Fear and Loathing

US: Substitute teacher fired from McCormick after reporting hate speech, LCSD1 investigating

 A substitute teacher who co-sponsored the Gay Straight Alliance club at Cheyenne'e McCormick Junior High was fired shortly after news broke that anti-gay and racist flyers had been posted and distributed at the school.

Brunei: Boycott Sultan Of Brunei’s Hotels Over Cruel Anti-Gay Laws

George Clooney has a long relationship with Deadline, often on matters beyond film and television. In a guest column, he calls for the immediate boycott of the Beverly Hills Hotel, the Hotel Bel-Air and six others to protest the imminent legalization of laws that make it open season on the LGBTQ community in Brunei.

France sees rise in conversion therapies to ‘cure’ homosexuality

The film "Boy Erased" highlights controversial conversion therapies in the United States, which attempt to change homosexual children to heterosexual. This practice is surprisingly common in France.

Indonesia: North Sumatra University breaks up student forum on LGBT literature

Shortly after disbanding its student press, Suara USU, for publishing an LGBT-themed short story, North Sumatra University (USU) has barred former members of the now-defunct press organization from holding discussions on LGBT issues.

U.S. security at risk, Chinese firm seeks to sell Grindr dating app

Chinese gaming company Beijing Kunlun Tech Co Ltd is seeking to sell Grindr LLC, the popular gay dating app it has owned since 2016, after a U.S. government national security panel raised concerns about its ownership, according to people familiar with the matter.

Indonesia: 'Suara USU' student website faces permit revocation for LGBT-themed story

The rector of state-run North Sumatra University (USU), Runtung Sitepu, has threatened to revoke the publishing permit of the campus’ student website, Suara USU, after the news outlet published a lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT)-themed short story.