LAGOS (Reuters) – Two young women fill the screen, reclining on a bed, talking about their hope of having children. They are protagonists in a new Nigerian film called “Ife” depicting their love story. The topic is controversial in Nigeria, where same-sex rela... More »
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Hollywood increased the numbers of gay and bisexual characters in movies in 2019, but most of them had only fleeting screen time and there were no transgender characters at all, according to a survey released on Thursday. The Studio Res... More »
SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Singapore’s high court upheld on Monday a rarely-used law that criminalizes sex between men, dismissing three appeals that argued it was unconstitutional. The ruling follows challenges to the colonial-era law by activists emboldened after... More »
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Lady Gaga electrified thousands of revelers who gathered in New York on Friday to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the LGBTQ rights movement, exhorting the crowd to honor the past by using its “power” to extend and defend a half-century o... More »
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – MTV is flipping the script on dating, broadcasting what it says is the first reality dating competition show in which all the contestants identify as sexually fluid. “Are You The One?” will air in June featuring 16 men and women in thei... More »
LAHORE, Pakistan (Reuters) – Marvia Malik made headlines when she debuted last month on a private television channel in Pakistan, becoming the conservative country’s first transgender news anchor. Opinions are mixed about the slim 21-year-old who appears regul... More »
BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s Sina Weibo on Monday reversed a decision to remove gay content after outcry among gay Chinese who say the company had smeared homosexuality by lumping it with pornography as it tried to meet government censorship directives. China’s... More »
BANDA ACEH, Indonesia (Reuters) – Indonesia’s national police chief has ordered an investigation into the detention of 12 transgender women in the province of Aceh, officials said on Friday, after reports that they were stripped, beaten and forced to cut their... More »
The number of lesbian, gay and transgender characters on U.S. television shows have reached record highs, and campaign group GLAAD said on Thursday that their stories were more important than ever given moves in the United States to roll back LGBT acceptance. More »
Texas measures to restrict access for transgender people to bathrooms in schools and public buildings appear doomed this week after hundreds of businesses stood in opposition and moderate Republican powerbrokers blocked the bills. More »
While President Donald Trump has thrust transgender people back into the conflict between conservative and liberal values in the United States, geneticists are quietly working on a major research effort to unlock the secrets of gender identity. More »
Participants take part in the LGBT Pride March in the Manhattan borough of New York City, U.S., June 25, 2017. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri Large crowds turned out for Pride marches on Sunday in New York City and San Francisco, the two U.S. places most associated wit... More »
FILE PHOTO — A sign protesting a recent North Carolina law restricting transgender bathroom access adorns the bathroom stalls at the 21C Museum Hotel in Durham, North Carolina May 3, 2016. REUTERS/Jonathan Drake/File Photo North Carolina Republican lawmakers s... More »
By Andrew M. Seaman(Reuters Health) – College students in the U.S. who say their campus is welcoming to lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender peopl More »
An activist waves a rainbow flag during the ”Queer and Trans Dance Party” in protest of U.S. President Donald Trump outside of Trump Tower in Manhattan, New York, U.S., February 26, 2017. REUTERS/Darren Ornitz Eleven U.S. states have agreed to drop a lawsuit a... More »
Transgender activists and supporters protest potential changes by the Trump administration in federal guidelines issued to public schools in defense of transgender student rights, near the White House in Washington, U.S. February 22, 2017. REUTERS/Jonathan Ern... More »
By Andrew M. Seaman(Reuters Health) – Enacting policies that promote equality, like same-sex marriage laws, may ease the mental burdens on lesbian, More »
Texas Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick speaks at a news conference on the introduction of a bill that would limit access to bathrooms and other facilities for transgender people at the State Capitol in Austin, Texas, U.S., January 5, 2017. REUTERS/Jon Herskovit... More »
By Andrew M. Seaman(Reuters Health) – U.S. women may be more likely to report that they belong to a sexual minority if they live in states that reco More »
Actors Lea DeLaria, Emma Myles and Jessica Pimentel (L to R) of ”Orange is the New Black” hold their awards for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series at the 22nd Screen Actors Guild Awards in Los Angeles, California January 30, 2016. REUTER... More »
By Beh Lih YiJAKARTA (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Growing anti-gay sentiment in Indonesia could hamper efforts to combat fast-rising HIV infections More »
Miss Missouri Erin O’Flaherty, the first openly gay contestant in the Miss America pageant, poses in Atlantic City, New Jersey, U.S., September 8, 2016. REUTERS/Andrew Hofstetter The first openly lesbian Miss America contestant will not only vie for the crown ... More »
JERUSALEM An ultra-Orthodox Jewish man was sentenced to life imprisonment on Sunday for murdering a teenage girl at a Gay Pride parade in Jerusalem last year, an attack he carried out just weeks after serving a jail term for a similar attack a decade earlier. ... More »
WASHINGTON/WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. A fight between the Obama administration and North Carolina over a state law limiting public bathroom access for transgender people escalated on Monday as both sides sued each other, trading accusations of civil rights violations... More »
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. Cirque du Soleil said on Friday it was canceling shows in North Carolina over a new state law that it called discriminatory, the performance group said on Friday, becoming the latest entertainment act to take a stance against the measure. “... More »
