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Read the latest updates about LGBT issues around the world. The Advocate is an international source for developments pertaining to gay world news, politics, Prides, politicians, and rights that affect the lives of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people. Learn about antigay laws, human rights violations, landmark victories, and failures of governments to protect the rights of its citizens. From Asia, to North America, to South America, to Europe, to Africa, The Advocate provides transcontinental coverage of the issues that matter to our readers.
Video footage from the ship shows a yellow rescue boat traveling between the refugees’ vessel and the cruise ship, bringing them aboard Royal Caribbean’s Brilliance of the Seas in small groups.
President John Mahama says he wants to open dialogue on the law, while one legislator said he would rather be dead than live in a country that affirmed LGBTQ+ rights.
Proudly – and safely – see the northern lights, sunbathe on the Mediterranean, explore the Alps, and more.
Thinking of a move abroad after Donald Trump's reelection? These are some possibilities.
This marks the third time Chick-fil-A has attempted to launch in the United Kingdom, after its first two locations faced massive boycotts spearheaded by the LGBTQ+ community.
Jacktone Odhiambo was found guilty of killing 25-year-old Edwin Kiprotich Kipruto, better known as Edwin Chiloba, nearly two years after the activist's body was found discarded in a metal box.
A straight man had the perfect response to why he chose to support his gay friend at a Pride celebration.
According to a State Department memo, PrEP can only be dispensed to “pregnant and breastfeeding women” through PEPFAR.
“The billionaires are targeting the most marginalized people in the world,” Sarah Kate Ellis, GLAAD president and CEO, said.
Alice Weidel is raising two sons with her partner, a Swiss woman born in Sri Lanka.
Andrei Kotov ran a travel agency that reportedly catered to gay men.
Some of these cities welcome LGBTQ+ travelers while others punish same-sex sexual relations with the death penalty.
Gangs in Sydney are luring gay men to parks to beat and rob them, and sometimes forcing them to label themselves pedophiles on social media.
Lesotho's largest LGBTQ+ group says it has not received the millions Donald Trump claimed they have.
"It's shameful and embarrassing as an American," Rufus Gifford said of Trump's treatment of Zelenskyy.
The new Secretary of State Marco Rubio's waiver ensures PEPFAR's vital HIV/AIDS relief continues despite Trump's aid freeze, but the exclusion of gender identity programs raises concerns.
Thailand became the first country in Southeast Asia to recognize marriage equality on Thursday.
He will remain prime minister until his replacement is chosen.
More than 50 writers have been detained in the province of Anhui by a “special task force” assigned with targeting online distributors of erotic fiction.
A new book explores an ongoing conspiracy theory in Cameroon and neighboring Gabon that corrupt elites spread homosexuality through their connections to secret orders like the Freemasons.
