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A 2022 voting scandal at the Eurovision Song Contest has damaged trust and reinforced stereotypes that it's all political. Here a graphic shows somebody putting a piece of paper into a voting box with colourful graphics.

Music
May 13 2023

Eurovision voting scandal: How song contest was rocked by vote-fixing, and how it shaped future events

Eurovision Song Contest 2023 visuals.

Music
Jan 31 2023

Eurovision 2023 is officially underway with meaningful new branding for Liverpool takeover

Protestors in Paris showing support for trans people.

Trans
May 06 2024

Thousands unite to protest anti-trans bigotry in over 50 French and Belgian cities

Phyll Opoku-Gyimah

Opinion
Oct 03 2023

Phyll Opoku-Gyimah calls on UK government to stand up for LGBTQ+ rights across the world

Collage with photos of Brittney Griner and Dennis Rodman, and a handpainted Russia flag

US
Aug 22 2022

Dennis Rodman wants to visit Russia to help free Brittney Griner ‘this week’

Conchita Wurst and Olly Alexander singing

Music
Apr 10 2024

Let’s settle this once and for all: why do queer people love Eurovision so much?

Activists wave rainbow flags during the gay pride rally in Saint Petersburg, Russia. The poeple hold up signs protesting against 'gay propaganda' laws and demanding change for the LGBTQ+ community

World
Jul 20 2022

Activists warn Russia expanding ‘gay propaganda’ law signals ‘heartbreaking’ turn on LGBTQ+ rights

Ukraine's Kalush Orchestra pose with their Eurovision trophy

Europe
May 30 2022

Eurovision winners Kalush Orchestra sell trophy to buy drones for Ukraine’s military

A person comforting a loved one in the Gaza Strip

Asia
Jan 16

HIV-positive Palestinians in Gaza have run out of medication: ‘There is nothing left’

The ban prevents Pride and Black Lives Matter flags in schools and state buildings. (Photo by Jonathan Wiggs/The Boston Globe via Getty Images)

News
Jan 18 2024

Florida could pass ban on Pride and Black Lives Matter flags in public schools

Daniel Craig and Drew Starkey in Queer. (Yannis Drakoulidis/A24)

Film
Nov 08 2024

Daniel Craig’s Queer banned in Turkey as it’s dubbed too sexy for ‘public peace’

US
Mar 18 2024

PornHub blocks access for everyone in Texas

Brittney Griner looks out of a jail cell

US
Aug 04 2022

Basketball star Brittney Griner sentenced to nine years on drug charges in Russia

Female Ukrainian soldier

Europe
Mar 28 2023

Queer Ukrainian soldier calls for same-sex marriage to be legalised: ‘We can die any day’

Brittney Griner arrives to a hearing at the Khimki Court, outside Moscow

Sport
Jun 28 2022

WNBA player Brittney Griner appears handcuffed in Russian court ahead of trial

Volodymyr Zelenskyy in an army green jumper, speaks to the US parliament.

Europe
Dec 26 2022

No, Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy didn’t go to Pride wearing Afro wig and short shorts

News
Mar 07 2023

Preacher calls LGBTQ+ people ‘filthy’ in vile homophobic rant at Sydney WorldPride

Former U.S. President Donald Trump speaking during a press conference and Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orbán walking to a press event.

News
Sep 11 2024

Donald Trump praises virulently homophobic Hungary prime minister Viktor Orbán during debate

A colourised photo of blue hands in handcuffs in front of the Russian flag

Europe
Aug 24 2022

Russian men face 20 years in prison after being accused of gay sex by neighbour’s kids

Brittney Griner walks through a Russian court

World
Aug 15 2022

Brittney Griner: Lawyers file appeal against nine-year Russian jail sentence