Cardiff and Vale University Health Board halted all referrals, assessments, and scheduled surgeries for the Welsh Gender Service after data showed higher referral rates than England — a pause that includes patients already admitted for care.
Europe's biggest LGBTQ+ beach party closed out its 2026 run on Croatia's Zrće Beach — a reminder of how thoroughly queer nightlife has embedded itself in a country still finalizing its legal protections.
Two years into civil unions, Latvia has moved further than its Baltic neighbors on paper but stopped short of marriage — a constitutional wall that's shaping the next phase of the country's LGBTQ+ rights fight.
Pride Week runs August 31 through September 6 in Belgrade, with this year's protest march confirmed for September 5 — a week of exhibitions, panels, and parties leading up to Serbia's most closely watched LGBTQ+ event.
Pierre Picavet, head of the French police LGBTQ+ rights association FLAG!, was struck with a bottle and hit with slurs outside a bar in Paris's historic gay district — even after identifying himself as an officer.
The Justice Department has petitioned the Supreme Court to lift an injunction protecting 29 transgender service members in Talbott v. United States, seeking discharges to begin before the case even goes to trial in 2027.
Collins came out in a 2013 Sports Illustrated essay and kept playing — a quiet, deliberate act of courage that changed what was possible for gay athletes in men's pro sports. He died this week after an eight-month fight with brain cancer.
Two years into civil unions, Latvia has moved further than its Baltic neighbors on paper but stopped short of marriage — a constitutional wall that's shaping the next phase of the country's LGBTQ+ rights fight.
Pierre Picavet, head of the French police LGBTQ+ rights association FLAG!, was struck with a bottle and hit with slurs outside a bar in Paris's historic gay district — even after identifying himself as an officer.
The Justice Department has petitioned the Supreme Court to lift an injunction protecting 29 transgender service members in Talbott v. United States, seeking discharges to begin before the case even goes to trial in 2027.
Europe's biggest LGBTQ+ beach party closed out its 2026 run on Croatia's Zrće Beach — a reminder of how thoroughly queer nightlife has embedded itself in a country still finalizing its legal protections.
Pride Week runs August 31 through September 6 in Belgrade, with this year's protest march confirmed for September 5 — a week of exhibitions, panels, and parties leading up to Serbia's most closely watched LGBTQ+ event.
We kept promising a proper Nicosia guide after our Larnaca writeup — here's our honest take on Cyprus's divided capital, its small but real gay nightlife, and what to know before you visit.
Collins came out in a 2013 Sports Illustrated essay and kept playing — a quiet, deliberate act of courage that changed what was possible for gay athletes in men's pro sports. He died this week after an eight-month fight with brain cancer.
The Queen of Country Music died Tuesday in Nashville after a brief battle with cancer. For decades, she used her platform to tell LGBTQ+ people they belonged — and meant it.
Queer Wave 2026 runs September 18-27 at NiMAC, bringing ten days of queer cinema, performance and community events to a country still building out its LGBTQ+ rights framework.
