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.
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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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.
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.
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.
Scouting America Cut LGBTQ+ Spaces at Its National Jamboree Under Pentagon Pressure
A memo obtained by a longtime gay-rights plaintiff shows Scouting America agreed to eliminate LGBTQ+, women's, and scouts-of-color programming after Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth threatened to pull Pentagon support.
Montenegro Is the EU's Star Accession Student. Its LGBTQ+ Rights Record Says Otherwise.
Montenegro has closed nearly half its EU accession chapters and is on track to be Europe's newest member by 2028 — but a Rainbow Map score of 53% and a January stoning attack in Podgorica show how far implementation lags behind the paperwork.
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All news →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.
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.
Scouting America Cut LGBTQ+ Spaces at Its National Jamboree Under Pentagon Pressure
A memo obtained by a longtime gay-rights plaintiff shows Scouting America agreed to eliminate LGBTQ+, women's, and scouts-of-color programming after Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth threatened to pull Pentagon support.
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All travel →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.
150,000 March at London Trans+ Pride, the Biggest Trans Pride Event on Record
London Trans+ Pride drew a record crowd this year, ending for the first time in Trafalgar Square, as organizers and grieving families pushed back against a hostile political climate for trans rights in Britain.
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All culture →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.