Gay Rights (LGBT)

Members of Brazil's lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community posing for a portrait inside a free residential shelter called CASA 1 or "House 1" in downtown São Paulo on May 16, 2017.
Justice
Brazil is accused of stripping away LGBT rights
A transgender brothel in Istanbul's run-down Tarlabasi neighborhood.
Justice
Trans people are risking their lives in Istanbul
Black and white photo of man standing in room
Justice
‘When I vote next week, I will be saying loud and clear, this is also my country.’
Marcelo Crivella, the new mayor of Rio de Janeiro, gestures to photographers after voting during the municipal elections on Oct. 30.
Global Politics
Rio just elected a very conservative mayor. Activists are worried about LGBT rights.
Collage of self portraits in black and white
Justice
After a well-known artist’s tragic death, Taiwan’s LGBT community demands marriage equality
A man reads a publication by a civil society coalition on human rights and constitutional law in Kampala.
Justice
Uganda’s anti-homosexuality law could be overturned in the courts
Equality — A Survivor’s Guide
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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
Iranian singer Googoosh
Arts, Culture & Media
A beloved Iranian singer releases a music video in support of gay rights
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
Lifestyle & Belief
Are we actually pushing Russia further away by shining such an intense spotlight on its questionable practices?
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’
Digital sunrise
Global Scan
Is this China’s environmental future?
Nigerian gay rights activist Davis Mac-Iyalla (left) holding a banner at London's 2013 Pride Parade protesting anti gay rights laws. On January 7th, Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan signed the Same Sex Marriage Prohibition Act, which criminalizes gay
Global Politics
It just got even tougher to be gay in Nigeria
Thomas Hitzlsperger, when he played for the English team, West Ham United, warming-up before a game in 2011.
Sports
Retired German soccer star announces he’s gay
Global Scan
How does a family show its support for a son who’s just come out? A rainbow Christmas
Turing
Global Politics
He helped win World War II and was rewarded with chemical castration
Global Scan
Vladimir Putin offers an early Christmas present to a man once considered his biggest rival
An asylum seeker from Uganda covers her face with a paper bag in order to protect her identity as she marches with the LGBT Asylum Support Task Force during the Gay Pride Parade in Boston, Massachusetts June 8, 2013.
Global Politics
Uganda’s gay community is one step away from a new reality — being illegal
Global Scan
What happens when you’re proudly gay and proudly Sikh?
Billie Jean King
Sports
It’s King versus Putin in ‘Battle of the Sexes’ 2
Gay rights activists wave flags and shout slogans as they attend a protest against a verdict by the Supreme Court in New Delhi December 11, 2013.
Lifestyle & Belief
Growing up in India, I never met an openly gay person
Global Scan
Ukraine may be heading for a crash as it gets pulled in two directions
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
Aynaz wears a mask
Conflict & Justice
From Iran to Turkey to Canada, a transgender woman seeks refuge
Global Scan
A defiant Morsi adds chaos to the start of his trial in Egypt
Conflict & Justice
Chilean man’s brutal murder resets the conversation about gay rights
Global Scan
Presidential problems pale in comparison to the stress facing one small marsupial…