A Human Rights Campaign Foundation analysis of Census Bureau data puts the LGBTQ+ share of US adults at 12% — about 26.5 million people — well above Gallup's widely cited 9% figure, and researchers say the gap comes down to methodology, not a sudden shift in identification.
Archbishop Cyril Kobina Ben-Smith, the Anglican Primate of West Africa, spent years backing Ghana's push to criminalize LGBTQ+ people. In a BBC interview last week, he said the church doesn't support it — a shift that won't undo the law, but complicates the religious cover it's relied on.
A European Parliament report published this summer flags Montenegro's stalled Law on Legal Gender Recognition as a gap in an EU accession process the country otherwise touts as a success story.
A regional roundtable this summer put a spotlight on how women and LGBTQ+ people across Albania and Kosovo are targeted by coordinated online abuse — with almost no legal framework to respond.
The largest Republican LGBTQ+ group is reversing an 11-year-old decision, narrowing its advocacy to sexual orientation only. Not everyone in the organization agrees.
A family reunification law passed by the Dutch House of Representatives requires asylum seekers' partners to be legally married. Same-sex couples fleeing countries where marriage isn't an option are left relying on human-rights law instead.
The passport went to a non-binary Austrian living in Germany, and it's the first real-world test of a European Court of Justice ruling requiring EU states to recognize legal gender changes registered in another member state.
Archbishop Cyril Kobina Ben-Smith, the Anglican Primate of West Africa, spent years backing Ghana's push to criminalize LGBTQ+ people. In a BBC interview last week, he said the church doesn't support it — a shift that won't undo the law, but complicates the religious cover it's relied on.
A European Parliament report published this summer flags Montenegro's stalled Law on Legal Gender Recognition as a gap in an EU accession process the country otherwise touts as a success story.
A regional roundtable this summer put a spotlight on how women and LGBTQ+ people across Albania and Kosovo are targeted by coordinated online abuse — with almost no legal framework to respond.
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.
A day trip from Florence turned into one of our favorite stretches of the Tuscan coast — Torre del Lago has been a queer gathering spot since the 1970s, and it still shows.
Serbia's Pride Week runs August 31 to September 6, ending in a Saturday march whose route had to be redrawn this year. A look at what's changed, what hasn't, and what to expect if you're going.
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.
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.
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.
