Indian teens learn about same-sex couples as attitudes shift

Indian schoolchildren are learning about same-sex couples in a new textbook, in the latest sign of shifting attitudes after the decriminalisation of gay sex

LGBT+ women footballers score as male players fear to come out

Men's football still lacks top-tier openly gay players, while the women's game is full of proudly lesbian and bisexual stars

Malaysia under fire over cuts to gay scenes in Elton John's 'Rocketman'

Sodomy is a crime punishable by up to 20 years imprisonment in Malaysia, a Muslim-majority country of 32 million

Not just for Pride: top UK firms urged to back LGBT+ rights

A third of Britain's 100 biggest companies did not mention LGBT+ policies in their annual reports

Dropout 'mad scientist' uses AI to tackle bias

Vivienne Ming believes AI can be a power for good for the LGBT+ community, but also warns that it is open to abuse

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Liberals fear unrest as Poland Catholic Church doubles down on anti-gay rhetoric

Unlike nearly all Western European countries, the former Communist countries of the EU's east have mostly held back on expanding gay rights

Samoa's 'third gender' delicately balances sex and religion

Fa’afafine is a “third gender” in Polynesian culture, a term that translates as “in the manner of a woman”

Use of HIV prevention pill rising among men who have sex with men

HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) is highly protective against the virus that causes AIDS but many people don’t get this pill because of lack of awareness or accessibility

Weightlifter Hubbard becomes lightning rod for criticism of transgender policy

Hubbard, who competed for New Zealand in men's weightlifting before her transition in her thirties, won two golds and a silver in Samoa earlier this month

Mashrou' Leila concert in Lebanon cancelled after church pressure

The band, which has an openly gay vocalist, has performed around the world with its lyrics tackling sectarianism, gender equality and homophobia

In New York, a diverse, new group works the soil

Women and non-binary people are running some of the best-known organic farms on Long Island, in what is a growing, $50 billion industry nationwide

OPINION: How to choose a truly inclusive workplace

Jules Pierce-Ferguson

Carefully research a company’s diversity and inclusion policies and ask questions during the interview stage

OPINION: Transgender asylum seekers to lose fundamental legal protection for human rights post-Brexit

Maddie Grounds

The protection of trans rights, currently enshrined in EU laws and treaties, is set to be dismantled once Britain leaves the union

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