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A 2022 voting scandal at the Eurovision Song Contest has damaged trust and reinforced stereotypes that it's all political. Here a graphic shows somebody putting a piece of paper into a voting box with colourful graphics.

Music
May 12 2025

Remembering the 2022 Eurovision vote-fixing scandal three years on, and how it shaped future events

A rainbow toy army man next to a set of beige army men.

Explainers
Jan 02

Is ‘Homonationalism’ really on the rise, and what does the term mean?

A Pride event in Turkey in 2023

Europe
Jun 29

At least 50 people detained by police at Istanbul Pride event

Sport
Jan 19

England’s official LGBTQ+ fan group to boycott World Cup over ‘dangerous’ US human rights rollbacks

Dara for Bulgaria at Eurovision 2026

TV
Aug 12

New Eurovision rules mean winning country could be barred from hosting

US
Sep 02 2025

Speculation grows over Trump’s mysterious announcement due today

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

A portrait of King Richard II

Culture
Jul 09

15 the gay and bisexual royals that you aren’t taught about in school

News
Jul 07

Teacher banned after telling pupils gay and trans people are ‘mentally ill’

Current Affairs
Jun 12

England football team’s LGBT+ fan group says it won’t attend World Cup 2026 over safety fears

Europe
Jun 17 2024

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

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

LONDON, ENGLAND - APRIL 20: Trans rights activists take part in a protest against the ban on hormone blockers on April 20, 2024 in London, England. After Dr Hilary Cass delivered her report on NHS gender identity services for children and young people, analysis found most research underpinning clinical guidelines, hormone treatments and puberty blockers to be low quality and the treatments for gender dysphoria have been suspended. The Trans community are protesting against this ban. (Photo by Carl Court/Getty Images)

World
Dec 24 2024

Countries that regressed on LGBTQ+ rights in 2024, from Iraq to the UK

Coinneach MacLeod, the Hebridean Baker.

TV
Nov 21 2025

The Hebridean Baker dishes on new Nordic series and cheeky Eurovision memories

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

JD Vance pictured attending a recent meeting at the White House

UK
Apr 18 2025

‘Roll back LGBTQ+ hate speech laws to secure a US trade deal’, UK government reportedly told

Europe
Apr 13

Péter Magyar beats Viktor Orbán in Hungary – is it a win for LGBTQ+ rights?

Education
Aug 16 2024

Bulgaria’s president signs anti-LGBTQ+ ‘propaganda’ amendments into law

Europe
Feb 10 2024

Russian media watchdog investigating Duolingo over ‘LGBT propaganda’