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Russia
September 28, 2026

Russian Publisher Individuum Closes Following "LGBT Extremism" Prosecution

Extremism · Censorship · LGBT · Books

Leader of the Conservative Party of Quebec Éric Duhaime. Photo: Asclepias / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0)
Canada
September 28, 2026

Canada: Openly Gay Éric Duhaime Leads Conservative Party of Quebec in Provincial Election

Conservatism · Politics · Elections · Gay

Speaker of the National Assembly of Serbia Ana Brnabic. Photo: Jennifer Jacquemart / European Commission / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0)
Serbia
September 27, 2026

Openly Lesbian Parliamentary Speaker Ana Brnabic Becomes Acting President of Serbia Following Aleksandar Vucic's Resignation

Elections · Politics · Lesbian

Democratic U.S. Representative Marcy Kaptur. Photo: Lance Cheung / USDA / Wikimedia Commons (Public domain)
USA
September 26, 2026

LGBTQ+ Groups Slam Campaign Ads by Democratic U.S. Rep. Marcy Kaptur

Politics · Elections · Transgender people

ACT UP activists demonstrating at the U.S. National Institutes of Health in May 1990. Photo: NIH History Office / Wikimedia Commons (Public domain)
USA
September 26, 2026

ACT UP Oral History Project Marks 25 Years of Documenting AIDS Activism in New York

Activism · History · HIV

USA
September 26, 2026

NYC Episcopal Priest Declares Jesus Transgender, Sparking Theological Debate

Religion · Christianity · Transgender people

USA
September 26, 2026

New York City Council Declares August as Black Pride Month

Pride · Legislation · Politics

Russia
September 25, 2026

Russian Appeals Court Upholds Total Ban on Alliance of Heterosexuals and LGBT for Equality

Courts · Law · Human Rights · Activism

Italy
September 25, 2026

Italian Jesuit Theologian Paolo Gamberini Describes Homosexuality as God's Intention, Not a Mistake

Religion · Catholicism · Theology · LGBT

Female collegiate athletes compete in the 800-meter run at the Mountain West Conference Outdoor Track and Field Championships in the United States. Photo: Staff Sgt. Larry E. Reid Jr. / U.S. Air Force / Wikimedia Commons (Public domain)
USA
September 25, 2026

U.S. Organization CWA Reports Nearly 2,300 Medals Won by Transgender Women in U.S. Female Sports

Transgender people · Sports · Research

Former U.S. Representative from Alaska Mary Peltola. Photo: U.S. House of Representatives / Wikimedia Commons (Public domain)
USA
September 25, 2026

Alaska Democratic Indigenous Senate Candidate Mary Peltola Accused of Using Homophobic Slurs Against Staffers

Politics · Homophobia · Elections

Ziyaad Follentine, Acting Director of the Al-Ghurbaah Foundation. Photo: Ayanda Maphosa
South Africa
September 24, 2026

South African Queer Muslim Group Opens New Sanctuary Honoring Slain Imam Muhsin Hendricks

Islam · Religion · Activism

Braden Peters (Clavicular). Photo: Rapho/Getty Images
USA
September 24, 2026

US Influencer Clavicular Charged with Rape of Teenager in Massachusetts

Courts · Internet

Turkey
September 24, 2026

Turkish LGBT+ Rights Advocates Launch 'We Want Freedom' Campaign Following Mass Arrests

LGBT · Human Rights · Activism

Singer and actress Lady Gaga at the 81st Venice International Film Festival in September 2024. Photo: Harald Krichel / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Belarus
September 24, 2026

Gaga Daily Founder Freed After Serving Two-Year Prison Sentence Over Belarus Protests

Music · Internet · Culture

Participants with bisexual pride flags marching in London. Photo: Katy Blackwood / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0)
United Kingdom
September 24, 2026

YouGov Survey: One in Five Lesbians in the UK Unwilling to Date a Bisexual Woman

Bisexual · Sociology · Research

Journalist and music critic Sergey Sosedov in 2025. Photo: Svklimkin / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0)
Russia
September 24, 2026

Russian TV Host and Music Critic Sergey Sosedov, Early Openly Gay Public Figure, Dies at 58

Gay · Culture · Media

SpainVatican
September 23, 2026

Spanish LGBT Christians Prepare Proposals for Vatican on Pastoral Care for Families

Religion · Catholicism · Activism

United Kingdom
September 23, 2026

UK advocacy group LGB Alliance to attend Conservative Party Conference

Politics · Activism · Conservatism

Berlin House of Representatives member Frank-Christian Hansel at the parliamentary podium. Photo: Sandro Halank / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Germany
September 23, 2026

Germany: Openly Gay Frank-Christian Hansel Re-Elected to Berlin Parliament for 'Alternative for Germany' Party

Politics · Elections · Gay

Spain
September 23, 2026

Annual LGBT Pride Held in Elche, Spain, with Christian Activists Participating

Pride · Religion · Christianity · Activism

Berlin Finance Senator Stefan Evers in the Berlin House of Representatives. Photo: Sandro Halank / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Germany
September 23, 2026

Germany: Openly Gay Stefan Evers Nominated as CDU Parliamentary Group Leader in Berlin

Politics · Elections · Gay

Jackie Matellian, owner of Last Ditch lesbian bar in Greenfield, Massachusetts. Photo: Sophie Park / The Boston Globe
USA
September 23, 2026

Massachusetts Lesbian Bar Last Ditch Faces Boycott Over Relaxing Mask Mandate

Lesbian · Business · Society · Health

Russia
September 23, 2026

Russian Health Ministry Approves New Treatment Standards for ‘Transvestism’ and BDSM

Medicine · Health · Transgender people · Sexology

The UN Human Rights Council chamber (Room XX) at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. Photo: Wikimedia Commons / BriYYZ (CC BY-SA 2.0)
Russia
September 23, 2026

UN Special Rapporteur Details Russian Transnational Repression Targeting LGBT People in Exile

UN · Human Rights · LGBT · Politics

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan delivering a public speech. Photo: Wikimedia Commons / EminArs (CC0 1.0)
Turkey
September 23, 2026

Turkish President Erdoğan Denounces 'Global Degenderization' at UN Amid Domestic LGBT Crackdown

Politics · LGBT · UN · Human Rights

International
September 23, 2026

Middle East Release of Marvel’s Wolverine Reportedly Censors Mystique’s Lesbian Marriage

Censorship · Video Games · Culture · LGBT

USA
September 23, 2026

Pennsylvania State Senator James Malone Faces Criticism Over Lesbian D&D Fanfiction and Drag Story Hour Support

Politics · Elections · LGBT · Literature

Coffee Creek Correctional Facility is the only women’s prison in the state of Oregon
USA
September 22, 2026

US Appeals Court Allows Transgender Women to Be Housed in Men's Prisons in Oregon

Transgender people · Human Rights · Courts · Prisons

A fragment of the meme that became the reason for the administrative case
Russia
September 22, 2026

Roskomnadzor Accuses Russian Journalist Oleg Kashin of LGBT Propaganda Over Anime Meme

Censorship · Homophobia

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