Israel’s top LGBTQ-friendly cities named in 2025 Pride Index
Read more at YNet Global. The Aguda – The Association for LGBTQ+ Equality in Israel published its 2025 Pride Index for local authorities on Thursday, with Ramat Gan, Rishon Lezion and Tel Aviv-Yafo taking first place with a perfect score of 110 points. Jerusalem, Ashkelon and Nahariya joined the index for the first time this…
A surprising country just topped Europe’s trans rights rankings
Read more at LGBTQ Nation. Transgender Europe (TGEU) has released its annual Trans Rights Index and Map, which ranks countries by the protections and opportunities that they offer for trans and nonbinary people. While there have been net positives across Europe, TGEU notes that the gains have not been caused by larger political and climate shifts. The report…
Venezuelan makeup artist who was deported to El Salvador seeks asylum in Spain: ‘I feel safe here’
Read more at The Guardian. One of the Venezuelan men sent from the US to El Salvador’s most notorious prison by Donald Trump has moved to Spain to request asylum after concluding that he did not feel safe back home and did not trust US authorities sufficiently to return to fight his legal case. Andry José Hernández Romero left Venezuela for Spain in…
The ultimate guide to getting the most out of traveling with joy and safety while trans
Read more at GayCities. Since Trump took office last year, traveling as a trans person has felt terrifying. I used to travel by plane frequently. As a consultant, I was in a new state at least quarterly for client visits and onsite training. But last year, things changed for me, as they did for many others. When I…
Husbands Bryan & Victor moved 4000 miles away from America, but they can’t escape the politics
Read more at LGBTQ Nation. For an American couple living abroad, you might think 4,000 miles between their adopted home country and the U.S. would help keep the political chaos across the Atlantic on mute. You’d be wrong, says Bryan McColgan, who’s made a life with his husband in Sweden for the last seven years.…
Beyond the Pandas, Chengdu Is China’s LGBTQ Capital and a Gastronomic Gem
Read more at CN Traveler. I arrived at Chengdu East Station on a balmy spring night after taking the high-speed train from Hong Kong. The ride was roughly eight hours of idyllic countryside landscapes with brief station stops along the way. Pulling into the busy train station was my only reminder that Chengdu is a city of 21…
Who really cares for trans lives in an ‘LGBTQ-friendly’ country?
Read more on The Loop. Belgium often prides itself on being an LGBTQ-friendly country, yet anti-trans activists hide their transphobia behind superficial pro-trans statements. Rylan Verlooy explores how this paradox affects trans people’s activism. Here, they show how resistance takes the form of everyday acts of educating others, strengthening community spaces, and caring for trans lives The…
What states are the best for LGBTQ+ people? These are the top 15
Read more at the Advocate. Legislative attacks on the LGBTQ+ community have been pushed everywhere from city councils to the White House — but there are still some areas that are safe. Over 1,000 anti-LGBTQ+ laws have been proposed across every state legislature in the U.S. over the past two years, according to the American Civil…
Over a million people petitioned Europe to ban conversion therapy. It just rejected the call.
Read more at LGBTQ Nation. The European Union rejected a call to ban conversion therapy on Wednesday, even after over a million people petitioned for the ban in its 27 member states. Last month, the European Parliament voted in favor of a ban on conversion therapy. The vote came after the European Citizens’ Initiative petitioned…
Texas Children’s Hospital must create country’s first “detransition clinic” under legal settlement with state
Read more at KSAT. The Texas attorney general has secured an unusual settlement over child transgender care that compels Texas Children’s Hospital to create the nation’s first ever “detransition clinic” in addition to paying the state $10 million. According to Attorney General Ken Paxton, the multidisciplinary clinic would offer medical care to patients “who were subjected…
So many LGBTQ Texans are moving to this city, it may declare an ’emergency’
Read more at the Houston Chronicle. Amid a glut of anti-LGBTQ+ laws passed by the state legislature over the past half-decade, many queer Texans have decided to pack up and move to greener, more supportive pastures. So many have chosen Seattle that the Pacific Northwest city is now considering declaring an emergency. As first reported by the Seattle Gay…
Spain replaces Malta as #1 for LGBTQ rights in Europe
The ILGA Rainbow Map for 2026 was just released. Spain jumps ahead of Malta for the first time in a decade to lead Europe in LGBTQ legal rights. You can check out the map here and see the rankings below.
Poland’s leader promises to start recognizing foreign same-sex marriages, after EU court ruling
Read more at LGBTQ Nation. Poland’s Prime Minister Donald Tusk said on Tuesday that his government would quickly work to follow recent court rulings requiring Poland to legally recognize same-sex marriages conducted in other European Union (EU) member nations. Recent rulings by the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) and Poland’s Supreme Administrative Court (NSA) both require…
Canadian doctors denied patients gender-affirming care, citing Trump’s executive order
Read more at LGBTQ Nation. McGill University in Quebec has denied gender-affirming care to at least two trans American students since March, when the school adopted a preemptive policy denying hormone replacement therapy over fears the Trump administration would retaliate, two sources say. The new policy is an embarrassment, said an American staffer for The…
Tennessee Democrats stripped of House committee seats over redistricting protests
Read more at CNN. The Republican speaker of Tennessee’s House of Representatives on Tuesday stripped Democratic lawmakers of all committee assignments as punishment for their role in boisterous protests during last week’s special session on redistricting. The move came five days after the Republican-controlled Tennessee House approved a new congressional map dismantling a Black-majority district in the…
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