Yesterday I posted a TikTok on Slovakia’s anti-LGBTQ+ constitutional amendments, adding context regarding the Slovak PM’s controversial stance on Russia.

In 24 hours it has gained more than 100K views, 8K likes and 800 shares, mostly by under 35s.

I’m writing next month’s issue of Context’s “Policy, honestly” newsletter 🚨

The piece will focus on trans self-ID laws across Europe and Latin America 🏳️‍⚧️

Subscribe at this link now to get it in your inbox on Wednesday:

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🇸🇰 Slovakia has amended its constitution to restrict the rights for trans people and same-sex couples.

🏳️‍🌈 Slovak LGBTQ+ rights organization Inakost said: "This amendment directly threatens our membership in the EU, bringing us even closer to authoritarian Russia."

I’m writing next month’s issue of Context’s “Policy, honestly” newsletter 🚨

The piece will focus on trans self-ID laws across Europe and Latin America 🏳️‍⚧️

Subscribe here to get it in your inbox on Oct 1:

👉 www.context.news/newsletters

This year, Pride organizers across Germany have one top concern: the safety of participants as neo-Nazi and far-right groups increasingly try to disrupt and attack LGBTQ+ events.

Read my full story for Context here:

👉 www.context.news/socioeconomi...

This year, Pride organizers across Germany have one top concern: the safety of participants as neo-Nazi and far-right groups increasingly try to disrupt and attack LGBTQ+ events.

Read my full story for Context here:

👉 www.context.news/socioeconomi...

What if I told you that Spain has passed the world’s most ambitious law to protect LGBTQ+ people in the workplace – at a time when Donald Trump is cracking down on DEI in the U.S.?

Read the full story here:

👉 www.context.news/rethinking-t...

🏳️‍⚧️ More than 186 million Europeans live in countries with self-ID laws. In places like Denmark (and Argentina!), trans self-determination has been in place for over ten years.

Help us win a Webby 🚨🌈

Openly’s TikTok channel has been nominated for the Webby Awards - which honour “the best of the internet” - for our global LGBTQ+ journalism, and you can help us win the People’s Voice Award with your vote:

👉 shorturl.at/4kWWO

I’m thrilled to share the second short documentary I’ve had the honor to host and co-produce for Context.

My colleague Sadiya Andari and I went to Namibia, where Trump’s HIV cuts could leave trans people without a doctor to go to.

Watch the full doc here:

👉 youtu.be/ms9CqNL9UVY?...