18+ hour, 48+ min ago  (361+ words) News 5 March, 2026. Written by Beatrice Fanucci. Senior Supreme Court advocate Menaka Guruswamy could make history by becoming India's first LGBTQ+ member of parliament, after being nominated to the Rajya Sabha, the upper house of parliament. Members of the Rajya Sabha…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago  (204+ words) Community 10 February, 2026. Written by Sarah Creighton Keogh. According to its 2025 Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI), the average global score has fallen to its lowest level in more than a decade. Most strikingly, the United States recorded its weakest-ever performance, dropping to…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (85+ words) News28 January, 2026. Written by Sarah Creighton Keogh. According to the ALERT Desk, GLAAD's Anti-LGBTQ Extremism Reporting Tracker there were 1,042 reported anti-LGBTQ+ incidents across 47 states and Washington, D.C., marking a 5% increase from the 984 incidents recorded in 2024. 2025 was one of the "most dangerous years…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (368+ words) News 27 January, 2026. Written by Beatrice Fanucci. ILGA World, the worldwide federation of over 2,000 LGBTQ+ organisations, has been designated as "undesirable" by Russia's government under a law used to shut down foreign organisations. First adopted in 2015, the Russian "undesirable" organisations law…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (291+ words) Ireland 26 January, 2026. Written by Sarah McKenna Barry. Nine youth services in Ireland have received Belong To's Rainbow Award in recognition of their inclusion of LGBTQ+ young people. The award, which was established in 2023 to support and accredit LGBTQ+ safe and…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (334+ words) Entertainment19 January, 2026. Written by Sarah Fitz. The Rainbow Project, a non-profit organisation launched in 2024, made it its mission to put together an archive focused on documenting LGBTQ+ representation in children's film and TV. The archive features audio and video content, as…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago  (264+ words) Books13 January, 2026. Written by Sarah McKenna Barry. According to a new report, publishers in the US are passing on queer works amid book bans and anti-LGBTQ+ sentiment from the current Republican administration. As'The Hill'reports, Trump's return to the presidential office has…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago  (378+ words) Community13 January, 2026. Written by Sarah Creighton Keogh. Stonewall has confirmed that 44 staff were made redundant over the past year as LGBTQ+ charities grapple with mounting financial pressures. The LGBTQ+ charity attributes the downturn to a combination of factors: the cost-of-living crisis…...

2+ mon, 22+ hour ago  (941+ words) Community5 January, 2026. Written by Adam Long. As Re'my Bonny explained, these shameful actions by global autocrats and illiberal "populists" targeting the basic freedoms of LGBTQ+ people, in Hungary and beyond, need to be seen for what they are: a much broader,…...