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A month after announcing a comeback, Dutch public broadcaster NPO says it's 'too early' to compete in 2027. Here's what changed, who else is sitting out, and what it means for the fans who treat Eurovision as a queer holiday.
Zoya, a former victim response officer who helped trans people at her district's police office, was beaten with sticks on October 23 and died the next day. Two brothers have been arrested. Here's what we know, and why the timeline matters.
Exit polls show neither Netanyahu's bloc nor Gadi Eisenkot's reaching the 61 seats needed to govern, after record turnout. The three parties that promised recognition for same-sex couples did well, but the maths decides what happens next.
Brochures and texts made to look like they came from trans advocates reached Texans ahead of early voting. The group they borrowed from says it had nothing to do with them, a DA has opened a forgery probe, and nobody yet knows who paid.
ILGA-Europe and Aleanca LGBT are bringing the second UNSTOPPABLE Pride Organisers' Summit to Tirana, December 10–13. Here's who can apply, what's covered, and why Albania's protest-filled year makes the city a pointed choice.
Lula came back from second place to beat Flávio Bolsonaro 51.79% to 48.21% on October 25, with travesti congresswoman Erika Hilton celebrating at his side. Bolsonaro is contesting the result. Here's what the win means, and doesn't, for queer and trans Brazilians.
The Student List won an outright majority in Serbia's October 25 election, ending 14 years of Progressive Party rule. Its 11-point program promises equal law for everyone, but never mentions LGBTQ+ people. Here's what's on the table for queer Serbians, and the questions worth asking now.
Police searched Casa Kuà in Kreuzberg on October 18 on suspicion of illegal trade in prescription medicines, including hormones. On Saturday, about 500 people marched under the banner “Hands off trans lives.” Behind it all is a German health insurance gap for trans people that has been open since 2023.
LGBT Forum Progres surveyed 168 sports workers across Montenegro and brought the ombudsman's office, a para-athlete and a judo champion together in Podgorica to talk about how to spot, report and stop discrimination in sport.
About 350 people walked from the Government building to Argentina Square on October 3 for the 14th Montenegro Pride. It passed peacefully, and the demands were concrete: trans recognition without forced medical procedures, and partnership rights that actually work.
Postponed from June by a heat wave, the Marche des Fiertés crossed Paris on October 3 with tens of thousands of people and one clear message ahead of next year's presidential election: the far right is not welcome.
Totnes Pride's 'Capture the Castle' drew around 400 people to watch a 150-metre Pride flag unfurled across Totnes Castle on September 26. Organisers said it shows 'queer people have always been here'. A few online critics disagreed, loudly.
Queer Montenegro's 14th Pride runs September 28 to October 3 in Podgorica, closing the Balkan Pride season with a march that puts trans sterilization requirements and missing family rights at the front of the line.
A degenerative knee injury has ended the Adelaide 36ers centre's career. Four years after he came out on court, Humphries is staying with the club, and his legacy is bigger than his stat line.
Pip Archer and Stella Pryor said their vows on BBC Radio 4 on Sunday, with a gale outside and one of the most quietly queer lines the show has ever broadcast. Here's why a farming soap getting this right matters.
Born in Mendoza in 1944, Ana Lupez danced through Argentina's revue theatres, left the country under the dictatorship, and became the star and then co-owner of one of Barcelona's most famous cabarets. She died on October 14 in the city where she was born.
Viewers spotted that the pro-trans slogan had been digitally removed from the House of the Dragon actor's rehearsal top. The BBC points to its rules on branding and slogans; critics aren't buying it.
The Albanian activist, who left Tirana in 2017 after death threats, says he and his partner Erjon Tela are expecting a daughter, Lili, via surrogacy in Canada. Back home, a family like theirs still can't exist on paper.
Only 12% of LGBTIQ people in Albania, 21% in North Macedonia and 29% in Serbia say they're fairly or very open, against 51% across the EU. On National Coming Out Day, here's what the numbers mean, and why coming out is yours to time.
Most anti-LGBTI violence in Albania is never reported. A 2026 Council of Europe report explains why, and what does exist: a free anti-discrimination complaints line, a hate-crime provision, and a dedicated LGBTI shelter. Here's how it all works.
We've lived in Tirana on and off since 2022, and spent time in Sarandë and Durrës too. Here's our honest answer to the question we get asked most: is Albania actually safe for a gay couple?
Albania just issued its first hormone therapy guideline for trans adults, and the country's religious leaders are pushing back hard. We're spending part of our year in Tirana. Here's what that argument looks like from the ground.
As Amsterdam hosts the global Pride movement this fortnight, the view from Tirana is a reminder that the distance between a canal parade and a still-banned march is measured in more than kilometers.
Skopje, Sarajevo, Pristina, Belgrade — one Pride after another went off this season, many without incident. Living here, we've learned the real question isn't the march. It's the 51 weeks after it.
Tirana Pride marches Saturday. On Friday we went to the diplomatic reception that traditionally opens Pride week here, and the most telling thing in the room was who was no longer at the front of it.
