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LGBT rights organisation Accept LGBTI called on police on Friday to investigate the vandalism of banners promoting the Queer Wave film festival in Kaimakli. Organisers said the banners were torn ...

United by Pride returns on October 10, uniting LGBTQA+ communities from both sides of Cyprus for parallel marches and an evening event in the Ledra Palace buffer zone. The fifth edition ...

Germany pledged to bring to justice those responsible for Saturday night’s deadly crowd-ramming near a Pride event in Berlin, calling it a terrorist attack and identifying the suspect as ...

Hungarian prosecutors have dropped charges against Budapest’s liberal Mayor Gergely Karacsony over his role in organising an LGBTQ+ rights rally in 2025, prosecutors said on Thursday. Tens of thousands of ...

Geadis Geadi has criticised the display of the LGBT flag outside the European Commission headquarters, describing the move as an “unacceptable equation” between activist movements and official state flags. In ...

Diplomatic missions in Cyprus issued a joint statement on Friday warning of what they described as a global rollback of LGBT rights, while urging Cyprus to move forward with a ...

Cyprus ranked 30th among 49 European countries in ILGA Europe’s 2026 Rainbow Map, scoring 33.69 per cent on legislation and policies affecting LGBT people across the continent. The annual index, published on ...

A billboard paid for by the Elam party expressing opposition to marriage and adoption by same-sex couples has been spray-painted over. The billboard in question, placed on a rooftop in ...

Following recent incidents involving rainbow flags placed on Easter bonfires, the Queer Collective on Thursday said the acts reflect broader social and institutional failures. For the second consecutive year, rainbow ...

Non-governmental organisation Accept – LGBTI Cyprus on Sunday reacted with fury to images of Easter bonfires, known as “lambradjies”, adorned with LGBT flags, describing them as “fires of hatred”. “When LGBTQI+ ...

Two transgender men in Kansas filed a lawsuit on Friday seeking to strike down a new state law that invalidated the driver’s licenses and birth certificates of more than 1,000 ...

Members of the LGBTQIA+ community can now access a register of queer-friendly medical professionals of various specialisations across the island, the Queer Collective announced on Wednesday. “Finding a doctor, therapist, ...

The co-founder of Accept Cyprus, Costas Gavrielides, has passed away at the age of 48, it was announced on Sunday. His sudden death was met with sadness by the LGBTQI community, ...

Hungarian prosecutors have brought charges against Budapest’s liberal mayor, Gergely Karacsony, over his role in arranging an LGBTQ+ rights rally, and are seeking to impose a fine without holding ...

The U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments on Tuesday over the legality of laws banning transgender athletes from participating on female sports teams amid escalating efforts by dozens of states ...

Hungary’s president has signed a law proposed by Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s ruling party that will ban LGBTQ+ communities from holding their annual Pride march, defying criticism by ...

The cabinet decided on Wednesday to create a national strategy for the LGBTQI community in Cyprus, to address discrimination, safeguard equality and safety and build a society without exclusions. Citizen’...

Accept LGBTI on Thursday slammed comments aired on Sigma TV calling same-sex adoption a form of dictatorship that was outside the scope of the “Lord’s wisdom.” During a news ...

2022 in review: misinformation on a crucial topic for the young The debate in parliament on whether sex education should be mandatory in schools plummeted to one of the lowest levels ...

For the first time in Cyprus, LGBTQI+ organisations and communities across the island are joining forces for a Pride march, bringing about two Pride parades this year in Nicosia. “United ...