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theguardian.com > australia-news > ng-interactive > 02/28/2026 > glitter-rainbows-gummi-bears-sydney-mardi-gras-parade-2026-in-pictures

Glitter, rainbows and gummi bears: Sydney Mardi Gras parade 2026 – in pictures

6+ hour, 4+ min ago  (227+ words) Thousands flock to Oxford Street in Darlinghurst to participate in the 48th Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras or have the chance to watch the parade roll past With more than 170 floats and 10,000 marchers, the 48th Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras celebration was…...

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theguardian.com > australia-news > 02/28/2026 > activist-group-pride-in-protest-banned-from-mardi-gras-parade-over-social-media-posts

Activist group Pride in Protest banned from Mardi Gras parade over social media posts

18+ hour, 5+ min ago  (401+ words) Mardi Gras chief executive Jesse Matheson said group was asked to remove "unacceptable public commentary" levelled against Jewish parade group Activist group Pride in Protest has been banned from marching in the Sydney Mardi Gras parade over social media posts…...

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theguardian.com > us-news > 02/27/2026 > scouting-america-transgender-ban-pentagon

Scouting America to reinstate ban on trans children to appease Pentagon

20+ hour, 57+ min ago  (1039+ words) Former Boy Scouts cave to Pete Hegseth as he laments move from "focus on God as the ruler of the universe" Scouting America will alter several policies at the urging of the Pentagon, including one targeting transgender children, the defense…...

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theguardian.com > us-news > 02/18/2026 > nyc-nyu-langone-hospital-trans-care

New York hospital ends transgender treatment program for minors

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (425+ words) NYU Langone's decision comes amid Trump administration threats to cut funding to providers who treat trans youth NYU Langone Health, one of New York City's major hospital networks, announced this week that it will shut down its gender'affirming care program…...

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theguardian.com > stage > 02/17/2026 > after-miss-julie-review-park-theatre-london-patrick-marber

After Miss Julie review – sex takes second place to snarling class warfare

1+ week, 4+ day ago  (254+ words) Park theatre, London Patrick Marber updates Strindberg's story to a country house in 1945, where upstairs-downstairs disaffection drives the drama Strindberg claimed that he wrote Miss Julie during a month of "enforced celibacy" in 1888. The resulting tragedy has a snarling, pent-up…...

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theguardian.com > australia-news > 02/18/2026 > far-right-influencers-homophobic-attacks-dating-apps-investigation-ntwnfb

Role of far-right ‘manosphere’ in homophobic attacks on men to be investigated in Victoria

1+ week, 4+ day ago  (568+ words) Exclusive: Greens move to call parliamentary inquiry after series of "disturbing" attacks targeting gay and bisexual men lured via dating apps The role of "far-right manosphere influencers" in fuelling homophobic attacks where victims were lured through fake dating app profiles…...

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theguardian.com > us-news > 02/12/2026 > pride-flag-reinstated-stonewall

Pride flag reinstated at Stonewall after it was removed by Trump administration

2+ week, 1+ day ago  (372+ words) New York City officials raise flag at site of rebellion once again after "act of erasure" by administration Days after the Trump administration oversaw the removal of a Pride flag from the Stonewall national monument, officials in New York City…...

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theguardian.com > world > 02/12/2026 > church-of-england-general-synod-halts-work-on-lgbtq-equality

Church of England General Synod halts work on LGBTQ+ equality

2+ week, 1+ day ago  (798+ words) Progressive Christians speak of pain and anger as issue is put in deep freeze after London meeting The General Synod debate on equal marriages " a timeline The hopes of progressive Christians in the Church of England have suffered a big…...

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theguardian.com > film > 02/12/2026 > blue-boy-trial-japan-trans-history-kasho-iizuka

‘People ought to know’: Blue Boy Trial brings Japan’s trans history up to date

2+ week, 2+ day ago  (283+ words) Kasho Iizuka's feature casts trans actors to revisit a notorious 1965 trial that made gender reassignment illegal for more than 30 years. He explains why the history remains unfinished The so-called "Blue Boy trial" in 1965 was a landmark moment for trans visibility…...

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theguardian.com > lifeandstyle > 02/11/2026 > a-moment-that-changed-me-boyfriend-went-missing-9-11

A moment that changed me: I wasn’t sure about my relationship. Then my boyfriend went missing on 9/11

2+ week, 3+ day ago  (487+ words) I was quite spoiled and he could be a little dour. But on that terrible day, when he was just two blocks away when the South Tower exploded, I realised he was all I wanted I met Chris in the…...