Candidates in 85% of world elections ran on anti-LGBTQ+ talking points in 2024: study
In at least 51 of 61 countries and the European Union, candidates used anti-LGBTIQ rhetoric to win political favor.
September 11, 2025
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Russia Designates Prominent LGBTQ+ Rights Group as a Foreign Agent
The Russian LGBT Network intends to challenge the label in court.
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November 10, 2021
Russia Declares Gay Group 'Foreign Agent'
By requiring Coming Out Russia to register as a 'foreign agent,' a judge has severely hampered the advocacy efforts of the group, it says.
July 24, 2014
Russian Artist & Activist Faces Jail For Vagina Drawings
Yulia Tsvetokova, who is also accused of being a foreign agent, could serve over three years if convicted.
June 25, 2022
Antigay Climate in Russia Bad for Olympics, Rights Group Says
Human Rights Watch is concerned about Russia hosting the games; meanwhile, an LGBT rights group is convicted and fined as a 'foreign agent.'
June 22, 2013
Putin Signs Extreme Anti-LGBTQ+ Bill Into Law
The law extends the current ban to prohibit sharing LGBTQ-related information with adults as well.
December 6, 2022
Kyrgyzstan Advances Harsh 'Gay Propaganda' Bill
The bill, even more draconian than Russia's, has received the second of three necessary approvals by Kyrgyz lawmakers.
June 24, 2015
Georgia Parliament passes package of ‘unbearable’ anti-LGBTQ+ laws
The vote comes against the backdrop of daily protests against the government.
June 30, 2024
LGBT Group Lobbies Clinton For Fair Treatment At State
About 2,200 government employees working in foreign affairs signed a letter supporting the rights of the LGBT employees that was hand-delivered to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's office Monday.
January 28, 2009
Antigay Russian Neo-Nazi Sentenced to Five Years In Penal Colony
Notorious Russian neo-Nazi Maxim Martsinkevich was sentenced to five years in a penal colony, but prosecutors didn't even mention his well-documented violent attacks on men presumed to be gay.
August 19, 2014
Pro-LGBT American Pastor Expelled From Russia
Jim Mulcahy was arrested after police heard he planned to conduct a same-sex marriage.
July 31, 2016
The Advocate's Person of the Year: Vladimir Putin
Driving the governmental, religious, and popular disdain for gays and lesbians, the Russian president became the single greatest threat to LGBTs in the world in 2014.
November 6, 2014
Former FBI Agent: We Must Get the Truth on Russia, Trump
Nancy Pelosi's right -- we can't let up on this as-of-yet rumor.
February 6, 2017
Wingnut Alex Jones Attacks Rep. Adam Schiff in Antigay Tirade
Jones (left), a Trump ally, calls Schiff a"fairy" and threatens him with physical violence.
April 4, 2017
Kyrgyzstan Police Complicit in Violent Attack, Say LGBT Demonstrators
Police were no help when anti-LGBT nationalists attacked an LGBT group on International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia in Kyrgyzstan's capital city.
May 21, 2015
Why Russia's Antigay Ways Didn't End With Communism
Russia may have adopted a few modern trappings, but this in-depth look examines how LGBT lives there have only gotten worse in the last several decades.
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February 7, 2014
15 Times Trump Was Guilty of Hillary’s Supposed Sins
If Clinton was "crooked" for using a private email server, what does that make Trump's team?
February 2, 2018
17 Gay Sex Scandals That Rocked American Politics
Sex, power, and homophobia have shaped the course of U.S. history. Here's a review.
February 2, 2018
After Being Shot in Mexico, Palm Springs Couple Want the Truth Known
Carl Blea was shot while holding hands with his husband, Mark Lange, in Puerto Vallarta. The men say Mexican media are not portraying the attack for what it was: a hate crime.
March 27, 2018
WATCH: Uganda's Speaker Seeks Vote on 'Kill The Gays' Bill
Upon returning from an international conference, Uganda's Speaker of Parliament, Rebecca Kagada, called for a parliamentary vote on the country's "Anti-Homosexuality Bill."
October 31, 2012