LGBT rights

Michelle Suarez becomes the first transgender person to sit in the senate and is pushing for sweeping reforms of LGBT rights.

US among 13 countries that voted against resolution calling on nations to stop using death penalty "arbitrarily or in a discriminatory manner".

Sacred Heart High School in Hammersmith, west London says students can use their 'preferred pronoun' and it must promote 'greater wholeness for transgender individuals'.

The arrests mark the "worst crackdown against LGBT people" in almost two decades, human rights activists say.

Pontida mayor already stirred criticism for proposing parking spaces for mothers only if married and from EU.

Psychologist described homosexuality as a "disease" and urged patients to seek religious guidance.

Public caning is widespread in Banda Aceh province, where people are tried under sharia law.

A Christian couple is pursuing legal action against a school because it accepts transgender pupils.

Clovis has also argued that being LGBT is 'as far as we know' a choice.

The morals committee found sex toys, women's clothes and make up in the massage parlours.

Samantha Heaton was refused service bonus at Buffalo Wild Wings over gay tattoo.

Despite providing the correct security information, Drew Dalziel was told she could not access her bank account.

Juan Javier Cruz was killed outside a restaurant in Florida.

This is the first warning of its kind issued by the NAACP.

Trump banned transgendered individuals from serving in the army, claiming their medical care is too costly.

President Trump stirred criticism for announcing army would not accept transgenders due to "medical costs".

Artist Alexander Kargaltsev speaks to a man who escaped the Russian region.

"How many times have you served again?" one Twitter user wrote.

It has been fifty years since homosexuality was decriminalised in England and Wales.

Mark Zuckerberg, Sundar Pichai and Tim Cook voiced their support for transgender service members.

"Apologies for seeming a caveman, but we do not accept gays or animals," said the owner in Calabria.

It has sent out a clear message of tolerance.

The independent Russian newspaper Novaya Gazeta published a list of the alleged victims' names.

People who identify as lesbian, gay and bisexual tend to rate their quality of life as lower than the UK average.

Reports suggest up to 100 men belong to the vigilante group.

The proposal at London Pride 2016 was captured on camera and widely shared on social media.

In Germany, MPs voted in favour of equal marriage rights for gay couples.

He also wore Ramadan-themed socks.

50 Silicon Valley tech giants said that ending discrimination 'could save as much as $8.9bn' for the US economy.

The march had been banned by the governor's office for the third successive year.