Effort to roll back transgender rights fails in Uruguay

A ballot-box effort to roll back trans rights in Uruguay failed as not enough voters turned out

Homophobic political ads are legal, Israeli judge rules

Israeli party Noam tried to run billboards linking gay people and child trafficking in the lead-up to legislative elections

Australia welcomes transgender women to play elite cricket

Australian cricket's governing body will allow male-to-female players to compete if their testosterone has been below a certain level for at least a year

Britain sees big rise in same-sex couples living together

The number of same-sex couples living together increased from 152,000 to 232,000 in a year, according to ONS figures

Victoria's Secret hires first transgender model after criticism

Valentina Sampaio's contract comes after marketing chief Ed Razek apologised for saying the brand's catwalk show wouldn't feature trans models

Village People 'saddened' by co-founder's death

French music pioneer Henri Belolo co-founded the Village People in the late 1970s after seeing the potential in the gay disco scene

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Polish state firms pouring ad cash into media that attack gay rights, research data shows

Research firm Kantar Media's data ashowed that under the PiS government state support for liberal media plummeted

Patient groups push back against Gilead's pricey HIV prevention treatment

Patient organisations and insurers prefer the generic HIV prevention pill that is already on the market

Coca-Cola ads promoting gay tolerance stir furore in Hungary

A senior member of Hungary's ruling Fidesz party called for a boycott of Coca-Cola due to the pro-tolerance adverts

Dutch band nixes Lebanon gig in solidarity with local artists

Within Temptation has cancelled its concert in Lebanon to support Mashrou' Leila, whose appearance was axed after church pressure

Shun homophobic hate speech, U.N. tells leaders after U.S. shootings

U.N. rights spokesman Rupert Colville said world leaders should avoid negative rhetoric about LGBT+ people, migrants and other minorities

Amsterdam Canal Pride parade celebrates Stonewall anniversary

Since its start in 1996, the Amsterdam Canal Pride parade has quickly grown into one of the biggest annual events in the Dutch capital

OPINION: Trans and non-binary refugees and the struggle for survival in Nairobi

Brian Oosthuizen

We need to pay more attention to the unique challenges facing trans and non-binary refugees

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