A Russian LGBT family that was featured in an advert was forced to flee their country after receiving homophobic messages and death threats online.

New Zealand has just introduced legislation that would ban LGBT conversion therapy in their country with a penalty of three to five years in prison.

The European Union is set to start legal proceedings against two of its member-nations, Hungary and Poland, for discriminating against LGBTQ people.

The LGBTQ community in China faced a crackdown when Tencent shut down their accounts on the popular WeChat social media platform.

An Uzbekistan leader has called for the revocation of the citizenship of LGBT people in their country and deporting them.

German lesbian parents are going to family courts since last year to reform Germany's civil code, which would recognize them as parents of their children.

The Netherlands led the way by holding the world's first legal same-sex marriage. Now they're celebrating this milestone in LGBTQ global rights.

A wedding party for two women was raided by police in Ghana, leading to the arrest of 22 people, amidst growing hostility against the LGBTQ community.

The European Parliament is favoring a resolution that will declare the entire 27-member European Union as a "LGBT freedom zone."

Clément Beaune, the gay French Minister for European Affairs, has been denied entry to Poland's controversial "LGBT-free zones" during an official visit.

A UN special rapporteur on human rights expressed concern in a report that said LGBT children in Iran are being subjected to torture and cruel treatment.

ILGA-Europe has warned in their annual report that homophobic and hate speech by European politicians against the LGBT community is on the rise.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan attacked LGBT students for protesting while glorifying the youth wing of his conservative party.

Three Polish LGBT activists are facing trial in the city of Plock in Poland after protesting against the Catholic Church.

The EU Commission wants to provide more protection for LGBTQ people in the wake of growing anti-LGBTQ sentiment in Europe.

France has revealed a wide-ranging national plan to fight LGBT discrimination in the country through inclusive education.

The UN human rights agency has urged the Mexican government to investigate the killing of Mireya Rodríguez Lemus, a Mexican LGBT human rights activist.

Germany will soon allow a child born to lesbian parents-- both biological parent and her partner-- to be co-mothers via a proposed parentage law.

The LGBTQ community in Thailand is facing division as their legislators are set to debate a Civil Partnership Bill allowing same-sex unions.

Six LGBTQ-free Polish cities are set to lose their funding from the European Commission, the executive branch of the European Union.

Italy is readying for a fight as a long-awaited law that would punish discrimination and hate against the LGBTQ community is being prepared.

Gabon lawmakers have voted to decriminalize homosexuality in their country, repealing a 2019 law that made consensual same-sex sexual relations as illegal.

The United Nations warned that the ongoing AIDS/ HIV global fight could be severely affected by the COVID-19 pandemic and hold progress back.

Norway is set to prioritize LGBTQ refugees, the first time this has happened, for those transferring from one asylum country to another for resettlement.

When the US Embassy in Moscow hung a rainbow flag on its building facade in honor of Pride month, Russian President Vladimir Putin mocked them.

Members of the LGBTQ community in the Philippines on a Pride march were forcefully confronted by police, with 20 of the protestors being arrested.

A lesbian couple has become the first to get married in Costa Rica after their country legalized gay marriage.

LGBTQ communities around the world are experiencing a COVID-19 crackdown, with sexual or gender minorities being blamed for the spread of the coronavirus.

A lesbian couple in New Zealand got a twin surprise when both conceived just weeks apart, even though their initial plan was to have one kid at a time.

A number of countries are moving back on the Europe Rainbow Map for a second year, warned the LGBTQ advocacy group ILGA-Europe.