In August 2015, Queer Comrades went to Antwerp,Belgium’s second largest city, to participate in the second Antwerp Queer Arts Festival. The Festival was organized by local LGBTQI NGO “Het Roze Huis-çavaria […]

The LGBTI Asia-Pacific Regional Dialogue is organized by UNDP. It offers a unique platform, enabling the development of LGBTI rights work. Some 200 participants from over 30 countries took part […]

Bringing you the global queer news highlights of October 2014-enjoy!

Bringing you the global queer news highlights of September 2014 – enjoy!

Bringing you the Globe queer news highlights of August 2014-enjoy!

Bringing you the global queer news highlights of July 2014 – enjoy!

Bringing you the global queer news highlights of June 2014 – enjoy!

The 2014 Pride Photo Award contest has started!  Photographers from all over the world are welcome to submit their works before the deadline of July 13. The Pride Photo Award […]

Bringing you an update on international queer news in May 2014! Featuring: Judge Mary Yu becomes the first Asian-American and woman of colour and also the first out lesbian to […]

Bringing you an update on international queer news in April 2014! Featuring: Malta becomes 22nd EU country to legally recognize same-sex unions, Indian Supreme Court recognizes third gender, Japan’s first […]

On 12 April 2014 (China time), World Bank President Jim Yong Kim hosted a first-ever LGBT meeting in Washington with 15 Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) leaders from developing […]

On 19 November, the 11th International Congress on AIDS in Asia and the Pacific (ICAAP) opened in Bangkok.  Over 3000 activists and officials from Asia and the Pacific participated in […]

Bringing you an update on international queer news in October – have a look! Featuring: Vatican censors photos of same-sex couples kissing in churches, Chinese celebrity Cai Guoqiang selects same-sex […]

What happened in the foreign LGBT world during the golden month of September?  Let’s take a look together! Featuring the draft civil-partnership bill from Thailand, Michael Jordan asking Magic Johnson […]

Summer is over, Autumn is here. Let’s take a look at some of the hottest international queer news items of August before the weather turns cold! Featuring the coming out […]

An annual LGBT cultural experience, the 4th edition of KASHISH Mumbai International Queer Film Festival was held from 22-26 May 2013 in Mumbai, India.  Indian movie stars, such as Kabir […]

ATTENTION: NEW DEADLINE! The deadline has been moved from May 31st to Saturday June 8th 23:59 CET. The 2013 Pride Photo Award contest has started!  Photographers from all over the world are […]

From 29 to 31 March 2013, the 5th ILGA Asia Conference was successfully held in Bangkok, Thailand. It was the biggest gathering of sexual minorities ever in Asia. Over 250 […]

From March 18 to 22, more than 20 researchers and social activists from 15 different countries participated in a training on sexuality and political change. The program focused on sexuality […]

The global LGBT movement is on fire in 2013!  Four countries have made huge progress in legalizing same-sex marriage. It has become a hot item on political agenda’s worldwide.

2012 was a good coming out year!  Many US celebrities, including Jim Parsons, Mat Bomer, Victor Garber and Frank Ocean, proudly came out to the public in 2012, and Jodie Foster continued the good […]

From 12 till 16 December, the 2012 ILGA World Conference took place in Sweden’s capital Stockholm. It was the largest ever global LGBT movement democratic conference. ILGA stands for International […]

From 1 to 4 August 2012, Queer Comrades cameraman and editor Da Huang was invited by the Dutch Government to take part in the Influentials Programme LGBT Rights. Together with […]

From 1 to 4 August 2012, Queer Comrades cameraman and editor Da Huang was invited by the Dutch Government to take part in the Influentials Programme LGBT Rights. Together with […]

As a land-locked, former Soviet satellite, Mongolia has long remained unknown and mysterious to most of the world. Recently, the Beijing LGBT Center invited Mongolian LGBT activist and ILGA-Asia Representative […]

Calling out to all photographers! The Pride Photo Award contest is looking for photos about sexual and gender diversity from all over the world.  The Pride Photo Award contest ends […]

Though the Golden Globes have never shied away from embracing films and TV shows with gay themes and openly gay actors, this year was a particularly good year for the […]

The Copenhagen Gay & Lesbian Film Festival celebrated its 25th anniversary. This year Queer Comrades director Xiaogang was invited to participate in the festival. He showed 3 Queer Comrades documentaries […]

Dr. Caitlin Ryan of the San Francisco State University did more than 10 years of research and found out that non-accepting behavior towards gay children has a very negative effect […]

Iceland’s new same-sex marriage law came into force, which makes Iceland the 9th country to legalize same-sex marriages.  Iceland’s PM Sigurdardottir married her lesbian partner on the day the law […]

Opening Ceremony of the Gay Games Cologne.

After the author of the Harry Potter books, JK Rowling, showed her support for the queer community by revealing that the most powerful wizard in her books, Albus Dumbledore, is […]

At the Vancouver Winter Games, a new queer Olympic hero emerged: the openly lesbian Ireen Wüst, who won a gold medal in the 1.500m speed-skating event.

The Mr. Gay China story finally got its happy ending at the Mr. Gay World competition in Oslo, Norway.

“Will & Grace” entered US mainstream TV history as the first sitcom with gay protagonists.  The actor who plays Jack in the show, Sean Hayes, recently decided to come out […]

Every year, the Oscars draw a lot of attention and every year, there are a couple of gay films that leave people breathless. Like “Brokeback Mountain”, which earned Ang Lee […]

It’s been 7 years since Li Yinhe submitted her first proposal to legalize same-sex marriage in China. Nobody knows when Chinese gays will finally be able to tie the knot. […]

In every country around the world, the LGBT-community forms a minority. Currently, a worldwide movement is trying to change this reality. They are busy creating a gay state.

Homosexuality often pops up in gossip about celebrities. US tabloid “The National Enquirer” recently made headlines with their story on who’s gay in Hollywood.

The 1st of December is World Aids Day. All around the globe people mark this day with special events. Everybody gets together to raise awareness about HIV/AIDS and to fight […]

Participate in the Gay Games Cologne 2010!

LGBT-activists in Serbia had been preparing for a long time to hold their own pride parade in Belgrade on 20 September 2009. Unfortunately, the pride was cancelled at the last […]

Comedy star Jim Carrey and Scottish celebrity Ewan McGregor are the two lead actors of the upcoming gay movie “I love you Phillip Morris”.

The youngest gay gold medalist at the Beijing Olympics.

Stars and their gay brothers

Chinese directors triumph at the 24th Turin International Gay and Lesbian Film Festival in Italy

Male High School Prom Queen

The Poznan Zoo in Poland has recently been pulling in huge crowds. The reason? A 10-year-old male elephant called Ninio who is suspected of being gay.