Mo B. Dick drags politics into performance; Randy Rainbow reams Trump toadies; Japan elects a gay activist to its Upper House, U.K. Tories pick Trumpish Boris Johnson as Prime Minister, an Australian-French couple’s case pushes Bulgarian marriage equality, Dominica’s anti-gay sex laws get an anonymous challenge, Polish police protect Bialystok’s first-ever Pride march, and more LGBTQ news from around the world!

The scene of the crime becomes a shrine of the movement; 50-pound “Turings” to pay tribute to a persecuted hero; Russia racks up another Euro-Court loss over LGBTQ rights, Moscow social workers are investigated for allowing gay dads to adopt, a lesbian couple sues Serbia for civil partnerships, Canadian Anglicans narrowly nix marriage canon equality, Martin and Bunny join the chorus of protests over Puerto Rico’s homophobic and misogynistic governor, and more LGBTQ news from around the world!

It’s “Fearless Frank” versus “The Lavender Scare”; a new bio gets fictional to paint David Hockney’s life; a youth activist assesses his “bi” battles; Britain’s Parliament advances Northern Ireland marriage equality, Botswana’s government appeals queer sex decriminalization, Pride comes to Tblisi in a defiant March of Dignity, rights groups challenge South Korea’s military gay sex ban, and more LGBTQ news from around the world!

Aussies archive queer life chronicles; a lesbian lyricist lifts U.S. patriotism in a “Rainbow Minute”; the top U.S. court will consider LGBTQ job rights, a gay Tunisian activist runs for president, Polish officials probe the firing of a homophobic IKEA worker, a threatened tour guide cancels a queer Ethiopian excursion, a Pride brew supports tear-gassed Turkish activists, and more LGBTQ news from around the world!

“Mayor Pete” holds his own as Democrats debate; now out U.S. country star Ty Herndon revisits his first big hit; Randy Rainbow roasts “A Very Stable Genius”; trans hate crime stats shock the U.K., African-American civil rights lawyer Alphonso David takes the helm of the largest queer advocacy group in the U.S., and Kyiv, Sao Paulo, Tel Aviv, and Paris celebrate LGBTQ Pride, but Trump refuses to salute the rainbow flag, and more LGBTQ news from around the world!

A grassroots Guatemalan lesbian-feminist takes off the gloves; characters and rabble-rousers pave the way to Stonewall; LGBTQ asylum-seekers are forced back into a queer-bashing Kenyan refugee camp, Malaysia’s P.M. spurns marriage equality, a top U.S. homophobe to take “religious freedom” plans global, the latest Gallup Poll reveals pro and con opinions on U.S. trans rights, and more LGBTQ news from around the world!

Folau’s faith-based fouls tackle religious freedom in Oz and beyond; Botswana’s High Court strikes down the country’s same-gender sex ban, Ecuador’s top court equalizes civil marriage, Iran’s Foreign Minister defends the morality of executing queer people, the Vatican freezes gender fluidity, a US federal judge is told to rethink her rebuff of Trump’s military trans ban, American diplomats fly rainbow flags under Trump’s gay-dar, and more LGBTQ news from around the world!

Closing the queer history gap; the Pet Shop Boys parody political stupidity; a “Rainbow Minute” recalls a racy 1930s heiress and her own private Lesbos; Bhutan and San Marino advance LGBTQ rights, a married gay Hong Kong government worker wins court-ordered spousal benefits, death threats greet a U.S. gay tour’s Ethiopian adventure, Texas sues San Antonio over its Chick-fil-A nix, and more LGBTQ news from around the world!

Alex Espinoza explores the radical art of “Cruising”; a “Rainbow Minute” explores the beginnings of “Gay Pride Worldwide”; Hong Kong’s High Court cans criminal gay sex laws, the W.H.O. cures its gender identity terms, Pakistan has its first transgender Human Rights Ministry worker, the U.S. Supreme Court endorses school district trans-sensitive bathroom policies, two Stonewall vets get a “monumental” tribute, and more LGBTQ news from around the world!

A trans teen faces trauma in the toilet; a guided tour takes us through the culture of “Cruising”; a romantic “Rainbow Minute” celebrates Walt Whitman’s 200th birthday; Brazil’s top court makes anti-queer bias a crime, gay sex remains outlawed in Kenya, a Tunisian appeals court rules that an LGBTQ rights group can exist, Taiwan witnesses the first same-gender marriages in Asia, and more LGBTQ news from around the world!