> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://www.stonewallnews.net/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # Weekly Update on National & International LGBTQ+ Equality – Wed, November 11, 2026 - URL: https://www.stonewallnews.net/weekly-update-on-national-international-lgbtq-equality-wed-november-11-2026/ - Published: 2026-11-11T19:40:27.000Z - Updated: 2026-11-11T19:40:27.000Z - Description: This week: the Privy Council decriminalizes Trinidad and Tobago, Ghana’s Parliament hits rewind, Jakarta’s queer marchers attacked, a $40 HIV shot, Alabama’s first trans lawmaker, Coward, Jim Queen and much more… - Author: Fabrice Houdart - Tags: National, International, #table-of-content This week, I perceived a sense of optimism in our community. In the U.S., last week’s elections sent a record number of out members to Congress and a trans woman to Alabama’s legislature. On Tuesday, the Privy Council struck down Trinidad and Tobago’s sodomy law, and the same day Ghana’s Parliament rescinded its vote on one of the world’s harshest anti-LGBTQ+ bills. Add Brazil’s Supreme Court, and it feels, as one activist put it to me, like we are back on the front foot. Nothing is won yet: the Ghana bill is not dead, 32 people go on trial in Senegal tomorrow, and the attack on queer marchers in Jakarta is a reminder of how fragile our space remains. But momentum matters, and we have some this week. > *This update is provided by* [Fabrice Houdart](https://fabricehoudart.substack.com/?utm%5Fsource=substack&utm%5Fmedium=email)*, consider supporting his important work.* --- ### Global News #### Trinidad and Tobago: The Privy Council Strikes Down the Sodomy Law On Tuesday, the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council in London struck down Trinidad and Tobago’s laws criminalizing consensual same-sex conduct, the first time the court has ruled on whether such laws are constitutional. Activist Jason Jones brought the case and fought it for ten years; he says the judgment will *“change many millions of people’s lives.”* The judgment has few ringing phrases, but the judges’ respect for Jones comes through: they wrote that the ability to form an intimate and loving relationship is *“a vital interest for all human beings.”* It does not automatically strike down the laws of Jamaica, Grenada, or other countries that still send their final appeals to the Privy Council, whose constitutions carry similar, though not identical, *“savings clauses”* that shield colonial-era laws. Trinidad and Tobago’s defense was weaker because its government amended the colonial law in 1986 and increased the penalties. But the court said plainly that constitutional interpretation evolves over time, and the ruling will persuade courts across the Caribbean and the Commonwealth. Expect more cases. Read more in [The Guardian](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/nov/10/activist-jason-jones-wins-10-year-fight-against-homophobic-trinidad-and-tobago-laws?ref=stonewallnews.net) and from [Human Rights Watch](https://www.hrw.org/news/2026/11/10/trinidad-and-tobago-uk-court-overturns-same-sex-conduct-laws?ref=stonewallnews.net) and, for the man behind the case, Liam Rezende’s conversation with Jones in [SAGAMAN](https://saga-man.com/jason-jones-cost-of-belonging/?ref=stonewallnews.net). #### Hungary: Strasbourg Says Orbán Could Not Fine the Ballot Spoilers In 2022, Háttér Society and Amnesty International Hungary urged voters to spoil their ballots in Viktor Orbán’s anti-LGBT “*child protection”* referendum. They did: 1.7 million invalid ballots, close to 30% of those cast, and the referendum failed. The election commission then fined Háttér three million forints. On November 3, the European Court of Human Rights ruled unanimously that the fines had no clear legal basis and violated freedom of expression, awarding each organization €3,000\. Read more in [beck-aktuell](https://www.beck-aktuell.de/heute-im-recht/rechtsprechung/egmr-4390122-ungarn-ngos-amnesty-international-referendum-transphobie-homophobie-protestaktion-meinungsfreiheit-public-watchdogs-2026-11-04?ref=stonewallnews.net) (in German, of course). #### Ghana: Parliament Rescinds Its Vote on the Anti-LGBTQ+ Bill On Tuesday, Ghana’s Parliament voted to rescind its May 29 passage of the Human Sexual Rights and Family Values Bill. Speaker Alban Bagbin had never sent the bill to President John Mahama, and Parliament’s drafters found that the final text did not match what MPs had actually decided, something they could not fix on their own. The bill now goes back for further consideration, and MPs can amend it again, including its sentencing provisions. It is not dead: it still criminalizes not only same-sex relations but also advocacy and funding, and Mahama has said he will sign it. Our partners on the ground still aren't clear on what this means. But a bill that looked days from becoming law is back on the floor, and outcomes like this are rarely an accident: much of the work that produces them happens out of view. Read more in [Citi Newsroom](https://www.citinewsroom.com/2026/11/parliament-reverses-passage-of-anti-lgbtq-bill/?ref=stonewallnews.net). #### Mali: A First Conviction Under the New Penal Code Mali criminalized homosexuality in late 2024\. On October 26, a Bamako cybercrime court sentenced two men to a year in prison, six months of it firm, for *“acts against nature.”* They had first been prosecuted for sharing pornographic videos; the charge then slid toward their private lives. It is the first known conviction under the new code. Read more in [Koaci](https://www.koaci.com/article/2026/10/30/mali/societe/mali-deux-hommes-condamnes-pour-homosexualite-une-premiere-connue-dans-le-pays%5F202144.html?ref=stonewallnews.net) (in French). #### South Korea: A Youth Manual That Called Us “*Delinquents*” A government manual for counselors working with at-risk teenagers listed homosexuality as a form of *“juvenile delinquency,”* alongside sexual violence, theft, and drug use. The 2019 entry survived a 2025 revision. After it was exposed on November 2, the Korea Youth Counseling and Welfare Institute apologized. Read more in [The Independent](https://www.independent.co.uk/bulletin/news/south-korea-lgbt-juvenile-delinquency-b3080293.html?ref=stonewallnews.net). #### Indonesia: Queer Marchers Attacked in Jakarta On Saturday, queer Indonesians marched openly in Women’s March Jakarta, rainbow flags and all, a year after President Prabowo’s government labeled the spread of *“LGBTQ culture”* a threat to the nation. After the march, three masked men tried to seize a rainbow flag; organizers say three participants were hurt, one seriously, and that police stood by. By Wednesday, a PKS member of the Jakarta council was calling for a regional regulation on LGBTQ people. Read more in [IDN Times](https://www.idntimes.com/news/indonesia/3-orang-terluka-women-s-march-jakarta-kecam-kekerasan-terhadap-peserta-aksi-00-bbwlv-tmc0qt?ref=stonewallnews.net) (in Indonesian). #### Turkey: A Third LGBTQ+ Group Faces Dissolution İstanbul prosecutors want to shut down SPoD, the Social Policy, Gender Identity and Sexual Orientation Studies Association, founded in 2011\. The November 2 indictment, accepted by an İstanbul criminal court, accuses the group of acting against the law and morality and treats its work for equal employment as an attempt to create *“division within the state.”* Four members face one to three years in prison. SPoD is at least the third group targeted in less than two months, after Mersin’s Muamma LGBTİ+ and 7 Renk LGBTİ+, both caught in a September sweep called *“My Family Is Safe.” T*he first hearing is November 18\. Read more in [Turkish Minute](https://www.turkishminute.com/2026/11/11/turkey-targets-third-lgbtq-rights-group-for-dissolution-in-less-than-2-months/?ref=stonewallnews.net). #### The Vatican: Cardinal Zen Wants the Synod Stopped Cardinal Joseph Zen, bishop emeritus of Hong Kong, has asked Pope Leo XIV to end the Synod on Synodality, accusing it of *“hidden agendas,”* including updating sexual morality under the LGBTQ banner. He wants Cardinals Grech and Hollerich sidelined and Cardinal Fernández, author of the declaration allowing blessings of same-sex couples, replaced. His anger was triggered by a synod study group report that refused to call same-sex relationships sinful at their root. The fight over us inside the Church is far from over. Read his [post](https://x.com/CardJosephZen/status/2119767872532844831?ref=stonewallnews.net) and the report in [LifeSiteNews](https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/cardinal-zen-urges-pope-leo-to-stop-synod-remove-cardinal-fernandez?ref=stonewallnews.net). #### The Church: A Queer Confiteor Draws Fire Outreach, the LGBTQ Catholic ministry founded by Fr. James Martin, has started a series on praying the Mass from an LGBTQ perspective. The first installment, by Ariell Watson Simon, offers a gentler version of the Confiteor, the prayer in which Catholics confess they have “*greatly sinned”:* this one asks forgiveness for *“prejudiced thoughts”* and *“degrading self-talk,”* and calls on *“queer saints.”* Some Catholics were not happy. Read more in [Catholic Answers](https://www.catholic.com/magazine/online-edition/a-queer-confiteor?ref=stonewallnews.net). #### Still Unfolding In **the UK**, LGBTQ+ charities say they are at *“breaking point*”: funding fell 8.6% in real terms between 2023 and 2025 while demand rose ([PinkNews](https://www.thepinknews.com/2026/11/05/lgbt-charity-funding-uk/?ref=stonewallnews.net)). In **Germany**, the federal family ministry has cut funding to the queer youth network Lambda at the end of the year, shutting down Queersupport, its counseling service for queer teenagers ([taz](https://taz.de/!6201431?ref=stonewallnews.net), in German). In **Argentina**, dozens of young men on a night bike ride attacked trans sex workers in Buenos Aires’s Bosques de Palermo on November 1–2, filmed it and posted it; at least six were injured, and prosecutors are investigating ([Perfil](https://perfil.com/sociedad/investigan-la-agresion-de-ciclistas-a-trabajadoras-sexuales-trans-en-los-bosques-de-palermo-aK8OZ8M62RLx?ref=stonewallnews.net), in Spanish). In **Brazil**, the Supreme Federal Court unanimously struck down a Maranhão state law that let parents pull their children from any class touching on gender or sexual orientation ([IstoÉ](https://istoe.com.br/stf-derruba-lei-aulas-genero-maranhao?ref=stonewallnews.net), in Portuguese). In **Poland**, the Supreme Administrative Court declined on November 4 to decide whether a foreign birth certificate for a girl with two mothers can be transcribed, leaving a 2019 ruling that blocks it in force ([OKO.press](https://oko.press/polski-sad-chowa-glowe-w-piasek-8-letnia-sofia-ma-dwie-mamy-ale-tylko-jedna-na-papierze?ref=stonewallnews.net), in Polish). And in **Senegal**, the trial of 32 people in Louga opens tomorrow ([Le Soleil](https://lesoleil.sn/actualites/societe-fait-divers/louga-32-personnes-renvoyees-devant-le-tribunal-correctionnel-pour-plusieurs-infractions/?ref=stonewallnews.net), in French). --- ### US News #### Alabama’s First Trans Lawmaker, and Five Other States’ Firsts Allison Montgomery, a software engineer from Huntsville, beat Republican incumbent Phillip Rigsby in Alabama’s House District 25, 53% to 47%, in a district Trump carried three times. During the campaign, the state Republican chair called her mentally ill. She ran on schools, health care, and affordability. Trans candidates also won first-ever legislative seats in Michigan (Joanna Whaley), Washington (Jaelynn Scott, the first Black trans state lawmaker in the country) and Wisconsin (Dina Nina Martinez-Rutherford), while Quinnie Perez became Florida’s first trans elected official, on a soil and water board. Read more in [Alabama Reflector](https://alreporter.com/2026/11/05/how-did-allison-montgomery-become-alabamas-first-transgender-lawmaker-by-running-on-the-issues-she-says?ref=stonewallnews.net) and [Out](https://www.out.com/politics/trans-nonbinary-candidates-2026-midterms?ref=stonewallnews.net). #### The Most LGBTQ+ Congress Yet: At Least 17 With the late calls in, Congress will have at least 17 out members in January, up from 14\. All nine out House members who ran again won. Six newcomers join them, including Scott Wiener of California, the latest race called, along with Chris Pappas in the Senate. Three leave: Angie Craig, Julie Johnson, gerrymandered out of her Texas seat, and Everton Blair. Read more in [PinkNews](https://www.thepinknews.com/2026/11/05/most-lgbtq-congress-2027/?ref=stonewallnews.net). The Congressional Equality Caucus summed it up: the 120th Congress will be [the gayest in history](https://x.com/equalitycaucus/status/2118342951302582489?ref=stonewallnews.net), at least that we know of. That is 17 of 535 seats, or **3.2%**, up from 2.6%, in a country where about 9% of adults identify as LGBTQ+, according to [Gallup](https://gaycitynews.com/lgbtq-people-9-percent-us-population-gallup-poll/?ref=stonewallnews.net). #### Even Ron DeSantis Gives Up on the Ads The day after the election, Ron DeSantis, who built a national career fighting *“gender ideology,*” called the result *“close to an extinction-level event”* for Republicans and said the hundreds of millions spent on anti-trans ads were *“fighting yesterday’s battles”:* “*That was not the issue motivating voters.”* A GLAAD and Morning Consult poll released Sunday found the ads backfired, with voters choosing the opposing view 2-to-1\. Read more in [The Advocate](https://www.advocate.com/politics/election/ron-desantis-midterm-post-mortem?ref=stonewallnews.net) and from [GLAAD](https://glaad.org/glaad-morning-consult-poll-political-ads-attacking-transgender-people-backfired-2-to-1-in-midterm-elections/?ref=stonewallnews.net). #### West Hollywood Registers Throuples West Hollywood, the first US city to create a domestic partnership registry for same-sex couples in 1985, voted unanimously on November 2 to let three or more adults register a *“multi-partner domestic relationship*” from December 2\. It grants hospital and jail visitation rights and some tenant protections, but not marriage, and you don't need to live in the city to register. The Daily Wire is horrified. Read more in [LAist](https://laist.com/news/politics/west-hollywood-passes-domestic-partnership-registry-for-polyamorous-families?ref=stonewallnews.net). #### Alabama’s Library Rules Go to Court Three queer authors are suing over Alabama rules that threaten public libraries’ state funding if they buy youth titles with trans characters, a restriction that reaches adult readers too. Read more in [The Advocate](https://www.advocate.com/politics/states/alabama-trans-book-censorship?ref=stonewallnews.net). --- ### Queering the Boardroom #### Goldman Sachs Names 109 Partners, and No Numbers Goldman Sachs named 109 new partners last week, its largest class since 2010, without the gender or race breakdown it used to publish. A Goldman executive pointed to the changed legal climate; Bloomberg estimates fewer than 20% of the new partners are women, the lowest share since 2014\. It fits a pattern I have tracked all year: in [February](https://fabricehoudart.substack.com/p/fabrice-houdart-a-weekly-newsletter-341), Goldman dropped diversity criteria for its own board, and in March it walked away from the Rooney Rule. The lesson boards seem to be drawing is to stop counting. Read more in [Banking Dive](https://www.bankingdive.com/news/goldman-109-new-partners-women-gender-race-diversity-trump-solomon/874018/?ref=stonewallnews.net). #### OUTstanding’s 2026 Top 100 LGBTQ+ Executives INvolve’s OUTstanding has published its 2026 list of the top 100 LGBTQ+ executives, led by Tristan Pineiro, Grindr's chief marketing officer. Two PRISM[ board ](http://prismdirectors.org/?ref=stonewallnews.net)members made the list: Gerry Rodriguez, US Head of Impact at Edelman, and Pablo Ottado, independent director and audit chair at Climate First Bank. Congratulations as well to friends Mark Baker (Warner Music Group), Diana Ellsworth (McKinsey), Mitch Berlin (EY-Parthenon), Pips Bunce, Vivienne Ming (Socos Labs), Suresh Raj (M+C Saatchi), Brian Ellner (APCO Worldwide) and Al Ramsay. The full list is on [OUTstanding](https://outstanding.involverolemodels.org/poll/2026-top-100-executives/?ref=stonewallnews.net). --- ### The Gay Business #### A $40-a-Year HIV Shot On November 2, the FDA granted tentative approval to the first generic of lenacapavir, the twice-yearly injection that prevents HIV, made by India’s Dr. Reddy’s. Under a deal with Unitaid, the Clinton Health Access Initiative and Wits RHI, it will cost $40 per person per year in the 120 low- and middle-income countries covered by Gilead’s license, with first supplies before the end of the year. In the United States, **Gilead’s Yeztugo costs $28,218 per year.** Read more from the [Clinton Health Access Initiative](https://www.clintonhealthaccess.org/news/us-fda-approves-first-generic-injectable-lenacapavir-for-hiv-prevention/?ref=stonewallnews.net). #### Bulgaria: The Steps Goes European Ivan Dimov spent 20 years in investment banking and venture capital before returning to Bulgaria to found The Steps in Sofia, Europe's largest LGBTI+ social enterprise and community venue; he spoke at the Koppa Forum two weeks ago. Now he is taking the model across Europe with VentureOUT, an incubator that teaches LGBTI+ organizations to earn their own income. Its first cohort starts in February 2027, with initial funding from [Koppa](http://koppalab.org/?ref=stonewallnews.net)’s Potluck Fund, and a €5–10 million fund comes next. Ivan is looking for mentors and introductions to foundations and impact investors: [ventureout.lgbt](https://ventureout.lgbt/?ref=stonewallnews.net). #### Lockheed Martin Pays $29.5 Million Over a Diversity Bonus Program Lockheed Martin will pay $22 million to the government and $7.5 million to more than 1,000 employees to settle claims that a 2021 program rewarding its top 20% of employees pushed managers to adjust nominations by race. Lockheed denies it. The whistleblower, a former vice president, receives $4.4 million under the False Claims Act, the law the administration now uses against federal contractors’ DEI programs; IBM, Deloitte and Accenture have already settled. Read more from the [Associated Press](https://www.wpxi.com/news/business/lockheed-martin-pay/FGR56H5EZQ5ZTK6QUVKRZRMJSY/?ref=stonewallnews.net). --- ### Semi-Cultural Desk #### Coward: Lukas Dhont Goes to War Lukas Dhont, the Belgian director of *Girl* and *Close*, sets his third film in the trenches of 1916\. Pierre, newly arrived at the front, meets Francis, who puts on a theater show to lift his comrades’ spirits; men in dresses, a love story, and the war all around. Dhont says it began with a single black-and-white photograph of a Belgian soldier dressed as a woman behind the lines. Emmanuel Macchia and Valentin Campagne shared Best Actor at Cannes in May, and it is Belgium’s Oscar entry. In France, it is called *Les Braves*. MUBI opens it in US theaters on December 25. My son asked me recently why all the gay movies I watch are about war (he had *La Bola Negra* in mind too). It is a fair question. I suspect that being queer is, at heart, a surrender, a surrender to reality, and in that sense it is the antithesis of war. #### China: The Love Story No One Names Everyone in China seems to be talking about Xu Fei and Li Na, two former *Super Girl* contestants reunited on Mango TV’s new show *I Miss You*. The show frames it as a friendship story, but social media reads their intense, almost romantic bond as lesbian love. Read more in [Sixth Tone](https://www.sixthtone.com/news/1019203?ref=stonewallnews.net). #### George Michael: The Faith Tour, in Cinemas Today In 1998, George Michael was arrested in a public restroom in Beverly Hills and turned the scandal into *“Outside,*” a disco hit and a video that mocked the police who set him up. *George Michael: The Faith Tour* opens in French cinemas today, and Têtu revisits how he came out on his own terms. Read more in [Têtu](https://tetu.com/2026/11/10/george-michael-pop-star-gay-scandale-coming-out-film-outside/?ref=stonewallnews.net) (in French). #### Jim Queen This week, I saw Jim Queen, Marco Nguyen and Nicolas Athané’s animated comedy, first shown at Cannes, about Heterosis, a virus that turns gay men straight and empties the gyms and clubs of gay Paris. I am not really into cartoons, but this one is really entertaining and very funny, and it captures the many tribes of gay culture. I really enjoyed it. #### The Body: Catholic Guilt, on Netflix Today Quinn Shephard, the queer creator behind *Under the Bridge*, is back with an eight-episode Netflix series about a Catholic school dance squad whose Halloween-night initiation goes wrong. The girls start having prophetic visions, the town tips into mass hysteria, and everyone asks what happened to Grace. Shephard calls it a raunchy teen psychodrama with a dash of Catholic horror, in the vein of *Carrie* and *Jennifer's Body*; Gabby Windey plays the dance coach. Netflix has not said how queer the girls will be, but the tagline, *“Blessed are the girls with something to hide,”* gives us hope. All episodes are out today. Read more in [Out](https://www.out.com/gay-entertainment/the-body-netflix?ref=stonewallnews.net). #### Hell’s Kitchen: Did A.I. Make This Gay Bar? Pride Bar x Lounge, three floors on the corner of 50th and Ninth where Boxers used to be, has not poured a drink yet, and it is already the most mocked gay bar in New York. Its white box, rainbow banner, and on-the-nose name had social media calling it *“a Looney Tunes trap for gay people”* and *“ChatGPT boots.”* It opens next month with no cover, and a penis-shaped mechanical bull on Western Wednesdays. [Read more in ](https://www.nytimes.com/2026/11/10/style/pride-bar-hells-kitchen-ai.html?ref=stonewallnews.net)[*The New York Times*](https://www.nytimes.com/2026/11/10/style/pride-bar-hells-kitchen-ai.html?ref=stonewallnews.net)[.](https://www.nytimes.com/2026/11/10/style/pride-bar-hells-kitchen-ai.html?ref=stonewallnews.net) #### Jonathan Bailey and Bill Nighy: Oliver Sacks in Love Jonathan Bailey will play the writer Bill Hayes opposite Bill Nighy as Oliver Sacks in Dominic Cooke’s *Insomniac City*, adapted from Hayes’s 2017 memoir about moving to New York after a devastating loss and falling, unexpectedly, for both the city and the neurologist in his final years. Hayes co-wrote the script with Cooke, and Gabrielle Tana, who produced *Elsinore*, is on board. A gay love story about grief and second chances. Read more in [Variety](https://variety.com/2026/film/global/jonathan-bailey-gay-romance-film-insomniac-city-1236943109/?ref=stonewallnews.net). #### Tom of Finland: The Fight Over His Legacy In 1984, Durk Dehner founded the Tom of Finland Foundation with the artist himself, and went on to build a collection of thousands of Tom originals and some 6,000 works by more than 800 gay artists, valued at $40 million or more. Last year he was pushed out as president over a photo of him in a leather S.S. cap, which he defends as fetish wear. The New Yorkers he had recruited to the board to back him took control instead. Today the foundation is close to collapse, and the art sits in a storage facility in downtown Los Angeles. Read more in [New York magazine](https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/tom-of-finland-foundation-battle.html?ref=stonewallnews.net) (there is a paywall). --- ### Coming and Going #### Alanis Morissette Is Pansexual At the very end of the November 3 episode of the *Handsome* podcast, Alanis Morissette told Tig Notaro, Fortune Feimster and Mae Martin: “*I’m pansexual, so, yeah.”* Notaro asked whether she was serious. *“I am.”* She likes, she said, *“to leave it for the epilogue.”* Read more in [The Advocate](https://www.advocate.com/news/people/alanis-morissette-pansexual-handsome-podcast?ref=stonewallnews.net). #### Brett Jones, Alabama’s First Openly Gay Sheriff Madison County, home to Huntsville, ousted its two-term Republican sheriff and elected Democrat Brett Jones, who will be the first openly gay sheriff in Alabama’s history. Read more in [Alabama Reflector](https://www.alreporter.com/2026/11/05/alabama-equality-hails-historic-wins-for-brett-jones-and-allison-montgomery?ref=stonewallnews.net). The story has a second chapter. In 2018, the Limestone County Republican committee refused to let his husband, Jason White, a former Athens police detective, run for sheriff on the party’s ticket, a decision White linked to his being gay. Read more from [CBS News](https://www.cbsnews.com/news/gay-candidate-jason-white-says-alabama-gop-leaders-refused-to-let-him-run-for-sheriff/?ref=stonewallnews.net). --- ### The Countdown #### 1 day: The Louga Trial, Thursday, November 12 Thirty-two people go on trial in Senegal on charges that include “*acts against nature,”* the day before the Youth Olympic Games close in Dakar. The IOC has said it cannot change a sovereign country’s laws. We will be watching. Read more in [Le Soleil](https://lesoleil.sn/actualites/societe-fait-divers/louga-32-personnes-renvoyees-devant-le-tribunal-correctionnel-pour-plusieurs-infractions/?ref=stonewallnews.net) (in French). #### 9 days: Transgender Day of Remembrance, Friday, November 20 Outright International’s report *Killed for Who They Are*, published on October 27, counts at least 233 LGBTIQ+ people killed for their identity in 17 countries between January 2020 and July 2026, at least 18 of them minors. On November 20, we read their names. Read more in [MambaOnline](https://www.mambaonline.com/2026/10/31/233-queer-people-killed-worldwide-new-report-exposes-scale-of-anti-lgbtiq-violence/?ref=stonewallnews.net). --- ### The Gay Agenda **November 12:** Trial of 32 people in Louga, Senegal. **November 13–22:** Melbourne Queer Film Festival, 36th edition. **November 20:** Transgender Day of Remembrance. **December 1:** World AIDS Day. **December 2:** *La Bola Negra* on Netflix; West Hollywood’s multi-partner registry opens. **December 3–5:** LGBTQ+ Victory Institute International LGBTQ+ Leaders Conference, Washington, D.C. [Details](https://victoryinstitute.org/conference/?ref=stonewallnews.net). **December 25:** Lukas Dhont’s *Coward* opens in US theaters. --- Well, that’s it for this week. On Sunday, in [Radical Ambition](https://fabricehoudart.substack.com/p/radical-ambition), I argued that our ambitions go beyond winning elections. A colleague reminded me to still rejoice. Of course we should, and I do: I am very happy the Democrats are back. Tomorrow I take the train to Washington for a few days as chair of the [Institute of Current World Affairs](https://www.icwa.org/?ref=stonewallnews.net), which hosted the David Mixner Fellowship. À la semaine prochaine.