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Remind us — what’s so awful about the European Court of Human Rights again? The right to life? Fair trial? Not being tortured? Outrageous. 😏

Oh Myyy: Star Trek’s George Takei boldly goes where book censors fear to tread! And lesbian daughter of homophobic African president refuses to vote for him.

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cancel Elon Musk

Oh Myyy: Star Trek’s George Takei boldly goes where book censors fear to tread! And lesbian daughter of homophobic African president refuses to vote for him.

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Oh Myyy: Star Trek’s George Takei boldly goes where book censors fear to tread! And lesbian daughter of homophobic African president refuses to vote for him.

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G-A-Y Bar to close as Old Compton Street 'has lost LGBT identity' Owner Jeremy Joseph says it is "time to say goodbye" as he hopes to keep his other venue open.

Another LGBTQ+ space lost 💔🌈

One of central London’s main queer bars is closing.

Its owner says Soho’s Old Compton Street has lost its LGBT soul, its slipping away 🕯️🏳️‍🌈

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c15k2eln77zo

United States: Trump Call to Militarize Cities Risks Abuse Remarks by US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth and President Donald Trump at a joint address to top military leaders on September 30, 2025 raise grave concerns that the administration will seek to deploy combat forces in domestic law enforcement roles, Human Rights Watch said today.

Trump is calling to militarise American cities ⚠️🕶️

His speech to military leaders sparks deep fears about power without oversight.

When the army is turned inward, democracy trembles 💣

https://www.hrw.org/news/2025/10/02/united-states-trump-call-to-militarize-cities-risks-abuse

Elon Musk leads calls to ‘Cancel Netflix’ in response to LGBT+ show The tech CEO’s comments were shared with his 227 million followers, with Netflix’s shares dropping by 2.2 percent after he called for the boycott

Elon Musk is crying “cancel Netflix” 😭📺 because the platform dares to show trans people existing

Billionaires with hurt feelings aren’t culture critics

https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/elon-musk-hamish-steele-dead-end-b2838042.html

Israel intercepts Gaza Sumud flotilla vessels: What we know so far Global Sumud Flotilla had been pressing forward with its mission to break Israel’s siege of Gaza.

A flotilla of 44 boats, filled with 500 activists from 44 nations, sailed toward Gaza with only aid and hope 🌊💔

Israeli forces stopped them, detaining all on board. Even mercy is met with violence ✊🌍

Oh Myyy: Star Trek’s George Takei boldly goes where book censors fear to tread! And lesbian daughter of homophobic African president refuses to vote for him.

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Tanzania: Anti-LGBTQ laws hold back freedom, health, development A report from the LGBTQ+ advocacy group LGBT Voice Tanzania describes the destruction that systemic homophobia is wreaking on LGBTQ+ people in the East

A new report from LGBT Voice Tanzania sounds the alarm 🚨🌈

Systemic homophobia is destroying lives across the country

Arrests, abuse, and fear are daily realities

https://76crimes.com/2025/10/02/report-anti-lgbt-laws-tanzanians/

EU: Russia clearly demonstrates its disregard for human rights protection - EU NEIGHBOURS east On 29 September, Vladimir Putin signed the law on Russia’s withdrawal from the European Convention for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment. “The formal decision is one more step in Russia’s complete disengagement from its international commitments and clearly demonstrates Russia’s disregard for the protection of human rights,” reads a statement by the EU Lead Spokesperson for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Anitta Hipper, published on 30 September. Anitta mentions that it has not allowed any monitoring visits to places of deprivation of liberty, citing the UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights

Putin has pulled Russia out of the Convention against Torture 💔🔥

This is a declaration

Russia no longer even pretends to care about human rights. 🌍⚡

https://euneighbourseast.eu/news/latest-news/eu-russia-clearly-demonstrates-its-disregard-for-human-rights-protection/

Visibility is power ✊🏿✨

Celebrate Black History Month with stories that matter 🌈🎥 Five documentaries shining light on Black queer life & love

https://www.thepinknews.com/2025/10/01/five-documentaries-about-black-queer-life-everyone-should-watch-in-black-history-month/

Three years of ‘Woman, Life, Freedom’: A turning point for queer visibility in Iran Reflections on a continuing fight Three years after the Woman, Life, Freedom uprising, its echoes are still reshaping Iranian politics

The Women, Life, Freedom uprising did not leave things unchanged 💥🌸

For queer Iranians, it meant being seen at last. Their struggle is part of Iran’s fight because liberation without queer voices isn’t liberation at all 🌈✊

https://en.radiozamaneh.com/37203/

‘Starmer is Reform-lite’: Readers voice fears over human rights law review The Prime Minister has announced a review of ECHR in a major U-turn, with readers warning that Starmer “trying to talk tough” could undermine protections for asylum seekers

“Starmer is Reform-lite” 💥 The PM’s U-turn on the ECHR & talk of a review is dangerous

Playing tough politics risks dismantling protections for asylum seekers & human rights 🌍⚡

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/echr-human-rights-keir-starmer-uk-immigration-b2837372.html

Same-sex partners recognized under more laws in Japan However, the government maintains the position that same-sex partners are not covered by 120 laws and ordinances, including those related to taxes and social security.

Progress in Japan 🌸🌈 More legal recognition for same-sex partners is a victory

Yet over 120 laws still deny them equal rights on taxes & social security

Equality delayed is equality denied ⚡💖

https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/01/japan/same-sex-partners-law/

the internet is back in Afghanistan.

Oh Myyy: Star Trek’s George Takei boldly goes where book censors fear to tread! And lesbian daughter of homophobic African president refuses to vote for him.

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New report highlights British corporate links to environmental destruction in West Papua New report highlights British corporate links to environmental destruction in West Papua

British companies are complicit 🌍💥

A new report in Parliament exposes their role in environmental destruction and human rights abuses in West Papua

Climate justice means corporate accountability ✊🌱

“Labour isn’t working for the LGBT+ community”: Campaigners call for the party to do better Between July 2024 and May 2025, Labour’s share of lesbian, gay and bisexual voters plummeted from 42% to 25%

Do better ✊💥

“Labour isn’t working for the LGBT+ community” 🌈💔 Campaigners are calling out the party’s silence & inaction

https://diva-magazine.com/2025/09/30/labour-conference-trans-solidarity-alliance/

Afghan women lose their 'last hope' as Taliban shuts down internet For many women, the internet was their last resource. An internet shutdown threatens to end this.

The Taliban just cut Afghan women off from the world 💔📵

Shutting down the internet means silencing their last hope, their voices, their freedom, their fight ✊🌍

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c98dmq03n92o

Lesbian did not commit the first crime in space! And we urge Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham to apologise to LGBTs for past homophobic police witch-hunts

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LGBTQ advocates warn of FBI plan to label trans people as ‘violent extremists’ LGBTQ advocacy groups condemn FBI's potential classification of transgender people as a threat group, calling it unconstitutional.

Top human rights groups are furious!😱

Yes, in 2025

🚨 In the US, the FBI may be coordinating with the Heritage Foundation to brand trans people as “violent extremists”

https://roughdraftatlanta.com/2025/09/30/fbi-transgender-threat-classification/

Russia’s daily barrages of aerial attacks have transformed life into ‘hell’ for Ukraine’s soldiers and millions of Ukrainian civilians who live in constant f... Russian drone attacks are reshaping life in Ukraine | GZERO World with Ian Bremmer

Russia’s relentless airstrikes have turned life into hell 💥🔥

Ukrainian civilians and soldiers live in constant terror, drone swarms above, bombs below. Every day is survival under siege 💔🌍

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tt_OZXkT4qA

Apologies from animal Kingdom I guess was accepted xx

China’s systemic arbitrary detention persists three years on from UN’s Xinjiang report In his global update opening the 60th session of the Human Rights Council (HRC60) in Geneva, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk said the progress…

Crimes against humanity can’t wait ⏳💥

Three years on, Uyghur abuses continue & the UN admits no progress

Used as a tool of repression & control, enforced disappearances in China aim to silence dissent and punish collectively

Never mind "trans operations"

Trump needs a "species operation" to make him human

The desperation is showing

Trump now blames the budget crisis on… trans people?! 🤦‍♂️🌈 He claims Democrats want “trans operations for everybody”

https://www.thepinknews.com/2025/09/25/trump-blames-budget-crisis-on-trans-people-transgender/

Singer demands Tommy Robinson stop using anti-apartheid anthem Singer-songwriter Labi Siffre says he has sent cease and desist letter to Tommy Robinson over use of song (Something Inside) So Strong

You can’t steal a freedom anthem for hate 💖🎤

Anti-apartheid icon Labi Siffre 🌍🎶 just told far-right agitator Tommy Robinson to stop using "Something Inside So Strong".

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/tommy-robinson-unite-kingdom-labi-siffre-song-b2835660.html

Slovak parliament approves constitutional change curbing rights of same-sex couples Lawmakers in Slovakia have passed a constitutional change curbing the rights of same-sex couples and giving national law precedence over EU law. The country's nationalist Prime Minister Robert Fico described…

Slovakia moves backwards 🚨 Lawmakers curb same-sex couples’ rights and defy EU law.

This is how discrimination becomes policy 💥🌍

https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20250926-slovak-parliament-approves-anti-lgbtq-constitutional-change