After 17 straight years of US Embassy support, Sofia Pride 2026 went ahead with a slashed budget, fleeing corporate donors, and a 'March of the Family' blessed by the ruling party. The story of one Balkan Pride is a preview of what happens when American soft power exits the field.
Montenegro is the only non-EU Balkan country with same-sex partnership rights — and its Adriatic coast is one of the most beautiful stretches in Europe. Here's what queer travelers should know before visiting Kotor, Budva, and the bay this year.
Strong anti-discrimination law on paper, no marriage or partnership in practice, and a gender-equality bill that became a national fight. A clear-eyed look at where Albania — our home base — actually stands this year.
Greece's biggest Pride drew an estimated 40,000-plus to Syntagma Square on Saturday under the theme 'It's About You' — the first parade in a full year of legal same-sex marriage, and a reminder that joy is its own kind of politics.
Romania and Bulgaria sit dead last on the EU's Rainbow Map, yet roughly 30,000 marched in Bucharest and thousands more in Sofia this weekend — a louder answer than the Orthodox Church and the nationalist counter-marchers expected.
Central and Eastern Europe's largest Pride march hit its 25th anniversary this weekend, and for the first time in years the Parada Równości moved through Warsaw with the politics tilting, however unevenly, in its favor.
While Bangkok's Pride grabs the headlines, a city in Thailand's rural northeast is quietly building one of the country's most ambitious Pride projects, complete with rainbow crosswalks and a 'Rainbow School' competition.
Strong anti-discrimination law on paper, no marriage or partnership in practice, and a gender-equality bill that became a national fight. A clear-eyed look at where Albania — our home base — actually stands this year.
Romania and Bulgaria sit dead last on the EU's Rainbow Map, yet roughly 30,000 marched in Bucharest and thousands more in Sofia this weekend — a louder answer than the Orthodox Church and the nationalist counter-marchers expected.
Law 13/2025 updates a decade-old statute with fines up to €500,000, mandatory workplace protocols for larger companies, and LGBTI clauses written into public contracts.
Montenegro is the only non-EU Balkan country with same-sex partnership rights — and its Adriatic coast is one of the most beautiful stretches in Europe. Here's what queer travelers should know before visiting Kotor, Budva, and the bay this year.
Greece's biggest Pride drew an estimated 40,000-plus to Syntagma Square on Saturday under the theme 'It's About You' — the first parade in a full year of legal same-sex marriage, and a reminder that joy is its own kind of politics.
Central and Eastern Europe's largest Pride march hit its 25th anniversary this weekend, and for the first time in years the Parada Równości moved through Warsaw with the politics tilting, however unevenly, in its favor.
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.
