LGBTIQ

Arts venue Divine Playhouse was told its lease would not be renewed after religious extremists waged a campaign against the LGBTIQ-friendly venue. Dalton Ball reports. 

A new report demonstrates that Israel is using LGBTIQ rights as a public relations shield for occupation, apartheid and now genocide, reports Paula Corvalan.

Trans Queer Solidarity and Trans Action Network organised a “noise demonstration” in opposition to the anti-trans group Street Action Victoria’s rally. Jordan Shukri AK Armaou-Massoud reports.

Bill Nevins attended the Santa Fe International Literary Festival, which drew about 20,000 attendees to the Santa Fe Community Convention Center in New Mexico, from May 15–17.

Zara Lomas pays tribute to Jools Topp, one half of Aotearoa New Zealand’s iconic duo The Topp Twins, who died last month.

Transgender Marxism is a series of short essays written by 15 trans activists and scholars. In a time of rising transphobia and fascism, it is an important work, in spite of its shortcomings, writes Rachel Evans.

Working people across the United States marched and rallied on International Workers’ Day to protest Donald Trump’s authoritarian regime and its anti-worker, pro-billionaire policies, report Malik Miah and Barry Sheppard.

Mark Gillespie writes about the inaugural radical 78er History Walk, where he links past struggles to the present, including the ongoing police violence against peaceful protesters.

The premise that sex work is inherently and inevitably high risk leads to a lack of support for legal reform. Barbarella Karpinski argues that danger is structured and sustained by law, stigma and urban planning.

Jonathan Strauss and Clive Tillman attended the First International Anti-Fascist Conference in Porto Alegre, Brazil, which brought together 4000 activists from more than 40 countries.