ILGA-Europe's 2026 Rainbow Map puts Spain first out of 49 countries, ending Malta's decade-long run at number one — on the strength of trans healthcare reform, a new equality law, and consistent enforcement across all 17 regions.
Montenegro has closed nearly half its EU accession chapters and is on track to be Europe's newest member by 2028 — but a Rainbow Map score of 53% and a January stoning attack in Podgorica show how far implementation lags behind the paperwork.
Daniil Neonov posted a campaign video in a shirt reading 'LOVE' in rainbow letters. A Moscow court ruled it 'extremist,' gave him the maximum sentence, and barred him from running again.
A Russian court branded Parni+ 'extremist' in April, scattering its journalists across Georgia, Montenegro, Turkey, Spain, and beyond. They're still reporting, from wherever they've landed.
Singapore's Internal Security Department disrupted three separate plots, including a planned knife attack on LGBTQ+ classmates, after peers and teachers recognized the warning signs and spoke up.
The 2026 SAWEI report scored South African employers on 110 measures of LGBTQ+ inclusion. Only a handful finished the process — and even top performers still leave queer staff closeted.
Vienna gave us one of our easiest stretches of nomad life — good trains, real gay nightlife, and a visa reality we want other nomads to know about before they book anything.
Montenegro has closed nearly half its EU accession chapters and is on track to be Europe's newest member by 2028 — but a Rainbow Map score of 53% and a January stoning attack in Podgorica show how far implementation lags behind the paperwork.
Daniil Neonov posted a campaign video in a shirt reading 'LOVE' in rainbow letters. A Moscow court ruled it 'extremist,' gave him the maximum sentence, and barred him from running again.
A Russian court branded Parni+ 'extremist' in April, scattering its journalists across Georgia, Montenegro, Turkey, Spain, and beyond. They're still reporting, from wherever they've landed.
Vienna gave us one of our easiest stretches of nomad life — good trains, real gay nightlife, and a visa reality we want other nomads to know about before they book anything.
London Trans+ Pride drew a record crowd this year, ending for the first time in Trafalgar Square, as organizers and grieving families pushed back against a hostile political climate for trans rights in Britain.
Latvia became the first Baltic state to recognize same-sex partnerships in 2024. We spent time living in Riga as full-time nomads and found a city where the legal ground is shifting faster than the culture — in a good way.
For the first time in 52 years, women are playing professional baseball in the US. Nearly a third of the inaugural roster is openly LGBTQ+, and that's not a footnote — it's the culture of the sport.
GLAAD's newly rebranded 'Where We Are in Film' study finds queer representation in major studio releases falling for the third straight year, dropping to 20.4% of films. The trans erasure is total.
Netflix wraps its gentle queer teen phenomenon with a feature-length finale this Friday, arriving days after Alice Oseman published the sixth and final graphic novel. Here's why the low-drama ending is the point.
