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Taiwan's LGBT community protests ahead of parliament vote

Hundreds of LGBT rights supporters gathered outside Taiwan's parliament on Tuesday (May 14) demanding for their rights as the parliament votes on three proposed bills

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Gay rights march halted by Havana police

Gay rights activists organised an unauthorised march down eight blocks of one of Havana's main thoroughfares before they were stopped by police.

Cuba

Gay rights activists arrested in unauthorised pride march in Cuba

Several gay rights activists have been arrested after clashing with police at an unauthorised pride march in Cuban capital, Havana.

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Canada coin to mark half a century since homosexuality was legalised

The Royal Canadian Mint presented a commemorative coin on Tuesday to honour "50 years of progress in recognizing the rights of LGBT Canadians," according to a statement released by the organization.

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Canada

Watch: Canada marks '50 years of progress' with LGBTQ coin

The coin marks 50 years since the decriminalisation of homosexuality in the country, and features the words "Equality-Egalite".

Colombia

Colombian same-sex couples hold "kiss-a-thon" for LGBT rights

"We want people to stop satanizing and discriminating against the LGBT community. We are not sick, we are not an aberration, we are citizens who are here to build a better country."

Spain

Call for gay "conversion therapy" to be abolished

Spain's health minister warns Catholic diocese over a report that it offered to convert an undercover reporter posing as gay man

Brunei

Brunei anti-LGBT laws: gay community, public figures react | #TheCube

Hollywood actor George Clooney led calls for a boycott of the luxury hotels owned by the Brunei Investment Agency, which is headed by the country's 72-year-old sultan.

Serbia

Same-sex partner of Serbia's PM gives birth to baby boy

Mother and baby are said to be "doing fine," according to statement.

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Bike rally through Vietnam capital marks end of annual gay pride week

Several hundred people participated in a bike rally on Sunday to mark the end of Hanoi's annual gay pride week and to advocate for LGBT rights in Vietnam.

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Tens of thousands join annual gay pride parade in Taiwan

The parade comes just weeks ahead of a referendum that is set to decide whether same-sex marriages will be recognised on the island.

United Kingdom

UK Supreme Court supports bakery in gay cake discrimination case

The bakery was found guilty of discrimination in 2015 and lost a subsequent appeal in 2016 after they refused to bake a cake iced with the words "Support Gay Marriage" accompanied with the image of Sesame Street characters Bert and Ernie based on their religious beliefs.

Romania

Romania's marriage referendum fails to attract enough voters

A referendum which sought to change Romania's constitution to make gay marriage less accessible has failed to meet the minimum turnout needed for the result to be valid.

Romania

‘In their eyes, we are not a family’: Romanian couple explain referendum boycott

As Romania takes to the polls this weekend for a referendum on the constitutional definition of marriage, Florin Buhuceanu and Victor Ciobotaru are staying at home.

Romania

Explained: Romania's referendum on stopping EU's gay marriage momentum

Gay marriage is already illegal in Romania but campaigners are trying to make sure the law cannot be unpicked.

Germany

Students at Catholic school in Germany fight for gay teacher's rights

One topic is at the forefront of everyone's minds at a Catholic school in Borken, on Germany's border with the Netherlands: the decision of the school's management to backtrack on offering a trainee teacher a permanent position.

Romania

Legal challenge over Romania’s ‘homophobic’ gay marriage referendum

The race is on to stop Romania's gay marriage referendum.

Romania

Romania referendum on making gay marriage harder ‘immoral’

Campaigners have hit out after senators in Romania backed calls for a referendum that could make it harder for gay marriage to be legalised.

India

'Gay sex ruling will take time to become reality on ground'

Whilst the gay sex ruling by India's top court is considered as "landmark," a freelance journalist for NBC tells Euronews "it'll take time for it to become a reality on the ground."

India

After Supreme Court challenge gay sex is legalised in India

India's top court has struck down a colonial-era law that makes homosexual acts punishable by up to 10 years in prison.