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North Cyprus court issues first conviction for anti-LGBT hate crime
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy (Photo courtesy of Ukrainian government / Ukranews.com)
Ukraine approves first LGBT-inclusive national human rights strategy
LGBTQ activists march in a Pride parade despite a ban by local authorities in Ankara on June 20, 2026. (Photo courtesy of Japan Times / Reuters)
Turkiye outsources its anti-LGBTQ censorship
George Freeman Browne and Edwin Bolaji Deen together in Spain (Photo by George Freeman).
Spain: Two LGBT+ activists who fled Sierra Leone share their stories
Tukiye President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan launched the anti-LGBTI repression last month. (Getty Images: Jeff J Mitchell photos courtesy of Getty / ABC.net.au)
UN human rights experts blast Turkiye for anti-LGBTI arrests
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Left-wing French politicians dance around Senegal’s anti-gay repression
British immigration enforcement officer (Photo courtesy of the BBC)
U.K. says arrestees helped straight Bangladeshi asylum-seekers pretend to be gay
These are some of the accounts blocked as "promoters of LGBT" by Turkey, according to the Turkish Freedom of Expression Association (İFÖD)
Turkiye blocks news outlets and social media in widening anti-LGBT crackdown
For Global Black Pride a reported 10,000+ people gathered in Paris on Sept. 12 to celebrate and also combat LGBTphobia and racism. The march through Paris followed a banner proclaiming "We the People". (Photo courtesy of Global Black Pride via Instagram)
As funding drops, Global Black Pride is accused of financial misdeeds
Turkish police arrest LGBT rights protesters opposed to this month's crackdown. (Photo courtesy of Getty / BBC)
Turkey’s anti-LGBT crackdown expands; activists fight back
Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine (Courtesy of the institution's Facebook page)
Proposed Ukraine law would expand ban on anti-LGBTQ discrimination
Turkish police on Sept. 15, 2026, push back journalists covering a protest in favor of LGBTQ rights outside Istanbul's courthouse. (Ozan Kose photo courtesy of AFP / Le Monde)
LGBTI+ rights activists in Turkey seek international support during crackdown
Police in riot gear at Pride parade in Turkey in June 2026. (Photo courtesy of Murat Kocabas/Middle East Images/picture alliance/DW)
Turkey: 162 targeted in anti-LGBTQ+ raids
‘My son is trans. So what?’ says Ghana commentator KKD
Marseilles Pride marchers in France devote a moment of silence to Eric Lembembe last month. The signs state, "Proud in Marseilles. Dead in Cameroon." (Click image for video, in French.)
Why LGBT rights activists oppose U.N. resolution against anti-LGBT laws
Logo of NC SOS, a support group for women and queer victims of violence in the North Caucasus region.
Russia designates North Caucasus women and queer rights group ‘extremist’