A new Human Rights Watch report says every USAID-funded community HIV programme for LGBT people in Indonesia ended in 2025, just as a new criminal code made same-sex conduct prosecutable. Outreach workers say clients are slipping out of treatment.
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Montana House Democrats have chosen Rep. SJ Howell, who is trans and nonbinary, as minority leader, the first trans person to lead a party caucus in any US state legislative chamber. Zooey Zephyr is now one of three minority whips.
Activists staged a mock trial of Ireland's National Gender Service on November 10, two trans groups have quit the working group drafting a new model of care, and ministers have reportedly agreed a new draft. Here's the state of play.
Istanbul prosecutors have asked a court to dissolve SPoD and jail four people linked to it for up to three years. It's the third LGBTI+ association targeted for closure in under two months. Here's what the indictment says and what happens next.
Five judges in London ruled unanimously that Trinidad and Tobago's laws criminalising consensual sex between adults of the same sex are unconstitutional, ending Jason Jones's years-long fight and closing the savings-clause escape hatch.
An NHS England-commissioned review found LGBTQ+ health isn't required in UK medical curricula and most students say they weren't taught it. For Transgender Awareness Week, UK medical students can take a five-hour trans-care course free.
A study backed by Aleanca LGBTI went looking for how Albania's justice system handles cases involving LGBTI+ people. It found 45 legal acts, only five from the courts, and a habit of dismissing cases on technicalities. Here's what it means if you live in Albania.
A refugee-led group estimates at least 2,400 LGBTQIA+ people are among those crossing into Kenya, a country that has quietly frozen their refugee registration since 2019. Here's what's happening at the border, in Kakuma and in South Sudan's Gorom settlement, and what aid groups are being asked to do.
The Kurti government's own legislative programme says the revised Civil Code, the bill that would open the door to same-sex civil unions, goes to the Assembly by Sunday. Here's what's confirmed, who has already said no, and what to watch from Pristina this week.
In St. Mary Catholic Parish v. Roy, a majority of justices sounded sympathetic to Catholic preschools that want Colorado's universal pre-K money without its nondiscrimination rules. Here's what was said, why it matters beyond Colorado, and when we'll know.
At the European LGBTQ+ Tourism Summit on Rome's Capitoline Hill, the numbers were good news for Europe and awkward for the host. Here's what was presented on rights scores, business travel anxiety and AI bias, and what it means if you're planning a trip.
East Asia's biggest Pride marched under the theme “Our Voices, Our Journey”. President Lai said the fight for equality “must not be reversed”, and Taipei's mayor was met with chants of “don't raid gay bars”.
ILGA-Europe and Aleanca LGBT are bringing the second UNSTOPPABLE Pride Organisers' Summit to Tirana, December 10–13. Here's who can apply, what's covered, and why Albania's protest-filled year makes the city a pointed choice.
About 350 people walked from the Government building to Argentina Square on October 3 for the 14th Montenegro Pride. It passed peacefully, and the demands were concrete: trans recognition without forced medical procedures, and partnership rights that actually work.
From a closing party in Copenhagen this weekend to Barbara Hammer in Vienna, Céline Sciamma in Belfast, 31 years of queer cinema in Madrid and a December finale in Ljubljana.
Love Queer Film Week, the festival Peking University students started in 2001, called off its 2026 edition the night before it was due to open. It's the second LGBTQ+ film event in Beijing to fold under police pressure this year.
The Star Trek and X-Men actor died at home in Los Angeles on Wednesday after Alzheimer's disease and Lewy body dementia. He called supporting gay rights 'a natural and uncomplicated choice', and Ian McKellen, who married him to his wife Sunny, has written that he loved him.
A month after announcing a comeback, Dutch public broadcaster NPO says it's 'too early' to compete in 2027. Here's what changed, who else is sitting out, and what it means for the fans who treat Eurovision as a queer holiday.
The Albanian activist, who left Tirana in 2017 after death threats, says he and his partner Erjon Tela are expecting a daughter, Lili, via surrogacy in Canada. Back home, a family like theirs still can't exist on paper.
Only 12% of LGBTIQ people in Albania, 21% in North Macedonia and 29% in Serbia say they're fairly or very open, against 51% across the EU. On National Coming Out Day, here's what the numbers mean, and why coming out is yours to time.
Most anti-LGBTI violence in Albania is never reported. A 2026 Council of Europe report explains why, and what does exist: a free anti-discrimination complaints line, a hate-crime provision, and a dedicated LGBTI shelter. Here's how it all works.
We've lived in Tirana on and off since 2022, and spent time in Sarandë and Durrës too. Here's our honest answer to the question we get asked most: is Albania actually safe for a gay couple?
Albania just issued its first hormone therapy guideline for trans adults, and the country's religious leaders are pushing back hard. We're spending part of our year in Tirana. Here's what that argument looks like from the ground.
As Amsterdam hosts the global Pride movement this fortnight, the view from Tirana is a reminder that the distance between a canal parade and a still-banned march is measured in more than kilometers.
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.
Tirana Pride marches Saturday. On Friday we went to the diplomatic reception that traditionally opens Pride week here, and the most telling thing in the room was who was no longer at the front of it.
