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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.

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Trans darts champion laments ban against trans women as 'loss for the trans community'

Noa-Lynn van Leuven said the World Darts Federation's new gender eligibility policy "does affect me personally."

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Trump administration will incinerate $10 million worth of birth control for poor women

The Trump administration is literally torching nearly $10 million worth of birth control.

Brussels Belgium protest sign showing Russian President Vladimir Putin in drag makeup against a rainbow another says gay rights human rights during protest against the detention of gay men in concentration camps in Chechnya

Politics

Bipartisan bill looks to sanction foreign officials who attack LGBTQ+ human rights

The Global Respect Act would allow sanctions against those who commit human rights violations against LGBTQ+ people.

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45% of the world doesn't think their country is a good place for gay and lesbian people

Just 39 percent of people from over 120 countries said that their area was a good place for gay and lesbian people.

World

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.

andry hernandez romero alongside prison officer guarding gang members in a cell at the Terrorism Confinement Center aka CECOT in Tecoluca San Vicente El Salvador April 2025

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Gay asylum seeker Andry Hernández Romero remains in danger, advocates warn

After months in El Salvador’s notorious CECOT prison, the gay makeup artist has been freed, but not returned to safety.

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Evin House of Detention prison in Tehran Iran

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

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

Budapest Hungary LGBTQIA Pride March across the Széchenyi Chain Bridge June 2021

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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.

Sports

Imane Khelif must undergo 'mandatory sex testing' to compete in Olympics

World Boxing's new policy mandates that all participants in women's events — but not men's — must undergo a chromosome test.

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These are the top 10 European countries for LGBTQ+ rights and travel

ILGA-Europe's annual Rainbow Map highlights where it's safer to live and travel for LGBTQ+ individuals and their families.

News

Gay Jamaican asylum seeker 'suffering' in ICE custody, lawyer says

Rickardo Anthony Kelly was arrested by ICE at an immigration courthouse while waiting for his hearing.

World

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.

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U.N. draft report uses pseudoscience to claim gender dysphoria is 'socially contagious'

The UN's preliminary report on sex-based violence incorrectly claims trans acceptance "erase[s] the legal category of women.”

Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Keir Starmer

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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."

person sitting on the bed reading from a tablet alongside 2020 Riot police stop and search pedestrian during a protest in Hong Kong China

World

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.

World

Trans darts champion laments ban against trans women as 'loss for the trans community'

Trump administration will incinerate $10 million worth of birth control for poor women

Trans teen’s chess win in Germany prompts backlash

Bipartisan bill looks to sanction foreign officials who attack LGBTQ+ human rights

45% of the world doesn't think their country is a good place for gay and lesbian people

What you need to know about the International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia, & Biphobia (IDAHOBIT)

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

Family of gay man killed in Air India disaster mistakenly received wrong remains

Gay asylum seeker Andry Hernández Romero remains in danger, advocates warn

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

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

Imane Khelif must undergo 'mandatory sex testing' to compete in Olympics

These are the top 10 European countries for LGBTQ+ rights and travel

Gay Jamaican asylum seeker 'suffering' in ICE custody, lawyer says

Gaya International Airport will keep 'GAY' code, despite conservative push to change it

Gay makeup artist Andry Hernández Romero describes horrific sexual & physical abuse at CECOT in El Salvador

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

Chinese police arrest dozens of gay erotica writers in pornography crackdown

Gay couple returning home to England among those killed in Air India crash

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