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News and updates from the LGBTQ+ community. Here you'll find information on Pride events, exclusive first-person feature pieces, explainers on genders and sexual orientations, LGBTQ+ rights and history around the world, and everything else to do with lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer matters. In 2025, LGBT History Month takes place in February, whilst Pride takes place in June.

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French president Nicolas Sarkozy, right, and his wife Carla Bruni arrive at the Carlyle Hotel in New York, Sunday, March 28, 2010. Sarkozy is scheduled to meet with U.S. President Barack Obama during his two-day trip to the United States. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)

Same-sex marriage law 'should be scrapped in France'

Channel: News News May 21, 2015 By Rob Waugh

Anti homophobia ad: ‘what we learn as children can last a lifetime’.

Channel: News News December 10, 2019 By Nicholas Reilly

Are you transgender? Just how do you know?

Channel: Lifestyle Lifestyle May 21, 2015 By Lee Hurley

Apple boss Tim Cook: I'm proud to be gay

Channel: Tech Tech December 10, 2019 By Oliver Wheaton

Should you tell family and friends you're dating a trans guy?

Channel: Sex Sex December 10, 2019 By Lee Hurley

The Brighton kiss-in should, and could, spread

Channel: News News December 10, 2019 By Josh Barrie

10 stupid questions gay girls still get asked

Channel: Sex Sex December 10, 2019 By Effi Mai

Mass 'kiss-in' at Sainsbury's after lesbian couple is asked to leave

Channel: UK UK December 10, 2019 By Oliver Wheaton

I'm in love with a transgender guy...am I a lesbian?

Channel: Sex Sex May 19, 2015 By Lee Hurley

t.A.T.u’s fake lesbian Yulia Volkova is a massive homophobe

Channel: Music Music December 10, 2019 By Katie Baillie

Drink Bailey's? Then you must be gay, says Cameroon

Channel: News News December 10, 2019 By Richard Hartley-Parkinson

It's easier to get a date when you're a lesbian

Channel: Sex Sex December 10, 2019 By Lee Hurley
Gay and lesbian activists form a human chain around a rainbow flag during celebrations marking the fourth annual International Day Against Homophobia (IDAHO) in Hong Kong on May 18, 2008. The International Day Against Homophobia, marked in most places around the world on May 17, was launched in 2005 to commemorate the day in 1990 when the World Health Organisation removed homosexuality from its list of disorders.   AFP PHTO/TED ALJIBE (Photo credit should read TED ALJIBE/AFP/Getty Images)

Arrests highlight how many countries are homophobic

Channel: News News December 10, 2019 By Abigail Chandler

How to ask a woman out when you're a transgender guy

Channel: Sex Sex May 28, 2015 By Lee Hurley

Watch: Man is horrifically attacked and insulted by his parents after coming out as gay

Channel: World World December 10, 2019 By Oliver Wheaton
Patricia Yurena, who was crowned Miss Spain in 2008 and again in 2013, reveals she is in a lesbian relationship by posting Instagram photo of her and her lover in bed

Spanish beauty queen comes out as gay in the most erotic way possible

Channel: World World December 10, 2019 By Oliver Wheaton

Is Facebook getting involved in politics? It gave £6000 to this anti-gay marriage politician

Channel: World World December 10, 2019 By Oliver Wheaton
SALEM, MA - FEBRUARY 9: Kim Driscoll in her office at Salem City Hall. (Photo by Joanne Rathe/The Boston Globe via Getty Images)

Legend mayor has vowed to donate to LGBT causes for every anti-gay phone call

Channel: World World December 10, 2019 By Matt Payton
Why a Premier League footballer coming out as gay is a very big deal

Why a Premier League footballer coming out as gay is a very big deal

Channel: Football Football December 10, 2019 By Lee Hurley

Why Glasgow's Commonwealth Games will restore your faith in humanity

Channel: Sport Sport December 10, 2019 By Marc McArdle