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June updateWelcome to the Thomson Reuters Foundation's monthly newsletter! Our global efforts to support LGBTQ+ rights

This year's Pride month takes place against a backdrop of growing threats to LGBTQ+ rights and a decline in corporate advocacy.

At least 10 European countries including Italy, Bulgaria and Romania have attempted to introduce legislation barring LGBTQ+ topics in schools [[link removed]]. The American Civil Liberties Union is currently tracking 597 anti-LGBTQ+ bills [[link removed]] in the USA. And in Uganda, two years after passing the Anti-Homosexuality Act, Human Rights Watch have found that the government's policies have intensified violence and hostility against LGBTQ+ people [[link removed]].

These global challenges to LGBTQ+ rights signal a broader ongoing erosion of democratic values. In response, we have accelerated our work by:

strengthening the legal resilience of LGBTQ+ advocacy organisationscoaching journalists reporting in contexts often hostile to LGBTQ+ rightsprioritising telling LGBTQ+ stories in places where most other outlets aren’t. Find out how we're supporting LGBTQ+ rights worldwide [[link removed]]

June highlights from across the Foundation

Strengthening Independent Media

The current era of profound political and economic uncertainty should create the prime conditions for fact-based, analytical journalism to flourish. But the Reuters Institute’s 2025 Digital News Report [[link removed]] reveals the opposite.

Audience engagement is continuing to decline, as traditional news media loses its authority.

Based on a survey of almost 100,000 people in 48 countries, this year's report offers insights on news influencers, platform changes, AI, news avoidance and trust in news.

Read the full report now [[link removed]] Enabling Access to the Law

Legal services are scarce and expensive. People - especially vulnerable and marginalised communities - often face challenges in understanding and implementing the law without expertise.

This week, we announced the 2025 TrustLaw Awards [[link removed]] winners, recognising the remarkable legal teams and pro bono projects undertaken by the TrustLaw members.

The winners have been selected from the hundreds of connections facilitated by the network - each one demonstrating the value of free legal support in driving real-world impact. Their contributions include spearheading landmark legislation to combat government corruption and influencing new human rights-focused AI regulation.

See the winners and nominees [[link removed]] Promoting Responsible Business

This year, the European Commission introduced a package of proposals to simplify EU sustainability rules and boost competitiveness.

To explain the key changes to the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) and Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD) - and why voluntary reporting is still as important as ever - our Workforce Disclosure Initiative will be hosting a webinar on 29 July 2025, 15:00-15:45 BST.

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This month we recommend

READ 📖

Is gay marriage in the US at risk? [[link removed]] | Context Indonesia may ban LGBTQ+ content online. What would the impact be? [[link removed]] | Context Where LGBT rights are under fresh attack, so is democracy [[link removed]] | Chatham House Israel cracks down on Palestinian journalists during conflict with Iran [[link removed]] | Committee to Protect Journalists

WATCH 📱

Openly LGBTQ+ News [[link removed]] | Context | TikTok LSE Festival 2025: Visions for the Future Session Recordings [[link removed]] | LSE

LISTEN 🎧

Supreme Court Upholds Ban on Transgender Care for Minors [[link removed]] | The New York Times - The Daily

ATTEND 📆

Sharing Prosperity: Policy Innovations to Tackle Economic Inequality [[link removed]] | 8 July 09:00-18:30 ET | Hybrid Achieving Africa's Energy Transition [[link removed]*1pm1q3b*_gcl_au*MTc1ODkwNDM1My4xNzUwMTYxMjQwLjE3NDA0ODQwNzEuMTc1MDE2MTI0MS4xNzUwMTYxMjQ0*_ga*MTU3Njk1MDg1MC4xNzUwMzIzNTk3*_ga_12QH5VHXS4*czE3NTAzMjM1OTckbzEkZzEkdDE3NTAzMjM2MjUkajMyJGwwJGgw] | Financial Times | 9 July 14:00-14:50 BST | Webinar

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