Budde, the first woman to lead the Episcopal Diocese of Washington, ignited a firestorm last week when she urged President ...

The National LGBT Chamber of Commerce (NGLCC) Community Impact Grant Program is a funding initiative to support LGBTQ-owned or LGBTQ+ ally-owned restaurants. Through a partnership with the Grubhub ...

Gay couple in Thailand legally marry after new law comes into effect A new marriage equality bill has opened up access to full legal, financial and medical rights for LGBTQ couples.

Campaign group Bangkok Pride and Bangkok city authorities have organised a mass LGBTQ wedding in the Thai capital, with about 180 couples gathering at the Siam Paragon shopping mall from 8am to ...

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The Trevor Project, a leading LGBTQ youth suicide prevention organization, said calls and text messages to its crisis intervention hotline had risen by a third on President Trump’s Inauguration ...

US President Donald Trump has demanded an apology from the Episcopal bishop of Washington after she made a direct appeal to him during a prayer service marking his inauguration to have mercy on ...

Elisabeth Svantesson, the finance minister of Sweden, said she and her officials were skeptical of how Russia's official figures were describing its economy. One measure they use instead ...

Donald Trump has branded a Washington bishop ‘nasty’ and ‘not very good at her job’ after she told the president he was sowing fear among the country’s immigrants and LGBTQ people. Rt Rev Mariann ...

Several of the overturned decrees promoted diversity and equality in the government, workplaces and healthcare, as well as the rights of LGBTQ Americans. In doing so, Trump fulfilled a campaign ...

A bishop in Washington urged President Donald Trump, during a nationally televised church service, to “have mercy upon” communities that may be impacted by his new administration’s immigration and ...