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Graham Norton standing in front of a backdrop of Liverpool ahead of the Eurovision Song Contest 2023

UK
Oct 07 2022

Eurovision 2023 host city confirmed by BBC

Participants take part in the LGBTQ Pride Parade downtown Bucharest

Europe
Jun 17 2022

Romania threatened with legal action over ‘shameful’ LGBTQ+ ‘propaganda’ bill

British singer Oliver Alexander Thornton aka Olly Alexander representing the United Kingdom with the song "Dizzy" performs during the dress-rehearsal on the eve of the final of the 68th Eurovision Song Contest (ESC) 2024 on May 10, 2024 at the Malmo Arena in Malmo, Sweden. (Photo by Tobias SCHWARZ / AFP)

Music
May 11 2024

What is the Eurovision 2024 Grand Final running order, and who will face the dreaded ‘cursed slot’?

Pyrotechnics explode around a giant FIFA World Cup trophy prior to the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 Group A match between Qatar and Senegal

Sport
Nov 25 2022

Legendary gay footballer Carrie Serwetnyk thinks FIFA will ‘take a hard look’ at World Cup future

The UK will host Eurovision 2023 on behalf of Ukraine due to safety concerns

TV
Nov 22 2022

Eurovision announces ‘major changes’ for 2023 contest

Brittney Griner smoke out protest

US
Nov 01 2022

Cannabis activists ‘smoke out’ Russian embassy over Brittney Griner’s ‘unacceptable’ prison sentence

Kyiv's mayor Vitali Klitschko (C) walks in front of a destroyed apartment building, in Kyiv on March 14, 2022.

World
Mar 15 2022

LGBT+ Ukrainians fear ‘extermination and concentration camps’ under Russian rule, activist says

Lia Thomas is in the pool after a swim meet

News
Jun 20 2022

Trans swimming ban, monkeypox latest and Eurovision row: 5 things you need to know about

UK
Mar 19 2022

Gay club named Kremlin refuses to ditch name amid war in Ukraine

Protester hold a 'gay clown' poster of Russian President Vladimir Putin during the demonstration of LGBT Associations, in front of the Russian Embassy in Rome. The picture has been shared since the invasion of Ukraine

World
Mar 09 2022

Gay Russian man ‘ashamed’ of his country says Putin ‘disconnected from reality’

Bogdan Globa protesting against Russia.

World
Jan 29 2022

LGBT+ Ukrainians are ready to fight for their freedom if Russia invades: ‘We love our country’

Lawmaker offers update on Russian arrest of basketballer Brittney Griner

News
Mar 11 2022

US official ‘extremely concerned’ for detained basketballer Brittney Griner as new details emerge

Eurovision Dana Internationl

Music
May 13 2023

How trans Eurovision icon Dana International changed the song contest forever: ‘It’s become our thing’

World
Mar 18 2022

‘Brave and courageous’ Ukrainian LGBT+ activist killed by Russian bombs. She was just 21

Gay dating app Romeo asks users to help Ukrainians and is blown away by offers

World
Mar 07 2022

Gay dating app becomes lifeline for Ukrainians as users offer shelter to refugees

Brittney Griner, a basketball player, holds up her Olympic gold medal while wearing a white Team USA jacket

Sport
Mar 17 2022

US basketball star will be detained in Russia for months, state media confirms

TV
Feb 15 2022

BBC defends Graham Norton after ‘distasteful’ Ukraine joke: ‘No subject off limits’

Tom Prior and Oleg Zagorodnii in Firebird

Film
Apr 22 2022

Firebird star Tom Prior on the war in Ukraine, forbidden queer love and sex scenes

A participant in the equality march in Krakow Poland holds a sign that reads "Your hate won't make us straight"

Europe
Nov 05 2022

Poland’s highest court rules foreign same-sex marriages can be recognised

Activists hold the rainbow flag on Volodymyrska Street during the Equality March.

World
Feb 24 2022

Kyiv Pride sends defiant message to Putin after Russia invades Ukraine: ‘We will never give up’