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Church of Norway apologizes to LGBTQ+ community for 'discrimination and harassment'

“The church in Norway has caused LGBTQ+ people shame, great harm, and pain," presiding bishop Olav Fykse Tveitat said.

After forcing gender surgery for decades, Iran now touts its expertise to pursue medical tourism goal

Being gay is still punishable by death in Iran, but the theocratic nation hopes transgender people flock there for cheap procedures.

Breaking: Hamas to release all living hostages & Israel to withdraw troops in Gaza peace deal, Trump says

President Donald Trump announced that "both signed off" on the first phase of a peace deal.

Canada cautions holders of passports with gender-neutral X marker about coming to U.S.

It joins at least nine other countries issuing warnings to travelers.

What Karoline Leavitt calls Trump’s 'authenticity' is abhorrent to the rest of the world

Opinion: Trump gets stature only because he is president of the United States, not because he possesses any qualities of wisdom or statesmanship, writes John Casey.

French president and wife to present evidence in court that first lady is a cisgender woman

This will come in a defamation suit Emmanuel and Brigitte Macron filed against right-wing influencer Candace Owens, who claimed Brigitte was born with male sex characteristics and is therefore transgender.

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.

Putin and Xi talk 'hot mic' immortality amid Trump's 'demise' and an emerging new world order

Opinion: While two dictators dream of eternity. Trump looks like he’s already halfway gone, and he’s taking the U.S. with him, writes John Casey

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.

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.

If it means saving Ukraine and not caving to Putin, European leaders think the answer is kissing Trump’s a**

Opinion: Putting flattery at the feet of an habitual loser risks putting the world in an unenviable position, writes John Casey.

State Dept. omitting anti-LGBTQ+ actions from foreign human rights reports

This and other changes are detailed in drafts obtained by The Washington Post.

Which country is about to implement a nationwide transgender bathroom ban?

The U.K. is set to ban trans people from single-sex facilities — even some that match their biological sex.

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.

U.K. to begin major study on health of transgender youth

The study comes at a time when gender-affirming care is under attack in the U.K.

Trump admin may end PEPFAR, replacing it with a program chiefly benefiting the U.S.

The State Department has drafted a plan to end the successful global HIV-fighting program.

Ric Grenell’s rogue diplomacy stalls Marco Rubio’s Venezuela prisoner deal

The gay Trump loyalist and special envoy is ruffling feathers in Washington.

100 transgender inmates presumed dead after Israeli missiles struck Iranian prison last month

Israel targeted the notorious Evin Prison in Tehran on June 23.

U.K. Prime Minister pushes to ban trans people from single-sex bathrooms, sports, and beyond

Keir Starmer said the ruling that trans women are not considered women under the nation's Equality Act must be applied "as soon as possible."

Chinese police arrest dozens of gay erotica writers in pornography crackdown

Attorneys in China claim between 30 and 50 writers have been arrested this year for writing gay erotica.