Three bills that would gut one of Europe's most progressive gender-identity laws cleared their first vote in March. Months later, they're still alive in committee, and trans Portugal is watching closely.
Skopje, Sarajevo, Pristina, Belgrade — one Pride after another went off this season, many without incident. Living here, we've learned the real question isn't the march. It's the 51 weeks after it.
The parade rolls out from Plaça Universitat on July 18, capping weeks of Pride in the country that just topped Europe's Rainbow Map. Here's how to do it right.
From Nepal's landmark marriage ruling to Japan's pending Supreme Court cases, LGBTQ+ progress across Asia is increasingly being written by judges — while legislatures stall.
Mostar's Ottoman old town and its famous bridge draw travelers from all over — here's an honest, researched guide to visiting as an LGBTQ+ traveler in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Luxembourg Pride's Equality March filled the capital's streets on July 11 for the first time in 16 years, capping a Pride Week that ran July 2–12 in one of Europe's most quietly progressive countries.
While Japan's courts wrestle with marriage equality, the cabinet has quietly adopted the country's first nationwide framework for LGBTQ+ awareness in schools, universities, and workplaces.
From Nepal's landmark marriage ruling to Japan's pending Supreme Court cases, LGBTQ+ progress across Asia is increasingly being written by judges — while legislatures stall.
While Japan's courts wrestle with marriage equality, the cabinet has quietly adopted the country's first nationwide framework for LGBTQ+ awareness in schools, universities, and workplaces.
Europe's number-one country for LGBTQ+ rights is fighting a two-front battle in 2026: a constitutional challenge to the Ley Trans from the right, and a landmark vote to make conversion therapy a crime.
The parade rolls out from Plaça Universitat on July 18, capping weeks of Pride in the country that just topped Europe's Rainbow Map. Here's how to do it right.
Mostar's Ottoman old town and its famous bridge draw travelers from all over — here's an honest, researched guide to visiting as an LGBTQ+ traveler in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Luxembourg Pride's Equality March filled the capital's streets on July 11 for the first time in 16 years, capping a Pride Week that ran July 2–12 in one of Europe's most quietly progressive countries.
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.
