The draft ban is trans-inclusive, carries up to five years in prison, and reaches practices arranged abroad. It's a genuine milestone — and it still has to survive consultation and a Commons vote.
Within days of each other, Missouri enacted a law forcing incarcerated trans people off their medication and Illinois signed three bills shielding gender-affirming care. The American map keeps splitting.
On June 29, Senegal's National Assembly amended the constitution to define marriage as the union of a man and a woman. It passed unanimously, and it caps a brutal year for the country's LGBTQ+ people.
A push to force schools to notify parents — and to bar teachers from using a student's chosen name or pronouns without consent — has moved from a handful of statehouses to the center of national politics in 2026.
We've spent a big chunk of the last few years based in Tirana. Here's our honest, lived-in guide to working remotely as a gay couple in Albania's fast-changing capital — the wifi, the cafés, the costs, and the parts nobody puts in the brochure.
Strong legal protections, a landmark self-determination law now in force, and a well-funded Pride season — set against the steady pressure of a far-right party polling near the top. Where Germany actually stands this summer.
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.
Within days of each other, Missouri enacted a law forcing incarcerated trans people off their medication and Illinois signed three bills shielding gender-affirming care. The American map keeps splitting.
On June 29, Senegal's National Assembly amended the constitution to define marriage as the union of a man and a woman. It passed unanimously, and it caps a brutal year for the country's LGBTQ+ people.
A push to force schools to notify parents — and to bar teachers from using a student's chosen name or pronouns without consent — has moved from a handful of statehouses to the center of national politics in 2026.
We've spent a big chunk of the last few years based in Tirana. Here's our honest, lived-in guide to working remotely as a gay couple in Albania's fast-changing capital — the wifi, the cafés, the costs, and the parts nobody puts in the brochure.
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.
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.
