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A pensioner fined over 13-year-old reposts. A Catholic priest banned from Russia for 50 years. Mediazona documents how a rainbow flag in any context, even a hostile one, is enough. For queer Russians, the lesson is darker than the irony.
An Istanbul court ordered T24's website and social media accounts shut, citing 118 pieces of content from the past year. It's the 'My Family Is Safe' crackdown's biggest media target yet, and journalists say the message is clear: covering LGBTQ+ lives is now treated as a crime.
'Living in Colors' follows five queer flatmates in Lagos. The national film board blocked its premiere and vowed to get it off YouTube. Episodes vanished after two days, and some returned on September 13. Here's what happened, and why it matters.
A Russian publisher printed Pope Francis's autobiography with entire passages about LGBTQ+ people redacted with solid black bars — a small but telling episode in Russia's ongoing 'propaganda' crackdown.
A regional Russian outlet was hit with an 'LGBT propaganda' fine over a review of the hockey drama Heated Rivalry — the clearest sign yet that Russia is policing cultural criticism, not just content.
A proposed broadcasting bill would ban all LGBTQ+ content from social media, streaming platforms, and online video — affecting 265 million internet users in the world's fourth most populous country.
