World
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Some Pride-themed merchandise is produced in countries with anti-LGBTQ laws
Some Pride-themed merchandise is being produced in countries where homosexuality is criminalized or where anti-LGBTQ persecution is common, reports The New York Times. The demand...
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Transgender people no longer considered to have mental disorder by World Health Organization
Also known as gender incongruence, the term has now been reclassified as a sexual health condition to address healthcare needs
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British Royal family announces its first same-sex wedding
Two years after coming out, Lord Ivar Mountbatten will marry his partner in a small, private ceremony
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Pope Francis says Catholic Church shouldn’t recognize gay families
The Pope told a Catholic families event that the church should only recognize heterosexual parents
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Moscow police arrest British gay rights activist as World Cup begins
Activist Peter Tatchell was arrested for protesting Putin's silence on gay men being kidnapped and tortured in Chechnya
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Carnival to resume same-sex marriages on cruise ships after Bermuda changes law
Carnival had to stop allowing same-sex couples to marry on board after Bermuda repealed same-sex marriage
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Warsaw installs “unbreakable” rainbow sculpture to thwart anti-gay vandalism
Vandals tried to destroy the previous installation several times, eventually setting it on fire and causing it to be torn down
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UK transgender man challenging law that he must be considered the mother of his baby
If the man succeeds, his child may become the first in Britain without a legal mother
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Scotland pardons thousands of gay men convicted of homosexuality
New law grants a pardon to anyone convicted of same-sex sexual activity prior to decriminalization
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Bermuda Supreme Court reverses law repealing marriage equality
Tourism industry came out strongly against the new law, which would not recognize same-sex couples as "married"
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Study finds link between homophobia and lack of intelligence
Australian researchers found a direct correlation between cognitive ability and anti-LGBTQ attitudes
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Study: Bisexual women more likely to be victims of domestic abuse than heterosexual women
A British study found that 11 percent of bisexual women had been abused by their partner
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Canadian province will allow birth certificates without gender marker
Saskatchewan government made the change after a 2014 human rights complaint
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Indian mob kills transgender woman after fake rumors circulate on WhatsApp
12 people were arrested for helping spread rumors that transgender women were engaged in child trafficking
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LGBTQ workers will hold first Pride celebration in Antarctica
Workers at McMurdo Station will celebrate Pride this June, 850 miles from Earth's southernmost point
