EXPLAINER - Should non-LGBTQ+ actors play trans or gay characters?
Nick Offerman's portrayal of a gay man in 'The Last of Us' has fueled debate over whether straight actors should play LGBTQ+ roles
UK Athletics want to prevent transgender athletes from competing in women's category
UK Athletics wants the women's category to be reserved for those who were female at birth to ensure fair competition while transgender athletes can compete in an "open" category alongside the men
Japan PM Kishida fires aide over same-sex couple outburst
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida fired an aide who said he wouldn't want to live next to LGBT couples and warned that people would flee Japan if same-sex marriage was permitted
OPINION: Amid Record anti-LGBTQ+ bills, conversion therapy bans are a beacon of hope
Multiple U.S. states are considering bans on conversion therapy - a practice that aims to change a person’s sexual orientation or gender identity
EXPLAINER - What are trans self-ID laws and what impact do they have?
Finland has joined a growing number of countries that allow transgender self-ID. Here's what it means
Turkish LGBTQ+ sex workers struggle to survive in housing crisis
LGBTQ+ sex workers say landlords are taking advantage of their vulnerability to demand huge rent rises
As Pope Francis visits Congo, LGBT+ activists cheer for perceived ally
Pope Francis has push for the decriminalisation of same-sex relations, which are illegal or taboo in many socially conservative African countries
Lawsuit to take aim at Utah law banning transition care for minors
A lawsuit to ask courts to block a new Utah law that prohibits nearly all gender-transition medical care for minors is being prepared
Scotland introduces new measures as transgender prisoner policy reviewed
The Scottish government said it would review the management of trans prisoners, introducing measures to stop transgender people with a history of violence against women being placed in female prisons
German parliament remembers LGBTQ+ victims of the Nazis
For the first time, the Bundestag dedicated its International Holocaust Remembrance Day commemoration to gay, bi and trans victims