Several legal reforms have been passed by the Sovereign Council of Sudan, including banning of female genital mutilation, public flogging and removal of an apostasy law that punished abandonment of Islam with death by stoning.
Mary Trump, whose tell-all book reveals new unflattering secrets about her uncle as he pursues re-election, is a lesbian and kept her sexual orientation a
Austria has issued its first ever intersex birth certificate, joining a growing list of countries to offer identity documents with options other than male or female.
The singer and songwriter Avery Wilson, who rose to fame on season three of The Voice, has come out as bisexual to his fans.
LGBTQ rights supporters are mourning the less of Rep. John Lewis (D-Ga.), a civil rights icon who worked with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and died late Friday after a battle with pancreatic cancer at age 80.
New legislation is to be introduced South Australia to ban the traumatising practice of conversion therapy “as soon as possible”.
Religious same-sex marriages have finally been legalised in Northern Ireland, a year after marriage equality was extended to the territory.
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Troye Sivan has shared a brand new track called Easy. The uptempo synthpop anthem reflects on a relationship that “hasn’t been easy” due to something – or someone – coming between them.
Netflix’s new film has delivered the LGBTQ+ representation rarely seen in action movies.
The pop star reflects on his journey, from experiencing depression during his 1999 Livin’ La Vida Loca tour to sharing his truth in 2011 memoir “Me: Ricky Martin.”
Hopes vanished on July 1, when voters backed a slate of constitutional amendments, one of them stating marriage is only between a man and a woman.
The far-right Christian group One Million Moms is targeting Kit Kat candy bars for their latest breathless boycott. The group is an astroturf offshoot of the anti-LGBTQ hate group American Family Association and has significantly fewer members than their name would imply.
Lil Nas X is teasing fans with a snippet from his upcoming song, “Call me By Your Name.”
A kaleidoscopic array of LGBT+ community leaders, charity heads, journalists, celebrities, television presenters, activists, lawmakers, bloggers, healthcare advocates and more were honoured Saturday (July 11) in a list of people making seismic changes in queer rights.
President of Poland Andrzej Duda has narrowly secured re-election, after an ugly election campaign that saw him resort to homophobic dog whistles.
A gay Muslim teenager with a passion for makeup has been using social media to support other queer young people during the coronavirus pandemic.
God’s Own Country director Francis Lee has said that his new film Ammonite will show audiences the “power of love” and “touch”.
Tahini, the delicious sesame-based paste popular in the Middle East, has become the unlikely subject of a dispute over LGBTQ rights of Arab Israelis.
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The 8-metre long rainbow flag flew from the town hall for less than 48 hours. But after a trio of complaints led to its removal, residents in the southern Spanish town of Villanueva de Algaidas responded swiftly, plastering the town’s bars, buildings and balconies with more than 500 rainbow flags of their own.
Around this time last year, Taiwan was gearing up to host Asia’s largest ever Pride parade having just become the first place on the continent to legalize same-sex marriage.
New cases of HIV in gay and bisexual men have fallen by 21% in the UK, Public Health England (PHE) has said.
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