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Japan's Prince Hisahito (C), accompanied by his parents Crown Prince Akishino and Crown Princess Kiko, pose for media before his graduation ceremony of a junior high school affiliated with Ochanomizu University in Tokyo

Education
Dec 04 2025

Women’s universities in Japan are slowly starting to accept trans students

Stock image of an LGBTQ+ wedding.

Weddings
Nov 13 2024

Meet the US chaplain hurrying to help LGBTQ+ couples tie the knot before Trump’s presidency

Andy Cohen takes down Kim Davis

US
Aug 14 2025

Talk show host Andy Cohen delivers brutal takedown of anti-gay marriage campaigner Kim Davis

US
Dec 15 2025

Rob Reiner was an unwavering LGBTQ+ ally – here’s everything he did for the queer community

Stephen Colbert smiling at the camera in a suit

TV
May 22

A history of Steven Colbert’s LGBTQ+ allyship as last Late Show airs

Same-sex marriage supporter Vin Testa, of Washington DC, waves a rainbow pride flag near the Supreme Court

US
Feb 26 2025

Nine US states now have measures to try to overturn equal marriage

Emmanuel Macron and François-Noël Buffet

Europe
Jul 22

Macron gives human rights role to senator who campaigned against gay marriage in France

Europe
Sep 29

Serbia becomes first Balkan country to have out gay president… for now

Leader of Reform UK Nigel Farage delivers a speech to launch the hard-right party's general election manifesto in Merthyr Tydfil, south Wales, on June 17, 2024, in the build-up to the UK general election on July 4. (Photo by JUSTIN TALLIS / AFP) (Photo by JUSTIN TALLIS/AFP via Getty Images)

Politics
May 08

Reform UK’s LGBTQ+ policies as support surges after local election

Poland's President Karol Nawrocki

Europe
Jul 20

Polish president blocks bill that would have granted rights to same-sex couples

Celebrity
May 15 2025

As Cate Blanchett turns 56, here are 6 reminders why she’s a bona fide lesbian icon

Philippines Pride march

Asia
Feb 12

Philippines Supreme Court makes landmark ruling for same-sex couples

Exclusive
Aug 19 2025

Queer US couples fear for equal marriage: ‘We don’t know what the future holds’

Hong Kong pro-democracy and LGBTQ rights activist Jimmy Sham speaks to reporters outside the Legislative Council Complex in Hong Kong on September 10, 2025. Hong Kong lawmakers are expected to vote September 10 on whether to grant limited rights to same-sex couples, as fears grow in the LGBTQ community that even this narrow equality bid could be sunk by conservative pro-Beijing voices.

Asia
Sep 11 2025

Human Rights groups slam Hong Kong lawmakers for rejecting gay rights bill: ‘Alarming disdain’

An older white man with his arm around the shoulder of his wife, a black-haired white woman.

Celebrity
Dec 15 2025

Rob Reiner, film director and LGBTQ+ activist, found dead with wife in alleged homicide

Dolly Parton in a silver outfit smiling, holding her hand in out. She is imposed against a rainbow background.

Music
Jan 19

Dolly Parton turns 80 today: Here are nine times she proudly came out swinging for LGBTQ+ rights

This image shows a map of the world, with countries and territories where LGBTQ+ people are criminalised are marked in red. The map is laid over the Progress Pride flag, which incorporates intersex identities, Black people and people of colour, and the entire LGBTQ+ community.

World
Jul 09 2025

All 65 countries where it’s illegal to be LGBTQ+ in 2025, including the UAE and Mali

BANGKOK, THAILAND - JUNE 04: (L-R) Nattawut Saikua, Chonlanan Srikaew, and Paetongtarn Shinawatra, members of the Pheu Thai party, attend a Pride parade on June 04, 2023 in Bangkok, Thailand. Members of the LGBTQ community and allies take part in a Pride month march through central Bangkok. (Photo by Lauren DeCicca/Getty Images)

Asia
Mar 27 2024

Thailand moves closer to legalising same-sex marriage

Former US president Barack Obama's daughter Malia Obama

US
May 12 2025

No, Barack Obama’s daughter Malia hasn’t come out as trans, it’s yet another right-wing hoax

US
Feb 17

US totally split on whether LGBTQ+ discrimination is a problem