For the eleventh year running, authorities banned Istanbul Pride and locked down Taksim. Marchers turned out regardless. At least 50 people were detained on June 29, among them a journalist with a valid press card and six lawyers.
In Z.A. v. Blanche, a federal judge issued a preliminary injunction barring the Justice Department from obtaining the identities and records of transgender minors treated at Stanford's children's hospital, calling the demand part of a 'bad-faith campaign' to intimidate providers.
WorldPride Amsterdam opens July 25 under the theme UNITY, marking 25 years since the Netherlands became the first country to legalize same-sex marriage. Here's what's confirmed for opening day — and why a celebration this big lands differently in a summer of bans and detentions.
A landmark May ruling gave Kenyan officials 60 days to start considering gender-marker changes. As that deadline nears in mid-July, advocates are watching to see whether the state complies.
MADO 2026 reaches its climax on July 4 with the huge Atocha-to-Colón march — a mix of protest and party that anchors Europe's largest Pride celebration.
A mid-year check-in from our base in the region: Pride season is behind us, the Rainbow Map has spoken, and EU accession keeps quietly reshaping the picture across the Balkans.
At May's accession conference the EU turned a long-standing 'to-do' into a closing benchmark: no partnership recognition and gender-recognition law, no finishing Cluster 1. For Albania's LGBTQ+ community — and for us, here in Tirana — that changes the math.
In Z.A. v. Blanche, a federal judge issued a preliminary injunction barring the Justice Department from obtaining the identities and records of transgender minors treated at Stanford's children's hospital, calling the demand part of a 'bad-faith campaign' to intimidate providers.
A landmark May ruling gave Kenyan officials 60 days to start considering gender-marker changes. As that deadline nears in mid-July, advocates are watching to see whether the state complies.
A mid-year check-in from our base in the region: Pride season is behind us, the Rainbow Map has spoken, and EU accession keeps quietly reshaping the picture across the Balkans.
WorldPride Amsterdam opens July 25 under the theme UNITY, marking 25 years since the Netherlands became the first country to legalize same-sex marriage. Here's what's confirmed for opening day — and why a celebration this big lands differently in a summer of bans and detentions.
MADO 2026 reaches its climax on July 4 with the huge Atocha-to-Colón march — a mix of protest and party that anchors Europe's largest Pride celebration.
More than 10,000 athletes from dozens of countries wrap up the world's largest inclusive sporting event on July 4. After a hard week for LGBTQ+ news, Valencia is the reminder that the movement is also joy.
At a surprise Grindr-hosted Pride concert in Times Square, Madonna previewed her upcoming album Confessions II — and gave fans a collective heart attack by swinging a leg over the stage barrier.
The Tatiana Maslany–led dark comedy from David J. Rosen drops its first two episodes on Apple TV today, May 20. Two openly queer leading men — Murray Bartlett and Brandon Flynn — are doing some of the most interesting work in their careers, and the show is treating sex work like a job rather than a punchline.
Dara's 'Bangaranga' gave Bulgaria its first-ever Eurovision win on Saturday in Vienna. The 2027 contest will head to Sofia — a city in a country ranked 40th of 49 on Europe's Rainbow Map and where an anti-LGBT 'propaganda' law is still on the books.
