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A participant holds a banner with the inscription 'Stop propaganda of violence' during the Gay Pride demonstration in St. Petersburg, Russia

US
Jul 08

Why are LGBTQ+ people being told to ‘go to Dagestan’?

TOPSHOT - Gay rights activists march in Russia's second city of St. Petersburg May 1, 2013, during their rally against a controversial law in the city that activists see as violating the rights of gays. AFP PHOTO / OLGA MALTSEVA (Photo by OLGA MALTSEVA / AFP) (Photo by OLGA MALTSEVA/AFP via Getty Images)

World
Mar 21 2024

Two bar workers arrested in Russia’s first LGBTQ ‘extremism’ case

Exclusive
Sep 05

Despite war, Pride persists in Kharkiv: ‘We stay here and continue our work’

On the left: Daria Kasatkina moments from hitting a tennis ball. On the right: Daria Kasatkina and her girlfriend, Natalia Zabiiako, pose for a selfie

Sport
Jun 12

Tennis star gets engaged to girlfriend after switching allegiance from Russia

Law
May 20

Apple fined by Russian court over ‘LGBT propaganda’

Russian tennis player Daria Kasatkina on day eight of the Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Championships at All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club on July 10, 2018 in London, England.

Sport
Mar 31

Gay Russian tennis star Daria Kasatkina switches allegiance to Australia

Daria Kasatkina has confirmed she's switched allegiance from Russia to Australia because of her sexuality. (Robert Prange/Getty Images)

Sport
Apr 01

Russian tennis star confirms she switched allegiance to Australia because she’s gay

A person holds up a sign with the face of Russia's president Vladimir Putin with an LGBTQ+ rainbow flag in the background and words 'stop homophobia' on it as Putin's government increasingly attacks queer people and labels LGBTQ+ rights groups as 'foreign agents'

World
Mar 25 2024

This is the full, shocking story of the decade-long destruction of LGBTQ+ rights in Putin’s Russia

TOPSHOT - A demonstrator holds a poster depicting Russian President Vladimir Putin with make-up as he protests against homophobia and repression against gays in Russia, in front of the Russian Embassy in Madrid on August 23, 2013. AFP PHOTO/ GERARD JULIEN (Photo by GERARD JULIEN / AFP) (Photo by GERARD JULIEN/AFP via Getty Images)

World
Apr 02 2024

Russia bar owner arrested under LGBTQ+ ‘extremism’ law

US
Dec 06 2024

Candace Owens calls Zelensky a ‘homosexual actor’ and says she doesn’t want Ukraine to win the war

LGBT woman censored not able to speak

World
Nov 14 2024

Uzbekistan set to join growing list of countries with anti-LGBTQ+ ‘propaganda’ laws

Arend Feenstra and his wife in a tearful apology video to Russian authorities after criticising the laws of their new home country

World
Feb 21 2024

A Canadian family moved to Russia to escape ‘wokeness’ and LGBTQ+ people. It did not go well

Europe
Jun 17 2024

LGBTQ+ Ukrainian soldiers take part in Equality March organised by Kyiv Pride

Europe
Feb 10 2024

Russian media watchdog investigating Duolingo over ‘LGBT propaganda’

Politics
May 07

Reform UK to ban Pride flags being flown from council buildings it controls

Side by side screenshots from a video from state-run media of police in Russia raiding an alleged 'anti-war LGBTQ+ party'

World
Feb 23 2024

Russian police raid alleged ‘anti-war LGBTQ+ party’, say state media

US
Aug 14

‘Deliberate erasure’: State Department removes anti-LGBTQ+ abuses from annual human rights report

Trans
Apr 02

Trans Russian teen dies in Dutch refugee detention

A crowd holding Lesbian, LGBTQ+, and Ukrainian flags.

Europe
Sep 16 2024

LGBTQ+ Ukrainians stand in defiance at Kharkiv Pride close to the Russian border

Science and Tech
Oct 24

What – or who – is behind the troubling and sinister rise in fake LGBTQ+ news on Facebook?