Calls mount to lift bans on gay men giving blood amid coronavirus

The coronavirus pandemic is driving fresh scrutiny of rules which bar many sexually active LGBT+ men from donating blood

Singapore LGBT+ activists approach country's top court to overturn gay sex ban

Petitions challenging a colonial-era ban on gay sex were rejected by Singapore's High Court on Monday

EU lawmakers condemn Hungary for 'attack' on trans people over sex on IDs

Hungary's ruling Fidesz party has proposed banning transgender people from changing their sex on birth certificates

U.S. eases ban on gay blood donors amid coronavirus

The United States eased policy on LGBT+ men donating blood over rising concerns about supplies during the coronavirus crisis

Are people living with HIV more at risk from coronavirus?

HIV-positive people on anti-retroviral drugs with normal CD4 levels are not at a higher risk from COVID-19

LGBT+ marches unite in first online Global Pride due to coronavirus

Global Pride will be livestreamed on June 27, after hundreds of marches were forced to postpone due to the COVID-19 pandemic

Isolation and HIV memories hit LGBT+ elderly hard in lockdowns

Volunteer groups are trying to ensure elderly LGBT+ people without families or friends have support during coronavirus lockdowns

Top Americas court finds Peru responsible for torture of trans woman

The Inter-American Court of Human Rights ordered Peru to pay a transgender woman arbitrarily detained and raped by police in 2008

Idaho becomes first U.S. state to ban trans athletes

Two bills limit trans women and girls from competing in female sport and bar trans people from changing their birth certificates

Asia's 'gay Netflix' to go global, tap into coronavirus

LGBT+ video streaming platform GagaOOLala wants to reach hundreds of millions of people isolated by the COVID-19 pandemic

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Singapore court upholds colonial-era law that criminalises sex between men

The highest court in Singapore dismissed three appeals arguing that Section 377A, the colonial-era ban on gay sex, was unconstitutional

Indonesia police will not bring murder charges in case of transgender woman burned to death

Police in Jakarta said six suspects had accused a trans woman of stealing and doused her with petrol, but not intended to kill her

Bogota restricts outings by gender, inclusive of trans people, during quarantine

Quarantine like jail joke brings fierce backlash for Ellen DeGeneres

Ellen DeGeneres was criticised for comparing self-isolation in a multimillion-dollar mansion to being in prison

Nicaragua reports first death from coronavirus of HIV+ person

The Central American country's first death from COVID-19 was someone with multiple underlying health conditions

OPINION: Viktor Orban’s proposed anti-trans bill reveals the need to protect LGBT+ rights across Europe during the coronavirus

Evelyne Paradis

Lockdowns to control the spread of COVID-19 will fuel existing inequalities if not checked

OPINION: Crisis shows anti-LGBT+ activists’ true colors

Jeremy Hooper

Frank Schubert, Bryan Fischer and Ralph Drollinger have exploited the COVID-19 pandemic to increase their attacks on LGBT+ people

OPINION: On Transgender Day of Visibility we should dream big

Dumiso Gatsha

In Botswana, transgender and other people who don't conform to gender stereotypes are either invisible or face violence

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