India is considered one of the most culturally diverse nations globally. A big part of this culture since ancient times is its queer community. From the sculptures of Khajuraho to characters like Shikhandi in Indian mythology, the LGBTQIA+ community has played a huge role in Indian culture.

Exclusive | Supreme Court's verdict 'quashed the hopes of millions', say LGBT rights activists

'He said, she said': Outlandish arguments, groundbreaking statements from India's same-sex marriage trial

A five-judge bench rendered a verdict on Oct 17 that did not give any legal recognition to same-sex marriage in India. Chief Justice Dhananjaya Yeshwant Chandrachud said that the responsibility to establish laws pertaining to marriage lies with the Indian parliament.

Chief justice directs central govt to safeguard queer rights

Thousands of people marched through the Serbian capital on Saturday to draw attention to the need to improve LGBTIA rights homosexuality in legal terms.

Pride march in Serbian capital: LGBTQI demand fundamental rights

The Texas Supreme Court has greenlit a new law banning gender-affirming care for minors. The law will take effect on Friday (September 1st) and will make Texas the most populous US state to impose such restrictions on transgender children.

Texas SC greenlights law banning gender-affirming healthcare for trans minors

Canada has issued a travel advisory to its LGBTQI+ community citizens who are planning to visit the United States. The advisory was reportedly issued due to the rising number of anti-LGBT protests and legal measures that restrict LGBT rights in the country.

Canada issues travel advisory to LGBTQI+ citizens visiting US, cites new laws, policies

Progressive or regressive: Was 2022 a good year for the LGBTQIA+ community? Here's the year in review

UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on Wednesday (July 19) formally apologised for the "horrific" historic treatment of people from LGBT communities who served in the country's military when homosexuality was banned.

PM Rishi Sunak apologises for abuse of LGBT community in British military

Hungary’s second-largest book store Lira is finding itself caught up in legal troubles after allegedly selling LGBT-themed British webcomic and graphic novels without closed wrapping.

Hungary imposes heavy fine on book store for selling LGBT-themed book

Edgars Rinkevics, Latvia's long-serving foreign minister, has made history by becoming the first openly gay head of state in a European Union nation. Sworn in as Latvia's president on Saturday in Riga, Rinkevics has been a vocal advocate of LGBT rights since coming out in 2014, reported the BBC.

Latvia makes history: Edgars Rinkevics sworn in as first openly gay president of an EU nation

A pride festival in the capital city of Tbilisi, Georgia was disrupted by a crowd of 2,000 anti-gay demonstrators. Organizers of the Gay Pride Festival accused Georgian authorities of colluding with the demonstrators to disrupt the event.

Anti-Gay demonstrators disrupt pride festival in Georgia

The Supreme Court of Nepal has issued an interim order to the government, instructing it to temporarily allow the registration of same-sex marriages. The court order, issued by Justice Til Prasad Shrestha, requires the government to make the necessary arrangements for registering marriages of couples from sexual and gender minority groups if they wish to do so.

Supreme Court of Nepal directs govt to allow registration of same-sex marriages

Trans people exist across all classes, races, castes, and countries. Transgender people have gained prominence in various fields all over the world. From politics to entertainment, trans people have left their mark in every industry. Who are some of the prominent trans figures in India and abroad?

Voices of Pride | Trans rights and representation | WION Wideangle

Many transgender people feel sidelined within the LGBTQ+ community. Why gay people are becoming transphobic? At the same time, violence against transgender people has also spread widely. What are the issues that transgender people face in India and abroad?

Divide within the LGBTQ+ community | Are trans losing rights? | WION Wideangle

It has been 54 years since the Stonewall riots. Before and during the 1960s, there were several laws that prohibited public sexuality in the United States. The legal landscape for the LGBTQ+ community has been constantly evolving since the 1969 uprising. But did you know the series of protests was started by a black transgender woman named Marsha P Johnson? How far has the transgender community come about fighting for their rights?

54 years of Stonewall riots and rise in anti-trans violence | WION Wideangle

Turkish police detained at least 50 people on Sunday after Istanbul's LGBT community held their annual Pride march despite ban. The government led by President Tayyip Erdogan has toughened its stance on LGBTQ+ freedoms in the country.

Istanbul's LGBT community held annual pride march despite ban

In a significant legal victory for transgender rights, US District Judge Robert Hinkle on Wednesday (June 21) struck down a Florida rule and statute that prohibited state Medicaid payments for transgender healthcare.

Federal judge upholds transgender rights, strikes down Florida's Medicaid ban on healthcare

In Florida, a federal judge has temporarily halted a portion of a recently enacted law that prohibits doctors from providing gender-affirming care to transgender children.

'Gender identity is real': Judge temporarily halts Florida law banning gender-affirming care for trans kids

In the United States Los Angeles, over a hundred anti-LGBT protesters and pro-LGBT counter-protesters clashed on a typically quiet suburban street on Friday. The trigger behind this was a Pride Month event being held at Saticoy Elementary School, which drew contrasting views from the two groups.

'Propaganda' vs 'bullying': Groups of parents clash at anti-LGBTQ protest outside Los Angeles school

Swiss watchmaker stated that their 164 rainbow-coloured watches, worth a total of US$14,000, were seized by the Malaysian authorities from its Pride collection. People from the LGBTQ community face discrimination in Malaysia where homosexuality remains forbidden and people caught engaging in sodomy can face imprisonment as well as corporal punishment, although the law is rarely enforced.

Malaysian authorities confiscate ‘LGBT’ rainbow-coloured Swatch watches

Some stores of Target, an American retail corporation, pulled LGBTQ Pride goods away from the front of their stores due to customer "outrage". US-based reports have mentioned that the retailer corporation wanted to avoid a "Bud Light situation".

Target holds ‘emergency’ meeting, relocates LGBTQ merchandise from June Pride month displays: Report

In an unusual display of open disagreement, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his Italian counterpart Giorgia Meloni on Friday took public potshots at each other.

Justin Trudeau and Giorgia Meloni spar publicly over LGBTQ rights at G7 summit

A popular social networking app for gays, Grindr, has issued a warning to its users in Egypt after reports emerged that police are using fake accounts to persecute the LGBTQ+ community.

Egyptian police using fake Grindr account to arrest LGBTQ+ community, says app

Deutsche Bank and Rotary Club of Bombay have teamed up to open Mumbai's first transgender-run salon on Saturday, March 25 in an effort to create equal employment opportunities.

'TransFormation': A Mumbai salon run by transgender persons to promote inclusivity

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