The EU-Western Balkans Summit in Tivat put Montenegro and Albania on a fast track to membership. Enlargement is also one of the strongest levers LGBTQ+ rights have in the region.
France is often assumed to be a Western European leader on LGBTQ+ rights. The 2026 picture is more complicated: real legal protections alongside a documented surge in anti-LGBTQ+ offences.
KyivPride has set its 2026 dates — Pride Park on June 14, the Equality March on June 21 — as the LGBTQ+ movement in wartime Ukraine becomes a statement of resilience as much as rights.
A divided D.C. Circuit panel ruled on the first day of Pride Month that the Pentagon's ban on transgender service likely violates equal protection — and blocked the removal of the troops who sued.
On June 7, millions are expected to flood Avenida Paulista for the 30th edition of the Parada do Orgulho LGBT+, the Guinness-record-holding largest Pride event on the planet.
Thousands filled central Zagreb on June 6 for the 25th Povorka ponosa, a march that has run without interruption since 2002 and now anchors Pride season in the Western Balkans.
Hungarian prosecutors have dropped criminal charges against Mayor Gergely Karácsony for organising the banned 2025 Pride march, citing April's EU court ruling. The man who said freedom can't be banned in Budapest just won.
France is often assumed to be a Western European leader on LGBTQ+ rights. The 2026 picture is more complicated: real legal protections alongside a documented surge in anti-LGBTQ+ offences.
A divided D.C. Circuit panel ruled on the first day of Pride Month that the Pentagon's ban on transgender service likely violates equal protection — and blocked the removal of the troops who sued.
Thousands filled central Zagreb on June 6 for the 25th Povorka ponosa, a march that has run without interruption since 2002 and now anchors Pride season in the Western Balkans.
KyivPride has set its 2026 dates — Pride Park on June 14, the Equality March on June 21 — as the LGBTQ+ movement in wartime Ukraine becomes a statement of resilience as much as rights.
On June 7, millions are expected to flood Avenida Paulista for the 30th edition of the Parada do Orgulho LGBT+, the Guinness-record-holding largest Pride event on the planet.
We spent a winter living in Albania's ancient port city. Here's our honest guide to Durrës for queer remote workers — costs, safety, where to live, and why it works best as Tirana's quieter coastal neighbor.
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.
