Limiting refugee admissions could disproportionately impact LGBTQ+ refugees: report
There are several ways LGBTQ+ refugees could be denied under Trump's new admissions cap.
October 31, 2025
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LGBTQ+ employees traveling abroad for work feel less safe. What should companies do?
Despite the safety concerns, only 13 percent of workplaces provide LGBTQ+ specific pre-travel information for trips abroad.
September 17, 2025
Burkina Faso bans homosexuality, levying fines and up to 5 years in prison
Burkina Faso's homosexuality ban comes 71 unelected parliament members who seized power in two coups in 2022.
September 2, 2025
Two gay men publicly caned in Indonesia after being caught kissing
Two men were caned under Aceh's law prohibiting same-sex sexual relations even though they weren't caught having sex.
August 26, 2025
Gaya International Airport will keep 'GAY' code, despite conservative push to change it
The airport in Gaya, India will keep its "GAY" three-letter code despite numerous requests to change it.
August 7, 2025
Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court strikes down St. Lucia laws criminalizing gay sex
The laws against “gross indecency” and “buggery” are unconstitutional, the court ruled.
July 30, 2025
100 transgender inmates presumed dead after Israeli missiles struck Iranian prison last month
Israel targeted the notorious Evin Prison in Tehran on June 23.
July 8, 2025
Bipartisan bill looks to sanction foreign officials who attack LGBTQ+ human rights
The Global Respect Act would allow sanctions against those who commit human rights violations against LGBTQ+ people.
June 26, 2025
45% of the world doesn't think their country is a good place for gay and lesbian people
Just 39 percent of people from over 120 countries said that their area was a good place for gay and lesbian people.
June 11, 2025
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.
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April 9, 2025
Out lesbian tennis star Daria Kasatkina flees Russia for Australia: 'I want to be myself'
Daria Kasatkina will be representing her "new homeland" from now on.
April 1, 2025
What states are the best for LGBTQ+ people? These are the top 15
Based on laws surrounding marriage, family rights, health care, and education, here are the 15 best states for LGBTQ+ people.
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March 4, 2025
Edwin Chiloba's killer sentenced to 50 years in prison for murdering the LGBTQ+ activist
Jacktone Odhiambo was found guilty of killing 25-year-old Edwin Kiprotich Kipruto, better known as Edwin Chiloba, nearly two years after the activist's body was found discarded in a metal box.
December 17, 2024
Roommate convicted in brutal murder of Kenyan LGBTQ+ activist Edwin Chiloba
Photographer Jacktone Odhiambo was found guilty of killing 25-year-old Edwin Chiloba nearly two years after the activist's body was found discarded in a metal box.
December 5, 2024
Gay man ‘tortured’ in Qatar for his sexuality returns home after 'deeply disappointing' sentence
Manuel Guerrero Aviña is being forcibly deported from Qatar after he was arrested in February for being gay.
August 13, 2024
Lesbian reveals the reality of being LGBTQ+ in Cameroon after president's daughter comes out
After the coming out of Brenda Biya, the president of Cameroon's daughter, one lesbian in the country opens up about being “afraid for my life every day."
July 15, 2024
Burkina Faso's military junta: 'Homosexuality will be punished by the law'
Military leaders did not reveal the extent of the ban — whether it is against LGBTQ+ identity broadly or specifically those in same-sex relationships, nor what the sentences will entail.
July 13, 2024
Cameroon president's daughter Brenda Biya faces backlash from family after coming out
Biya said her mother and brother have both urged her to delete the recent Instagram post revealing her relationship with a Brazilian model.
July 12, 2024
Cameroon president's daughter comes out, reveals relationship with Brazilian model
LGBTQ+ relationships are criminalized in Cameroon, carrying a sentence of up to five years in prison.
July 3, 2024
21 U.S. Reps. condemn Uganda's 'draconian' anti-LGBTQ+ law: 'State-sponsored violence'
Reps. Mark Takano and Joyce Beatty have led the effort to introduce a resolution to condemn Uganda's Anti-Homosexuality Act, "one of the harshest anti-LGBTQI+ laws the world has seen."
June 28, 2024
Gay man ‘tortured’ in Qatar for his sexuality is sentenced: 'This is a breach of my human rights'
Forty-four-year-old Manuel Guerrero Aviña was detained in February after being entrapped by law enforcement through a fake Grindr profile, his family says.
June 5, 2024