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As Europe’s AIDS rate climbs, LGBT+ immigrant advocates seek to boost use of PrEP
Archbishop Sarah Mullally (Alberto Pezzali photo courtesy of AP)
Archbishop of Uganda protests appointment of LGBTQ+ ally to lead Anglican Church
2024 promotion for the previous Global Black Pride in Atlanta. (Photo courtesy of GO Magazine)
Global Black Pride will be held in Paris in 2026
On beyond homophobia: Russian police raid ‘kissing party‘
Graham Linehan (Photo courtesy of the BBC)
Transgender victims of hate speech deserve protection, not more hate
Anti-LGBTQ+ activists clash with police as they try to interfere with a gathering of the LGBTQ+ community for the Tbilisi Pride Festival in Tbilisi in July 2023. (Photo courtesy of AFP via Getty Images)
Pro-Russia government in nation of Georgia peddles LGBT conspiracy theories
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Ukraine moves closer to enacting a law against anti-LGBTI bias
Lovonova’s unique Pride products are a Guadeloupean dream come true
Shams vs. Shams: Rupture in Tunisian gay rights advocacy group
A scene from last month's Euro-Mediterranean Summer Universities of Homosexualities (UEEH) human rights gathering in Vic-en-Bigorre, France. (Photo courtesy of JMBF)
In Bangladesh, anti-gay intimidation, violence and persecution are escalating
Scene from Kharkiv Pride in Ukraine.
Homophobic groups try to disrupt Kharkiv Pride; police stop them
Despite lawsuits, online influencer Eric Damaseau keeps profiting from homophobia
Panel discussion at the Égides conference (Laeticia Clouzot photo courtesy of Égides)
International French-language LGBTQI conference focuses on positivity
The 2019 Pride parade in Kyiv, Ukraine, included Western diplomats and a group of uniformed soldiers from the war with Russia-backed separatists in the east. (Photo courtesy of DW)
Ukraine government introduces bill to combat anti-LGBT discrimination, hate speech
Senegal demands cancellation of LGBTQ event
In mid-June, Kyiv saw the first Equality March since Russia attacked Ukraine in 2022. More than 1,500 people joined. (Anastasiia Shepielieva photo courtesy of DW)
LGBTQ+ soldiers fight for Ukraine and for respect