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Mae Muller arrives for the Bafta Film Awards at the Royal Festival Hall on 18th February 2024 in London, UK.

Music
May 07

Over 70 former Eurovision contestants call for Israel to be banned from competition

LGBTQ+ couple Gela Gogishvili and Haoyang Xu hold each other in a graphic with a rainbow LGBTQ+ Pride flag, barbed wire and the flag of Russia in the background

World
Apr 28 2023

YouTuber arrested for ‘LGBTQ+ propaganda’ in Russia warns Putin’s tactics are working

Lionel Messi #10 of Inter Miami CF waves to fans during warmups.

Sport
Jan 23

Lionel Messi gives iconic response after Mexican fans taunt him with homophobic slur

Image of protester waving a trans flag alongside the LGB Alliance flag

UK
Dec 04 2023

LGB Alliance supporters on social media rampage over charity’s anti-transphobia tweet

Collage of St Petersburg's famous church and Mihelina

World
Jun 21 2023

Trans woman pushed to the brink in Russia amid fresh Putin crackdown: ‘I’m scared s**tless’

Russia president Vladimir Putin, who has a history of attacking LGBTQ+ people, wears a suit and tie as he sits in front of a red background

World
Jul 14 2023

Russia ban on all trans healthcare passes first stage of parliament approval

Participants hold up flags and placards during a demonstration outside the City Hall in Malmö, Sweden on April 10, 2024 in connection with the municipal board's consideration of a citizens' proposal to stop Israel's participation in the Eurovision Song Contest. The demo was organised by the citizens' initiative 'No Eurovision in Malmö with Israel's participation'. (Photo by Johan NILSSON / TT News Agency / AFP) / Sweden OUT (Photo by JOHAN NILSSON/TT News Agency/AFP via Getty Images)

World
May 11 2024

Queer Eurovision fans on why they’ve chosen to boycott this year’s contest

Nick Gaga performing in a blonde wig and red jacket with her fingers raised upwards.

Exclusive
Mar 06

World’s best Gaga impersonator on how she’s preparing for Mayhem: ‘I don’t leave my sewing machine’

Ellen Weintraub

Politics
Feb 07

US election commission chair refuses to leave after being fired ‘illegally’ by Trump

PARIS, FRANCE - JULY 23: Tom Daley of Team Great Britain practices during a diving training session ahead of the Paris Olympic Games at the Aquatics Centre on July 23, 2024 in Paris, France. (Photo by Clive Rose/Getty Images)

Fashion
Jul 16

Tom Daley makes a splash with skimpy new Adidas swimwear range

Brittney Griner smiling.

Sport
Jan 30

Basketball star Brittney Griner announces career ‘rebrand’ as she signs with new team

A picture of Georgian parliament.

World
Oct 02 2024

Georgia’s president sends anti-LGBTQ+ bill back to parliament – but it could still become law

Drag
Feb 18

Pattie Gonia gives history lesson on feeling joy despite state of world: ‘A strategy to fight back’

Donald Trump and Jessica Tarlov side by side.

Politics
Oct 28 2024

Even Fox News seems to be sick and tired of Donald Trump’s anti-trans rhetoric

Stacey Dooley on BBC Breakfast, she's wearing a white blazer and sitting on a red sofa

TV
May 20 2024

Stacey Dooley speaks out amid Giovanni Pernice allegations: ‘I hope the women involved are OK’

Mika Brunold of Switzerland has come out as gay.

Sport
Dec 01

Tennis star receives flood of support after coming out as gay: ‘Undeniable bravery’

US
Sep 19 2024

17-year-old terror suspect considered attack on Pride parade, prosecutors claim

Russia president Vladimir Putin, who has led a crackdown on LGBTQ+ people and so-called 'foreign agents', wears a suit and tie as he speaks to people off camera

Europe
May 07 2023

Russia adds LGBTQ+ human rights group to controversial list

Speaker of the Georgian Parliament, Shalva Papuashvili.

World
Oct 03 2024

Georgia’s parliament speaker signs anti-LGBTQ+ bill into law

A Pride flag attached to a building.

Identity
Dec 18 2023

Bigots furious after government building plans to fly Pride and trans flags