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A painted rock inscribed with ‘Welcome Home’ at the groundbreaking ceremony for OutYouth. Photo: OutYouth / LGBTQ Nation

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USA
October 24, 2026

Texas's Oldest LGBTQ Youth Nonprofit OutYouth Breaks Ground on New Community Headquarters

LGBT · Youth · Activism

Artist Touko Laaksonen (Tom of Finland) playing the piano in the late 1950s. Photo: Vesa-Matti Väärä / Wikimedia Commons (Public Domain)
USA
October 24, 2026

Tom of Finland Foundation Severs Ties with Artist's Historic Los Angeles Home

Art · Culture

Edythe Eyde (Lisa Ben), creator of Vice Versa magazine, driving a car in 1951. Photo: ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives / Queer Music Heritage
USA
October 24, 2026

Historians Highlight Creation of America's First Lesbian Magazine Vice Versa in 1947

History · Lesbian · Media

The Robert F. Kennedy Department of Justice Building in Washington, D.C. Photo: APK / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0)
USA
October 24, 2026

US Justice Department Releases Prison Abuse Data: Advocates Say Transgender Victims Were Obscured

Prisons · Transgender people

The Pentagon building in Washington, D.C. Photo: Touch Of Light / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0)
USA
October 24, 2026

US Navy and Marine Corps Boards Decline to Discharge Transgender Troops Despite Pentagon Directives

Military · Transgender people

Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle. Photo: Francis DeBernardo / New Ways Ministry
Vatican
October 24, 2026

Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle Appointed Dean of the College of Cardinals: Catholic LGBTQ Activists See Sign of Hope

Religion · Christianity

Marriage equality supporters outside the court in Gaborone. Photo: MambaOnline
Botswana
October 24, 2026

Botswana High Court Concludes Hearings on Same-Sex Marriage Legalisation

Same-Sex Marriage

Incheon City Hall in the centre of the frame. Archive photograph, 5 March 2015. Photo: IRTC1015 / Wikimedia Commons, Public Domain.
South Korea
October 24, 2026

Pride in South Korea’s Incheon Takes Place at City Hall Plaza with Municipal Approval

Pride · LGBT · Religion · Human Rights

Japan
October 24, 2026

LGBT Festival in Japan Collects 188 Postcards Urging Lawmakers to Support Same-Sex Marriage

Same-Sex Marriage · Pride · LGBT

Iga City Hall on the left and the Mie prefectural government’s Iga office on the right. Archive photograph, 18 November 2018. Photo: 伊賀上野ニンニン / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Japan
October 24, 2026

Same-Sex Couple Denied Marriage Registration in Japan’s Iga

Same-Sex Marriage · Law · LGBT

Japan
October 24, 2026

Japanese MP Koichi Mukoyama Now Leans Towards Supporting Same-Sex Marriage

Same-Sex Marriage · Politics · LGBT

Bangkok Pride, June 1, 2024. Archive photograph. Chainwit. / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 4.0.
Thailand
October 24, 2026

Bangkok Includes LGBT Rights and Interfaith Dialogue in WorldPride 2030 Bid

LGBT · Pride · Religion · Human Rights

Central wing of India’s Supreme Court, New Delhi, December 11, 2019. Archive photograph. Subhashish Panigrahi / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0.
India
October 24, 2026

India’s Supreme Court Seeks Answers on Transgender Applicants’ Access to Teaching Jobs

Transgender people · Education · Courts · Human Rights

Mark Carney at the European Parliament, Strasbourg, September 17, 2026. Archive photograph. Daina Le Lardic. © European Union 2026 — Source: EP.
CanadaTurkey
October 24, 2026

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney Says His Team Raised LGBT Rights with Turkey

LGBT · Politics · Human Rights

Turkey
October 24, 2026

University in Turkey’s Capital Discusses LGBT Rights After September Detentions

LGBT · Politics · Education · Human Rights

Turkey
October 24, 2026

Turkish Campaign to Free LGBT Activists Backs Anti-Censorship Protests

LGBT · Censorship · Media · Human Rights

Turkey
October 24, 2026

Lawyers for Turkish LGBT Association Kaos GL Say No Indictment Has Been Prepared

LGBT · Courts · Human Rights

Turkey
October 24, 2026

Turkish Court Keeps Five in Custody in Operation Targeting LGBT Groups

LGBT · Courts · Human Rights

Turkey
October 24, 2026

Türkiye Releases Four Detainees, Including LGBT Rights Defenders

LGBT · Courts · Human Rights

Turkey
October 24, 2026

Turkish Court Adjourns Trial of 11 LGBT Association Representatives Until April 2027

LGBT · Courts · Human Rights

Portugal
October 24, 2026

Portuguese LGBT Outlet Dezanove Publishes Reader Poll on Public Healthcare

LGBT · Medicine

Brazil
October 24, 2026

Brazil’s São Paulo Publishes Preliminary Voter List for LGBT Policy Council

LGBT · Elections · Politics

Brazil
October 24, 2026

Brazil’s LGBT Candidates From the Centre and Right Split Ahead of Runoff

LGBT · Elections · Politics

Italy
October 24, 2026

Italian LGBT Christian Association Announces Webinars on Reading the Bible

LGBT · Christianity · Theology

Italy
October 24, 2026

Italian Methodist Church Announces Bible Discussions Exploring LGBT Experiences

LGBT · Christianity · Theology

Mexico
October 24, 2026

Mexican rights group calls for clearer rules on LGBT candidacies

LGBT · Elections · Politics

National Museum of Colombia in Bogotá, March 11, 2015. Peter Angritt / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Colombia
October 24, 2026

Colombian court orders preservation of LGBT exhibits removed from National Museum

LGBT · Censorship · Culture

Spain
October 24, 2026

LGBT Christians in Spain agree to form a nationwide network

LGBT · Christianity

The Council of State at the Palais-Royal in Paris, August 2009. Photo: LPLT / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0.
France
October 24, 2026

LGBT Groups in France Challenge Job Restrictions for People With HIV

HIV · LGBT · Law · Discrimination

Burkina Faso
October 24, 2026

Burkina Faso’s Parliament Adds Penalties for Same-Sex Relations to New Penal Code

LGBT · Law · Human Rights

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