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Micky Murray, the new out gay lord mayor of Belfast, stands near the Stonewall National Monument Visitor Center, which is opening later this month.

Out gay lord mayor of Belfast visits Stonewall Inn

By Andy Humm

L-R: Maria Sjödin, Outright International’s executive director; Billy Porter, recipient of the Outspoken Award; and Wilson Cruz, who received the Outspoken Award last year, at the Monday, June 3, 2024 Outright International Celebration of Courage Awards in New York City.

Pride, protests, and Porter: Outright International’s 2024 awards ceremony

By Michael Luongo

Bangkok, Thailand's capital and the seat of parliament. Members of the lower house voted overwhelmingly to approve marriage equality.

Thailand’s lawmakers vote to approve marriage equality

By Matt Tracy

A Japanese court says denying same-sex marriage is unconstitutional and calls for urgent change

By Mari Yamaguchi, AP

A Greek novelist and a lawyer are the first same-sex couple to wed at Athens city hall

By Theodora Tongas and Michael Varaklas

Greece becomes first Orthodox Christian country to legalize same-sex civil marriage

By Nicholas Paphitis, AP

NYPD Commissioner Edward Caban visited Dubai after members of the department's emergency services unit traveled there earlier this year.

NYPD competed with anti-LGBTQ Chechen authorities in Dubai

By Matt Tracy

Thailand’s LGBTQ community hopeful about marriage equality bill

By Jerry Harmer and Jintamas Saksornchai, AP

RUSA LGBTQ+ blasts Russian Supreme Court ruling outlawing ‘LGBTQ movement’

By Matt Tracy

Mexico’s LGBTQ community mourns death of first non-binary magistrate

By Dashiell Allen

Members of New Ways Ministry meeting with Pope Francis. From left to right: Matthew Myers, Francis DeBernardo, Sister Jeannine Gramick and Robert Shine.

Religion

LGBTQ Catholics meet with Pope Francis during month-long church gathering

By Dashiell Allen

Murvin, 33, left Jamaica for the United States last year.

Gay Jamaican immigrant navigates ‘hectic and scary’ quest for asylum in New York City

By Matt Tracy

Japan’s top court strikes down required sterilization surgery to officially change gender

By Mari Yamaguchi, AP

‘Barbie’ rollout mixed in Middle East

By Emily Sawaked

World Bank halts lending to Uganda over anti-LGBTQ law

By Emily Sawaked

A couple at their wedding in Toronto, Canada. An overwhelming majority of Canadians support same-sex marriage.

Study outlines support for marriage equality around the world

By Emily Sawaked

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NYPD officer arrested

NYPD Legal Bureau officer arrested on rape, child sex crime charges in Brooklyn

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Residents and elected officials rally to reinstate bus stops at East Burnside and Grand Concourse

New York Attorney General Letitia James speaks during a rally with immigration advocates in New York City, U.S., June 25, 2026.

AG James warns about scams in charitable giving for Venezuela earthquake relief

Schools Chancellor Kamar Samuels and City Council Speaker Julie Menin

Speaker Menin accuses DOE of stonewalling Council over hundreds of school contracts