Costa Rica on Tuesday became the first country in Central America to extend marriage rights to same-sex couples. Two women became the first same-sex couple to legally marry in Costa Rica when they tied the [...]

The family of a transgender woman with HIV who died in U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody in 2018 has filed a federal lawsuit against five private companies that were responsible for her care. The Transgender Law [...]

Dozens of activists and advocacy groups have sharply criticized the government of Puerto Rico over its response to the murders of several LGBTQ people on the island. Pedro Julio Serrano, founder of Puerto Rico Para [...]

Lawmakers in Canada on Monday introduced a bill that would ban so-called conversion therapy in the country. Attorney General David Lametti and Minister of Diversity and Inclusion and Youth Bardish Chagger introduced the measure that [...]

Voters in Switzerland on Sunday overwhelmingly approved a bill that bans discrimination based on sexual orientation. Swiss lawmakers in 2018 approved the bill, which added sexual orientation to the country’s nondiscrimination law. The Associated Press reported the [...]

In a surprise move, President Trump included in his speech before the United Nations on Tuesday his administration’s global initiative to decriminalize homosexuality in the more than 70 countries where it remains illegal. “My administration [...]

Picking out an outfit for the day can be a highlight, a dreaded ritual, or a dealt-with-and-forgotten routine. Whatever one’s relationship with clothes, however, that morning decision is a necessity. And perhaps the last thing [...]

A prominent Russian LGBTI activist was found dead in St. Petersburg on Sunday, according to activists and local media. The woman, Yelena Gregoryeva, 41, was an outspoken and prominent activist in the city. Authorities on [...]

SANTA CLARA, Cuba — The LGBTI+ community remains divided after the National Assembly modified the marriage amendment in the draft of the new constitution. Part of it defends the yes vote and supports the official campaign, while another group says it will vote against the constitution.

A referendum on whether same-sex couples should receive marriage rights in Taiwan failed on Saturday. Voters by a 67-33 percent margin rejected a question on whether same-sex couples should receive marriage rights through Taiwan’s civil [...]

BY FELIPE ALFACE SÃO PAULO — Jair Bolsonaro will become Brazil’s next president after he won the second round of the country’s presidential election on Sunday. Bolsonaro defeated former São Paulo Mayor Fernando Haddad of [...]

The India Supreme Court on Thursday ruled consensual same-sex sexual relations are no longer criminalized in the country. The ruling, which was unanimous, struck down India’s colonial-era sodomy law known as Section 377. “We hold [...]

SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador — An employee of the El Salvador Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Wednesday attacked a prominent LGBTI activist and her mother in the country’s capital of San Salvador.

The British government on Tuesday announced it will ban so-called conversion therapy in the U.K. The ban is among the 75 recommendations to promote equality and fight discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity [...]

By Grace Perry Andrés Manuel López Obrador on Sunday became Mexico’s first leftist president in decades, winning in a landslide victory with more than 50 percent of the vote. López Obrador — commonly known by [...]

The U.S. on Tuesday announced it has withdrawn from the U.N. Human Rights Council. U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Nikki Haley told reporters during a press conference at the State Department that Cuba, Venezuela, China, [...]

Three well-known LGBTI rights advocates in the Mexican state of Guerrero were killed over the weekend. Authorities on Sunday found the bodies of Rubén Estrada, Roberto Vega and Carlos Uriel López in Taxco, a city [...]

Bermuda Supreme Court Chief Justice Ian R. C. Kawaley on Wednesday ruled a law that rescinded marriage rights for same-sex couples in the British island territory is unconstitutional. Kawaley issued his ruling five days after the [...]

A gay man from Chile who was sexually abused by a priest said Pope Francis told him earlier this month that God “loves you.” Juan Carlos Cruz and two other victims of Rev. Fernando Karadima [...]

Canada is the latest country to join a U.S. initiative that seeks to promote LGBTI rights around the world. The State Department and the Canadian government in a May 17 press release that announced Canada [...]

The transgender actress who starred in “A Fantastic Woman” will travel to Cuba next month for the International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia. The National Center for Sexual Education — the group known by the [...]

A gay hairdresser in hurricane-ravaged Puerto Rico who the Washington Blade profiled in February has had electricity restored to his home. Electricity was restored to the house in which Ricky Santiago and his family live in the [...]

A vocal opponent of marriage rights for same-sex couples on Sunday lost the second round of Costa Rica’s presidential election. Official results indicate Fabricio Alvarado lost to Carlos Alvarado by a 39-61 percent margin. Fabricio [...]

TAMPA, Fla. — Hundreds of “March for Our Lives” gun control rallies, marches and protests took place across the U.S. and around the world on Saturday. More than 10,000 people attended a “March for Our [...]

LGBT activists in Bermuda have rebuked calls to boycott the British island territory’s tourism industry over a law that rescinds marriage rights for same-sex couples. Linda Mienzer, a long-time LGBT rights activist in Bermuda, on [...]

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — It was shortly after 4 p.m. on Jan. 30 when an employee of Bill’s Kitchen, an organization that prepares meals for Puerto Ricans with HIV/AIDS, added diesel to a large generator that [...]

Canadian Eric Radford has made history as the first openly gay athlete to win gold at the Winter Olympics. Radford, 33, and his partner Meagan Duhamel won the medal for team figure skating for their free skate to [...]