsylvania at the weekend. Now, in a bizarre trend that has been […]

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