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International

Pride in Copenhagen, Denmark.
International

Long-term Danish study finds trans people experience higher suicide, mortality rates

By Emily Sawaked
Latvian President Edgars Rinkevics.
International

Latvia swears in first openly gay president

By Emily Sawaked
Nepal is the second country in Asia to establish marriage equality.
Legal

Nepal’s Supreme Court orders government to recognize marriage equality

By Emily Sawaked
Estonia's parliament building, where lawmakers voted to legalize same-sex marriage.
International

Estonia becomes first former Soviet nation to legalize same-sex marriage

By Emily Sawaked
Anthony Rapp, Wilson Cruz, and Blu Del Barrio of "Star Trek: Discovery" receive the Outspoken Award during the Outright International Courage Awards on June 5, 2023.
International

Outright International’s NYC fundraiser generates $1 million

By Michael Luongo
International

Uganda’s president signs into law anti-gay legislation with death penalty in some cases

By Rodney Muhumuza
Beyonce Karungi speaks in front of Uganda House.
International

From New York, advocates condemn Uganda’s anti-LGBTQ bill

By Matt Tracy & Adrian Childress
United States Ambassador to the United Nations Linda Thomas-Greenfield
International

US-led coalition urges United Nations Security Council to protect LGBTQ people in war and peace

By Heather Cassell
International

Uganda’s legislature passes harsh new anti-LGBTQ bill

By Rodney Muhumuza, AP
Marriage equality is rising to the fore in India's Supreme Court.
International

India’s Supreme Court hears marriage equality case, sends to five-judge bench

By Heather Cassell
Advocates demonstrate on a sunny day in DC.
International

Immigration advocates urge Biden to reconsider asylum policy

By Heather Cassell
International

UK govt to veto Scotland’s gender self-recognition law

By Jill Lawless, Associated Press
Nepali filmmaker and LGBTQI activist Sunil Babu Pant stands in front of mountains.
International

Nepal’s Sunil Pant, LGBTQI activist, filmmaker, focuses on ‘forced marriage’

By Paul Schindler
Edwin Chiloba
International

Kenyan LGBTQ activist’s body found in metal box

By EVELYNE MUSAMBI, Associated Press
International

Gender self-determination to be granted in Spain, Scotland

By RAQUEL REDONDO and ELISE MORTON Associated Press
International

Brittney Griner freed in swap for Russian arms dealer Bout

By ERIC TUCKER, MATTHEW LEE and ZEKE MILLER, Associated Press

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All-Ages RuPaul’s Drag Race Watch Party in Coney Island
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Arts

  • New Directors/New Films will showcase out gay actor and writer John Early’s arch feature directorial debut, “Maddie’s Secret” Several queer films set to screen at 55th annual New Directors/‌New Films festival
  • “The Serpent’s Skin," directed by Alice Maio Mackay, opens March 27 at the Alamo Drafthouse, Brooklyn. Q&A: Trans filmmaker Alice Maio Mackay on her horror film ‘Serpent’s Skin’
  • “Alpha," directed by Julia Ducournau, opens March 27th at IFC Center. In ‘Alpha,’ a French family confronts a deadly, mysterious virus
  • “Dakan” (aka “Destiny”), the first queer film from West Africa, will be available virtually nationwide March 26-30. Queering the Canon festival set to showcase seven classic LGBTQ films
  • HOMAGE 1 (HOMENAJE 1), 2026. Beauty and the Bestial: Exhibition confronts the ugly truths of Fire Island’s past and present

Crime

  • Aljo Mrkulic was sentenced for murdering Christopher Rodriguez, assaulting cops, and setting an apartment ablaze in 2020 at the Acacia Gardens affordable housing complex, which is located at 409 E. 120th St. in Harlem. Queens man sentenced for killing partner, assaulting cops in 2020 arson case
  • Bomb threats, sent via email, targeted the New York University campus on the morning of Jan. 22, the school announced. Anti-LGBTQ bomb threats target NYU, prompting NYPD to increase security
  • The person suspected of voicing anti-LGBTQ slurs and attacking an individual on a 6 train on Jan. 10. Man suffers anti-LGBTQ subway attack after kissing trans partner: police
  • Police tape surrounds a vehicle after its driver was shot by a U.S. immigration agent, according to local and federal officials, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S., January 7, 2026. ‘They killed my wife’: Outrage follows fatal ICE shooting of Renee Nicole Good in Minneapolis
  • Report details allegations of police harassment against LGBTQ New Yorkers

Perspectives

  • Andy Humm and Ruth Messinger in the aftermath of the passage of New York City's gay rights bill. Forty years since New Yorkers won gay rights, the fight for justice is more urgent than ever
  • Katie Blum is underscoring the importance of funding to make sure New York's legal system respects transgender individuals when they seek to align their legal documents with their gender identity. Access to justice is essential for transgender New Yorkers — and it depends on the IOLA Fund 
  • From L to R: Michael-Vincent Crea, Thomas O’Grady, Michael Kane, Caitlin Herrity, Jack Schlossberg, Clover Welsh, Layla Law Gisiko, David Warren, Brendan Fay, Dr. John Lahey, Aaron Pesin, Abby Donley, Nicholas Dodd, Sheila and Meghan Brophy on Fifth Avenue. Lavender and Green Alliance celebrates 10 years in NYC St. Patrick’s Day Parade
  • The Harlem United team on National HIV Testing Day in 2025. Confronting the unequal burden of HIV and AIDS on women of color: Equity cannot wait
  • Bringing awareness to the nationwide attacks on trans youth. In dangerous waters, LGBTQ youth need our support now

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