LGBTQ+ Digital Nomad Guide to Florence, Italy
We spent time working out of Florence during our European rotation. Here's what it's actually like to live and work there as a queer couple — the good, the slow, and the quietly conservative.
Half of the EU's Candidate Countries Now Have a Rollback Problem. A New Report Names Them.
ILGA-Europe and ERA's 2026 Enlargement Review finds that five of ten EU accession hopefuls — including Bosnia and North Macedonia — now have documented LGBTI rights rollbacks, a category that barely existed in prior years' reports.
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"Not Yet Uhuru": A New Report Maps How Namibia's Courts and Parliament Are Pulling in Opposite Directions
A report launched in May finds that Namibia's LGBTQI+ community has won a remarkable run of court victories since 2021 — and that Parliament has responded by writing trans people out of two new laws.
LGBTQ+ Digital Nomad Guide to Sofia, Bulgaria
We lived in Sofia twice in 2023 — once for a week, once for most of a summer. Here's what it actually costs, where it's easy, and where Bulgaria's politics make themselves felt.
UK High Court Clears the Way for a New Puberty Blocker Trial on Trans Kids
Judges rejected a legal challenge to the Pathways trial, which will give puberty blockers to children as young as 11 under NHS research protocols — reopening a treatment that's been banned outside clinical trials since 2024.
West Africa's New Anti-LGBTQ+ Laws Aren't Isolated Incidents — They're a Regional Pattern
Ghana, Burkina Faso, and Senegal have each moved to criminalize or further punish LGBTQ+ people in 2026. Rights groups say the timing and language are too similar to be coincidence.
Hamburg Pride Draws 300,000 in Show of Defiance One Week After Berlin Attack
Hamburg's Pride march went ahead under heavy security Saturday, with attendees in dark clothing and a Berlin float honoring victims of last weekend's terror attack.
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All news →"Not Yet Uhuru": A New Report Maps How Namibia's Courts and Parliament Are Pulling in Opposite Directions
A report launched in May finds that Namibia's LGBTQI+ community has won a remarkable run of court victories since 2021 — and that Parliament has responded by writing trans people out of two new laws.
UK High Court Clears the Way for a New Puberty Blocker Trial on Trans Kids
Judges rejected a legal challenge to the Pathways trial, which will give puberty blockers to children as young as 11 under NHS research protocols — reopening a treatment that's been banned outside clinical trials since 2024.
West Africa's New Anti-LGBTQ+ Laws Aren't Isolated Incidents — They're a Regional Pattern
Ghana, Burkina Faso, and Senegal have each moved to criminalize or further punish LGBTQ+ people in 2026. Rights groups say the timing and language are too similar to be coincidence.
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All travel →LGBTQ+ Digital Nomad Guide to Florence, Italy
We spent time working out of Florence during our European rotation. Here's what it's actually like to live and work there as a queer couple — the good, the slow, and the quietly conservative.
LGBTQ+ Digital Nomad Guide to Sofia, Bulgaria
We lived in Sofia twice in 2023 — once for a week, once for most of a summer. Here's what it actually costs, where it's easy, and where Bulgaria's politics make themselves felt.
LGBTQ+ Digital Nomad Guide to Vienna, Austria
Vienna gave us one of our easiest stretches of nomad life — good trains, real gay nightlife, and a visa reality we want other nomads to know about before they book anything.
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Sam Smith Is Engaged to Fashion Designer Christian Cowan
The Grammy-winning singer confirmed the engagement to The New York Times, three years into a relationship that's already inspired a Met Gala look and an entire album.
The New Women's Pro Baseball League Debuts This Summer — and It's Wonderfully Queer
For the first time in 52 years, women are playing professional baseball in the US. Nearly a third of the inaugural roster is openly LGBTQ+, and that's not a footnote — it's the culture of the sport.
LGBTQ+ Characters in Hollywood Films Hit a Three-Year Low — and There Wasn't a Single Trans Character
GLAAD's newly rebranded 'Where We Are in Film' study finds queer representation in major studio releases falling for the third straight year, dropping to 20.4% of films. The trans erasure is total.