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Best and worst countries to be LGBTQ+ in Europe in 2026 revealed

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Malta is no longer Europe’s LGBTQ+ rights hot spot, after Spain has won the title in ILGA-Europe’s Rainbow Map for 2026. In ILGA-Europe’s 18th annual Rainbow Map, 49 countries in Europe were ranked on laws and policies which affect the LGBTI community. Spain’s move to the top spot comes after the country introduced new legal protections, a new independent equal treatment and non-discrimination authority, and a fully functioning depathologisation of trans identities in healthcare, among other achievements. Sadly, positive moves with legal policies do not mirror the lived experience of those in the LGBTI community. In Spain, assaults on LGBTI people have risen from […]

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More than two-thirds of LGBTQ+ people in the closet while traveling

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New research from Booking.com’s Travel Proud Report has shown that most LGBTQ+ people go back in the closet when they go on vacation. The new report from the travel booking site surveyed 13,300 LGBTQ+ travellers across 19 different countries, and found that only 31 percent of respondents globally said they were “out” while travelling. Forty per cent of LGBTQ+ travellers said they are willing to hide their queer identities in order to experience a bucket list destination. Meanwhile, more than half of all closeted LGBTQ+ travellers surveyed said they don’t feel anxious while travelling, compared to just 30 percent of […]

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Iran threatens World Cup match stoppages over ‘unofficial flags’ ahead of Seattle Pride Match

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Members of the Iranian national team (Image: Getty) Iran’s sports minister has warned FIFA that Iran’s team manager would be responsible for stopping World Cup matches if fans bring “unofficial flags” or chant slogans against the national team, a threat that could affect Pride displays at Seattle’s scheduled Pride Match. Ahmad Donyamali said Iran had already raised the issue with FIFA ahead of the tournament. “We have informed FIFA that if unofficial flags are brought or slogans against the national team are chanted in the stadiums where Iran plays in the World Cup, the team manager will definitely be responsible for stopping […]

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Rugby star Kane Williams comes out as gay: ‘I’ve been fighting a war within’

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Former National Rugby League (NRL) player Kane Evans says he finally feels “free” after publicly coming out as gay, becoming the first men’s professional rugby league player to do so since Ian Roberts more than three decades ago in 1995. In an emotional interview with Channel Nine’s ‘100% Footy’, Evans revealed that he spent years living in denial about his sexuality while battling addiction, homelessness and suicidal thoughts, revealing: “I’ve been fighting a war within since I was about 15 years old, and it’s not sustainable.” The former prop forward said he had achieved his childhood goals of playing in […]

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Cleveland Clinic to promote ‘detransition’ services under DOJ settlement

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Trans advocates in Ohio have condemned a federal settlement that the US Department of Justice announced on 6 June, saying Cleveland Clinic will put $2 million into no-cost “detransition” services and actively publicise them while continuing to refuse gender-affirming care for minors. Dara Adkison, executive director of TransOhio, criticised the health system’s decision to comply with the settlement, saying: “Cleveland Clinic, once a highly respected medical institution, continues to show that maintaining medical integrity is no longer their priority by jumping to the front of the line to comply not with science and medicine, but with cruelty and anti-trans hate.” Under the […]

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Police investigate killing of trans woman Marlow Trottie in Louisiana

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Marlow Trottie’s murder is being investigated by Louisiana police (Image: Marlow Trottie/Facebook) Family, friends, and the LGBTQ+ community are mourning Marlow Trottie, a 35-year-old Black trans woman who was found dead in Alexandria, Louisiana, on 8 June. Police have confirmed in an Alexandria Police Department press release that her death is being investigated as a homicide, though authorities have not yet released details about how she was killed or whether any suspects have been identified. Marlow remembered by loved ones Friends, family members and former classmates have remembered Trottie as a kind-hearted person who could make anyone laugh. One classmate described her in […]

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Bangladesh university condemned as students reportedly expelled and handed to police over alleged homosexuality

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Hajee Mohammad Danesh Science and Technology University has been condemned by advocacy groups for their treatment of students (Image: Hajee Mohammad Danesh Science and Technology University) A technical university in Bangladesh has reportedly expelled four students and handed two others to police following allegations of homosexuality, prompting condemnation in a statement by JusticeMakers Bangladesh in France (JMBF). JMBF chief adviser Robert Simon said: “When an educational institution attempts to control private life, personal relationships, and sexual identity, it ceases to be a place of education and humanity and instead becomes an instrument of oppression. This must stop immediately”. JMBF said the incidents […]

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Over 25% of LGBTQ+ people feel excluded or underrepresented by Pride Month

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Pride Month is just days away, but new research suggests a large number of LGBTQ+ people feel underrepresented or even excluded from the annual celebrations. Every year, queer visibility is increased in June as Pride parades, parties and festivals take place, with rainbows and sequins filling the streets. However for some, it isn’t enough. Research from dating app Taimi has found that a growing number of LGBTQ+ people feel a disconnect with Pride as it currently exists – whether that’s the weekend-long festivals, brands launching rainbow logos but doing little else for the community, or sponsored floats during parades. Of the 1,100 LGBTQ+ […]

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Trans woman found dead near Houston bayou identified as Persia Amarra Conway

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The transgender woman whose body was discovered near Brays Bayou in Houston last Monday (25 May) has been identified as 33-year-old Persia Amarra Conway. Conway’s identity was first confirmed by Blaque Out magazine on Friday (29 May), citing social media posts from her family.  In a Facebook post shared on Friday morning, her mother, Michelle P. Simmons, described Conway as “kind-hearted,” “funny,” and “headstrong like her mama,” while mourning what she described as the loss of her daughter at the hands of “a monster.” “Persia was not just my daughter. She was a light. She was a force. She was […]

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Italian Catholic Scouts group to allow LGBTQ+ leaders for first time

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Italy’s Catholic Scouts is set to allow LGBTQ+ Scout leaders to join the group for the first time ever as it updates its outdated selection criteria. The council for the Italian Association of Catholic Guides and Scouts, also known as AGESCI, announced the change in a document shared on 28 May. “AGESCI has reached the conclusion that… emotional orientation and gender identity cannot constitute exclusion criteria in the discernment that community leaders are called upon to exercise when an adult requests to join the association to play an educational role,” the document said. It went on to say that the teaching of being […]

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