With the fourth place, the UK is one of the safest LGBT+ holiday destinations in the world. Only Norway, Portugal and Belgium are placed higher, according to a new list made by travel website Asher & …

Bogotá has a new mayor: Claudia López. She is the first openly gay and the first female mayor of the city. The 49 year-old lawmaker won with just a slight difference from her liberal opponent. López i…

In Uganda, 16 LGBT activists have been arrested on suspicion of having sexual intercourse with people of the same sex. In the East African country, this is a crime that is punishable with life impriso…

The Dutch city of Almere will be the first in Europe to have a permanent transgender crosswalk on its streets. It will be painted together with a new rainbow crosswalk. The chosen location is a road b…

The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) has introduced a new rule to stimulate inclusivity. All the nominations have to meet the BFI diversity standards. Those standards include the LG…

Six prestigious law firms and LGBT rights organisation Human Rights Campaign (HRC) want to create a powerful front against the anti-LGBT policy and laws of the Donald Trump administration. They also p…

According to a survey, half of the Europeans would feel comfortable seeing two people of the same sex being intimate in public. If this were a male and a female, 80% would feel comfortable. Yet, there…

Homosexuality is illegal in Qatar, but according to a FIFA official, LGBT people are more than welcome in his country. However, it was emphasized that LGBT+ visitors are expected to respect local cust…

At the General Assembly of the United Nations in New York, Dutch king Willem-Alexander expressed the need for worldwide LGBT rights. He urged countries to make laws to protect sexual minorities.

UK Lesbian & Gay Immigration Group (UKLGIG) has started a campaign to raise awareness for the situation of LGBT+ refugees in British detention centres. The organisation criticizes the policy which all…