NPR: estimated 100,000 march in Budapest Pride event in defiance of Orbán party's ban (LINK) 28 June 2025

— Organizers called it the largest LGBTQ+ Pride event in Hungary's history. Authorities installed additional cameras throughout the city centre before the march, and were expected to use facial recognition tools to identify individuals who attend the banned event. According to the new law, being caught attending Pride could result in fines of up to 200,000 Hungarian forints ($586).

Trump fails to overturn $5m damages award to E Jean Carroll for defamation: US appeals court denies challenge after 2023 civil jury trial found Trump sexually abused Carroll then defamed her (LINK) 13 June 2025

Harvey Weinstein gets mistrial on rape charge after threats to jury member from others (LINK) 12 June 2025

— The 12-person jury in Weinstein's trial had found him guilty of one count of a criminal sexual act against former Project Runway assistant Miriam Haley, but not guilty of the other count of a criminal sexual act against former model Kaja Sokola. After the mistrial was declared, prosecutors said Thursday that they plan to retry Weinstein on the rape charge, related to aspiring actress Jessica Mann, and that *she is ready and willing and wants to retry this count." A July 2 hearing has been set on that charge. Jurors were sent home midday amid concerns about fighting and tensions in the jury room in their fifth day of deliberations.

FBI says jail video shows Jeffrey Epstein died by suicide (LINK) 30 May 2025

Trump signs "Take it Down Act," revenge porn bill backed by Melania Trump (LINK) 19 May 2025

— The law requires platforms to remove images and videos, including deepfakes generated by artificial intelligence, within 48 hours after a victim's request.

French film star Gérard Depardieu found guilty in 2021 sexual assault trial, given a suspended jail term of 18 months (LINK) 13 May 2025

— The judge said there was no reason to doubt the word of the two women victims, who had told the court how Depardieu had touched them on intimate parts of the body, using lewd language. He placed Depardieu on a list of sex offenders and ordered him to pay compensation of €1,000 (£840) each for "secondary victimisation", a recent innovation covering the additional suffering for the women from the trial itself.

Virginia Giuffre, who stood up for victims of sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, dies by suicide, 41, at her farm in Western Australia (LINK) — 25 April 2025

— "In the end, the toll of abuse [was] so heavy that it became unbearable for Virginia to handle its weight." — (LINK)

Judge approves Harvey Weinstein's request to sleep at hospital during retrial: moved from Rikers Island jail to Manhattan hospital as he awaits rape and sexual assault retrial (LINK) — 18 April 2025

Judges say Equality Act definition excludes transgender women, after gender-critical campaigners' challenge — 16 April 2025 (LINK)

Russell Brand issues response to rape allegations, insists 'never was a rapist' — 4 April 2025 (LINK)

— "I was a drug addict, a sex addict, and an imbecile. But what I never was, was a rapist. I've never engaged in non-consensual activity."

— The charges, according to the Metropolitan Police, are related to four women between 1999 and 2005.

Gérard Depardieu trial finally gives France its #MeToo moment — 29 March 2025 (LINK)

Hundreds of LGBTQ+ New Yorkers and their allies gathered outside the Stonewall Inn to manifest physically what the Trump administration has sought to erase in government records: that transgender and queer people have demonstrated, protested, and occasionally fought in the streets throughout American history for their civil and human rights. — 14 February 2025 (LINK)

Meta now lets users say gay and trans people have 'mental illness'. — 7 January 2025 (LINK)

— In a notable shift, the company now says it allows "allegations of mental illness or abnormality when based on gender or sexual orientation, given political and religious discourse about transgenderism and homosexuality and common non-serious usage of words like 'weird.'"

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