India: LGBTQ persons can open joint bank accounts, nominate beneficiaries

Roxanne Tickle wins landmark 'who is a woman' case in Australia after being booted out of app

WION Exclusive: Meet the lawyer behind the Delhi High Court plea challenging India’s Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita

Bulgaria passes controversial law banning LGBTQ ‘propaganda’ in schools

Olympics drag artist Barbara Butch takes online haters to court after opening ceremony controversy

Japanese LGBTQ couples opting for ‘photo weddings’ amid same-sex marriage ban

Hong Kong LGBTQ couples seek love, recognition in mass wedding

A Namibian court declared two laws banning same-sex acts unconstitutional. But members of the LGTBQ+ community said there is still a long road ahead.

Namibian court declares laws banning gay sex unconstitutional

US Supreme Court to weigh landmark case on gender-affirming healthcare amid nationwide restrictions

Thousands of Hungarians joined the pride parade protest on the annual Budapest Pride parade on Saturday and vowed to keep protesting over the government's anti-LGBTQ+ policies. Watch in for more details!

Hungary: Thousands join pride parade in Budapest, protest anti-LGBTQ policies

Hungary: Protest against anti-LGBTQ+ policies; 'Important to show we exist, that we matter' | WION

The Namibia top court on Friday struck down colonial era laws criminalizing same-sex relationships. This marks a historic verdict against a push back on LGBTQ rights in Southern Africa. Watch in for more details!

Same-Sex marriage not a crime in Namibia, judgement overturns 1972's colonial law

Namibia's high court strikes down laws criminalising same-sex relationships

In Pride month, six more states in the US block rule protecting LGBTQ+ students

Historic win for LGBTQ rights: Thailand becomes first Southeast Asian country to legalise same-sex marriage

Here, we bring you the news that is trending across WION's social media platforms- The pope has again used a highly disparaging word against gay people for which he had already apologised last month.

Pope Francis lands in controversy over remarks

Happy Pride Month! Taylor Swift gives a shoutout to LGBTQ fans, sings You Need to Calm Down

Amidst public outcry, Pope Francis, who was widely quoted as having used a highly derogatory word to describe the LGBT community, issued a rare apology on Tuesday. The Vatican released a statement saying that the Pope did not intend to use homophobic language and apologized to anyone offended by it.

Gravitas: Pope Francis apologizes after homophobic slur

Thousands of Poles gathered in Gdansk on Saturday for the northern port city’s annual Pride event, with many calling on the government to do more to boost LGBTQ+ rights, including delivering on a promise to pass a same-sex civil unions law.

LGBTQ+ marchers gather at 9th annual pride event in Poland

Ghana's Supreme Court said that lawyers battling over the legality of one of Africa's most restrictive anti-LGBTQ bill must amend their motions due to insulting language in their submissions and then postponed the case. Parliament unanimously passed the bill that would intensify a crackdown on LGBTQ rights in the West African nation in February, but President Nana Akufo-Addo has delayed signing it with his office citing pending challenges at the Supreme Court.

Ghana: Supreme Court postpones anti-LGBTQ case

Ghana’s Supreme Court said that lawyers battling over the legality of one of Africa’s most restrictive anti-LGBTQ bill must amend their motions due to insulting language in their submissions and then postponed the case. Watch in for more details!

Ghana's top court postpones hearing on anti-LGBTQ bill

Big win for LGBTQ+: Dominica court strikes down ban on same sex relations

Homophobia is not uncommon in ghana, where gay sex is already against the law and carries a three-year prison sentence, but now the LGBTQ+ community is feeling terrorised.

Ghana LGBTQ: We live in fear of 'snitches'

Members of Ghana's LGBTQ community and activists are waiting to see whether the West African country's president will sign into law a bill that would further restrict their rights and likely worsen the persecution many face.

LGBTQ+ Ghanaians await court ruling on restrictive new law

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