LGBT+

US court blocks Pentagon from removing transgender troops for now

The Pentagon has broad powers to set enlistment standards and may continue to ban transgender people from newly entering the military.

Rome Pride bars Jewish LGBT group from parade over Gaza stance

FILE PHOTO: People attend the annual LGBTQ+ Pride parade in Rome, Italy, June 14, 2025. REUTERS/Yara Nardi/File Photo

Britain sets out when transgender people can be excluded from single-sex spaces after court ruling

The EHRC indicated that in some cases transgender women could be excluded from female-only spaces such as toilets, hospital wards or refuges.

US families weigh moves with gender-affirming care access under assault

FILE PHOTO: Demonstrators gather for a rally in support of trans youth at Seattle Children's hospital, following U.S. President Donald Trump's executive order that denies federal funding for pediatric gender-affirming care, in Seattle, Washington, U.S. February 8, 2025. REUTERS/David Ryder/File Photo

Hong Kong LGBTQ carnival axed again, citing venue withdrawal

Hong Kong’s legislature voted down a Bill that would have granted limited rights to same-sex couples in September.

Australian court upholds ruling for transgender woman, doubles damages against female-only app

All three judges hearing the case ruled that there had been direct discrimination.

Pope Leo says Catholic Church should prioritise questions of inequality, justice over sexual ethics

Pope Leo XIV leads a Holy Mass with priestly ordinations in Saint Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, April 26, 2026. REUTERS/Remo Casilli/File Photo

Russian police probe top publisher in ‘LGBT extremism’ case

The Kremlin has for years been hardening repressive laws against the LGBTQ community.

‘Landmark’ EU court ruling rejects Hungary anti-LGBTQ law

Attendees at the Budapest Pride parade on June 28, 2025. It would be up to Hungary’s new Parliament to repeal an anti-LGBTQ law, which served as a basis for the police banning Pride marches in 2025.

US agrees to restore Pride flag at New York’s Stonewall Monument

The Stonewall National Monument, where the LGBTQ+ rights movement was born, after authorities removed the Pride flag from the Greenwich Village site in New York City, U.S., February 10, 2026. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz

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