Celebrating Trans Day of Visibility 2025

 

Today is Trans Day of Visibility, and we honour the strength, resilience, and beauty of the trans community. Now more than ever, it’s crucial to uplift and amplify trans voices!

Utah is the first state to ban pride flags in public buildings

 

Utah became the first state to ban LGBTQ+ pride flags in schools and other public buildings in the U.S. Governor Spencer Cox signed the bill banning unsanctioned and the law is set to come into effect on May 7. 

The pride flags will not be the only ones impacted by the law. It will also prohibit flags with political slogans and affiliations like Trump’s slogan “Make America Great Again.” 

While Utah is known for its large religious populations, the change in legislation is expected to raise tensions between the government and the state’s large LGBTQ+ community in Salt Lake City. Multiple rainbow flags have been illuminated onto buildings across Salt Lake City in protest of the legislation since it was first announced.

Sadly, this decision is setting a precedent that may soon see other states in the U.S., and comes after the new Trump's Administration policies against LGBTQ+ comunity. During Trump's first term, U.S embassies were denied to fly rainbow flags throughout June in honour of LGBT Pride Month.

We won't be erased!!!

Spartacus Gay Travel Index 2025 is out

 

The Spartacus Gay Travel Index, which has been published since 2012, provides travellers with information about the situation of LGBTQ+ rights in a total of 216 countries and regions. 

In partnership with Booking.com, this index aims to balance the rights of local LGBTQ+ communities with the interests of queer tourists.

In 2025, Canada, Malta, Spain, Portugal, and, for the first time, Iceland lead the ranking. Close behind are Germany and New Zealand, sharing sixth place, followed by Australia, Norway, Uruguay, and Switzerland, which all rank eighth.

U.S. has fallen to 48th place, as a result of the new administration under Donald Trump, who has already begun severely restricting transgender rights at the national level. 

Another nation dropping on the index is Georgia, which is suffering from Russian influence under Putin. It has plummeted from 109th to 162nd place due to anti-LGBTQ+ legislation.

At the bottom of the ranking, Afghanistan, Chechnya, Iran, and Saudi Arabia continue to share last place at rank 210, just as they did in 2023.

Check the Index of 2025 here.

Equality for All, not for Some, thanks to HRC

The Human Rights Campaign (HRC) envisions a world where every member of the LGBTQ+ family has the freedom to live their truth without fear, and with equality under the law. 

Since 1980, HRC has led the way in fighting for LGBTQ+ equality and inclusion. Nowadays, they empower 3 million members and supporters to mobilize against attacks on the most marginalized people in LGBTQ+ community.

They have spent more than 40 years creating the most powerful movement for equality in the U.S. and around the world. A newly energized and passionate force of LGBTQ+ people and allies through HRC is calling attention to the most urgent opportunities for change — and making that change a reality.

Donate to HRC here and make your contribution and join a grassroots force committed to LGBTQ+ equality.

Disney will continue its LGBTQ program

 

Disney investors voted down a proposal that the entertainment giant cease its participation in a prominent LGBTQ rights organization’s equality ratings program.

The proposal was submitted by right-wing think tank National Center for Public Policy Research, through its Free Enterprise Project initiative (FEP).  “When corporations take extreme positions, they destroy shareholder value by alienating large portions of their customers and investors. This proposal provides Disney with an opportunity to move back to neutral,” the FEP’s proposal stated.

Disney’s board recommended voting against the proposal to end its participation in the HRC’s Corporate Equality Index. Shareholders concurred, with only 1% of shares voted in favor the proposal.

Disney has a history of championing LGBTQ rights. In 2022, the company’s stance against Florida’s “don’t say gay” school policy prompted a two-year legal battle with Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis.

Orban's ruling coalition passes law to ban Budapest Pride march

 

Hungary Prime Minister Viktor Orbán continues his crackdown on the country’s LGBTQ+ community, as members of ruling colition passed a law to ban the popular Budapest Pride march.

The law makes it an offense to hold or attend events that violate Hungary’s contentious “child protection” legislation, passed in 2021, which prohibits the “depiction or promotion” of homosexuality to minors under 18, and allows authorities to use facial recognition software to identify attendees.

In a previous speech, Orbán hinted that his government would take steps to ban the Budapest Pride event, which attracts thousands and celebrates the history of the LGBTQ+ movement while asserting the equal rights.

This year, Budapest Pride is marking its 30th anniversary.

The CJEU rules that trans identity should not be subject to proof of surgery

 

The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) ruled that the rectification of data relating to a person's gender identity in the EU cannot be made conditional on proof of having undergone surgery.

In its opinion, in response to a Hungarian preliminary ruling, the court emphasized that a Member State may under no circumstances make a person's exercise of this right to rectification of data conditional on providing proof of having undergone sex reassignment surgery.

This requirement, the court stated, violates the essence of the right to the integrity of the person and the right to respect for private and family life, enshrined in the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union.

Furthermore, this requirement is neither necessary nor proportionate to ensure the reliability and consistency of a public register, such as the asylum register, since a medical certificate, including a prior psychological diagnosis, may constitute relevant and sufficient evidence in this regard, according to the Luxembourg-based court.

The CJEU thus responded to a preliminary question referred by the General Court of the Capital (Hungary), before which an Iranian national filed a complaint in 2022 against her registration as a woman upon obtaining refugee status in 2014, despite having obtained it based on her trans status and having provided medical certificates issued by specialists in psychiatry and gynecology.

According to these certificates, although this individual was born female, her gender identity was male.

After her refugee status was recognized on this basis, this individual was nevertheless registered as a woman in the asylum register maintained by the Hungarian asylum authority. This registry contains the identification data of persons who have obtained such status in Hungary, including their gender.

The applicant requested rectification of his gender identity in the refugee registry under the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), but was denied because he had not proven that he had undergone sex reassignment surgery. There is no procedure for legal recognition of transgender status under Hungarian law.

On this point, the CJEU noted that, under the GDPR and, in particular, the principle of accuracy established by this Regulation, the data subject has the right to have inaccurate personal data concerning him or her rectified without undue delay.

The Regulation enshrines the fundamental right, also enshrined in the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, that everyone has the right to access and obtain rectification of data collected concerning him or her.

In this context, the Court of Justice clarifies that a Member State cannot invoke the absence, in its national law, of a procedure for legal recognition of transgender status to hinder the right to rectification.

Enola Gay aircraft's photos (and another 100,000 more) will be removed by anti-DEI Trump's orders

 

The U.S. Department of Defense is planning to remove content related to the historic aircraft, the Enola Gay, as part of Donald Trump's crackdown on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI).

Trump signed executive orders forcing the removal of all references to DEI in the federal government, as well as mandating that the federal government deny the existence of transgender people by recognizing only two sexes —male or female— despite the scientific and medical consensus.

After the orders, the Defense Department has created a database of more than 26,000 images and posts that have been marked for deletion across all branches of the military. 

Several photos were seemingly flagged for removal only because their file included the word ”gay,” including the World War II aircraft, which dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan. 

The database also marked for removal content about the first black pilots in the military and the country’s first women fighter pilots. References to Women's History Month and Black History Month have already been removed.

They can remove databases, but they can't remove us, the people!!!

Unconventional: a new queer TV comedy-drama

 

We have the trailer of Unconventional, a new LGBTQ+ series from the creators of Eastsiders, on Revry.tv.

The queer comedy-drama follows queer siblings Noah (Kit Williamson) and Margot Guillory (Aubrey Shea) as they explore life in their thirties, alongside their respective partners Dan (James Bland) and Eliza Slate (Briana Venskus).

Unconventional is created by Williamson, who also served as writer and director. He memorably created the acclaimed dark-comedy Eastsiders, also starring Willam, which received 14 Emmy Award nominations.

As they attempt to build an unconventional family, the four of them must navigate an unpredictable world while preserving the strong bonds they’ve formed along the way.

It is also starred by Tuc Watkins (The boys in the band), Jenna Ushkowitz (Glee), Dana Wheeler-Nicholason (Sex and the City), James Urbaniak (Difficult People), Laith Ashley (Pose), Willam (RuPaul’s Drag Race), Constantine Rousouli (Titanique) and comedian Kathy Griffin.

Watch the trailer below:

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Bonus track

 

Bonus Track is a British musical coming-of-age romantic comedy film directed by Julia Jackman, in her feature directorial debut, based on an original story by Josh O'Connor, who also appears in the film, and Mike Gilbert, who wrote the screenplay.

It's 2006, and George (Joe Anders), a small-town sixteen-year-old, is on the road to complete social and academic failure. He dreams of being a star, knows he's a gifted musician, but no one else seems to agree. 

So, when Max (Samuel Small), the son of a mega-famous musical duo, enrolls at his school and takes an interest in his music, George can't believe it. Neither can anyone else. But as the boys grow closer, George begins to question why he actually wants to spend time with Max, finding himself faced with a dream-come-true scenario.

Watch the trailer below: