‘At 16, I couldn’t find a trans Muslim role model – so, I survived long enough to become one’
After arriving in the UK at 16, Faye Kingston spent years navigating shame, isolation and the fear of losing everything for being herself. In this first-person Pride essay, she reflects on transition, faith, family, love and why she became the role model she once desperately needed… For years, I thoughtContinue Reading
Ad Attacks Cleveland Clinic for Being Too ‘Woke’
This is a MedPage Today story. Cleveland Clinic officials fired back at a conservative organization’s “Woke Alert” attack ad that asked if the large health system was “the wokest hospital in America,” saying the ad’s claims are “riddled with inaccuracies and lies.” The ad, by Consumers’ Research, says clinic officialsContinue Reading
Taliban invited to Brussels: Migration deals at the cost of human rights? | DW News
The EU is set to host Taliban officials for the first time next week — to discuss deporting Afghan migrants back to the country. But rights groups warn the talks risk normalizing a regime that is violating human rights, being one of the world’s most oppressive systems of gender-based discrimination.Continue Reading
Russia sent quad bikes to clear a minefield. Ukraine’s drones did the rest.
The Russian 58th Combined Arms Army is trying to capture Mala Tokmachka in southern Ukraine The army has a new vehicle: an all-terrain vehicle fitted with a small mine plow As a breaching vehicle, the ATV is better than than nothing—but it has a lot of flaws The town ofContinue Reading
Watch Ukrainian drones hit gas storage site deep in Crimea. Same operation took out radars, tankers, and Russian command post
Ukraine has struck the Hlibivske underground gas storage facility on Crimea’s Tarkhankut Peninsula, Unmanned Systems Forces (SBS) Commander Robert “Madiar” Brovdi says. Madiar’s Unmanned Systems Forces hit the Hlibivske underground gas storage facility on the Tarkhankut Peninsula in Crimea on 19 June The same night’s target list also included theContinue Reading
Most Anticipated LGBTQ+ Adult Fiction: July-December 2026
This post is sponsored by Lucy Linne in honor of her cozy Sapphic horror, Mist in the Willows, on sale for Pride for $1.99! Buy it: Amazon US | Amazon UK *** The Brides by Charlotte Cross (July 7th) “Come to me, and be mine for eternity.” 1884. When Mafalda journeysContinue Reading
Missouri Judge Rules State Abortion Laws Violate Voter-Approved Constitutional Amendment
Judge Jerri Zhang has struck down a series of restrictions on abortion, finding they violated a constitutional amendment adopted by voters in 2024., Read MoreContinue Reading
Rockstar reveals GTA VI cover art, pre-order date
The game carries lofty expectations following the success of 2013’s GTA 5, which remains one of the best-selling video games of all time., The game carries lofty expectations following the success of 2013’s GTA 5, which remains one of the best-selling video games of all time., from Newsnation Read MoreContinue Reading
Italy’s Prime Minister Pulls No Punches With The Traitor — And Social Media Users Love It
One X user responded to Giorgia Meloni’s The Traitor takedown by noting the president “has never met an ally he does not try to screw over in the end.”, Read MoreContinue Reading
The Traitor’s Iran framework hits immediate turbulence after announced deal
Escalation in Lebanon, GOP dissent and even lower approval ratings signal the US-Iran peace deal might not be ready Published June 19, 2026 1:08PM (EDT) Traitor 47 attends the G7 Summit in France amid talks of a peace deal with Iran and the hurdles of GOP criticisms, low approval ratingsContinue Reading
A city’s push for facial recognition on public buses ignites debate over security and privacy
Officials in Kansas City, Missouri, are preparing to equip cameras on some public buses with facial recognition software capable of identifying passengers who appear on a list of banned riders or missing persons. Supporters and opponents alike view the effort as a major litmus test for tapping the AI-powered softwareContinue Reading
El USMNT se hace cada vez más fuerte y Brasil se reafirma como favorito en el Mundial
El USMNT se afianzó como líder de grupo y aseguró su pase a 16vos, mientras que la “Verdeamarela” por fin celebró su primer triunfo. Por su parte, Paraguay sumó sus primeros puntos dejando una expulsión histórica y Marruecos también salió triunfante., Read More NBC NewsContinue Reading
‘We tasted the horrors of war’: Stories of refugees who returned home
In 2025, nearly 15 million displaced people returned – the largest surge of returns recorded by the UN., Approximately 1.3 million Syrians returned from abroad in 2025, nearly three times the figure recorded the previous year, while a further two million internally displaced Syrians went back home, cutting the globalContinue Reading