A seven-veiled tribute to Oscar Wilde; Indonesian cops stage public perp walks and photographs for 34 “gay sex party” arrestees, queer couples will finally count in South Korea, gender marker changes are relaxed in the Virgin Islands, a U.S.federal judge blocks anti-bias healthcare shields for trans patients, but another blocks Trump’s threatened defunding of trans-supportive schools, U.S. military families’ kids get banned books back, Texas joins Florida’s war on rainbow crosswalks,, and more LGBTQ news from around the world.
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