Activism

Celebrating bisexual icons on Bisexual Visibility Day

Bisexual
Sep 23 2022

11 bisexual icons who’re loud, proud and making the world a better place

Students walk by the campus of Yeshiva University in New York City

US
Sep 22 2022

LGBTQ+ group steps in after religious uni bans all student groups out of spite for queer students

Brittney Griner infront of the Russian flag.

Sport
Sep 21 2022

WNBA players boycott games in Russia after Brittney Griner’s imprisonment

Harry Kane wears a rainbow heart armband in a professional photo

Sport
Sep 21 2022

England captain Harry Kane to wear anti-discrimination armband for Qatar World Cup

Jonathan Cooper OBE

UK
Sep 18 2022

Tributes flood in for human rights defender Jonathan Cooper OBE, one year after his death

A graphic depicting Liz Truss in front of LGBTQ+ advocates

Politics
Sep 18 2022

LGBTQ+ activists fear Tories will try to ‘cement their power’ with new version of Section 28

Aleksandar Vučić stands beside two Belgrade Pride flags

Pride
Sep 16 2022

EuroPride parade to go ahead as planned after Serbian government makes screeching u-turn

Politics
Sep 15 2022

EuroPride refuses to be cancelled with lawsuit against Serbia: ‘We will never let hate win’

Police secure serbian LGBT Info centre during the 'Litiya for salvation of Serbia' in Belgrade.

Pride
Sep 14 2022

Serbia’s ‘disgraceful’ EuroPride ban met with outrage: ‘Banning Pride is anti-constitutional’

An anti-Royal demonstrator protests outside Palace of Westminster, central London on September 12, 2022.

UK
Sep 14 2022

Drag queen called ‘groomer’ by vile protesters says anti-royal arrests expose a double standard

Students walk by the campus of Yeshiva University in New York City

Law
Sep 11 2022

US Supreme Court allows religious university to ban LGBTQ+ student group

Dr Demetre Daskalakis at a monkeypox briefing (L) and posing shirtless (R).

Health
Sep 10 2022

Right-wing trolls are mocking a gay monkeypox doctor for being hot and wearing a harness

Self Esteem aka Rebecca Taylor attends the Soho House Awards at Soho House

UK
Sep 09 2022

Queer Mercury Prize nominee Self Esteem made sure cancelled ceremony’s food went to homeless

Liz Truss standing outside No 10 Downing Street

Politics
Sep 08 2022

Liz Truss wants to block Scotland’s urgent reform of gender recognition laws, including self-ID

Juliet Jacques pictured on the left with the front covers of three of her books Front Lines, Trans: A Memoir and Variations.

Trans
Sep 08 2022

Journalist Juliet Jacques on how UK media is trying to ‘crush’ trans people: ‘We’re not in control’

A graphic of Kenny Ethan Jones and a period product with little dots of blood on it

Health
Sep 06 2022

Activist explains why trans and non-binary voices absolutely need to be heard on period poverty

Liz Truss smiles as she stands outside a building wearing a purple outfit

Politics
Sep 05 2022

Liz Truss challenged to call a general election and test her ‘toxic policies’ with the public

A picture of Sareh (Zahra) Sediqi Hamedani, a lesbian, who was arrested in Iran for 'supporting homosexuality'

Activism
Sep 04 2022

LGBTQ+ activists sentenced to death in Iran for ‘promoting homosexuality’

Sir John Wolfenden (right) meets members of the press at the Waldorf Hotel for discussions and questions on the Wolfenden Committee Report on Sport.

History
Sep 04 2022

The complicated legacy of the Wolfenden Report, which changed the trajectory of UK LGBTQ+ rights

Maria Walsh speaking in the corridor of an office

Pride
Sep 02 2022

MEP Maria Walsh urges ‘hallmark’ EuroPride to continue despite vile anti-LGBTQ+ protests

Participants run past The Royal Courts of Justice during the London Landmarks Half Marathon through Westminster and the City.

UK
Sep 02 2022

Final stretch of this year’s London Marathon is going to be very, very queer

A crowd of LGBTQ+ activists and allies gather outside the Independent House

Europe
Aug 31 2022

LGBTQ+ activists demand end to Irish Independent’s ‘anti-trans crusade’ with powerful protest

An activist holds a placard with words 'Protect Trans Youth'.

UK
Aug 31 2022

Cost of living crisis forcing trans youth to ‘choose between eating and getting hormones’, charity says

UK
Aug 30 2022

New Mr Gay England crowned after wowing judges with ‘love letter to trans community’

Lauren Winfield-Hil hitting out in cricket

Sport
Aug 27 2022

England cricketer Lauren Winfield-Hill says LGBTQ+ inclusion in sport is a ‘work in progress’

A photo of Rodrigo Ventocilla

World
Aug 25 2022

Trans man dies in police custody after being arrested during Bali honeymoon

A graphic of Marsha P Johnson detailed in pink amid a greyscale background

Activism
Aug 24 2022

On Marsha P Johnson’s birthday, remember her true legacy of Black trans joy in resistance

Crowds gather around the Oxford library where Aida H Dee's Drag Queen Story Hour took place.

Drag
Aug 24 2022

Hundreds gather to protect Drag Queen Story Hour from vile anti-LGBTQ+ protest

An image of a family fleeing violence in Ukraine. The family are silhouetted in the colours of the Ukrainian flag.

Europe
Aug 24 2022

Ukraine should be celebrating independence. Instead, its people are fighting to survive

Pete Buttigieg smiles at the camera while wearing a suit and tie

US
Aug 23 2022

Pete Buttigieg sent heartwarming letter to brave teen LGBTQ+ activist

Protesters hold signs at Singapore's Pink Dot event reading 'more than 377a'

World
Aug 22 2022

Singapore, monkeypox hope and Liz Truss: Five essential things you need to know this week

Travis Alabanza.

Exclusive
Aug 19 2022

How a ‘gender crisis’ inspired author Travis Alabanza: ‘I was questioning if I was even non-binary’

Collage of a shadowy photo of a man with crossed arms in front of a Russian flag

World
Aug 18 2022

Thousands call on Russia to ban barbaric conversion therapy: ‘If we don’t, it will lead to death’

A photoshoot of both Shon Faye and Juno Dawson

Trans
Aug 16 2022

UK’s first trans festival makes glorious return: ‘A microcosm of everything trans’

Two people are shown hugging against a progress Pride flag in an animation.

Exclusive
Aug 15 2022

Gay Afghan forced to watch Taliban behead his father ‘learned how to feel proud’ after escaping

A photo of a swimmer in a lane, with the trans flag superimposed

Sport
Aug 12 2022

‘Safe, inclusive’ trans and non-binary swimming sessions are helping young people thrive

Trans woman Ozlam pictured sitting in a pink chair.

World
Aug 10 2022

Meet the brave transgender refugee staging the ‘world’s first’ LGBTQ+ Afghan protest

Books
Aug 09 2022

Trailblazing lesbian author and activist Elana Dykewomon dies at 72 after cancer battle

People walk underneath a Pride flag

Africa
Aug 09 2022

Ugandan government shuts down vital LGBTQ+ rights group amid chilling ‘witch hunt’

Community
Aug 08 2022

Tom Daley warns LGBTQ+ rights could go ‘back to square one’ if community doesn’t stand together