LGBT

The rainbow flag, a symbol of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender community, flies over the British Government Cabinet Offices building, in central London, Friday, March 28, 2014.
Gender
More transgender people are hiding their identity at work in the UK. Why?
Sarah McBride, then a candidate for Delaware state senate, speaks during an event that announced her endorsement by the Human Rights Campaign in Wilmington, Delaware, Aug. 25, 2019.
LGBTQ candidates won US elections in droves this week. Their momentum crosses borders.
A demonstrator holds a sign as people gather outside the European Union institutions to rally in solidarity with Poland's LGBT community, in Brussels, Aug. 19, 2020.
LGBTQ
Polish activists fight against anti-LGBT movement
A person in a hoodie turned away from the camera speaks on a cell phone
COVID-19
LGBTQ helplines see surge as queer communities face lockdown in hostile homes
Marchers stand behind a large white banner as they move through a street
A year after an LGBTQ activist’s murder in Greece, his memory lives on in ‘our politics and our action,’ protesters say
A neon sign saying "The Stonewall Inn" shines out a window.
LGBTQ
Since Stonewall, LGBTQ advocates ‘don’t have to build everything from scratch’
Santiago Abascal, leader of far-right party VOX in Spain
LGBTQ
Far-right Vox challenges Spain’s acceptance of LGBTQ rights
Three women sit around a laptop with background of colorful handprints
LGBTQ
In Kenya, LGBTQ activists mobilize in support of historic court decision to decriminalize gay sex
tennis court royal box
Women & Gender
Are trans athletes ‘cheating’? Tennis legend Navratilova’s controversial comments provoke debate.
A white woman with medium length light brown hair holds a banner while in a protest march.
A US transgender activist is stuck in Sweden. The UN wants to investigate.
A father rests on the sofa with this three sons in China.
Sexuality
After decades of repression, same-sex couples in China assert their place in society
A Cuba flag and a Pride rainbow flag in a cup with nearby sign "Never Give Up."
Justice
Same-sex marriage: Is Cuba using it to ‘pinkwash’ other oppressive policies?
Sign at a guesthouse reads "there is space" in Swahili
Sexuality
Tanzania’s stance on homosexuality points to an increasingly repressive political agenda
a gay man in zambia hides his face
Conflict
For gay men in Zambia, where homosexuality is banned, suicide is a common end
A man wearing a leather coat stands in a public square.
Sexuality
‘For people like you, there is no law’
Bruno, 44, is an LGBT rights activist in San Jose, Costa Rica. Here, he sits in his childhood home.
Sexuality
An activist, an election and LGBTQ rights in Costa Rica
At the headquarters of Kouraj, a prominent LGBT rights group in Haiti. Outside, the office is unmarked.
Sexuality
Why it’s gotten harder for LGBT people in Haiti since the earthquake
The top of US Supreme Court building is lit at dusk in Washington, Dec. 18, 2017.
Justice
Supreme Court won’t hear challenge to Mississippi anti-LGBT ‘religious freedom’ law
Police officers walk outside a polling station in Dushanbe, Tajikistan, Nov. 1, 2013. Tajikistan has recently announced a registry of allegedly gay citizens.
Sexuality
Tajikistan announces official registry of gay citizens
Members of San Diego's LGBT community gather to celebrate the expiration of the U.S. military policy "Don't Ask Don't Tell," September 20. 2011.
Justice
New White House guidelines leave transgender service members and vets in limbo
Kami Choudary pictured, stands in this profile photo.
Belief
Pakistan’s traditional third gender isn’t happy with the trans movement
Global Politics
How strong is Obama’s support for gay marriage?
Justice
Russian-style anti-gay legislation has inspired homophobic attacks in Kyrgyzstan
Activists of the radical Islamist party Hefajat-e-Islam in Bangladesh demanding capital punishment for a group of bloggers in 2013.
Justice
Who just killed the man some called ‘the Harvey Milk of Bangladesh’?
Subhi Nahas is a gay refugee from the Syrian city of Idlib.
Conflict
Subhi Nahas never felt safe as a gay man in Syria — and then ISIS took over his hometown
Angeline Jackson is an advocate for LGBT rights in Jamaica.
Justice
It took Obama for her triumph to be commemorated in Jamaica
President Barack Obama participates in a Town Hall with BlogHer and SheKnows Online communities at the Spangler Library at ImaginOn in Charlotte, NC, April 15, 2015.
Justice
Why we can’t forget transgender people when talking about the pay gap
Former Congressman Barney Frank
Justice
Barney Frank: Easier to be gay than a member of Congress
"Cooperative marriages" offer some gay and lesbian Chinese an option to get married and satisfy their families.
Lifestyle
Same-sex unions? Not quite. In China, a gay man and a lesbian woman often get married … to each other.
Members of LGSM take part in the Pride ‘85 march.
Culture
‘Prejudice can’t survive proximity:’ The four words at the heart of ‘Pride’
The Gender Equality Workshop at National Taiwan University held a one-month event for male students to wear skirts and share their experience.
Lifestyle
Male university students in Taiwan wear skirts to support transgender community
Gender symbols
Education
The UK is planning to open its first school for gay and lesbian students
Gay rights activist John Abdallah Wambere had received death threats in Uganda.
Justice
A gay rights activist from Uganda gets the green light for political asylum
Transgender women study during an Arabic class at the Pondok Pesantren Waria Islamic school in Indonesia. Bunda Yeti, wearing a plaid shirt (at right), says the school has given her a place to practice her faith free of worry.
Lifestyle & Belief
Transgender women find a safe place to practice their faith in Indonesia
Arts, Culture & Media
Is it acceptable to be gay at your workplace?
Arts, Culture & Media
These homoerotic stamps celebrate the work of Tom of Finland
Arts, Culture & Media
These homoerotic stamps celebrate the work of Tom of Finland
The Topography of Terror museum sits on the former site of the SS and Gestapo headquarters.
Conflict & Justice
Gay victims of the Nazis are still kept in the closet
The Topography of Terror museum sits on the former site of the SS and Gestapo headquarters.
Conflict & Justice
Gay victims of the Nazis are still kept in the closet
Lifestyle & Belief
How a lesbian couple from Cameroon escaped to San Francisco
The ad hoc opening ceremony to the 'Open Games' in Moscow.
Lifestyle & Belief
LGBT games in Russia met by thugs, bomb threats, and official obstruction
Gay Kenya
Lifestyle & Belief
Kenya’s gay community comes out, one story at a time
In the northern Nigeria state of Bauchi, the State Shariah Commission is using the Hisbah, or Islamic police, to find and arrest men they suspect of being gay. The hunt began when a local newspaper reported that homosexuals in Bauchi had formed an associa
Conflict & Justice
Local authorities use a whisper campaign to round up gay men in northern Nigeria
People sing the Russian national anthem while raising rainbow flags and a Russian flag  at the Stockholm Olympic Stadium
Lifestyle & Belief
‘You’re gay, so it’s normal that you were attacked’
Billie Jean King
Sports
It’s King versus Putin in ‘Battle of the Sexes’ 2
Delhi Queer Pride parade
Development & Education
A colonial-era law against same-sex relationships goes back on the books in India
An Israeli and Palestinian couple hold hands. They've asked to remain anonymous.
Lifestyle & Belief
This Israeli-Palestinian love story broke so many rules
Lifestyle & Belief
Delhi’s LGBT Pride parade shows what a difference a decade can make in India
LGBT flag
Global Politics
Gay rights is getting caught up in the geopolitics of eastern Europe
Pay attention the next time you are at the movies. Does it pass the Bechdel test?
Arts, Culture & Media
This movie will be rated for gender bias
Conflict & Justice
Chilean man’s brutal murder resets the conversation about gay rights
Lifestyle & Belief
Video: View of a transgender MP in Poland
Global Politics
A small step forward for LGBT rights in Jamaica
Myanmar’s Taung Byone festival brings some acceptance for LGBT community
Global Politics
Pakistan’s transgender people fight for equal rights
Arts, Culture & Media
Unnatural Acts: Harvard’s persecution of gay students in 1920
Global Politics
A call for gays to boycott heterosexual weddings
Business, Economics and Jobs
Gay adoption where it’s illegal
Arts, Culture & Media
A story of AIDs for a new generation
Arts, Culture & Media
Heroes, Anti-heroes & Regular Folks