Europe

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?
Evdokiya Romanova (Photo courtesy of Amnesty International)
Russian activist fined $861 for 'gay propaganda'
Chechen President Ramzan Kadyrov (Photo courtesy of ABC News)
Chechnya’s long arm of retaliation against gay men
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)
Over 1,000 visitors, no violence at Russian QueerFest
Scene at QueerFest 2017. (Photo courtesy of Coming Out)
Another trouble-free launch for Russian QueerFest
Kimahli Powell, executive director of Rainbow Railroad (Photo courtesy of Daily Xtra)
Canada welcomes 22 to 31 gay Chechen refugees
Death toll from anti-gay Chechen purge rises to 27?