Taylor Swift & Lil Nas X: LGBTQ community at the 2019 VMAs

Taylor Swift made a plea to support LGBTQ equality while openly gay rapper Lil Nas X also scored big at the 2019 MTV Video Music Awards.
Kentucky ordered to pay legal fees to Kim Davis’ victims

A US court has ordered the state of Kentucky to pay the legal costs associated with infamous Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis and her refusal to marry same-sex couples.
London protest in solidarity with Polish LGBTs

Over 100 British and Polish LGBTs and allies rallied outside the Embassy of Poland in London in a show of support for the beleaguered LGBT+ community in Poland.
“Ex-gay” Pulse survivors “harming” LGBTQ community

Two survivors of the Pulse massacre who are hosting an anti-LGBTQ Christian march have been told that they are damaging their former community.
Report exposes global reach of conversion therapy

A groundbreaking report has exposed the global reach of so-called conversion therapy, the discredited and dangerous practice of trying to change LGBTQ sexuality or gender identity.
UK’s first rainbow road crossing unveiled in London

London is the first place in the UK to install a permanent rainbow crossing for pedestrians on its streets, to show solidarity with the LGBT+ community.
33 transgender people arrested in Uganda

A group of transgender activists who were taking part in a training workshop in Uganda were arrested on Tuesday.
Line-up for first RuPaul’s Drag Race UK revealed (Pics)

The ten beautiful drag queens who will be competing for the title of the UK’s first RuPaul’s Drag Race superstar have been ru-vealed.
Jon Qwelane decade-long hate speech case back in court

The Supreme Court of Appeal is considering Jon Qwelane’s appeal of a 2017 ruling that found him guilty of anti-gay hate speech.
Acclaimed lesbian film ‘Rafiki’ comes to the big screen in South Africa

Director Wanuri Kahiu’s acclaimed lesbian-themed love story, Rafiki – which was banned in Kenya – opens in South Africa on 30 August.