Professional wrestler Aaron Rourke has made history by becoming the first openly gay singles champion in WWE history. Performing under the nickname “Evil Gay,” the American athlete won the title on Ma…

The Court of Justice of the European Union ruled that EU member states must provide transgender citizens with identification documents reflecting their lived gender. National legislation preventing su…

The Supreme Court of the Philippines has ruled that same-sex partners may legally co-own property, marking a significant step for LGBTQ rights in the predominantly Christian country, where same-sex ma…

Rob Jetten was sworn in today as prime minister of the Netherlands, making history as the country’s first openly gay head of government and one of the youngest leaders to hold the office.

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The European Parliament on Wednesday adopted a resolution setting out the European Union’s priorities for the upcoming session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women in New York. The resolution i…

German football referee and LGBTQ+ activist Pascal Kaiser says he was assaulted by three unknown individuals shortly after filing a police report over threats. According to Kaiser, the attack is linke…

Gay dating-appp Grindr will turn off its location function in the Milan area where the athletes will be staying this week. It is a preventive measure to protect LGBTQ+ athletes from possible backlash …

Brussels, 27 January — A draft law in Ukraine is set to put the rights of LGBTQ+ people under serious pressure. Under the guise of reforming the civil code, the Ukrainian parliament plans to recognise…

The Polish government has approved a bill introducing cohabitation contracts for people living together. This gives same-sex couples a limited form of legal recognition in Poland for the first time, R…

The liberal mayor of Budapest, Gergely Karácsony, has announced that the police have recommended he be prosecuted for allowing the record-breaking Pride march in June, despite a ban by the Hungarian g…

The European Court of Justice ruled on Tuesday that all EU member states must recognise marriages between people of the same sex if they were legally performed in another member state. The ruling foll…

Ghanaian President John Dramani Mahama has said he will sign a new anti-LGBTQ+ law once it has been passed by Parliament, according to the LGBTQ+ rights organisation Rightify Ghana. The so-called Huma…

The Mazhilis, the lower house of Kazakhstan’s parliament, passed a law on Wednesday banning so-called “LGBT propaganda” in the media and online. Those who break the rules face a fine, and repeat offen…

The US Supreme Court on Monday rejected a request to revisit its 2015 ruling that legalised same-sex marriage across the United States. The decision means the right to marry remains intact for same-se…