World
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Scottish train company slaps down homophobe who complained about ‘Pride train’
ScotRail's Twitter team was widely praised for their response to demands that a train be painted in "straight colors"
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Turkey tear gassed an LGBTQ Pride march in Istanbul
Multiple LGBTQ people were detained at Istanbul Pride after authorities banned the parade and fired rubber bullets to disperse crowds
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Global survey shows growing generational difference in gender identity and sexuality
Gen Z is significantly more likely to identify as something other than heterosexual or cisgender
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Hungary passes law banning schools and media from talking about LGBTQ people
Hungary has passed a law barring schools and media -- including advertisements -- from exposing children to depictions of LGBTQ people.
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Brazilian gay man gang-raped, forced to carve anti-gay slurs into body in ‘barbaric’ attack
Brazil's LGBTQ community is in shock after a gay man was forced to carve slurs into his own body during a brutal gang attack
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Male teachers wear skirts to school after boy sent to psychologist for his outfit
Teachers and students across Spain continue to protest after a boy was removed from school for wearing a skirt
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Google Doodle honors LGBTQ rights trailblazer Frank Kameny
Google has honored LGBTQ rights pioneer Frank Kameny with a Doodle on June 2, in recognition of June as LGBTQ Pride Month.
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Boy died by suicide after homophobic bullying left him ‘afraid to go to school’
British 12-year-old Riley Hadley was bullied relentlessly at school after questioning his sexuality, an inquest heard.
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Lego launching first LGBTQ set called “Everyone Is Awesome”
Lego's "Everyone Is Awesome" set celebrates the LGBTQ community and will launch at the start of Pride Month.
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Gay teacher shot and set on fire in brutal murder
Brazilian professor Lindolfo Kosmaski, 25, was found in a burned-out car beside a highway
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Queer people stage public protest in Iran after gay man beheaded by family
LGBTQ people in Iran wore Pride flags in public after Alireza Fazeli-Monfared was murdered by his family for being gay
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Gay penguins form couples at London aquarium ahead of mating season
Four penguins at Sea Life Aquarium in London are preparing to hatch eggs together after forming same-sex couples
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Alleged neo-Nazi who said gay people should be “purged” told police he’s bisexual
Andrew Dymock allegedly called for "disgusting" gays to be purged, but told investigators he couldn't be a Nazi because he's "bisexual"
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German priests reject Pope’s anti-gay message and bless same-sex unions
Dozens of priests coordinated to bless gay couples' unions, defying a Vatican decree on "sinful" same-sex marriages
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Gay man beheaded by family in Iran while preparing to flee country
Alireza Fazeli-Monfared was just 20 years old when he was murdered in a suspected honor killing for being gay.
