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Religious leaders have done little to help combat institutionalised homophobia – and some have flat-out encouraged it.
Bangladesh's sexual minorities have been under violent attack for some time – as has anyone standing up to the country's extremists.
Hundreds, if not thousands, of gay people had their careers and lives blighted by official discrimination.
Georgia State law scholar looks to the Constitution for limits.
Western leaders and activists should show humility and allow themselves to be guided by local organisations if they wish to be effective in promoting same-sex rights.
A recent onslaught against gays and lesbians in Indonesia shows a fresh wave of moral panic over homosexuality in the world's most populous Muslim country.
Should opposite-sex couples be allowed to enter civil partnerships? Many same-sex couples already in one think so.
A new book documents how the gay rights movement has catered to a certain type of LGBT person: white, gay, male and middle-class.
Thanks to IVF and donor conception, infertile couples, single women and lesbian couples now have a better chance of starting families. But while common, it's rarely openly discussed.
Why the recent Supreme Court case on gay marriage could make a huge difference for racial justice.
Outright homophobia has mostly moved from the mainstream of public discourse to its margins. For this, we can thank pioneers like Lance Loud of An American Family.
The fight over whether gay people deserve service taps into old sectarian divisions in Northern Ireland.
Negotiations on the UN’s 15-year development strategy, which involve all 193 member states, have at last produced a set of ambitious Sustainable Development Goals. These focus on social justice, poverty…
The history of "cures" for homosexuality reveals how discredited conversion therapies for gay and transgender children can irreparably harm young minds.
Current conversion therapies can't effectively switch someone's sexual orientation. But there could be a time down the road when neuroscience can do what they can't. Where does that leave gay rights?
Indiana’s Religious Freedom Restoration Act may have been “clarified” but there are concerns it could have a chilling effect on campus attitudes toward LGBTQ students and faculty across the state.
Barack Obama has thrown his administration's support behind a ban on "conversion therapy" for same-sex attraction. He is to be applauded.
Finland is to become the last Nordic country to legalise same-sex marriage. And Russia isn't going to like it.
Marriage is a big step forward for the UK's gay, lesbian and bisexual people – but there's plenty more to be done to improve their lives.
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