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Read the latest updates about LGBT issues around the world. The Advocate is an international source for developments pertaining to gay world news, politics, Prides, politicians, and rights that affect the lives of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people. Learn about antigay laws, human rights violations, landmark victories, and failures of governments to protect the rights of its citizens. From Asia, to North America, to South America, to Europe, to Africa, The Advocate provides transcontinental coverage of the issues that matter to our readers.

Lady Gaga performs at Copacabana Beach in Brazil
Crime

Lady Gaga's Brazil concert faced a bomb plot targeting the LGBTQ+ community. Here's everything we know

Two people were arrested in Brazil for allegedly planning to bomb Lady Gaga's free concert.

USA soldier hugging child holding american flag alongside school books on desk with pencils and an apple in front of a chalkboard
News

Military families sue Trump administration to keep their school system diverse

Children of service members are fighting against the Trump administration's moves attacking books, Black history and LGBTQ+ students.

WorldPride festival celebration 2017 MADRID SPAIN
News

U.S. WorldPride organizers consider warning international transgender travelers to stay away amid escalating fears under Trump

Capital Pride Alliance executive director Ryan Bos said the group was weighing issuing a warning.

africa Medical Doctor giving treatment to child in mothers lap in Rural clinic Abuja Nigeria
News

500,000 kids could die without PEPFAR as Trump & Elon Musk undermine HIV aid, study warns

It doesn't have to be this way.

Salvadoran Government Receives Alleged Members Of Criminal Organizations Tren De Aragua and MS13
News

Queer Venezuelan deported and 'disappeared' over mischaracterized tattoos, lawyer says

ICE agents claimed the tattoos signified membership in the Venezuelan criminal group Tren de Aragua, but his lawyers say they have deported an innocent artist.

Logan International Airport runways City of Boston MA surrounding Fabian Schmidt German citizen legal US resident
News

German officials alarmed over U.S. immigration confusion as green card holder remains trapped in ICE custody

The U.S. federal government won’t say why they’re holding Fabian Schmidt.

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Protest with one person holding a placard above their head with a rainbow heart
News

What you need to know about the International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia, & Biphobia (IDAHOBIT)

IDAHOBIT is recognized around the world. Here's everything you should know!

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Andry Hernandez Romero CECOT Terrorism Confinement Center Tecoluca San Vicente El Salvador
News

Gay asylum-seeker's lawyer worries for the makeup artist's safety in Salvadoran ‘hellhole’ prison

Andry Hernández Romero’s lawyer voiced her concern for the gay man who was deported to El Salvador's notorious CECOT prison.

foreign passport boarding passes map with pins nonbinary flag colors
News

What does WorldPride's travel warning mean for transgender & nonbinary people?

Transgender leaders and organizers respond to Travel fears ahead of WorldPride in Trump’s DC.

Transgender Norwegian politician Karina Ødegård alongside Donald Trump addressing supporters Sioux City Iowa rally
Politics

Trans Norwegian politician wants to give asylum to transgender people fleeing Trump's policies

"I believe it should provide grounds for asylum,” Karina Ødegård says of Trump's executive orders targeting the transgender community.

Charlee Doom Conflict Specialist with the State Department holding baby speaking to CNN Jake Tapper USA Navy USAID mission sailors signal MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter after rescuing victims of a private airplane crash
News

A USAID worker's pregnant wife was denied an emergency medical evacuation after DOGE fired her

Charlee Doom's wife was 31 weeks pregnant when she suffered "life-threatening" complications. The State Department denied her medical evacuation request — twice.

photo gallery list countries with legal marriage equality including Colombia Germany Mexico The Netherlands USA
World

These are the 38 countries that have legalized marriage equality (in order)

To date, only 38 nations allow same-sex couples to marry, and none of them did before 2001.

sequin hat supporting gay friend Sydney australia Mardi Gras
World

A straight man wearing a sequin hat is going viral for supporting his gay friend at Mardi Gras

A straight man had the perfect response to why he chose to support his gay friend at a Pride celebration.

Belgium Brussels 2024 pride parade
News

These are the top 10 European countries for LGBTQ+ rights and travel

ILGA-Europe's annual Rainbow Map highlights where it's safer to live and travel for LGBTQ+ individuals and their families.

World Health Organization builing (L); Young children eating USAID rations (C); Plane taking off behind barbed wire (R)
Politics

Project 2025 vowed to roll back LGBTQ+ rights. Here's everything Trump has done so far

Donald Trump claimed on the campaign trail that he had "nothing to do" with Project 2025 — but now that he's in office, he's implementing it.

Aidan Maese Czeropski Senate staffer accused of having sex in Capitol building Washington DC USA
News

Senate staffer accused of having sex in Capitol building recounts 'horrific' backlash

Aidan Maese-Czeropski says that he was diagnosed with PTSD and spent time in a mental health institution after a video of him allegedly having sex in a Senate hearing room leaked.

US Vice President JD Vance attends a meeting Oval Office White House April 2025 Washington DC with Marco Rubio in foreground
Politics

JD Vance wants the UK to repeal its LGBTQ+ hate speech laws to secure a trade deal

An anonymous White House advisor said JD Vance is “obsessed by the fall of Western civilization."

budapest gray march ironic counter protest LGBTQIA pride banned
World

Hungary passes constitutional amendment banning public LGBTQ+ events

The law also allows the government to use facial recognition technology to identify those who attend prohibited events

Kabul Afghanistan women in burqas and men with traditional dress outside a mosque surrounded by white birds
News

From Afghanistan to Malaysia, these are the 61 countries that still criminalize homosexuality

Today, over five dozen countries still have laws making same-sex sexual relations illegal. Many of these laws stem from colonial rule.

World Athletics to require DNA testing of athletes in women's track and field
Sports

World Athletics to require DNA testing of athletes in women's track and field

The athletic body will not do the same with men's track and field.