Europe

2023 World Same-Sex Marriage and LGBT Rights Progress – Part 5: Europe
Police confront gay pride rally in Saint Petersburg, Russia, in 2017. (Olga Maltseva photo courtesy of AFP/ Getty Images)
Russia’s Supreme Court bans ‘International LGBT Movement’ as ‘extremist’
Testimonial: ‘AIDS-free Paris’? I was left without treatment or guidance
31 Commonwealth nations still have laws against gay sex
A report from Ugandan human rights groups Convening for Equality and its Strategic Response Team highlight a “horrific breadth and depth of abuses” that have occurred as a result of the nation’s 2023 Anti-Homosexuality Act. To read the report, click the image. (Image courtesy of Kuchu Times)
Reeling from over 500 anti-LGBT abuses, Ugandan activists plead for help from West
Flag of Cameroon
Cameroon: Money is tight, so LGBTI activists prepare to work smarter
Jutta Urpilainen, European Commissioner for International Partnerships. (Photo courtesy of Parliament Magazine)
United front against homophobic Ugandan law? Europe says no.
Sarah Ashton-Cirillo (Photo courtesy of the Washington Blade)
Ukraine military has a new transgender spokesperson
Ukrainian troops (Photo courtesy of LGBTQ Nation)
Russia fears gay ‘super-soldiers’ fighting for Ukraine
Black lesbian eco-feminists fight for victims of Caribbean pesticide poisoning
Blacks in Europe: ‘The fight against HIV must not be thought of without us’
Guadeloupe scene
Tolerant Caribbean island of Guadeloupe should reach out to LGBT+ tourists
LGBTQ rights demonstration in Moscow. (Dmitri Lovetsky photo courtesy of AP/Tass/Moscow Times)
Russia outlaws gender-affirming procedures
A warm welcome greets LGBT+ Ukrainians at Pride march in the U.K.
Poor turnout for Guadeloupe Pride speaks to poor community outreach, and maybe fear
Guadeloupean artist Dominique Pouzol (Photo courtesy of ADAGP)
Portrait : Dominique Pouzol, Guadeloupean artist fighting LGBTphobia