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Chechnya protesters

Current Affairs
May 31 2019

Chechnya ‘gay purge’ responders receive death threats after home invasion

Duncan Laurence, representing The Netherlands, wins the Grand Final of the 64th annual Eurovision Song Contest. (Michael Campanella/Getty Images)

News
May 18 2019

The Netherlands wins Eurovision 2019, UK comes in last place

Russian festival banned for promoting 'non-traditional family values'

Current Affairs
Mar 20 2019

Russian festival banned for promoting ‘non-traditional family values’

President Donald Trump with preacher Franklin Graham, who has hit out at Taylor Swift

US
Aug 29 2019

Trump pastor: Taylor Swift is ‘pushing the LGBTQ agenda down the throats of the American people’

Russian LGBT activist murdered Yelena Grigoryeva was a victim of a website for hunting gay peopl

World
Jul 24 2019

Murdered Russian LGBT activist is suspected victim of gay-hunting website

Gay men in Chechnya tortured in renewed anti-gay crackdown, says report

Current Affairs
May 08 2019

Gay men in Chechnya tortured in renewed anti-gay crackdown

Politics
Dec 11 2019

Boris Johnson on why he’s not a homophobe and plans for the Gender Recognition Act… but no apology for saying ‘bum boys’

Politics
Jun 30 2019

Vladimir Putin hits back at Sir Elton John over gay rights claim

Ukrainian singer Maruv competes in her country's Eurovision Song Contest selection show

Culture
Feb 26 2019

Ukraine bans its own Eurovision contestant Maruv from competing

Genderqueer activist Dasha in Russia (PinkNews)

Trans
Jan 21 2019

Genderqueer in Russia: My pronouns don’t exist

Marc Almond. (David Wolff - Patrick/Redferns via Getty)

Music
Sep 24 2019

Marc Almond wants you to know he’s not transphobic after deleting ‘anti-trans’ tweets

Maruv, the Ukraine singer chosen to perform at the Eurovision Song Contest 2019 before the country pulled out

Culture
Feb 28 2019

Ukraine has pulled out of the Eurovision Song Contest

Chechnya's leader Ramzan Kadyrov

Current Affairs
Jan 19 2019

US State Department condemns Chechnya gay purge reports

Protesters outside the 'Side By Side' film festival in Moscow. (Dozhd TV)

News
May 24 2019

Moscow extremists ‘harass attendees’ at LGBT film festival

A photo of K-pop band BTS.

World
Dec 27 2018

Russian anti-gay group bans screening of K-pop band BTS film

People wave rainbow flags during a pride rally in Saint Petersburg, on Agust 12, 2017 as police look on.

Current Affairs
Nov 27 2018

Russia’s ban on Pride events breaches human rights, court rules

ichard Madden, Taron Egerton and Elton John attend the Cannes screening of Rocketman

Culture
Jun 11 2019

Rocketman banned in Samoa over gay sex scenes

Russia's openly gay priest leads a service in St Petersburg

Exclusive
Nov 27 2018

Meet Russia’s gay priest: “The church should reach out”

Russian President Vladimir Putin talks with Russian Deputy Prime Minister and Head of ROSCOSMOS Dmitry Rogozin

World
Jan 01 2019

Trump official plans to welcome anti-LGBT Russian politician Dmitry Rogozin

Human Rights Watch releases report that says Russia's gay propaganda law harms endangers LGBT+ youth

Current Affairs
Dec 12 2018

Russia’s gay propaganda law ‘endangers children’, says report