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Oscars 2022 highlight LGBT+ rights in historic night

The evening showcased the best of queer Hollywood with on-stage protests and historic wins.

29/03/2022

Kosovo

Kosovo's parliament rejects new law recognising same-sex civil unions

It would have been the first time a Muslim-majority country allowed same-sex civil unions.

17/03/2022

Culture news

What issues do LGBT+ Ukrainians face when fleeing the war?

Three million people have now left Ukraine, fleeing the Russian invasion, but the plight of LGBT+ refugees is different.

17/03/2022

Culture news

Can streaming platforms stand up to LGBT censorship by tough regimes?

The annual report shows the growing role of streaming giants like Netflix and Amazon in the media landscape but are their progressive agendas enough?

18/02/2022

Culture news

Star of 'Umbrella Academy' Elliot Page announces memoir for 2023

Page was already a successful actor on his high-profile coming out as transgender in 2020, the memoir will cover the highs and lows of his experience.

18/02/2022

Culture news

How this year's Berlinale is bursting open the gender binary

Gender has been a major theme of the festival, which opened with Francois Ozon’s gender-flipped film Peter von Kant, adapted from Rainer Werner Fassbinder's 1972 movie ‘The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant’.

17/02/2022

Culture news

'Pose' star Mj Rodriguez to be honoured at this year's GLAAD awards

Rodriguez was the star of Ryan Murphy series 'Pose' and also appears in Oscar-bait film 'Tik, Tik...BOOM!' alongside Andrew Garfield.

17/02/2022

World News

LGBTI asylum seekers 'facing double discrimination' across Europe

The report also warned that 2021 has seen a rise in official anti-LGBTI rhetoric that has fuelled a wave of hate crime in every country in Europe.

15/02/2022

Tech News

Grindr disappears from China's app stores

The gay dating app vanished from app stores amid a government push to "purify" the internet ahead of the Beijing Winter Olympics - but censorship may not be to blame.

01/02/2022

World News

How are Nazi Germany’s LGBT+ victims commemorated across Europe?

As the world marks the International Day of Holocaust Remembrance, are Nazi Germany's LGBT+ victims finally receiving the recognition and commemorations across Europe that they deserve?

27/01/2022

France

French MPs approve law banning so-called gay conversion therapy

Prison sentences and fines will be introduced for anyone who tries to change the sexual orientation or gender identity of LGBT citizens.

25/01/2022

Finland

Finland's ex-interior minister goes on trial for anti-LGBT hate speech

Päivi Räsänen is accused of inciting hatred after making the comments on Twitter in 2019.

24/01/2022

Poland

MPs back controlling schools to stop 'threats to children's morals'

Critics say the law could reduce teaching on LGBT+ and reproductive rights.

14/01/2022

France

France removes restrictions on gay blood donors

Blood donation will be open to all French citizens regardless of their sexual orientation from 16 March.

12/01/2022

Poland

Court rejects appeal against acquittal of trio for LGBT halo posters

They were initially charged over posters that depicted the Virgin Mary with an LGBT halo.

12/01/2022

Germany

Germany appoints first-ever commissioner dedicated to LGBT+ issues

Green MP Sven Lehmann will be in charge of preparing a "national action plan" to promote acceptance and protect diversity.

07/01/2022

Culture news

British school renames building after JK Rowling's TERF wars

The Harry Potter author's specially-dedicated building in Chelmsford's Boswell School has been renamed after staff and pupils expressed concerns over her status on transgender rights.

06/01/2022

United Kingdom

UK Supreme Court rules against gender-neutral passports

A British activist has lost a legal challenge on the government’s policy not to allow gender-neutral passports.

15/12/2021

Norway

Grindr fined over €6 million by Norway for breaking data privacy rules

The gay-dating app was found to have shared users' personal data with third-party advertisers without their permission.

15/12/2021

Europe News

Same-sex parents and their children 'must be recognised as a family'

The case came before the court after Bulgarian authorities refused to give a birth certificate to the baby daughter of a same-sex couple.

14/12/2021