Record 1.2 million people show out for Cologne’s Pride parade
It set the record for the most attendees at the German city’s Christopher Street Day parade.
July 23 2024 10:51 AM
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Read the latest updates about LGBT issues around the world. The Advocate is an international source for developments pertaining to gay world news, politics, Prides, politicians, and rights that affect the lives of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people. Learn about antigay laws, human rights violations, landmark victories, and failures of governments to protect the rights of its citizens. From Asia, to North America, to South America, to Europe, to Africa, The Advocate provides transcontinental coverage of the issues that matter to our readers.
The AIDs pandemic can be ended by 2030, but governments must act: report
One person dies from AIDS-related causes every minute globally, but world leaders can stop it.
July 22 2024 1:01 PM
Gay couple in South Korea receives state benefits, marking huge step towards LGBTQ+ equality
A gay couple in South Korea is the first to be granted spousal benefits from state health insurance.
July 18 2024 1:53 PM
Paris Olympics will give out 300,000 condoms to athletes, continuing long-held tradition
300,000 condoms will be available in the Paris Olympic Village, returning to tradition after the IOC issued an intimacy ban and social distancing orders for the 2021 Tokyo Olympics.
July 15 2024 5:03 PM
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 1:00 PM
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 7:45 AM
Japanese court allows trans woman to legally change gender without surgery
The woman successfully argued that Japan's surgery requirement for receiving a legal gender change presented her with huge financial and physical burdens.
July 12 2024 12:05 PM
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 11:32 AM
What the heck is happening in France? Out gay PM Gabriel Attal tries to resign after far-right blowout
Gabriel Attal, the first out gay man to serve as France's Prime Minister, offered his resignation following his party's loss. President Emmanuel Macron has since rejected it.
July 08 2024 12:15 PM
Who is Britain’s new prime minister Keir Starmer and what's his LGBTQ+ rights record?
Here's what we know about the man who trounced the current political structure in the U.K., and delivered his political party out of the opposition for the first time in more than 10 years.
July 03 2024 3:40 PM
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 03 2024 11:35 AM
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 12:08 PM
Here are 15 books you should read this Pride Month
From books about trans identity to queer history, here are some of the best books to help understand and revel in LGBTQ+ identity and its intersections. What books would you recommend?
June 22 2024 11:30 AM
Thailand will be the first Southeast Asian country with marriage equality
The bill grants LGBTQ+ couples the same legal rights and recognition as heterosexual couples, including inheritance, adoption, and health care decision-making.
June 18 2024 9:26 AM
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 05 2024 10:14 AM
Should LGBTQ+ travelers visit places where homosexuality is outlawed? It's complicated
"If you really want to go there, you need to respect the laws and religion of these countries and play the game.”
June 03 2024 4:42 PM
Authorities arrest 10 police officers for jail cell murder of trans woman
Sofia Fernández was beaten, tortured, and asphyxiated, but police claimed she died by suicide.
May 22 2024 11:26 AM
50 powerful photos from ACT UP NY's pro-Palestine rally at the GLAAD Media awards
ACT UP NY led a crowd of queer artists, activists, health care workers, and aid workers outside the GLAAD Media awards ceremony last week.
May 19 2024 8:24 PM
It's International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia
The observance has been going on since 2004. Read all about it here.
May 17 2024 11:41 AM
‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ winner Nymphia Wind performs for Taiwan’s outgoing president
President Tsai Ing-wen has been instrumental for the advancement of LGBTQ+ rights in the Asian nation.
May 15 2024 3:35 PM