NEWS

The Islamic Republic does not fear tanks, armies, or foreign pressure the way it fears young Iranians who refuse to be intimidated.

A left-wing newspaper claimed the Iranian support for Prince Reza Pahlavi was a hoax created by Israeli war hawks. Then Iranians themselves spoke up.

South Africa made history as the first African country to legalize same-sex marriage. A new bill has reinvigorated its loudest critics.

Charlie Kirk wasn’t the monster his critics have painted nor the authoritarian his supporters have become.

South Africa and Lesotho have passed important LGBT protections, but without changing attitudes, these laws are paper-thin.

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

Deconstructing and debunking the latest libel against Israel.

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

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

The Trump administration tried to erase bisexuality from government websites, but they only awakened a sleeping giant.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

After 13 years and a whole lot of sausage-making with strange bedfellows, same-sex marriage will finally be federally respected.

“Mexico is where I was born. Today, it finally feels like my home.”

The poly community is stringing together a series of landmark legal victories.

For 40 years, the Iranian regime has ruled with divide and conquer. Now Iranians are united.