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US: Billy Porter Breaks a 14-Year Silence Coming Out as Living with HIV

For the first time since being diagnosed more than a decade ago, the 'Pose' star, opens up about the shame that compelled him to hide his condition from his castmates, collaborators and even his mother, and the responsibility that now has him speaking out: "The truth is the healing."

Germany: #actout MANIFESTO

Until now, we haven’t been able to be open about our private lives without fearing professional consequences. All too often, many of us have been cautioned – be it by managers, casting agents, colleagues, producers, editors, directors, etc. – to keep quiet about our sexual orientations and gender identities to avoid jeopardizing our careers. We are putting an end to this – once and for all!

Poland: Writers, actors and directors call for end to homophobia in Poland in open letter

More than 70 signatories including Poland’s Nobel laureate Olga Tokarczuk, Margaret Atwood and Mike Leigh accuse president Duda’s government of using LGBTQ+ people as ‘a scapegoat’

'Africa is Queer!' 9 LGBTQI+ Africans from across the continent tell us about their lives in 2020

The multiplicity of stories that our interviewees told about their lives felt a world away from the single story of trauma and pain found in so many past depictions of LGBTQI+ life in Africa.

Wartime sexual violence a ‘psychological weapon’, sets back cause of peace

Sexual violence is used as a war tactic and a political tool to dehumanize, destabilize and forcibly displace populations across the globe, the UN’s expert on the issue told the Security Council on Friday, pressing countries to adopt a survivor-centred approach that ensures victims will not be forgotten.

UK: J.K. Rowling's bigotry is painful and maddening

Garrard Conley is an assistant professor of creative writing at Kennesaw State University. He is the author of the memoir "Boy Erased," adapted into a film of the same name. He is also the producer of Unerased: The History of Conversion Therapy in America. The views expressed here are the author's.

UK: Rugby legend Gareth Thomas bidding to end stigma with Tackle HIV initiative

One tablet a day is all it takes for Gareth Thomas to know that he cannot transmit HIV in any way, writes Paul Eddison. The treatment is simple, non-invasive and allows the former Wales rugby captain to live a normal, healthy, happy life.