Swiss voters passed a referendum Sunday that adds penalties for publicly discriminating against, and committing, hate crimes based on an individual's sexual orientation.
More than 50 people were arrested and charged with sedition at a downsized Mumbai Pride February 1 after police attempted to cancel the annual celebration for the first time in 12 years.
A South Korean transgender woman's dreams of a military career were dashed by a panel of officers that recently discharged her following sex reassignment surgery for having a "mental and physical disability."
Kyrgyzstan gay activist Dastan "Danik" Kasmamytov is on a mission to plant a rainbow flag atop the world's Seven Summits to bring visibility for LGBT rights around the world.
In 2019, global news affecting LGBTQs was filled with intense struggles and some big wins — from marriage equality to decriminalization to conversion therapy to politics.
Last week, an unidentified government official announced that Gabon passed a law criminalizing homosexuality, placing the county on a growing list of nations passing anti-gay laws.
Soap is a necessity to maintain good hygiene, but for the thousands of refugees living in Kenya's notorious Kakuma refugee camp, soap, shampoo, and conditioner are costly commodities to come by.
Two gay Saudi journalists, who claim they were outed in retaliation for contacts one of them had with a foreign media outlet, have been detained in Australia after requesting asylum.
Anti-gay demonstrators and police clashed last week as violence erupted at the opening of the highly acclaimed Swedish gay romance, "And Then We Danced," in the former Soviet republic of Georgia.