Gay Rights

Seth Owen, 18, left his family home after his parents tried to force him to attend a church that subjected him to conversion therapy.

A survey showed 2 percent of LGBT people had been through the ‘treatment.’

Volunteers from Russia's Cossack communities will help police during the tournament but will they interfere with gay fans?

Chinese LGBT activists took to social media to condemn the microblogging website, using #IAmGay and #IAmNotAPervert hashtags.

One year on from revelations about the torture of the LGBT community in Chechnya, two people who escaped persecution describe the threats they faced.

Starring Nathan Lane and Andrew Garfield, the Pulitzer-winning play tells the story of people coping with the AIDS epidemic in the 1980s. 

May McAleese said: “We don’t want to be what the Pope describes as ‘the strawberry on the cake.'"

The GOP lawmakers argue same-sex marriages "fail to check out the human design."

The U.S. is denying refuge to some of the world's most persecuted people.

The Trump administration renominated an openly lesbian leader of the federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.

Chechen authorities deny all reports that they jail and torture gay men, but friends of a Russian singer fear for his life after he disappeared on a visit to the region.

Entrepreneur Maxim Lapunov claims a group of Chechen men beat him to make him denounce other gay men, as allegations of a regional purge continue.

Russian independent journalists claim to have located six detention and torture facilities for LGBT Chechens.

In some African countries, being gay could cost you your life.

Germany had earlier taken steps to liberating its LGBTQ community—but then everything changed.

A new survey ranked 100 cities on how well they welcome LGBT people for Pride Month.

The government has threatened to publish a list of gay rights activists.

Malaysian authorities are offering $900 rewards for videos on how to "prevent, control and get help" for people with "gender confusion."

Germany's chancellor asked the Russian president Tuesday to investigate reports of gay men murdered in Chechnya.

Novaya Gazeta is engaged in an ongoing investigation of an anti-gay campaign that Chechen authorities deny.

LGBTQ, human rights groups denounce cancellation of sexual orientation questions on U.S. census.

In many cases, TV movies led the way for queer representation in popular culture, taking the chances the film industry often wasn’t willing to take.

The retired basketball star claims she was targeted due to ‘jealousy.’

Tom Hanks, Robert De Niro, Bruce Springsteen and Diana Ross also received the Presidential Medal of Freedom.

The Alan Turing law could see thousands of men exculpated for crimes they would be innocent of today.

In 1979, hundreds of LGBT activists convened at the Arch Street Meeting House in Philadelphia to plan a march on Washington.

Far from being an obstacle to LGBT rights, religious organizations can help promote them.

The Rainbow Index measures the impact of laws and policies on lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex people.