Anti-LGBT sentiment appears to be increasingly present in Eastern Europe. In countries such as Poland and Hungary, homosexual, bisexual and transgender people are in the middle of a political battlefi…

The German minister for public health wants to end the infamous practices of conversion therapy in the country. The therapy is based on the idea that homosexuality is curable. “You are okay, just how …

It has been more than three years since 49 people lost their lives during the attack on the LGBT+ night club ‘Pulse’ in Orlando. The city in the American state of Florida decided to transform the site…

Argentina elected its new president this weekend: Alberto Fernández. The son of this politician is everything you wouldn’t expect of a president’s son: he is an internationally acclaimed drag queen!

The British Muslim LGBT+ organisation Imaan has raised enough money to organise a Muslim Pride in London. The organisation received more than £10,000 to set up the event, which is planned in spring ne…

An American police officer who had been told to “tone down his gayness” in order be promoted, has been awarded 19 million dollar (17 million euros). The officer did not get promoted while he was worki…

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 Taipei, the capital of Taiwan, an estimated amount of 200,000 went to the streets to celebrate pride. This was the first pride celebration since the Asian island state legalised same sex marriage, …

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…

In the US state of Alabama, a brother and sister have been arrested for blackmailing and threatening a large number of gay men. They threatened to reveal the sexual orientation of the men and even cal…

Same-sex couples in Northern Ireland will be able to marry next year, after a failed attempt by unionist parties to block this development in legislation. Due to the lack of a functioning government, …

Coca-Cola has received a fine for their advertisements, in which same-sex couples are shown, in Hungary. The posters with slogans as ‘Zero sugar, zero prejudice’ were distributed in the country last s…

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…

A man in his 50s has been severely attacked in Dublin, after he met with a man through gay dating app Grindr. His ‘date’ however wasn’t a man, but a group of violent teenagers. They attacked him and h…