Activists leading grassroots organizations in Russia, Pakistan, Panama, and Nigeria criticized the recent rise in hate crimes and rolled-back legislation in support of LGBTQ rights around the world at an Institute of Politics forum on Tuesday night.

LGBTQ activist Ruby Corado was taken into custody Tuesday after a federal judge agreed to give her more time to find a private attorney for her fraud case.

The New York City mayoral candidate gave his followers an important history lesson while pledging to fight the president's transphobic attacks.

Polish LGBT activists and opposition politicians said they were hopeful that there would be a new opening to discuss gay rights in Poland after Pope Francis said same-sex couples should be protected by civil union laws.

Following President Donald Trump's January 20 inauguration, LGBT activists and human rights organizations sent a message to the president to protect LGBT rights around the world. Human Rights First launched a video with global LGBT activists talking about ...

LGBTQ advocates have documented a range of conversion therapy practices in the country that include humiliation, exorcism, food deprivation, electroshocks, waterboarding and rape.

Several cities in Poland illuminated buildings with rainbow colours on Monday in a gesture of solidarity with the LGBT+ community, but activists called for more support in the face of rising hostility.

Chinese gay activist Kevin Lin boldly stated that "China is coming out," at the recent conference of LGBT Asians and Pacific Islanders in San Francisco. Lin, from PFLAG China, was one of several panelists who spoke at a news conference during the National ...

The past two decades have brought steady if uneven progress on the human rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer/questioning people. Landmark court rulings have decriminalized consensual same-sex relations in India, Namibia, and parts of ...