Three-quarters of terminally ill LGBT patients in the UK face discrimination

74% of terminally ill LGBT patients face discrimination while their loved ones suffer from insensitivity, according to a major new UK study.

state-sponsored homophobia

According to an annual report on state-sponsored homophobia, homosexuality is still a crime in 72 nations and punishable by death in eight.

Other LGBT rights

While same-sex marriage is safe, other LGBT rights are under attack in the Trump administration. What are these other LGBT rights that need to be protected?

Vitit Muntarbhorn

With the UN ready to take the cudgels for global LGBT rights, we have to ask: who is Vitit Muntarbhorn, the new independent LGBT rights investigator?

LGBT and Obama

On the eve of the elections, here's a look back at the progress made by the LGBT and Obama administration in the fight for greater LGBT rights.

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US President Barack Obama and United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon took up the cudgels once more for LGBT rights worldwide at the UN last week.

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A survey indicates that more Americans are supportive of LGBT rights in the US that they'll vote against candidates who are anti-LGBT in the 2016 polls.

Black Lives Matter

The Black Lives Matter protest at this year's Pride parade in Toronto has caused discord around the world. What is the LGBT community's stand on the issue?

A very brief history of gay pride

Ask ten people to define gay pride, and you will most likely get ten different answers. What is gay pride, and how did the annual pride parades come about?

Harvey Milk was the first openly gay person to be elected to public office in California. His career was cut short when he was shot to death in 1978.

As the first openly lesbian member of the gay political activist movement, Lilli Vincenz donated material on the LGBT struggle to the Library of Congress.

The Justice Department called for the repeal of North Carolina's HB2 on Wednesday, saying that the law violates the US Civil Rights Act.

LGBT legal protections have come under attack again, as a controversial defense bill amendment was approved by the House Armed Services Committee.

For Christopher Street Day, CSD celebrations will be held over the next months in 5 major German cities: Berlin, Hamburg, Munich, Cologne, and Frankfurt.

Anna Rüling delivered her groundbreaking speech on gay rights and women's rights in 1904, and she became the first known lesbian activist.

President Barack Obama condemned North Carolina and Mississippi anti-LGBT laws at a press conference in London, saying these should be overturned.

Sports teams LGBT support

A recent study noted that support for LGBT players and rights by professional sports franchises leads to more favorable feelings toward these sports teams.

LGBT rights

LGBT rights got a boost this month from the US after Congress passed a spending bill for the fiscal year of 2016 that would support LGBT equality abroad.