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Ghana passes bill imposing prison terms for LGBTQ+ identity, advocacy

Notably, Ghana's parliament passed the bill as Pride Month is set to start around the world on Monday.

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A general view of Malaysia's National Palace in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, February 25, 2020

Malaysian police arrest 51 men, seize drugs in raids linked to 'gay party'

A man walks next to a poster with a picture of Iran's new Supreme Leader, Mojtaba Khamenei in Tehran, Iran, March 22, 2026

Trump says he was told Mojtaba Khamenei may be gay, spotlighting Iran’s brutal anti-gay persecution

Noam Ash (left) and Charlie Barnett (right) in the 2026 film "Bookends," written by Ash.

A Jewish writers initiative's first film: a comedy about a Holocaust survivor and his gay grandson


Hungary could be sanctioned over anti-LGBT+ law, warns EU equality chief

The move, which critics say wrongly conflates pedophilia with LGBT issues, triggered a mass rally outside parliament on Monday, while several rights groups have called on Fidesz to withdraw the bill.

Demonstrators protest against Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban and the latest anti-LGBTQ law in Budapest, Hungary, June 14, 2021.

Eytan Fox’s ‘Sublet’ hits theaters and tells a story not told before

“It’s a movie about the older man that I am and the younger man that I’m trying to preserve.”

NIV NISSIM and Lihi Kornowski in ‘Sublet.’

Among most dangerous places for gays: West Bank, Gaza, Iran, UAE and Yemen

The world’s most dangerous country for the LGBTQ community is Nigeria and the safest country is Canada, according to the study.

LGBT flag on Jerusalem's King George Street, July 31, 2018

French-Jewish gay man threatened in Turkish prison, his family says

Inmates have regularly threatened to hurt Fabien Azoulay, 43, unless he converts to Islam and over their suspicions that he is gay.

Riot police, with a rainbow flag in the background, chase LGBT rights activists as they try to gather for a pride parade in Istanbul, Turkey

California cantor helps reverse a homophobic snub

“It’s something that still hurts, even a hundred years later.”

San Francisco Supervisor and mayoral candidate Tom Ammiano hugs supporters before voting in the Castro District of San Francisco on Election Day, November 4, 2003.

Twitter takes action against Turkey minister’s anti-gay comments

Erdogan has declared war on LGBT youth.

A 3D-printed logo for Twitter is seen in this illustrative picture

David Cicilline: The Jewish lawmaker leading the Trump impeachment charge

“We have a system of justice predicated on certain constitutional rights, which make this country different from every country in the world,”

House Judiciary Subcommittee on Antitrust, Commercial and Administrative Law Chair David Cicilline speaks during a hearing on "Online Platforms and Market Power", in the Rayburn House office Building on Capitol Hill, in Washington, US, July 29, 2020

How immigrants paved the way for Israel's LGBTQ+ acceptance

For 45 years, olim have led the way in Israel’s LGBTQ+ community via the Agudah

FIRST UNMASKED gay protest in Tel Aviv, 1979.

Federal appeals court upholds US citizenship for twin son of gay couple

Ethan’s twin brother, Aiden, was granted citizenship from birth.

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Lesbians, gays, bisexuals more likely to get migraines, study finds

The researchers said while their work shows LGB Americans are at greater risk for migraines, they could not pinpoint the reasons why.

The rainbow flag, commonly known as the gay pride flag or LGBT pride flag, is seen during the first Gay Pride parade in Skopje, North Macedonia June 29, 2019