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Cuban LGBTQ Activists Hold Pride Parade after Cuban Government Cancels It

LGBTQ activists in Cuba held an unauthorized pride parade in Havana after the government abruptly cancelled the pre-planned Pride celebration, reported the New York Times.Over 100 people marched the streets...

Taiwan Becomes First Asian Country to Legalize Same-Sex Marriage

Taiwan has legalized same-sex marriage, making it the first country in Asia to do so, according to Bloomberg.Marriage being defined as only between man and woman was ruled unconstitutional by Taiwan’s top c...

France Reports Record Number of Homophobic Attacks

A record number of anti-LGBT assaults were reported in 2018, according to French non-profit association SOS Homophobie.SOS Homophobie’s anonymous hotline for victims to report assaults saw a 66 percent incr...

Sultan of Brunei Announces Death Penalty for Gay Sex Not to be Enforced

Following worldwide backlash, the country of Brunei has announced that it will not enforce the death penalty as punishment for homosexuality, reported the Independent.In early April, the Southeast Asian cou...

Ten Transgender Women from LGBTQ Caravan Granted Asylum

Ten transgender women from Central America, who traveled with the immigrant caravan attacked by President Donald Trump, have successfully attained asylum and have been released from South Texas Detention Center...

Bolsonaro Cancels US Trip after Outcry from LGBT Activists

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has cancelled an upcoming trip to the U.S. amid growing outrage among LGBT activists and other groups.Bolsonaro was scheduled to accept an award from the Brazilian-America...

Russian Trans Woman Wins Discrimination Suit in Historic First

In a historic first, a Russian court has ruled in favor of a transgender woman in a discrimination lawsuit against her employer, according to LGBTQ Nation.Transgender woman Anastasia Vasilyeva sued the Yano...

Brunei Government Again Defends Penal Code

The government of Brunei continues to defend the country’s new penal code that includes the death penalty for anyone found guilty of consensual same-sex sexual relations.“We reaffirm that the Syariah crimin...

LGBTQ Activists Meet with Vatican To Discuss Worldwide Decriminalization of Homosexuality

Global LGBTQ leaders met with a Vatican official to discuss the decriminalization of homosexuality worldwide on Friday (April 5), reported Gay Star News. More than 50 LGBTQ advocates, including representatives...

Brunei to Punish Homosexuality With Death by Stoning

The country of Brunei is set to pass its Sharia Penal Code (SPC), which would punish homosexuality with death by stoning, according to Gay Star News.Other punishments allowed under the SPC are amputation fo...

Prominent US Activist Denied Entry to Cuba

A prominent LGBTI activist from San Francisco claims the Cuban government has prohibited him from entering the country.Michael Petrelis on Wednesday wrote on his Facebook page that an Interjet airlines tick...

A time of reckoning: Atlanta's LGBTQ community addresses racism problem

Cuban LGBTQ Activists Hold Pride Parade after Cuban Government Cancels It

House of Representatives Passes Equality Act

AOC Calls Out Gilead CEO for High Prices of PrEP

Is gay Atlanta rapper Anye Elite about to break out?

Karamo Brown Opens Up on ‘Extreme Conflict’ He Had With Antoni Porowski

Trailer for Lesbian Batwoman TV Show Drops

Pride Journey: Bloomington, Indiana

Cuban LGBTQ Activists Hold Pride Parade after Cuban Government Cancels It

Taiwan Becomes First Asian Country to Legalize Same-Sex Marriage

France Reports Record Number of Homophobic Attacks

Sultan of Brunei Announces Death Penalty for Gay Sex Not to be Enforced

Ten Transgender Women from LGBTQ Caravan Granted Asylum

Bolsonaro Cancels US Trip after Outcry from LGBT Activists

Russian Trans Woman Wins Discrimination Suit in Historic First

Brunei Government Again Defends Penal Code

LGBTQ Activists Meet with Vatican To Discuss Worldwide Decriminalization of Homosexuality

Brunei to Punish Homosexuality With Death by Stoning

Prominent US Activist Denied Entry to Cuba

Cuban LGBTQ Activists Hold Pride Parade after Cuban Government Cancels It

House of Representatives Passes Equality Act

Karamo Brown Opens Up on ‘Extreme Conflict’ He Had With Antoni Porowski

Trailer for Lesbian Batwoman TV Show Drops

Barry Manilow Says Coming Out Earlier Would Have ‘Killed My Career’

AOC Calls Out Gilead CEO for High Prices of PrEP

Taiwan Becomes First Asian Country to Legalize Same-Sex Marriage

Pride Journey: Bloomington, Indiana

Sporting a Boner

Almost Half of Trans Southerners Report Experiencing Police Violence