The United States on Friday criticized Burundi's President Evariste Ndayishimiye after he called for public stoning of same-sex couples, the latest anti-gay broadside by an East African leader."The United States is deeply troubled by President Ndayis...

As Pride events got underway in Europe in June, disinformation and hate speech targeting the LGBTQ community spread across social media, triggering extreme online responses, including incitements to violence.Advocacy groups across Europe said the del...

Sony's latest Spider-Man animation will not hit the silver screen in the United Arab Emirates, a cinema company said Friday, following backlash over an expression of support for transgender rights."Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse" was originally...

By AFPThe Church of England will on Wednesday debate contentious plans enabling priests to offerblessings to same-sex couples, amid deep Anglican divisions over the issue in Britain and beyond.Hundreds of members of the General Synod -- the Church's...

By AFPThe Church of England will not change its rules to allow priests to marry same-sex couples following five years of internal debate on the issue, it announced on Wednesday."Under the proposals, same-sex couples would still not be able to get mar...

By AFPKenyan police have arrested more suspects over the killing of LGBTQ activist Edwin Chiloba, whose mutilated body was found on a roadside stuffed in a metal trunk, media reports said Sunday.Rights campaigners have issued calls for heightened eff...

By AFPPresident Joe Bidenwill on Tuesday sign into law a bill granting federal protections to same-sex marriage -- gathering thousands of guests at the White House to celebrate the legislative milestone.It comes 12 years after Biden -- then Barack Ob...

Religious and far-right politicians, who have compared gay people to animals and demanded an end to Pride rallies, are poised to enter the next Israeli government sparking fear among the LGBTQ community.After veteran leader Benjamin Netanyahu topped...

The US Supreme Court on Friday granted temporary permission for an Orthodox Jewish university in New York to deny official recognition to an LGBTQ student group.Yeshiva University turned to the court for an urgent ruling after a New York state judge...

Ibn Rush-Geothe Mosque in Berlin has raised an LGBTQ rainbow flag, becoming the first mosque worldwide in history to raise a flag in support of homosexuality, which is rejected and prohibited by Islam.undefinedThe mosque says it is a “liberal” worshi...