Russia's recent ruling could put LGBTQ people in danger, South Africa wants to enact penalties for homophobic attacks, and Nepal grants a marriage certificate to a gay couple.

Florida’s anti-trans powers that be are coming at Monarch High School hard and fast.

A lawsuit in Iowa seeks to block an anti-LGBTQ law, and students in Washington mail pro-LGBTQ cards to Moms for Liberty.

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday allowed Washington State to continue enforcing its ban on conversion therapy for minors, another blow to the dangerous and discredited practice of endeavoring to change a patient’s sexual orientation or gender identity.

Mike Jeffries, the former CEO of popular clothing brand Abercrombie & Fitch, has been accused of using his power to lure young male models to parties hosted in his home with his partner, Matthew Smith, and at hotels around the world. These parties were sexual in nature, and the men were all paid to attend.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’s roaring war on drag is ending with one whimper after another. His latest defeat is his campaign against the Hyatt Regency Miami.

The Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation (DBPR) launched an investigation into the hotel because a drag show was hosted at the James L. Knight Center, which is on the same property. Because people under 18 were admitted, DBPR launched an investigation saying the children would be harmed. The hotel caters to the Knight Center, and the state was targeting its liquor license. That type of loss can put an establishment out of business.

However, the bark was much worse than the bite. The hotel will pay a $5,000 fine and promise not to let children into shows that may have “lewdness,” which remains a murky term.

The Christmas-themed show, "A Drag Queen Christmas," was held last December in Miami. Video taken by a “concerned attendee” was brought to the attention of the governor’s office.

The settlement lets the state declare victory, but the fine will barely cover the cost of the investigation. A similar deal was struck with R House in Wynwood, where a video showed a child dancing with a drag queen on the sidewalk. After similar saber-rattling, the state settled for a fine and a promise.

After launching investigations into several venues in Florida, the governor and his Republican supermajority in Tallahassee passed an anti-drag bill. It cowed prides into canceling parades and fencing in events.

Hamburger Mary’s in Orlando sued to overturn the law, and a federal judge put the law on hold. In another defeat for DeSantis, even the extreme, right-wing, U.S. Supreme Court agreed to keep the law on hold while it works through the courts.