U.S. lawmakers propose third gender option on passports

If passed, the United States would join over 10 countries that allow people to opt for a third gender category of "X" on their passports.

Croatia's president condemns burning of gay couple effigy

Zoran Milanovic said the burning of the effigy, which depicted two men kissing, at a festival in southern Croatia on Sunday was 'inhumane and totally unacceptable'

Bollywood's first gay romantic comedy banned in UAE

Bollywood films are popular in the UAE, home to nearly 4 million Indian migrants many of whom work in construction

As survivors speak out, 9 countries seek to ban gay 'conversion therapy'

The United States, Canada, Chile, Mexico and Germany are among countries seeking to outlaw the treatment, based on the belief that being LGBT+ is a mental illness that can be 'cured'

INTERVIEW-Trans BMXer riding high as Olympic dream edges nearer

'I would be getting to be the person that I needed to see when I was younger, which is - I mean that would be so important to me'

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A police raid, viral videos and the broken lives of Nigerian gay law suspects

Among 47 Nigerian men on trial for same-sex affection are people who have been made homeless and lost their jobs by the publicity

U.S. Supreme Court to hear religious fight over same-sex foster care

A Catholic foster agency appealed a lower court ruling that its religious views don't entitle it to an anti-discrimination policy exemption

Rugby Australia boss denies Wallabies players gagged in Folau saga

Sekopi Kepu said he and other players had been discouraged from commenting on the sacking of Israel Folau, a fundamentalist Christian

'Freddie Mercury Close': London street named after Queen singer

The suburban London street where the late Queen frontman lived as a teenager was renamed after him

British politicians covered up child sex abuse for decades, inquiry finds

The independent inquiry into historical sex offences in Westminster found that several MPs in the 1970s and 1980s were known or rumoured to be paedophiles

Actor Smollett pleads not guilty to new Chicago hoax charges; seeks stay, dismissal

The actor has been charged with making false reports to police about being attacked in a hate crime

OPINION: Extending marriage to same-sex couples is good for the Costa Rican economy

Nisa Sanz

Tourism could benefit by as much as $40 million a year, as same-sex couples flock to Costa Rica to marry

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