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LGBTQ

Singer performing energetically on stage with musicians and bright blue stage lights.
Music
A new voice from Bahia sings about LGBTQ love and philosophy
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LGBTQ
From San Francisco to a Dutch refugee camp: Why transgender Americans are fleeing home
6:13
The World's Global Classroom
College campuses across the UK fight for free speech as protests come under scrutiny
6:18
LGBTQ
Former Biden diplomat shares the global impact of Trump targeting LGBTQ rights
7:08
Arts, Culture & Media
‘Bad Kreyòl’ premieres in New York
5:20
LGBTQ
Out of the closet, out of care: LGBTQ communities in Malawi struggle to access health care
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Speaker of Ghana Parliament Alban Sumana Bagbin speaks at the Parliament House in Accra, Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2024.
LGBTQ
‘What crime have we committed?’ Ghana’s LGBTQ community braces as anti-LGBTQ bill may turn into law
Brett Griffin Young with his partner and three children.
Reproductive rights
Surrogacy advocates fear pope’s position will create stigma
Clarissa Bitar plays the oud, a classic string instrument.
Movement
How the oud brought this Palestinian American musician closer to their culture, family and history
Screenshot from "Cape Flats Kung Fu" by Eavesdrop.
Planet Hip Hop
‘Planet Hip Hop’: The music will always be the voice of the people, Samy Alim says
portrait photo of a woman
Planet Hip Hop
‘She is the evolution of reggaeton’: The rise of trans Puerto Rican artist Villano Antillano
The capital Quito is the city in Ecuador that has received the biggest numbers of Venezuelan migrants. 
LGBTQ
As Ecuador’s political crisis deepens, Venezuelan LGBTQ migrants feel the pain
two men and a baby
Italy debates new anti-surrogacy law 
black and white image of four people
Historians are learning more about how the Nazis targeted trans people
Florida Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis arrives at the Foreign Office to visit Britain's Foreign Secretary in London, Friday, April 28, 2023.
The World's Global Classroom
Will Gov. DeSantis win his battle to dismantle DEI programs at state universities?
In this photo provided by The Federation Council of The Federal Assembly of The Russian Federation Press Service, lawmakers of Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation listen to the national anthem at a session in Moscow, Russi
LGBTQ
In Russia, a novel about a summer romance between two men sparks outrage
Ghanian activist at a rally near a Ghanaian flag.
LGBTQ
Uganda’s LGBTQ crackdown could have a ripple effect in Ghana and other African countries
book on surface
Lifestyle & Belief
‘Can we reject these labels?’: A new book questions how patriarchy became the norm.
billboard over building
LGBTQ
LGBTQ Russians are fleeing to Central Asia
About 120,000 people took part in Pride celebrations in Taipei on Saturday, Oct. 29.
LGBTQ
Taiwan celebrates LGBTQ pride as activists push for further progress
In this photo taken Wednesday, April 13, 2011, a graffiti against revealing the gender of unborn fetuses stands outside a clinic in Morena in the Central Indian State of Madhya Pradesh. 
Abortion
India’s abortion law still lacks a rights-based approach, gynecologist says
Volunteers waiting for refugees from Ukraine stand at information desks at the main train station in Berlin, Germany, Tuesday, March 15, 2022. 
Ukraine
Ukraine’s LGBTQ community finds refuge in Berlin
A Customs and Border Protection officer stands at the entrance to the San Ysidro Port of Entry as a boy sings for change among the waiting cars Wednesday, March 2, 2022, seen from Tijuana, Mexico. 
Migration
Russians and Ukrainians attempt to flee to the US through Mexico
Phoenix Mercury's Brittney Griner (42) elbows Chicago Sky's Stevanie Dolson (31) during the second half in Game 4 of the WNBA Finals Sunday, Oct. 17, 2021, in Chicago, Illinois, USA. 
Global Politics
Race, sexual orientation play a big role in WNBA star Brittney Griner’s arrest in Russia, scholar says
An image of male and female legs dancing in the final round of the stage category during the Tango World Championship in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Saturday, Sept. 25, 2021. 
Music
Feminist tango collectives take center stage in Argentina
A man and a women sit on the grass together at twilight
Gender
When romance meets ratios
Arm holds up an American flag and a pride flag outside the US Supreme Court
LGBTQ
How gay marriage won in the US
A still from "I Am Samuel" scene at sunset on a farm in Kenya.
LGBTQ
‘It’s about love’: Kenyan filmmaker says he’ll appeal a government ban on his LGBTQ doc
Olaf Scholz is shown wearing a dark suit and standing inbetween two other top German politicians with all three waving their right hands.
Top of The World
Germany’s Social Democrats claim narrow election victory
Social media accounts of LGBTQ student groups and feminist activists have been shut down in China.
Lifestyle & Belief
Feminist activists in China speak out against online censorship despite government pushback
Large container ship being pulled by a tugboat
Top of The World
‘Formal solution’ reached over Ever Given container ship in the Suez Canal
Protesters chant slogans against the government's decision to withdraw from Istanbul Convention
LGBTQ
Hundreds protest Turkey’s withdrawal from treaty to prevent violence against women
A person is shown clipping a large banner with the words, "Equality Act Japan" printed on it to a backdrop.
Tokyo Olympics
Momentum builds for Japan to pass LGBTQ equality act before Tokyo Olympics
Comedian and actor Paulo Gustavo is shown wearing mostly white and brightly colored overshirt and smiling among other Carnival goers.
Brazilian comedian’s COVID-19 death unites nation in grief
Teenager logs into social media app on phone
Identity
Your digital footprint can come back to haunt you, says media historian
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?
On the front page of Süddeutsche Zeitung Magazin, one of Germany's largest publications, 185 actors have come out as LGBTQ. 
LGBTQ
Germany’s LGBTQ actors come out publicly en masse to fight discrimination 
Members of Ninety One, a Q-pop boy band.
Music
Kazakhstan’s ‘Qazaq-pop’ boy band Ninety One challenges gender norms
Erika Oliva, left, and her husband Benjamin Lopez's family gather inside their apartment in the southern neighborhood of Vallecas, in Madrid, Spain, Oct. 15, 2020. 
Lifestyle & Belief
Can Spain’s new paternity leave law address entrenched gender roles?
Two people stand at a protest with a loud speaker in their hands.
Health
A therapists’ network supports immigrants, advocates during pandemic 
Demonstrators wave a large rainbow flag outside congress in support of a proposal to legalize same-sex marriage in Buenos Aires. 
Language
Royal Spanish Academy dismisses movement to make Spanish more gender-inclusive
Several people surrounded by rainbow flags in a crowd cheer together in a parade and two people in front take a selfie
LGBTQ
Bars for queer and transgender women are disappearing worldwide. Will they survive the pandemic?
Crosses bearing tags with names are seen in a graveyard of the Flaminio Cemetery, in Rome, Italy, Oct. 16, 2020.
Reproductive rights
In Italy, religious organizations’ ‘fetus graves’ reignite abortion debate
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 nun prays in front of candles and flowers left in tribute to the victims of a deadly knife attack at the Notre Dame church in Nice, France, Oct. 30, 2020.
Top of The World
France grieves victims of Nice church knife attack; Greta moves protests online again; Taiwan military officers have same-sex wedding
A person wears colorful, pride-themed boots as they await the start of a queer liberation march for Black Lives Matter and against police brutality
Lifestyle & Belief
A queer nature photographer on the great outdoors and hiking in 6-inch heels
People take part in a protest against the ruling by Poland's Constitutional Tribunal that imposed a near-total ban on abortion in Warsaw, Poland, Oct. 28, 2020. The banner reads: "The Law And Justice Council introduced the church law at midnight today." 
Reproductive rights
‘Screaming at the priests’: Polish activists protest anti-abortion ruling
A woman stands on a street wearing a head covering and talking on the phone
Human rights
New doc features the life of Iran’s leading human rights lawyer
In this Oct. 8, 2019, file photo, supporters of LGBTQ rights hold placards in front of the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, DC.
2020 US presidential election
The US is falling behind the global LGBTQ movement. Can the election change that?
"Ífé" film features two women in love in Nigeria. 
LGBTQ
Nigeria’s ‘Ìfé’ film reclaims love at the center of LGBTQ stories
Participants take part in a Pride run during the ShanghaiPRIDE festival
LGBTQ
Abruptly canceled, ShanghaiPRIDE could be harbinger for China’s civil society
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 woman wears a mask and reads a book to two children, also wearing masks.
Coronavirus Art
A Texas couple wrote a bilingual book to encourage children to wear masks
Thai police officers stand among demonstrators during a protest demanding the resignation of Thailand's Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-o-cha, in Bangkok, Thailand, July 25, 2020.
LGBTQ
Thailand set to legalize LGBTQ unions, a rare step in Asia
Where the United States Postal Service Stands on Mail-In Ballots Come November 2020-08-05
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Women hold protest signs and also wear face masks and plastic shields as they protest.
Women & Gender
In Turkey, a conservative push to remove domestic violence protections is met with an uproar
Participants take part in a Pride Run during the Shanghai Pride festival, in Shanghai, following the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, China, June 14, 2020.
LGBTQ
ShanghaiPRIDE went on as planned last month. But the fight for LGBTQ rights in China is far from over.
The back of a law enforcement officer's head is silhouetted against a Pride rainbow flag.
LGBTQ
Foreign diplomats display Pride flags as LGBTQ rights threatened in Russian elections
A portrait of a nun writing
Arts, Culture & Media
Centuries ago, Spanish writers challenged gender norms and barriers
A hand holds a transgender flag
LGBTQ
This trans woman sparked Kuwait’s biggest LGBTQ movement in history