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Several activists carry rainbow Pride flags in St Petersburg, Russia

World
Jul 25 2023

Vladimir Putin signs Russia law banning trans healthcare and adoptions, and annulling marriages

Europe
Mar 19 2025

Furious Hungarian MPs throw photos of Orbán and Putin kissing in parliament after PM bans Pride

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

News
Apr 14 2025

Hungary’s Pride ban mocked with ‘Gray Pride’ march: ‘Humour exposes the absurd’

News
Feb 09

US is undermining LGBTQ+ rights worldwide, new report claims

Members of Take That

Celebrity
Jan 28

Here’s Take That’s record of being LGBTQ+ allies – and when two weren’t

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’

Sport
Jan 07

Trump references Imane Khelif in transphobic speech – here’s another reminder she isn’t trans

Side by side pictures of Salman Mukaev, a man who fled Chechnya after he was arrested and tortured by authorities over false accusations that he's gay

Activism
Sep 10 2023

‘Nobody is safe in Chechnya’: Life of torture survivor accused of being gay at risk, activists say

Russian president Vladimir Putin, who has frequently attacked LGBTQ+ and trans rights, wears a suit and tie as he sits at a desk

World
Jul 25 2023

Russia: Putin’s sweeping new trans ban is latest attack in global war on LGBTQ+ rights

Detail of the FIFA World Cup 2026 patch on shirts

Sport
Jun 15

How safe are 2026 World Cup host countries USA, Canada and Mexico for LGBTQ+ fans?

A person comforting a loved one in the Gaza Strip

Asia
Jan 16 2025

HIV-positive Palestinians in Gaza have run out of medication: ‘There is nothing left’

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

A person behind an LGBTQ+ flag.

Gay
Jun 24 2024

Twinks rule the world, according to Pornhub – this is each country’s favourite gay-porn category

Business
Sep 18 2024

World’s most influential LGBTQ+ business leaders named by Fortune magazine

Russian president Vladimir Putin

World
Jun 16 2023

Russia wants to ban all trans healthcare and gender recognition

Eurovision winner JJ kisses the glass trophy on stage at the grand finale.

World
May 22 2025

Eurovision winner JJ wants Israel excluded when contest is held in Austria in 2026

A map of the UK in front of a Pride flag which turns to a greyscale image of a trans protest

Europe
May 14 2025

UK plummets down European rankings for LGBTQ+ rights – after topping list just a decade ago

Paul, a mixed-race man with a greying beard, wearing a beanie hat, denim shirt and a scarf

Books
Jul 01 2023

Gay man who moved to Russia in 90s shares brutal truth of Moscow life: ‘Humanity is being crushed’

US President Donald Trump stands behind a microphone at a podium

US
Feb 20 2025

White House brands Trump a ‘king’ on same day president calls Ukraine’s Zelensky a ‘dictator’