Europe

Clubgoers detained by Russian security forces (Photo courtesy of LGBTQ Nation)
Russia is creating a database of LGBTQ+ citizens, report says
Andrei Kotov in custody in Moscow (Photo courtesy of X @Mediazzzona via The Advocate)
Russian man accused of ‘LGBT extremism’ dies in custody
U.S. President Donald Trump displays a newly signed executive order on Jan. 20, 2025. (Photo courtesy of Reuters)
Trump’s reactionary orders harm trans and intersex people worldwide, says ILGA World
Hungary's homophobic Prime Minister Viktor Orban: losing support? ( Elekes Andor photo courtesy of Wikimedia Commons)
2024 LGBTQ rights global update: Some progress, some setbacks in Europe
Map of LGBT Rights in Oceania — BLUE: Same-sex marriage legal and sexual orientation/gender identity discrimination prohibited; PURPLE: Foreign same-sex marriages recognized, no discrimination protections;GREEN: Sexual orientation discrimination prohibited; YELLOW: Sodomy illegal; YELLOW with GREEN outline: Sodomy illegal, but some sexual orientation discrimination prohibited; RED: Constitution bans same-sex marriage, but homosexuality is legal, no discrimination protections; GREY: Sodomy legal, same-sex marriage not permitted, no discrimination protections
2024 LGBTQ rights global update: Progress and reversals in Oceania and Australia
Protesters in Red Square, Moscow, in 2013 carry a banner declaring "Homophobia is the religion of bullies". (Evgeny Feldman photo courtesy of AP)
LGBTQ+ Russians live in fear following new laws and court rulings, activists say
Jail cell of the Zabaikalsky Investigative Department. (Photo courtesy of Chita.ru and the Zabaikalsky Investigative Dept.)
Owner of Siberian gay club charged with ‘extremism’ and placed under house arrest
On Martinique, an LGBT association campaigns in the midst of a social crisis
Rainbow photo illustrating Moscow Times article about Yekaterinburg.
Russia’s anti-queer pressure forces LGBTQ+ support center to close
Dutch Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation Minister Reinette Klever with Gen. Jeje Odongo, Uganda's foreign affairs minister. (Photo courtesy of New Vision and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs)
Refugees could be put at risk in Uganda under proposed Dutch deal
A Georgian Orthodox clergyman attends last spring's Family Purity Day in the conservative nation, which just adopted a Russian-style anti-LGBTQ law. (Photo courtesy of AP)
Georgian parliament adopts anti-LGBTQ+ law that president refused to sign
Salome Zourabichvili, president of Georgia, says she would veto anti-LGBT bill, but such a veto is likely to be overriden. (Photo courtesy of the BBC)
Russian-style anti-LGBTQ bill in nation of Georgia hits minor speed bump
Vladlen Semivolos, Russian ambassador to Uganda (Abubaker Lubowa photo courtesy of RadioTamazuj)
In Africa, Moscow battles against LGBTQ rights, side by side with U.S. religious conservatives
Billionaire and former Georgian prime minister Bidzina Ivanishvili (Photo courtesy of Reuters)
Europe: Georgian legislators unanimously adopt Russian-style bill to curb LGBT rights
Tonga scene
Anti-gay lawyers seek to oust Tonga’s openly gay chief justice
Tupou VI, King of Tonga
Homophobic South Pacific nation of Tonga gets a gay chief justice