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Transgender Euphoria actress Hunter Schafer has hit out at the Donald Trump administration after learning that her new passport lists her gender as 'male' rather than 'female' due to the president's controversial executive order. Schafer, 26, expressed her shock at the move in a video shared on social media, in which she said that the change will 'make life a little harder.' Hunter also voiced her fears for the transgender community, adding that the move will create added levels of stress when dealing with border control agents. Beginning her video, Hunter explained that she hasn't had any issues with her...

An event at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts featuring the Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington, D.C., and the National Symphony Orchestra has been canceled, the choral group said. It's the latest performance that has been canceled since President Donald Trump purged the arts organization's Board of Trustees and appointed himself its chairman this month.

The establishment media’s grip on public opinion is under threat after the Trump administration launched a large-scale investigation of the industry. The administration’s initiative comes as Americans’ trust in the establishment media to report current events “fully, accurately and fairly” plummeted to a record low in 2024

Muhsin Hendricks, considered the world’s “first openly gay imam”, has been shot dead near the southern city of Gqeberha, South African police have said. The imam, who ran a mosque intended as a safe haven for gay and other marginalised Muslims, was in a car with another person on Saturday when a vehicle stopped in front of them and blocked their exit, police said. “Two unknown suspects with covered faces got out of the vehicle and started firing multiple shots at the vehicle,” the Eastern Cape force said in a statement. “Thereafter they fled the scene, and the driver noticed...

The Hague (AP) -- The International Criminal Court on Friday called on its member states to stand up against sanctions imposed by US President Donald Trump, saying that the move was an attempt to “harm its independent and impartial judicial work”. And the embattled court got plenty of support from traditional US allies in Europe who stood up against the Trump measure. “Sanctioning the ICC threatens the court’s independence and undermines the international criminal justice system as a whole,” said European Council President António Costa, who heads the summits of the European Union’s 27 leaders. It was the toughest direct...