"That's not right. That's not how you solve problems," he said.

'Old Donald' was confronted by a bishop who pleaded with him to show “mercy” to LGBT+ children and migrants at a prayer service on Tuesday, 21 January, a day after he was sworn in as the 47th president of the United States. The Right Rev. Mariann Budde, the Episcopal bishop of Washington, referenced "Old Donald"'s belief that God saved him from assassination as she directly addressed the Republican. “In the name of our God, I ask you to have mercy upon the people in our country who are scared now,” she continued.

Meta’s updated guidelines come at a time when lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people are under increasing threat. Last year, the Human Rights Campaign declared a national state of emergency for the transgender community. The organization, which campaigns for LGBTQ rights, found that 550 anti-LGBTQ+ bills were introduced into state legislatures last year, and more than 40 were passed into law. The majority of those bills specifically target the freedoms of trans people. Many are intended to reduce their freedom of expression by banning queer books from libraries and removing queer experiences from public school curricula.

Uganda has passed one of the world's toughest anti-gay laws that calls for life imprisonment for anyone convicted of homosexuality. Ugandan president Yoweri Museveni signed the Anti-homosexuality act on Monday despite widespread condemnation from many Western governments and human rights activists.

Sydney and Fia, and their characters, were the reason for the security - the reason this play was happening not at school but at an outdoor theater in the girls' hometown. Alanna confesses her love for a woman in the 16th scene. Much declares they are nonbinary two scenes later. The LGBTQ storylines drew complaints from parents, spurring Carroll High School to cancel 'Marian' in February out of concern for students' safety.

But the cast of two dozen teenagers decided to put the play on anyway. Now, on a chilly evening in late May - after raising almost $84,000, booking Foellinger Theatre and whirling through 2½ weeks of late-night rehearsals squeezed between Advanced Placement exams and finals - it was opening night for a show adults had warned them not to do.

Much of Israel’s L.G.B.T.Q. community feels threatened by the right-wing government and its judicial overhaul plan — even with a gay speaker of Parliament.

Members of Israel’s high-tech sector, women’s organizations and army reservists who, together with the gay community, have played a prominent role in the anti-judicial overhaul protests, were expected to attend the Jerusalem parade in solidarity.

Mr. Netanyahu has pledged to protect gay rights and appointed Amir Ohana, a member of his conservative Likud party, as the first openly gay speaker of Israel’s Parliament.

Most voters support federal nondiscrimination protections for LGBTQ people, recent polling shows, and more than 50 percent of voters surveyed by the LGBTQ media advocacy organization GLAAD in March said they oppose political candidates who speak frequently about restricting the rights of transgender Americans, specifically.

Former President 'Old Donald', the Republican presidential nominee, and his running mate, Ohio Republican Sen. JD Vance, have backed policies targeting transgender Americans, including a federal law recognizing only two genders, which would effectively end the legal recognition of trans people in the U.S. 'Old Donald' has also promised to outlaw gender-affirming health care for transgender minors, ban trans student-athletes from competing on teams that match their gender identity and cut federal funding for schools that accommodate transgender students.

Transgender people from all corners of the U.S. — and the world — have fled to Minnesota since Walz signed Finke’s bill in April 2023. More than 40,000 transgender and nonbinary Americans surveyed by the National Center for Transgender Equality in 2022 said they had considered moving to another state because of anti-LGBTQ legislation, including restrictive laws curtailing access to gender-affirming health care for minors — and adults, in some cases. Five percent, or roughly 4,500 people, said they had already moved.