In the West African country of Burkina Faso, the ruling military junta has passed a law criminalising homosexuality. The measure, unanimously approved by the transitional parliament on Monday, provide…

Snoop Dogg is facing criticism following remarks about LGBTQ+ representation in the Disney/Pixar film Lightyear. Appearing on an episode of the It’s Giving podcast, the 53-year-old rapper said he was …

In the Indonesian province of Aceh, two male students aged 20 and 21 have been sentenced to 80 public lashes. The Sharia police caught them in April in a public toilet, where they were seen kissing an…

The United States Supreme Court will decide this autumn whether to take up a case that could undermine the nationwide right to marriage between people of the same sex. The case was brought by Kim Davi…

US President Donald Trump has declared himself chairman of a new taskforce for the 2028 Olympic Games in Los Angeles. During the announcement, he reiterated his stance on transgender athletes, claimin…

In a significant victory for the LGBTQ+ community, a court in Saint Lucia has struck down laws that criminalised same-sex activity. The ruling, handed down on Tuesday 29 July by the island nation’s Hi…

Despite an official ban by the Hungarian government, Budapest Pride went ahead on 28 June, thanks to a legal loophole found by Mayor Gergely Karácsony. With over 200,000 attendees, it became the large…

The United Nations Human Rights Council has voted this week to extend the mandate of the independent expert on LGBTI+ rights, a significant step in the global fight against discrimination. Notably abs…

During a banned Pride march in central Istanbul, Turkish police arrested at least 30 people on Sunday, according to MP Kezban Konukcu of the pro-Kurdish DEM party, as reported by Reuters. Despite the …

This Saturday, the largest Pride in Hungarian history took place in Budapest. Tens of thousands defied a police ban and political threats to stand up for LGBTQ+ rights. Prime Minister Viktor Orbán rea…

In the Indonesian city of Bogor, 75 people have been arrested during a police raid on a so-called “gay party”. Amnesty International has condemned the action as discriminatory and a violation of funda…

The US FDA has approved lenacapavir as a long-acting form of PrEP. The drug reduces the risk of HIV by 96 percent and is administered via injection only twice a year. The approval has sparked both ent…

A federal judge in the United States has temporarily halted former President Donald Trump’s passport policy, which barred transgender, non-binary and intersex individuals from obtaining passports that…

The Hungarian capital Budapest will organise the annual Pride march on 28 June as an official city event, liberal mayor Gergely Karácsony announced on Monday. In doing so, he circumvents the controver…