“At the intersections of racism, transphobia, and misogyny, we have these disproportionate impacts on Black trans women […] Not only when it comes to physical violence, but also [...] lack of access to resources, housing, jobs.” #TransRightsAreHumanRights www.advocate.com/news/transge...

“Trans+ History Day, which takes place during the holiday, is set to fall on 6 May – which also marks the 92nd anniversary of the Nazi’s raid on the world’s first trans+ clinic in Berlin.” #TransHistoryMonth2026 www.thepinknews.com/2025/11/12/t...

“What matters right now is fighting back against those who have decided, through their own stunted worldview, that we are no longer human. They are deciding for the world right now with every ban or every restriction.” – Amelia Hansford #TransRightsAreHumanRights www.thepinknews.com/2025/11/13/a...

“The idea for Trans is Human came about following years and years of misinformation and the demonisation of the UK’s trans community that has left us almost entirely dehumanised.” – Jake Graf #TransRightsAreHumanRights www.thepinknews.com/2025/11/13/t...

“There’s now notes going around the companies saying that ‘we’re not hiring any new trans characters’. There’s nothing being written for trans people.” – Candis Cayne #TransRightsAreHumanRights www.thepinknews.com/2025/11/13/c...

“Still people think it’s a gay man’s disease and I think people don’t realise that women can get it, trans men, trans women [can get it]. It can affect anyone, and… They’re scared to talk about it.” – Joshua Royal #HIV #WorldAIDSDay www.thepinknews.com/2025/11/11/d...

“If there is no life-saving, essential medical urgency and factual diagnosis that means you have to perform an irreversible surgery, then you don’t do it.” – Holly Greenberry-Pullen #intersex www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

“Thousands of people have written to their MPs, in only a few weeks, with a very clear message: what the EHRC is trying to do here is not right, not workable, and needs to be rejected.” – Jude Guaitamacchi #TransRightsAreHumanRights www.thepinknews.com/2025/11/10/t...

“I hope the Supreme Court halts further attempts by public officials to use their personal faith to deny others their civil and human rights.” – Jim Obergefell #ObergefellvHodges #LoveIsLove www.advocate.com/news/jim-obe...

“Research published earlier this week found that 65.8 per cent of Americans support same-sex couples’ right to marry, with 36.2 per cent saying they ‘strongly’ support keeping protections in place.” www.thepinknews.com/2025/11/07/s...

“Being elected as Pennsylvania’s first openly transgender mayor is deeply meaningful, and I carry that responsibility with pride and humility.” – Erica Deuso @ericadeuso.bsky.social #TransRightsAreHumanRights www.advocate.com/politics/dow...

“Throughout her career, Speaker Emerita Pelosi has remained a tireless champion for LGBTQ+ equality…Her steel spine, allyship, and keen insight have served as powerful tools in our shared fight for progress.” www.advocate.com/politics/nan...

“That’s why on 8th November, The Dyke Project and some of our friends have organised a morning of celebration to reclaim Hampstead Heath from the terfs. How will we do this? By having a fabulous time!” #TransRightsAreHumanRights www.thepinknews.com/2025/11/06/h...

“’My strategy, though imperfect, is about sustaining influence, not just visibility,’ she said. ‘If I let them make me the issue, then the actual issues – health care, housing, jobs – get lost.’” – Sarah MacBride #TransRightsAreHumanRights www.advocate.com/politics/sar...

“‘Absolutely, people should be concerned. I’m concerned,’ he said on Saturday. ‘Yesterday I officiated a wedding for a cousin who asked whether they should get married now instead of waiting. My answer was yes.’” – Jim Obergefell #ObergefellvHodges #LoveIsLove www.advocate.com/news/kim-dav...

“You can’t just rip children off these meds years into transition. My daughter is tanner stage five [breast development], she never entered male puberty. Your jaw would drop if you saw her. I can’t let these people win.” #TransRightsAreHumanRights www.thepinknews.com/2025/11/04/p...

“What follows is the remarkable true story of two threatened communities joining forces and discovering they have more in common than they ever imagined.” Tickets go on general sale from 10 am on 14 November. #Pride www.thepinknews.com/2025/11/04/p...

“At the end of the day I don’t think that our party needs to have one face. Our country does not have one face. It’s about all of us as a team together, and we all understand the assignment.” – Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez #ZohranMamdani www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

“How in the world could you be focused on building a new ballroom […] at the exact moment when working Americans […] who voted for you, are getting screwed by your healthcare policy, and you don’t seem to be interested in helping them.” – Pete Buttigieg www.lgbtqnation.com/2025/10/pete...

“They grabbed me, pushed me against the wall and shackled me. My lawyer tried to intervene but they pushed him aside. They put my hands and feet in chains. I’ve never been arrested before, it was terrifying.” – Hilary Rivers www.thepinknews.com/2025/11/03/s...

“We are open to all female applicants [and] will consider at the admissions stage those applicants who hold a form of formal identification as female, on a current passport, driving licence, birth certificate or gender recognition certificate.” www.thepinknews.com/2025/11/03/n...

“This guy wants to create a ballroom for his rich friends while completely turning a blind eye to the fact that babies are going to starve when the Snap benefits end in just hours from now.” – Kamala Harris www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

“According to Human Rights Campaign data, 40.1 per cent – around 120,400 – of trans youth aged 13-17 are living in the states which have passed bans on gender-affirming care.” Trans youth deserve gender-affirming care. #TransRightsAreHumanRights www.thepinknews.com/2025/10/31/t...

“We’re such an area where new people are coming all the time but are really interested to hear of these long roots and connections into Black history.” #OlaudahEquiano #GustavusVassa www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

“The wall comes down in 1989. People think world conflict is over. We’re just going to go shopping and we’ll all be fine. Capitalism has won. But if you destabilise a world order like that, people come in to fill the vacuum.” – Margaret Atwood www.theguardian.com/books/2025/n...

“We have more than 700 active legal cases, our legal staff trains thousands of lawyers nationwide to represent queer immigrants pro bono, and we fight in the courts and Congress to expand protections.” – Anto Chavez, Immigration Equality www.lgbtqnation.com/2025/10/how-...

“The ‘Pride Pantries’ at the LGBT Life Center in Virginia already provide assistance to about 650 households a month, or roughly 1,700 people, which amounted to around 285,000 lbs of food distributed in 2024.” www.advocate.com/politics/lgb...

“LGBTQ+ refugees can also lose priority status or have their claims dismissed outright if officials do not recognize persecution based on sexual orientation or gender identity.” LGBTQ+ refugees may not even know they are eligible to claim asylum based of SOGI. www.advocate.com/news/refugee...

“They grabbed me, pushed me against the wall and shackled me. My lawyer tried to intervene, but they pushed him aside. They put my hands and feet in chains. I’ve never been arrested before. It was terrifying.” - Hilary Rivers www.advocate.com/news/drag-qu...

“It was a dark time because I didn’t have anyone to talk to about it. Men weren’t meant to talk about their eating disorders back then.” Thank you Tom Daley for highlighting this. BEAT estimate that 25% of those impacted by an eating disorder are male. www.thepinknews.com/2025/10/29/t...

“This is a direct and unlawful attack on nurses, teachers, first responders, and public service workers across the country." www.advocate.com/politics/stu...

Daskalakis "emphasized that the Jynneos vaccine still works. ‘There’s nothing about this virus that’s going to make the Jynneos vaccine not work,‘ he said. ‘Two doses are enough. You don’t need a booster right now.’” @drdemetre.bsky.social #mpox www.advocate.com/news/severe-...

“We will not accept that. Despite intense legal and political pressure they still intend to push their guidance – segregating trans people out of all single-sex spaces – to government, in a cynical attempt to erase us from public life.” #TransRightsAreHumanRights www.thepinknews.com/2025/10/31/b...

Interesting, very early poll of New Hampshire residents. Pete Buttigieg narrowly leads the Democratic field. www.lgbtqnation.com/2025/10/pete...

“The change follows years of quiet tension over the obligations of judges in a state where local officials and clerks have occasionally resisted same-sex marriage rulings.” A saddening development. #Texas #LoveIsLove www.advocate.com/news/texas-j...

Informative piece about Catherine Connolly. Supports some queer rights, but it’s unclear if she disapproves of gender-critical feminism or supports healthcare for trans youth. Perhaps she is just uniformed, but appears deliberately vague, at times, disingenuous. www.thepinknews.com/2025/10/27/w...

Sad that trans identities have been weaponised against Brigitte Macron. A crazy conspiracy theory! There are far wider implications about policing gender non-conforming identities, reinforcing patriarchal stereotypes about women, both cis and trans. www.thepinknews.com/2025/10/28/h...

Queensland government: SHAME ON YOU! Appalling and arbitrary political intervention, overruling the judiciary and denying trans youth the healthcare they need. And despite the clear medical consensus that puberty blockers are safe. #TransRightsAreHumanRights www.thepinknews.com/2025/10/28/q...

An incredible evening hearing about Cleve Jones’ trailblazing activism, from walks alongside Harvey Milk, the creation of the AIDS Quilt, challenging stereotypes and the future of liberal democracy now! @positiveeast.bsky.social

Our regulator is “not fit for purpose” and is engaging in “an obsessive campaign to strip trans people of our basic rights.” #TransRightsAreHumanRights www.thepinknews.com/2025/10/24/e...

So-called conversion therapy is torture, akin to female genital mutilation and forced marriage. It needs to be banned for all ages and across every state. www.advocate.com/news/florida...

The U.S Supreme Court justices will privately discuss Kim Davis petition on 7 November. #LoveIsLove #ObergefellvHodges www.advocate.com/news/supreme...

“Before the election it promised to ‘remove indignities for trans people who deserve recognition and acceptance’. But in government it has lined up alongside the Tories and Reform UK at the cruelty Olympics.” #TransRightsAreHumanRights www.thepinknews.com/2025/10/23/n...

“It’s a terrifying reminder of just how precarious our rights are and how our movement can be used as a political punchbag.” Great to interview David Ames for Gay Times! @semadivad.bsky.social #LGBTQIA+ www.gaytimes.com/originals/fr...

I’m excited to be represented by Andrew James at Frog Literary Agency. @frogliterary.bsky.social It was a joyous moment when a publisher offered on my proposal and I realise how lucky I am. Can’t go into too much detail at the moment, but the book will discuss both my HIV and my faith. #booksky

“One of them was Derek’s in the February but that was what our life was like then, and it bears repeating because I know there’s a younger generation that has somehow missed out on knowing enough about it.” – Tilda Swinton #HIV #AIDS #DerekJarman www.thepinknews.com/2025/10/21/t...

James Orr’s views are particularly toxic, citing women’s reproductive rights and gay marriage as reasons Britain is in decline, from low birth rates to decreased economic productivity. Gay marriages are not ‘real marriage’. Reform is a threat to LGBTQIA+ people! www.thepinknews.com/2025/10/21/r...

“This is at odds with her statements elsewhere, when she described gay marriage as a ‘very difficult problem’.” This is another variation on the traditional family values language that we are seeing in the USA, Italy and even in the UK, particularly from Reform. www.thepinknews.com/2025/10/21/s...

“Critics of the policy, including Thomas, have said it was nearly ‘impossible’ for trans women to meet the regulations.” Trans athletes should be able to compete at all levels in competitive sports. #TransRightsAreHumanRights www.thepinknews.com/2025/10/21/l...

“The study showed that homophobic and transphobic rhetoric was on the rise across nearly all aspects of western society.” The spread of far-right populist nationalism is particularly dangerous for trans people, but threatens all LGBTQIA+ people. www.thepinknews.com/2025/10/22/l...