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Vladimir Putin Launches Raids on Moscow LGBTQ+ Clubs After Court Ruling

Gay bars and a gay sauna were raided by police less than two days after the country’s supreme court declared the “international LGBT social movement” to be an “extremist” element.

Apple fined by Russian court for extremist 'LGBT content'

This is not the first time Apple has run afoul of Russian authorities for refusing to censor content under Putin.

Russian Parents Are Kidnapping Their LGBTQ+ Children and Sending Them to Conversion Therapy Camps

Survivors are speaking out about their horrifying ordeals.

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

Russian man fined for joking that he started international LGBTQ+ movement

A Moscow court took Anton Yevdokimov seriously — or at least thought his joke amounted to pro-LGBTQ+ "propaganda" — and fined him 100,000 rubles, equivalent to about $950.

Russia Announces Chilling Move to Label 'International Public LGBT Movement' as 'Extremist'

The move is a further escalation of attacks on the LGBTQ+ community in Russia under President Vladimir Putin.

Russian Activist Charged With 'Gay Propaganda' for Posting on Facebook

Evdokia Romanova will stand trial for sharing articles that support LGBT rights.

Russia Outlaws LGBTQ+ Rights Activism and Labels Organizations 'Extremist'

The move effectively eliminates LGBTQ+ support networks and signals a larger crackdown on the country's already vulnerable queer community.

Russian police raid clubs in crackdown on LGBTQ+ 'propaganda,' make arrests

About a dozen people were arrested and convicted of "petty hooliganism."

Police arrest Russian nightclub employees over drag show

Performers were stripped half-naked and forced to lie on the ground with patrons during the raid, which was caught on video.

Budapest Pride to proceed despite Hungary's LGBTQ+ event ban

A Pride parade protesting Hungary's LGBTQ+ crack down has been backed by over 30 foreign embassies – but not the United States.

Finding inspiration for gay rights

South Africa's unprecedented constitutional protections serve as an object lesson for LGBT advocates here in the United States.

Editor's Letter: To Be Intersectional or Illegitimate

Will our advocacy be real and encompass all people who face marginalization and oppression?

Police raid ‘My Little Pony’ gathering and a gay night at a local club in Russia

Police reportedly arrested nine of the “most feminine-looking” men at the gay night raid.

Russia is in denial about mpox because of homophobic 'traditional values'

Anna Popova, the head of a Russian consumer protection agency, claimed the country is at no risk, implying it's because of the crackdown on LGBTQ+ people.

Russian poetry contest bans entries from transgender poets

Organizers said the contest is open to all except those who have “cheated” or “changed” their gender.

In Solidarity, We Rise

International Workers' Day underlines the importance of LGBT people allying with other social justice movements, say Glennda Testone and Aaron C. Morris.

Police raid multiple bars, detaining over 50 people in Russian anti-LGBTQ+ crackdown

Masked officers with machine guns forced patrons to the ground in Moscow and elsewhere.

New Archive Shows Real History of LGBT-Led Families

The Family Equality Council and Yale University have partnered to create an interactive timeline, and Yale is preserving an archive of materials on the LGBT family equality movement.