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India Willoughby made history on Sunday, April 14, as she became the first trans patron of a professional sports club, the Keighley Cougars rugby league team. Willoughby, known for her work as a broadcaster for BBC Radio 4, is a trailblazer for the trans community.

Lesbian MMA fighter Jessica Andrade has set a new record as the woman with the most UFC wins after defeating Marina Rodriguez at UFC 300 on Saturday, April 14, at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling has joked she was forced to remove a scene from one of the books in the series because is was "too graphic."The popular books established Rowling as a household name and resulted in her being one of the wealthiest people in the United Kingdom. However, she has gained notoriety in more recent years for expressing her contentious opinions on transgender people, which some LGBTQ+ activists have labeled as "transphobic," a claim Rowling has always refuted.Now she has responded to a comment from someone who referred to her as "Voldemort," who is the main villain in the Harry Potter stories.Taking to X, formerly Twitter, Rowling shared a screenshot of a comment that read: "It all makes sense if you realize she's Voldemort not Harry Potter."The author added: "My editor actually made me cut a scene in which Voldemort misgendered a pixie.

The world’s largest democratic exercise will begin in India on April 19 as citizens begin to cast their votes in the country’s election.

Donald Trump‘s felony hush-money trial this week and now it might cost him his law license. Travis, founder of the right-wing rage site, OutKick, posted some unsolicited advice on Monday to prospective jurors in Manhattan. “If you’re a Trump supporter in New York City who is a part of the jury pool, do everything you can to get seated on the jury and then refuse to convict as a matter of principle, dooming the case via hung jury,” he wrote.