A protest in Colombia in 2021 turned violent with some women getting raped and tortured by police.

Russia's upper house of Parliament on Thursday approved a new law expanding a ban on what they call LGBT propaganda, essentially prohibiting positive depictions of the community in the media.

Two football fans were stopped by security officials for wearing rainbow-colored armbands at the World Cup.

US House representative Marjorie Greene is being criticized for using a controversial term against a gay lawmaker as she pushes for her Protect Children's Innocence Act.

A Brazilian journalist's phone was seized after officers in Qatar mistook a flag he had with him for an LGBTQ pride flag.

As deaths of queer and transgender people increase in regions around the world, an organization in the Latin American region made up of parents of LGBTQ individuals are pushing for anti-discrimination laws aimed to keep queer people safe.

The gunman who opened fire inside an LGBTQ Colorado nightclub, killing at least five people, was stopped by two "heroic" people inside the club.

A transgender activist in New York was arrested last month for soliciting a minor for sex.

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A student and her father have sued a school district in Vermont after she was disciplined, and her father suspended after the student had harassed a transgender student in the girls' locker room.

All 32 states in Mexico on Wednesday signed laws that allow same-sex marriage in the country, putting to end a long campaign for marriage equality by LGBT communities in the country.

A new law passed in the lower house of Russian legislature on Thursday bans LGBT representational information in the country, in a bid for the government to censor queer rights.

British Foreign Secretary James Cleverly was criticized on Wednesday after issuing a statement telling LGBT fans to be 'respectful' of Qatar's ban on homosexuality during the 2022 FIFA World Cup.

Many LGBT and queer couples have started to get married three weeks after Cuba voted to codify the new Family Code which allows, among other things, gay marriage.

A school board voted on Wednesday to not play against another team after a transgender athlete injured a player by spiking the ball into her face.

Russia is moving forward to advance a bill that prevents people from talking about LGBT issues, while Republicans are pushing through a similar bill that they plan to push through in Congress.

A woman in California is suing a childcare center that she worked at on Monday after she allegedly was fired for not reading the LGBTQ books in the library for the children.

A new study released by an online U.K. company on Monday shows that LGBTQ youths experience more harassment and hate speech online than their heterosexual peers.

A school board meeting in Michigan was derailed on Monday, as Muslim-Americans join the conservative Christian agenda of banning queer and LGBT books in school libraries.

Anti-trans policies were passed in Arkansas on Tuesday by the Conway School Board, with a viral video of a man threatening to kill LGBT people spreading on social media.

Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt signed a bill on Tuesday blocking the funding of hospitals in the country unless they remove their gender-affirming healthcare for transgender youths.

A Russian court fined the social media platform TikTok $50,000 on Tuesday after the app refused to remove LGBT content from its platform in accordance with an anti-LGBT Russian law.

Chance Seneca of Louisiana may face a life sentence for kidnapping and attempting to kill Holden White, a Louisiana State University student.

Arizona students staged a school walkout on Thursday in protest of Gov. Doug Ducey's anti-LGBT laws that are to take effect in the future.

After the election of the far-right party Brothers of Italy on Sunday, many LGBT and womens' rights organizations fear a rollback of abortion and LGBT rights under their administration. 

Students in multiple Virginia school districts are initiating a walkout on Tuesday to protest the pending anti-trans policies that are being passed by Gov. Glenn Youngkin's administration.

A local LGBTQ Pride Center in Florida was vandalized on Saturday in what is being investigated as a hate crime, as queer activists bemoan the increased harassment that came after the state's passing of anti-LGBTQ laws.

Qatar has announced that its anti-LGBT laws will be suspended for the duration of the World Cup, allowing for minor offenses to go unpunished while football clubs look into possible protests against these laws.

Qatar's ambassador to Germany received criticism on Monday after football fans and human rights activists criticized Qatar's continued criminalization of LGBT individuals and relationships in the country.

The EuroPride event scheduled for Saturday was banned by the Serbian government from occurring on Tuesday, with organizers vowing to push through despite pushback from officials in the area