LGBT rights

Vice president elect Mike Pence says money should not be given to LGBT groups.

Under the nation's 2006 laws, homosexuality is a crime and beatings and hate crimes are rife.

Gay people in Morocco face detention of up to three years and fines of up to 1,000 dirhams.

Khofifah Indar Parawansa had recommended the removal of doors at college dormitories to prevent sexual promiscuity.

Matt Horwood of the charity Stonewall offers his thoughts and advice on coming out.

Getting LGBT equality right is good for business, but it will not happen by itself.

Harsh laws meant that gay men could be sent to jail for 'lewd and lascivious acts'.

Northern Ireland will lift a lifetime ban on homosexual men donating blood - but with restrictions.

The decision reverses a 25-year-old ruling defining parents based on biology and adoption.

The judge filed the injunction in response to a lawsuit filed by Texas and 12 other states.

Andre Gray says he no longer is the person he used to be when he made the tweets.

Thousands flee new rules which bar even children of LGBT parents.

Hande Kader was last seen getting into a mans car days after a gay Syrian man was found dead in the city.

Protest at supermarket highlighted homophobia after gay couple escorted from store for holding hands.

A report has accused the Indonesian government of 'stoking flames of hatred and intolerance'.

Homosexuality is illegal in Tanzania, where same-sex acts are punishable by life imprisonment.

IBTimes UK's Bisi Alimi became the first gay Nigerian to disclose his homosexuality on national TV in 2004.

Homosexuality is illegal in Uganda, where legislators are trying to pass an anti-gay bill.

The decision directly affects transgender high school student Gavin Grimm in Virginia.

Transgender people suffer more from stigma than gender incongruence.

Platform backs 'natural' man-woman marriage and advocates discredited 'gay conversion therapy'.

California State Board of Education move comes as state's LGBT community feel their rights are under threat.

The Conservative party leader has a mixed voting history on same-sex marriage, adoption and civil partnerships

As referrals rocket, people are having to wait years for an appointment.

Mike Badcock, the Conservative council leader, said Oxford Pride is not an 'Abingdon event'.

Defence Secretary Ash Carter previously called the ban 'out-dated and harmful to the military'.

The #PutDrewInStarWars campaign has even received backing from Luke Skywalker actor, Mark Hamill.

Ash Carter called the ban on transgender troops out-dated and harmful to the military.

The offer is valid from 17-20 June in 40 cities across the United States and Canada.

The decision comes after a ultra-nationalist youth group warned they would prevent the march themselves.