Opinion: A generation raised to believe things were getting better is now watching anti-LGBTQ+ hostility once again become the norm, writes Josh Ackley.
Botswana is moving toward LGBTQ+ acceptance as the U.S. turns the other way.
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It’s hard to find good news in the United States right now, and even harder to notice it when it happens somewhere else. But some of the American evangelical right’s most hatefully aggressive anti-LGBTQ+ campaigns abroad are beginning to come undone. As their influence seems to increase here at home, they are losing ground elsewhere. Botswana has officially removed its anti-sodomy law from its Penal Code. A law that made same sex intimacy illegal. Keep Reading →
Sultanate of Oman, Muscat, the corniche of Muttrah, the old town of Muscat, waterfront building
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A post on Facebook this week advised Filipino travelers to Oman that they may have to undergo a test for HIV to enter the country, not just for work but also to visit. And that information matches an international list of restrictions maintained by the HIV Justice Network, which includes more than 20 nations, such as Canada and Australia. Keep Reading →
Nationalist Viktor Orban, who has ruled Hungary for 16 years, on April 12, 2026 conceded defeat to conservative Peter Magyar in parliamentary elections.
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One of the world's most openly homophobic and misogynistic leaders just lost power. Viktor Orbán is out. Keep Reading →
U.S. President Donald Trump arrives to address the nation from the Cross Hall of the White House on April 1, 2026, in Washington, DC.
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A social media post from President Donald Trump on Sunday morning is drawing sharp scrutiny from legal experts and national security observers after the president threatened attacks on infrastructure in Iran, language that critics say echoes conduct prohibited under international law. Keep Reading →
The escalating controversy now includes allegations of heavy drinking, criminal leak investigations, personalized bourbon bottles, and fears of retaliation inside the FBI.
From voiding Kansas driver’s licenses to policing bathrooms, anti-trans laws are turning transgender Americans into legal scapegoats, writes Suzanne B. Goldberg.