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The 1975’s Matty Healy Speaks Out Against Malaysia’s Antigay Law, Kisses Bandmate in Protest

The problematic singer has been known to speak out in support of LGBTQ+ rights.

Antigay Florida Church Can Be Labeled 'Hate Group,' Judge Rules

The Southern Poverty Law Center says Coral Ridge Ministries "maligns the entire LGBT community" and is deserving of the "hate group" designation.

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.

Indonesia's Latest Assault on LGBTs: Gay App Ban

In moving to deny access to apps like Grindr, the world's fourth most populous nation continues to isolate and endanger its LGBT citizens.

Gay Muslim Comic Vanishes After Indonesia Calls It Pornographic

The Indonesian government claims it forced Instagram to remove the content, but Instagram officials said they did no such thing.

Indonesia Bans Gay Emojis

The government has succeeded in getting emojis with a gay theme removed from one social messaging platform and is now going after another. 

Pastor Proud to Be Inspiration for Russian "Homosexual Propaganda" Ban

Outspoken American pastor Scott Lively claims to have inspired Russia's recent ban on "homosexual propaganda."

GLAAD Nominates The Advocate's PrEP Series

The series educates and debunks myths about the HIV prevention strategy.

Focus on the Family, an Anti-LGBTQ+ Group, Defaced in Wake of Club Q

A group called Colorado Peoples Press claimed responsibility for spray-paitning "Their blood is on your hands" and "Five lives taken" on a sign at Focus's headquarters in Colorado Springs.

Could Indonesia Be Facing an Antigay Crackdown?

The country is suddenly becoming less tolerant of LGBT people in academia or media.

Terrorist Attack on Vienna Pride Parade Thwarted

Three young people sympathetic to the so-called Islamic State were arrested in connection with an alleged plot to attack a Vienna Pride celebration.

Silencing Singapore

For Singaporean filmmaker Zihan Loo, the love that dare not speak its name doesn't require words.

Lyft Adopts New Policies After Drag Queens Refused Rides

The rideshare company has changed its ways.

WATCH: Wayne Besen Takes on 'God Has A Better Way' Founder

The Truth Wins Out founder charges Evangelical Christian, founder of ministry preaching "ex-gay" lifestyle, with inciting violence against the LGBT community. 

11 LGBTQ+ Organizations to Donate to on Giving Tuesday

Looking for an LGBTQ+ rights group to contribute to on Giving Tuesday? Well, you're in luck. Here are some groups to consider.

2016: The Year in Review

Everything that mattered, from odious Religious Freedom Restoration Acts, to queers marching in New York's St. Patrick's Day Parade, to the end of the ban on trans military service, to the massacre in Orlando -- and much more.

Antigay Florida Activist: Same-Sex Marriage Like Marrying a Volkswagen

The comment from Frank Wright of D. James Kennedy Ministries came after Fort Lauderdale's gay mayor had honored a related church.

Fort Lauderdale Honors Anti-LGBTQ+ Church; Gay Mayor Under Fire

Mayor Dean Trantalis and the Fort Lauderdale City Commission presented a proclamation honoring a church and school founded by anti-LGBTQ+ minister D. James Kennedy.

Russia’s LGBTQ+ Community Fears Expected ‘Extremist’ Label in Court Ruling

Will Putin use a kangaroo court ruling to institute a crackdown and mass arrests?