Thirty-eight percent of young adults in sub-Saharan Africa said they want their governments to do more for LGBTQ+ rights

Some have waited months to years to receive updated cards, while others have never received a response

Critics have accused the country, however, of using LGBTQ+ rights to “pinkwash” its poor human rights record

Hungary has also outlawed same-sex adoptions and banned trans people from correcting their legal gender

Xtra catches up with the out gay Liberal MP on this initiative and more

A new policy in one school district could potentially require schools to out trans students

Critics say a proposed law “will allow the Iraqi government to legally get away with murder”

Government leaders are also cracking down on depictions of bisexuality and polyamory

Individuals convicted faced life in prison under the now repealed law

The resolution would expand access to gender-affirming medical care and outlaw conversion therapy

Texas attorney general Ken Paxton said he’s “willing and able” to ban gay sex under “state law”

Events hosting millions of people have been mostly peaceful and carefree, even following violence in Norway and other threats

After one family fought to have their trans son included in Cub Scouts five years ago, the Boy Scouts of America have welcomed trans youth—but some challenges remain

Kai advises a reader that “holding multiple truths is more complex than simply holding all truths to be equal—because not all beliefs are equal in social status and social power”

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

The activist and founder of Refuge America shares his inspiring story in a new memoir

OPINION: By questioning Americans’ right to privacy, the U.S. Supreme Court proves it’s capable of undoing the last two decades of LGBTQ2S+ progress

More than 200 athletes and researchers signed an open letter expressing their concern over transphobic language used to introduce the survey

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A record number of African youth support LGBTQ+ equality, according to new survey

Trans and non-binary Manitobans face major delays in receiving corrected health card

Cuba will hold national referendum to vote on legalizing marriage equality, same-sex adoptions

The EU is officially suing Hungary over its anti-LGBTQ+ ‘propaganda’ law

Rob Oliphant, parliamentary secretary to the minister of foreign affairs, raises LGBTQ+ issues in Africa

Florida schools are targeting LGBTQ2S+ students in wake of ‘Don’t Say Gay’ law

Iraq is poised to outlaw homosexuality for the first time in almost 20 years

Russia wants to expand ‘propaganda’ ban to prevent adults from accessing pro-LGBTQ+ information

Antigua and Barbuda strikes down law criminalizing gay sex in victory for LGBTQ+ community

These U.S. lawmakers want to pass a Trans Bill of Rights to protect trans Americans from discrimination

Texas’ top lawyer wants to make gay sex illegal again

Long-awaited Pride celebrations bring joy, solidarity, hedonism—and anxiety

The Boy Scouts of America avoided a big fight over trans youth. But can it be a model for inclusion?

I see myself as different from cis women. Does that make me a ‘bad’ trans woman?

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

Edafe Okporo on writing ‘Asylum’ and finding home as a Black gay man in America

What the U.S. Supreme Court decision on abortion means for gay sex and same-sex marriage—it ain’t good

Sport Canada has closed a survey related to trans women’s participation in sports