In Donetsk, LGBT Ukrainians Live on a Knife’s Edge

In the years since the Russian invasion, the Russian-occupied territories in Ukraine have seen a dramatic backslide in LGBT rights and tolerance.

H - NewsDiana RamosAugust 21, 2025Currents, Latest, Ayman Eckford

Israel is “Weaponizing Starvation?” That’s Not What the Data Says

Deconstructing and debunking the latest libel against Israel.

H - NewsDiana RamosAugust 5, 2025Currents, Latest, Armin Navabi

Russia’s Anti-Woke American Cannon Fodder

Derek Huffman moved his family to Russia to escape “LGBT propaganda.” Now he’s been sent to the front lines in Ukraine.

H - NewsDiana RamosJuly 30, 2025Currents, Latest, Ayman Eckford, C - Donetsk

The Rising Tide of Repression in Kenya

The Second Pan-African Conference on Family Values was nothing if not a monument to the homophobia raging across the continent.

H - NewsDiana RamosJuly 24, 2025Currents, Latest, Daniel Itai

Pope Francis: The Surprising Yet Flawed Ally

Imperfect, often contradictory, and sometimes confusing, Pope Francis ushered in centuries worth of LGBT progress in just over a decade.

H - NewsDiana RamosMay 22, 2025Currents, Latest, Jacob Bielecki

LGBT Syrians Are Being Hunted by Their Neighbors

After decades of bitter oppression at the hands of Bashar al-Assad, LGBT Syrians now face a landscape of violent, anarchic vigilantism.

H - NewsDiana RamosMay 16, 2025Currents, Latest, Reid Newton, C - Secret Double Lives, C - Donetsk

African LGBT Groups Have Been Thrown Into Chaos

With US aid suddenly cut off, LGBT groups are in freefall, and millions will suffer.

H - NewsDiana RamosApril 17, 2025Currents, Daniel Itai, News, C - The Rising Tide

For LGBT Ugandans, Foreign Aid is Life-Saving

Crushed between homophobic laws and frozen foreign aid, LGBT Ugandans have nowhere to turn.

H - NewsDiana RamosApril 9, 2025Currents, Senfuma Hans, C - African LGBT Groups, News, C - The Rising Tide

The US Is Becoming Russia

“With the unlawful deportation of a gay makeup artist, I see in the US troubling flashbacks to the country I fled: Russia.”

Nigeria is Leading LGBT Rights in the Wrong Direction

Nigeria’s harsh anti-LGBT laws are fueling violence, but if they chose a different path, other African nations might follow.

LGBT Syrians Hang in the Balance

The Assad family’s 53-year dictatorship of Syria is over. But will the new regime be any better for LGBT people?

H - NewsDiana RamosJanuary 22, 2025Currents, Ayman Eckford, C - Untapped, C - Syrians Hunted

The Ugandan Inquisition

Uganda’s Anti-Homosexuality Act has made it one of the most dangerous places on Earth to be LGBT. Can anything be done?

Easter, Trans Visibility, and the Death of Grace

The manufactured controversy over President Joe Biden recognizing Trans Visibility on Easter reveals the spiritual rot at the core of the culture wars.

H - NewsDiana RamosApril 3, 2024Currents, John Hyde, C - Cissy, C - Pope Francis

Pride Flags, Kid Gloves, and Islam’s Religious Right

Religiously inspired anti-LGBT bigotry must be opposed — regardless of the religion.

Florida's War on Pride

A new law in Florida is forcing Pride parades back into the closet.

Banning Anne Frank's Diary, in the Name of Freedom

Hysteria over Anne Frank’s bisexuality shows the religious right’s true colors.

There's Nothing Inclusive About Gender-Neutral Awards

In the name of inclusivity, the Brit Awards went gender-neutral. Then no women won.

H - NewsDiana RamosMarch 10, 2023Currents, Timothy Wood, C - Men Discrimination, C - DnD Woke

Unveiled and Unbroken: A Women's Revolution in Iran

Their threat to the Islamic regime of Iran isn’t veiled — nor are their faces.

Sam Brinton and the Blind Faith of Victim Culture

How many times must we be fooled before we recognize the foolishness of “believe all victims”?

LGBT Youth Are Still Spreading Their Wings, Cambridge Survey Reaffirms

As the data continues to pile up, the message is clear: the future is LGBT.

H - NewsDiana RamosDecember 20, 2022Currents, Dylan O'Sullivan, C - Harvard, C - Both, C - Getting Bi, C - Rainbow Mafia

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