In Istanbul, police arrested at least fifty people on 28 June during a banned Pride march. The gathering took place despite an official ban by the Turkish authorities, who have for years restricted or…

Nepal’s Supreme Court has taken another significant step toward equal marriage rights for LGBTQ+ couples. According to reports, the government must recognize the marriages of same-sex couples and othe…

A new study by Northwestern University in Chicago has shed fresh light on how voters perceive openly gay politicians. While public acceptance of LGBTQ+ candidates continues to grow, the research sugge…

Ghana’s Parliament has approved the controversial Human Sexual Rights and Family Values Bill, which would make identifying as LGBTQ+ punishable by up to three years in prison. The bill was passed on 2…

Researchers are one step closer to a possible “functional cure” for HIV. At a conference in Boston, scientists from the University of California, San Francisco presented promising results from a new i…

Spain has topped ILGA-Europe’s Rainbow Map for the first time, the annual ranking that assesses laws and policies affecting LGBTI people in 49 European countries. The result ends Malta’s ten-year hold…

The European Parliament has voted in favour of banning conversion therapy practices across the European Union, marking an important step forward for LGBTQ+ rights in Europe.

The vote follows a Europe…

New scientific research has challenged a widely used right-wing claim that most transgender youth eventually stop identifying as trans.

The study, titled “Desistance: A multimethod review of the lite…

Australian footballer Josh Cavallo says he regularly receives private messages from other players who are considering coming out publicly, after he did so himself in 2021.

Now 26, Cavallo became the …

A former drag queen who once played a prominent role in Manchester Pride has been elected as a councillor for Reform UK and is calling on local authorities to stop funding Pride events.

Michael Felse…

In recent weeks, more than a hundred Instagram accounts, including many from the LGBTQIA+ community, have been removed. Several Dutch organisations have been affected and say they are unable to get cl…

Thousands more gay and bisexual men and transgender people in Australia are now allowed to donate blood following a major rule change that took effect on April 20. The update marks the end of restrict…

Senegal has recorded its first conviction under newly tightened anti-LGBT legislation. The law, which came into force last month, led to the sentencing of a 24-year-old man by a court in Pikine-Guédia…

Over the past two decades, cases of throat cancer have risen sharply across Western countries. In particular, oropharyngeal cancer — affecting the tonsils and back of the throat — has become increasin…