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Tuesday, April 21 - “The European Union's top court has ruled that Hungarian anti-LGBTQ laws violate EU rules and infringe its values of equality and minority rights.”

Wednesday, April 22 - “A cheer rang out in Julius’ Bar on the evening of Tuesday, April 21, as New York City’s oldest continuously-operating gay bar commemorated the 60th anniversary of what is considered one of, if not the first, documented acts of civil disobedience in the modern movement for LGBTQ rights.”

Thursday, April 23 - “‘The Holy See has made it clear that we do not agree with the formalized blessing of couples, in this case, homosexual couples, as you asked, or couples in irregular situations, beyond what was specifically, if you will, allowed for by Pope Francis in saying all people receive blessings,’ he said.”

Thursday, April 23 - “Police in Brooklyn pulled gay New York City Council Member Chi Ossé (D) out of a chain of anti-eviction protestors who had their arms interlocked in front of brownstone residence buildings in the Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York City, on Wednesday. Officers then threw Ossé to the rainy sidewalk and handcuffed him from behind while onlookers recorded videos, begged officers to stop, and chanted, ‘Who do you serve?’”

Thursday, April 23 - “A federal judge overturned the Trump administration’s ban on gender-affirming care for children on Saturday, decrying Robert F Kennedy Jr’s ‘wanton disregard” for the law that ‘causes very real harm to very real people.’”

Thursday, April 23 - “In recent days, Tennessee Republicans have moved a cluster of bills affecting transgender people across multiple areas of public life, from schools and government policy to health care and access to shared facilities.”

Thursday, April 23 - “A new federal inquiry into television ratings is drawing sharp backlash from LGBTQ+ advocates, who warn it could mark a turning point in how the government treats queer representation in media.”

Thursday, April 23 - “Two Russian ⁠LGBT ⁠organisations said on ⁠Thursday they had been designated by ​separate courts as "extremist", part of a widening ‌crackdown on the gay ‌and transgender community.” 

Friday, April 24 - “The Texas Supreme Court dismissed a lawsuit over the state's investigations into families with transgender children because most of the investigations were closed and the children are no longer minors.”

Saturday, April 25 - “New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani (D) has appointed Black lesbian librarian and archivist Shawn(ta) Smith-Cruz as commissioner of the city’s Department of Records and Information Services (DORIS).”

Saturday, April 25 - “Three D.C.-based LGBTQ advocacy organizations released statements on April 24 announcing that highly acclaimed D.C. transgender rights advocate SaVanna Wanzer has passed away.”