Europe

Young participant at Coming Out's rally for LGBT* rights holds a sign that states "Let's Live in Peace." (Photo courtesy of Coming Out)
Russia: 150 attend LGBT rally despite hurdles and bans
Ukraine: Threats of violence block LGBTI event; police just watch
Learning about exorcisms on YouTube (Photo courtesy of BBC)
Lesbian endures Islamic exorcism, flees from Chechnya
Protesters to Commonwealth: Repeal anti-LGBT laws!
U.K. Prime Minister Theresa May (Photo courtesy of The Independent)
U.K.: ‘Deep regret’ for laws against gay sex
Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni
Petition: Keep anti-gay Ugandan leader out of U.K.
Colors of the Transgender Legal Defense Project banner. (Image courtesy of the Transgender Legal Defense Project)
Trans activists welcome new Russian gender rules
Russian LGBT Network logo
$5,500 per rescue from Chechnya, and more is needed
The European Court of Justice in Luxembourg
Court nixes ‘Prove You’re Gay’ tests for asylum-seekers
Teriberka scene (Sergei Yermokhin via TASS and The Moscow Times)
Russians block Arctic pride; winds could reach 18 mph
Chechen President Ramzan Kadyrov denied the mass arrests of gay citizens, saying that "such people do not exist." (Photo courtesy of ABC News)
Europe demands probe of mass arrests in Chechnya
Gay Muslim activist from Pakistan wins human rights award
Two musical groups played on Sept. 23 at the closing ceremony of QueerFest -- "Ängie" from Sweden and "Parks, Squares & Alleys" from Russia. (Alba Photography photo courtesy of QueerFest)
Russia’s mixed 2017 record on LGBT rights
Model of the HIV virus
Homophobia helps HIV in Russia and Malaysia
Maxim Lapunov addresses Moscow press conference (Photo courtesy of Novaya Gazeta)
Eyewitness describes horrors of anti-LGBT Chechen purge
Chechen singer vanishes; victim of anti-gay purge?