Teacher and local historian Walter Cassidy became obsessed with the person behind this frightening statistic. So he set out to find him

The incident is not the only threat of violence during Pride Month this year

Even with strict conservative laws, the queer community in Nigeria’s most populated city prepares for a week-long community celebration

More than 100 Starbucks outlets in the U.S. have voted to unionize in the past seven months

Offending items include pencil cases, T-shirts, hats and hair clips

“If I stayed quiet, I feel like I would be complicit in that violence, right?”

Special envoy Fabrizio Petri believes Italy’s moderate approach to human rights can sway the hearts and minds of foreign governments

A new analysis from Data for Progress finds dozens of purportedly pro-LGBTQ2S+ corporations are donating substantially to proponents of anti-queer and anti-trans bills

This past weekend, extremists in Idaho and California sought to disrupt LGBTQ2+ events

The trans population in the U.S. is growing fast, despite unprecedented attacks on the community

How the Old Navy orange-print button-up became the queer uniform of summer 2022

“WestJet is just ignoring us. They’re pretending we don’t exist”

Lawmakers in Florida and Texas have threatened to introduce legislation in upcoming sessions

The militant Islamist group has been targeting LGBTQ+ people since it seized power in August

Bangkok also welcomed the nation’s first Pride parade in 16 years earlier this month

A 17-year-old was arrested after reportedly brandishing a gun and threatening to open fire at a West Palm Beach event

At Queer Skate Toronto, queer and trans folks are reclaiming skateboarding counterculture

A huge immigration backlog leaves asylum seekers in dangerous limbo while the government refuses to initiate changes that could help

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The first person reported dead from AIDS in Canada was an anonymous gay man from Windsor who died in 1982

Nova Scotia town holds queer prom despite threats of violence against event

Lagos, Nigeria, prepares for the country’s first-ever Pride

Starbucks reportedly threatened to revoke trans health coverage if employees tried to unionize

Saudi Arabia is confiscating rainbow-coloured toys in anti-LGBTQ+ crackdown

This activist declined to attend White House Pride event to protest detention of trans immigrants

Italy is the third country to appoint an LGBTQ+ envoy. Do such positions actually improve human rights for queer and trans people?

The same companies sponsoring Pride events are supporting anti-LGBTQ2S+ lawmakers

Right-wing groups disrupt children’s event and target a small town’s Pride

Five percent of young Americans identify as trans or non-binary, according to new report

Oranges are literally the only fruit

Non-binary travellers call out WestJet for reportedly discriminating against them

This Republican legislator wants to ban kids from drag events

The Taliban is exploiting monkeypox to arrest LGBTQ+ Afghans

Thailand could soon the be first Southeast Asian country to legalize same-sex partnerships

Ontario teen arrested after threatening to commit mass shooting at Florida Pride event

The joyful resistance of queer skate jams

How Canada is failing LGBTQ+ Afghan refugees