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Berlin Pride attack: Lebanese-origin suspect Abdul Ballout shot dead by police during search

OpIndia Staff -
Berlin Pride celebrations attack suspect Abdul Ballout shot dead by police in Spandau after he charged towards officers with a blade.
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Germany: Man with ties to Islamic groups mows down people with his car at Berlin Pride festival, one killed

OpIndia Staff -
Berlin police said they have identified a suspect who has not yet been arrested. Police spokesperson Florian Nath said the man is known to authorities and has ties to Islamic circles in the German capital.
News Reports

NYT triggers outrage for using Father’s Day to push ‘trans dad’ narrative: How Western media is pushing transgender activism into mainstream culture

Shraddha Pandey -
The NYT piece published on 21st June not only normalises biological females identifying as men, parenting children as fathers, but also furthers a victimhood narrative
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Non-binary ‘cockroach’ activist seen at CJP’s Jantar Mantar protest expelled from home by parents after clips went viral

OpIndia Staff -
Many users focused on the T-shirt he wore, which read “Life s**ks but I s**k better,” while others began questioning his appearance, mannerisms and sexuality.
Government and Policy

No interim relief: Supreme Court refuses to stay Transgender Amendment Act, sends matter to 3-judge bench

OpIndia Staff -
During the hearing, the Court clearly stated that it is not inclined to grant any interim stay on the law at this stage.
Law

Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Amendment Bill, tabled in the Lok Sabha, modifies the definition of transgender person to exclude self-chosen gender identities

OpIndia Staff -
The Bill makes it clear that it does not aim to protect all persons with various gender identities, self-perceived sex/gender identities or gender fluidities but only transgender persons.
News Reports

China removes two popular gay dating apps from Apple’s App Store

Shraddha Pandey -
Informing about the removal of two gay dating apps from the Apple’s Chinese App Store, an Apple spokesperson said, “We follow the laws of the countries where we operate. Based on an order from the Cyberspace Administration of China, we have removed these two apps from the China storefront only.”
News Reports

LGBTQ ‘activist’ who led online mob against JK Rowling gets 24 years jail sentence for raping a minor boy

OpIndia Staff -
Stephan Ireland, who co-founded 'Pride in Surrey' and projected himself a voice of LGBTQ+ youths, led an online mob that, for years, harassed JK Rowling for expressing views about biological sex and women’s rights.
World

China wages war on gay erotica: Women writers face arrest for breaking censorship lines as crackdown on queer fiction deepens

Chandrani Das -
At least 30 writers—nearly all of them women in their 20s—have been arrested across China since February for publishing gay erotica.
News Reports

The politics of contradiction: How LGBTQ patron Muhammad Yunus turned into ‘saviour of Muslims’ in Bangladesh

Salah Uddin Shoaib Choudhury -
Despite Yunus’s decades-long involvement in promoting and funding LGBTQ causes globally, a growing segment of Islamic leaders in Bangladesh now view him favourably. This contradictory narrative exposes the fragile and often opportunistic dynamics of Bangladeshi politics, where ideological lines can be redrawn overnight.
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