LGBT
Trump says he was told Mojtaba Khamenei may be gay, spotlighting Iran’s brutal anti-gay persecution
Same-sex relations are criminalized and can carry the death penalty in Iran, where the Islamic regime has long been accused of systematic persecution of Iran's LGBTQ+ community.
US judge will block attempt to restrict gender affirming care to minors after lawsuit
Gay rights activist arrested in London for 'Globalize the intifada' sign
Conservative Judaism’s new line on intermarriage is a great start. What comes next is key - opinion
Kennedy seeks to cut US children's access to gender-affirming care
Kennedy proposed rules barring hospitals that provide such care from participating in Medicare and Medicaid programs and prohibiting Medicaid from paying for it.
Carrie Soloway, inspiration for trailblazing trans Jewish protagonist of ‘Transparent,’ dies at 88
Carrie Soloway was an icon to the trans community, inspiring a TV show that blazed a path for modern LGBTQ Jews exploring their identity.
Same-sex marriages to be recognized throughout the EU, court rules
The EU court says Poland has been wrong not to refuse to recognise a same sex marriage between two of its citizens that took place in Germany.
US Supreme Court allows Trump's passport policy targeting transgender people
The administration's policy reverses decades of practice at the US State Department, which had permitted passport sex designations to differ from sex assigned at birth with medical documentation.
Additional Gaza flotilla rift revealed: Schism over LGBTQ+ activists on ships
Saif Ayadi: "The Zionist lobby uses propaganda around our queer identities to attack the flotilla, break its unity, and discredit it."
'Allah is lesbian' shirt sees feminist jailed for 30 months in Morocco, courts cite harm to Islam
Ibtissame Lachgarwas also ordered to pay a fine of 50,000 Moroccan dirhams (approximately $5,500).
Burkina Faso to criminalize same-sex relations, 'promotion' of 'LGBTQ practices'
Burkina Faso’s parliament approved a bill criminalizing same-sex relations with prison terms and fines, awaiting junta leader Ibrahim Traoré’s signature.
Ottawa Capital Pride parade canceled after anti-Israel activists blockade route
Anti-Israel activists rain on the Ottawa pride parade, blocking it, and leading to its cancellation in protest of parade organizers refusing to denounce the state of Israel.
Grindr allows users to request 'No Zionists' on profiles, reversing prevoius policy
Grindr said that the policy change was "implemented following user escalations around its potentially inflammatory nature."
Budapest mayor says probe of banned Pride march sees him as a 'suspect'
Tens of thousands of protesters marched through Hungary's capital city on June 28 as a banned Pride march swelled into a mass anti-government demonstration.