Lisbon's Queer Lisboa Turns 29 This Month — Here's What's Screening
Portugal's only LGBTQ+ film festival returns to Cinema São Jorge from September 19 to 27, opening with Carmen Emmi's erotic thriller Plainclothes. Tickets go on sale today.
After a Decade in Court, Bulgaria's Top Court Says Trans People Have a Right to Legal Gender Recognition
The Supreme Court of Cassation ruled trans people can change their name and gender marker on official documents, closing a nearly ten-year legal battle and putting Bulgaria in line with an EU court ruling from March.
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Thailand's First Pageant for Toms and Trans Men Wants to Redefine Who Gets the Crown
Tom Thailand 2026 gives masculine-presenting lesbians and trans men a national stage that pageant culture has never made room for — judged on character and conduct, not just appearance.
Ecuador's New Adoption Law Shuts Out LGBTQ+ People — and Threatens Parents of Trans Kids
A law that took effect in August bars single LGB people from adopting and lets parents lose custody for supporting a transgender child's gender identity, human rights groups say.
A South African Court Just Set a Real Precedent Against Anti-LGBTQ+ Hate Speech
The Johannesburg Equality Court permanently barred a media personality from targeting LGBTQIA+ people after he led a march to a traditional market and refused to apologize.
Switzerland's Government Just Backed a National Conversion Therapy Ban
The Swiss Federal Council says conversion practices cause 'considerable harm' and wants a uniform federal law to replace a patchwork of cantonal bans — though parliament still has to act.
25 Years After 'Bloody Pride,' Thousands March Through Belgrade Again
Belgrade Pride Week closed Saturday with thousands marching through the capital demanding partnership and gender recognition laws Serbia still doesn't have — a quarter-century after riots nearly ended the event for good.
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All news →Ecuador's New Adoption Law Shuts Out LGBTQ+ People — and Threatens Parents of Trans Kids
A law that took effect in August bars single LGB people from adopting and lets parents lose custody for supporting a transgender child's gender identity, human rights groups say.
A South African Court Just Set a Real Precedent Against Anti-LGBTQ+ Hate Speech
The Johannesburg Equality Court permanently barred a media personality from targeting LGBTQIA+ people after he led a march to a traditional market and refused to apologize.
Switzerland's Government Just Backed a National Conversion Therapy Ban
The Swiss Federal Council says conversion practices cause 'considerable harm' and wants a uniform federal law to replace a patchwork of cantonal bans — though parliament still has to act.
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All travel →25 Years After 'Bloody Pride,' Thousands March Through Belgrade Again
Belgrade Pride Week closed Saturday with thousands marching through the capital demanding partnership and gender recognition laws Serbia still doesn't have — a quarter-century after riots nearly ended the event for good.
Belgrade Pride: One Day Out From Serbia's Biggest LGBTQ+ March of the Year
Pride Week wraps this weekend with Saturday's Pride Protest March through central Belgrade — the same familiar demands, a redrawn route, and a country in the middle of its own political reckoning.
Global Black Pride Comes to Paris for the First Time, September 9–13
A five-day gathering centering Black LGBTQI+ life lands in France next week, with a human rights conference, a Trans Excellence gala, and a march through Château Rouge to République.
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All culture →Lisbon's Queer Lisboa Turns 29 This Month — Here's What's Screening
Portugal's only LGBTQ+ film festival returns to Cinema São Jorge from September 19 to 27, opening with Carmen Emmi's erotic thriller Plainclothes. Tickets go on sale today.
Thailand's First Pageant for Toms and Trans Men Wants to Redefine Who Gets the Crown
Tom Thailand 2026 gives masculine-presenting lesbians and trans men a national stage that pageant culture has never made room for — judged on character and conduct, not just appearance.
Kosovo's Only Queer Culture Festival Returns This Weekend — With a Portuguese Accent
The Prishtina Queer Festival opens September 6 for its second edition, pairing Kosovar queer film, music, and book launches with a curated slate of Portuguese short films — a small but pointed act of cross-border solidarity.