On the state level, 2021 has been a devastating year for the LGBTQ community, with numerous bigoted laws being passed…
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Norway’s postal service is celebrating 50 years since the nation decriminalized same-sex relationships with a new ad featuring Santa Claus.…
Scotland has just announced that teaching LGBTQ+ history will become compulsory in the country’s curriculum for schools. The move makes…
Earlier this summer President Biden announced that he’d be appointing a Special Envoy to Advance the Human Rights of LGBTQI+ Persons. And…
When Brody Neville came out to his friends, many of them stopped talking to him. The young Calgary resident was…
The news has been dominated by America’s withdrawal from Afghanistan and the takeover by the Taliban. One thing that has…
James Hormel served an important role in political history as America’s first openly gay diplomat. During his tenure, he served…
On Friday, July 30th, New Zealand’s ruling party introduced a bill that would make conversion therapy (the process of trying…
A draft bill has entered Ghana’s parliament that will imprison everyone in the LGBTQ community and anyone who supports them.…
The nonprofit SafeHome.org has created a ranking of the best and worst places for LGBTQ people to live. Their rankings…
Today, the Columbia City Council passed a law banning conversion therapy for LGBTQ youth. Columbia is now the first city…
The parliament of Hungary has passed legislation that effectively bans LGBTQ content in that country. The measure, which passed by…
Paris City Hall has announced a plan to officially declare Paris as an “LGBTQ+ Zone of Freedom”. The proposal is…
At midnight, on April 1st, 2001, The Netherlands wed four gay couples, officially legalizing gay marriage in the country. The…
The Family Research Council, an anti-abortion and anti-LGBTQ organization, which was deemed a hate group in 2010 by the Southern…
Martin Jenkins used to play professional football for the Seattle Seahawks. After that, he entered into a career of politics…
In yet another blow to civil rights during the Trump era, members of the Supreme Court are now declaring that…
The South China Morning Post has reported that the organization that puts on Shanghai’s long-running pride celebration has declared that…
Five years ago today, LGBTQ history was made when same-sex marriage became the law of the land in the United…
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled on Monday that federal law prohibits discrimination against workers for being LGBTQ. The ruling affirms…
Larry Kramer died at age 84 today, leaving behind a body of work that changed not only the LGBTQ community,…
According to NBC News, a man who had recovered from the COVID-19 infection was in the perfect position to donate…
A same-sex couple in Maryland has filed a lawsuit against the US State Department with the help of LAMBDA Legal,…
Starting in the 2020-2021 school year, public schools in Illinois will be required to teach a new history curriculum that…
Soft drink juggernaut, Coca-Cola, released a new ad campaign in Hungary titled ‘Equal Love’. The ads feature both same-sex and…
We’ve all heard the story of those pivotal events that took place at a New York City gay bar in…
In a landmark decision on Thursday, Brazil’s Supreme Court ruled to classify discrimination and hateful acts against LGBTQ people as crimes under…
In a historic decision, Botswana’s High Court overturned a colonial-era law that criminalized consensual same-sex relations. Previously a violation of…
In yet another blow to the LGBTQ community from the Trump administration, according to the New York Times, Washington Post,…
It was announced on Wednesday that the city of New York will be honoring Marsha P. Johnson and Sylvia Rivera with…