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Budapest Police Chief Gábor Tóth banned the city’s gay pride parade on June 11, then unbanned it on June 13. The parade takes place July 5.

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Stefan Niesiolowski, a deputy speaker of Poland’s lower house of Parliament, the Sejm, disparaged gays June 5 during a televised debate on a court decision that deprived a lesbi…

The General Assembly of the Organization of American States unanimously adopted a resolution condemning human rights violations based on sexual orientation and gender identity J…

Support came from the three-party ruling coalition as well as two opposition parties, the Conservatives and the Liberals. The Christian Democrats and the Progress Party oppose…

A bill legalizing same-sex marriage was informally presented to Argentina’s Congress May 22 by the head of the National Institute Against Discrimination, Xenophobia and Racism.

A new report from the International Lesbian and Gay Association says 86 countries have laws punishing gay sex with jail time and seven of them allow for the death penalty for ho…

Belgrade’s police department has promised to protect the throngs of GLBT people who typically travel to the Eurovision Song Contest — being held in Serbia this year because a S…

Latvia’s prime minister and integration minister said April 24 that they want Riga’s gay pride parade to again take place inside a fenced-in park, to protect celebrants from vi…

Uruguay’s first civil union took place April 17, more than three months after Latin America’s first national civil-union law came into force.

Under fire for not speaking with local and regional gay publications, presidential candidate Barack Obama sat down for an interview with Advocate.com on April 10.

Veteran Melbourne, Australia, TV anchorman Peter Hitchener, 62, came out April 6 in an interview with the Sunday Herald Sun.

Hillary Clinton told Philadelphia Gay News on April 3 that discrimination against same-sex couples in immigration law is ”one of the biggest problems that we’ve got to contend w…

The head of Panama’s National Police, Rolando Mirones, said April 3 that gays can be police officers as long as they obey regulations, laws and the Constitution while on the job.