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Coos Huijsen taking his parliamentary oath, March 30, 1976. Archive photo: Bert Verhoeff / Anefo / Nationaal Archief, CC0 1.0.
Netherlands
October 24, 2026

Dutch Politician Coos Huijsen, One of the First Openly Gay Parliamentarians, Dies

LGBT · Politics · History

Turkey
October 23, 2026

UN Experts Urge Turkey to End Operation Against LGBT Organizations

LGBT · Human Rights · UN

UN General Assembly hall in New York, February 20, 2024. Archive photo: Mojnsen / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0.
International
October 23, 2026

Rights Group Criticizes UN Rights Council Seats for States Criminalizing Same-Sex Relations

UN · LGBT · Human Rights · Politics

Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, Atlanta, March 23, 2019. Archive photograph: Warren LeMay / Wikimedia Commons, CC0 1.0.
USA
October 23, 2026

Around 300 Gather in the U.S. for Catholic Mass for LGBT People and Their Loved Ones

LGBT · Catholicism

USA
October 23, 2026

Former Detroit LGBT Republican Leader Backs Mike Rogers for U.S. Senate

LGBT · Politics · Elections · Conservatism

United Kingdom
October 23, 2026

Openly Gay London Assembly Chair Andrew Boff Leaves Conservative Party

LGBT · Politics · Human Rights · Conservatism

The Czech Senate’s debating chamber in Prague, January 17, 2023. Photo: Anna Tesař / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Czechia
October 23, 2026

In Czechia, 16 of 27 Elected Senators Support Same-Sex Marriage

Same-Sex Marriage · Elections · LGBT

Bart Staszewski at an awards ceremony in Switzerland, October 14, 2019. Photo: PullBear / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Poland
October 23, 2026

Polish Court Orders Kaja Godek to Apologise to LGBT Activist Bart Staszewski

LGBT · Law · Human Rights

Zagreb Pride, archive photograph from June 10, 2023. Mario Malcak / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Croatia
October 23, 2026

LGBT Group Zagreb Pride Reports Flaws in Croatia’s Handling of Anti-LGBT Attacks

LGBT · Violence · Human Rights · Law

Illustration: © BES.media. Used under the publisher’s reuse policy.
Kazakhstan
October 23, 2026

Kazakh Rights Advocates Criticize ‘LGBT Propaganda’ Ban at OSCE Conference

LGBT · Human Rights · Censorship · Politics

USA
October 23, 2026

US LGBTQ Youth Study Finds Less Self-Harm but More Anxiety Symptoms

LGBT · Transgender people · Youth · Health · Research

USA
October 23, 2026

76% of Surveyed US LGBTQ Centers Report Threats or Harassment

LGBT · Research · Human Rights

The former Farmville Public Library logo. Still from a WCTI News 12 report.
USA
October 23, 2026

US Library Changes Logo After Complaints Linking It to LGBTQ Symbolism

LGBT · Culture · Politics

Nancy Wilson celebrating communion at All God’s Children MCC in Minneapolis. Archival photograph from 2008. Photo: Jonathunder / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0.
USA
October 23, 2026

US Archive Project Celebrates 25 Years of Preserving LGBTQ Religious History

LGBT · Religion · History

George Santos. Official portrait taken on December 2, 2022. Photo: Ike Hayman / U.S. House Office of Photography, Wikimedia Commons. Public Domain.
USA
October 23, 2026

Openly gay former US congressman George Santos offers to become Trump’s press secretary

Politics · LGBT

Guatemala City’s court complex: Torre de Tribunales and the Supreme Court. Archive photo, 2011. Photo: Sistematización y Co… / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Guatemala
October 23, 2026

Seven former police officers sentenced in Guatemala over killing of gay couple

Police · Law · LGBT

Haiti
October 23, 2026

LGBT activists in Haiti voice concern over changes to election timetable

Politics · LGBT · Human Rights

Bangladesh
October 23, 2026

Rights group JMBF publishes report on discrimination against hijras in Bangladesh

Transgender people · Human Rights · Discrimination

Abdul El-Sayed meets voters in Michigan, October 22, 2025. Photo: Conlan Houston / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0.
USA
October 23, 2026

US Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed calls for protection of transgender prisoners’ safety

Politics · Transgender people · Prisons

Wellington High Court, 2015. Photo: Pear285 / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0.
New Zealand
October 23, 2026

New Zealand court overturns ban on new puberty blocker prescriptions for transgender adolescents

Transgender people · Law · Medicine

USA
October 23, 2026

LGBT outlet Xtra’s columnist challenges reports of a sharp decline in queer US teens

LGBT · Youth · Research

International
October 23, 2026

Rights group Outright International presents report on discrimination against asexual people

Asexuality · Discrimination · Human Rights · Research

Vicente Gonzalez at a US congressional hearing in 2022. Photo: Office of Congressman Gonzalez / Wikimedia Commons. Public domain.
USA
October 23, 2026

US House candidate Eric Flores accuses rival of promoting a transgender agenda

Politics · Elections · Transgender people · Sports

Activist Yaya Mavundla at the opening of the ‘Write the Next 25’ exhibition in Johannesburg. Photo: Xolani Khumalo / MambaOnline
South Africa
October 20, 2026

South African LGBTQ+ Outlet MambaOnline Opens 25th Anniversary Exhibition at Constitution Hill

Media · History · LGBT · Culture

Indiana Fever guard Sophie Cunningham during a game in Minneapolis. Photo: John Mac / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0)
USA
October 20, 2026

Donald Trump Jokes About WNBA Player Sophie Cunningham's Looks During Speech on Trans Athletes

Politics · Sports · Transgender people

Grand National Assembly of Turkey (TBMM) building in Ankara. Photo: Makril / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0)
Turkey
October 20, 2026

Turkish MP Sevilay Çelenk Visits Detained LGBT Activists in Sincan Prison

LGBT · Human Rights · Politics · Society

Cathedral of the Assumption of Our Lady in Bolzano. Photo: Triplec85 / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Italy
October 20, 2026

Catholic advocacy group New Ways Ministry highlights Italian Diocese of Bolzano's support for LGBT parishioners

Religion · Catholicism · Christianity · LGBT · Society

Emergency Department (A&E) of an NHS hospital in England. Photo: Rodhullandemu (CC BY-SA 4.0)
United Kingdom
October 20, 2026

Over 1,500 A&E Visits in England for Rectal Foreign Bodies: NHS Doctors Urge Patients Not to Delay Help Out of Embarrassment

Health · Medicine · Society

Magnus Hirschfeld and Li Shiu Tong at the Congress of the World League for Sexual Reform in Brno (1932). Photo: Wellcome Collection / JonnyNord (CC BY 4.0)
GermanyChina
October 20, 2026

1930s Research by Chinese Sexologist Li Shiu Tong: Magnus Hirschfeld’s Partner Was Decades Ahead of His Time

History · Sexology · Science · LGBT

The rainbow crosswalk on Ocean Drive in South Beach, Miami Beach, later removed under state directives. Photo: Savino & Miller Design Studio
USA
October 20, 2026

In Florida, Drag Queen Sells Bricks from Removed Rainbow Crosswalk to Fund LGBT Organizations

LGBT · Culture · Activism

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