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Alexandra West writes about Southeast Europe's first-ever EuroPride, which against threats of being cancelled took place in September this year.

On 12 October Matúš Horváth and Juraj Vankulič were murdered outside one of Bratislava's few LGBTQI-friendly bars.

Rhiannon Segar interviews Khabarovsk-born Victoria Naraxsa, a queer activist, artist, and one of the founders of Queer Studio —  a collective made up of artists, activists, and creatives who use [...]

Amanda Sonesson interviews Romas Zabarauskas about his career as a filmmaker, his queer activism and the themes that inspire his art and social actions.

Rebecca Shaw revisits Russia's vibrant drag scene and dives into the controversies surrounding the country's first televised drag show, which premiered in October 2021.

In this personal mix of storytelling and poems, we are taken on the life journey of a couple of expats, traveling from one country to the next in search of adventure, sometimes out of necessity, [...]

"The history of Pride in Georgia has proven to be indicative of the value-based divide that exists within contemporary Georgian society", by Rhiannon Segar.

In perhaps the unlikeliest of European regions, a quiet and gradual march towards acceptance and equality has been underway, often going unnoticed and unacknowledged.

At the end of last month, two Kazakh feminists and LGBT+ activists were detained on unclear grounds after a mob of around 30 men had started to harass them while they were giving a talk on [...]

"This is an opportunity for Latvian society and politicians to take action, and for the EU to insist that actions be taken." Read Owen Howells' powerful editorial on the death of Normunds Kindzulis.