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The Global Alliance for LGBT Education has protested the selection of Saudi Arabia as the site for a forum on youth engagement in social change: The forum, “Youth and their Social Impact”, is supposed…

Every Friday in Lent, a group of activists has stood outside of St. Patrick’s Cathedral in Manhattan with a large banner reading “When did we see you a stranger and make you feel welcome?” The line is…

Gilbert Baker, who created the rainbow flag design that has become a symbol of the LGBT movement worldwide, died on March 31 in New York City. March 31 was also International Transgender Day of…

In conjunction with the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences conference, the University of California Press blog republished “ Why Do Some Countries Disapprove of Homosexuality? Money, Democracy and…

It was one of the more remarkable moments in the saga of the “repeal/replace” of the Affordable Care Act. When Democratic Congressman Mike Doyle asked his Energy and Commerce Committee colleague…

ILGA notes that some women in more than 50 countries went on strike on Wednesday’s International Women’s Day: “We demand that our lives and labour be treated with dignity for they form the basis of…

The Guardian had asked readers for nominations of LGBT rights activists who are making a difference; they’ve now published their LGBT change heroes for 2017. The list includes activists and political…

February 6 was International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation. US-based anti-LGBT activist Brian Brown traveled to Russia to build support for his new International Organization for…

It’s understandable that with people grasping for a light in the darkness in the wake of Trump’s Muslim travel ban, they would look to the leadership of the Catholic Church. After all, the…

As the Donald Trump administration took power in Washington, D.C., amid some uncertainty about the stance it will take toward LGBT people, Human Rights First published a video about the importance of…