Following talks with LGBTQ+ activists at the Vatican, Pope Francis is facing calls to overturn the Catholic Church’s ban on gender-affirming care for transgender people. The meeting, held privately at a guesthouse at the Pope’s residence, was organised by New Ways Ministry, a U.S-based advocacy group for LGBTQ+ Catholics. Those in attendance included a Catholic […]

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Former Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond has died after becoming ill while attending an international conference in North Macedonia. Local media in North Macedonia reported that he collapsed during a lunch at the Inex Olgica Hotel on Saturday (October 12) and was pronounced dead at the scene. It is believed that he died of a […]

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Donald Trump has continued to repeat his false claims at a Pennsylvania rally that schools are making kids trans by forcing them to undergo gender-affirming surgeries during school hours.  In yet another anti-trans rant, the former president perpetuated a harmful claim that schools are forcing students to transition without their parents’ consent. There is nothing […]

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