According to the country's penal code, both men and women found guilty of homosexual sex can be sentenced to up to five years in prison and made to pay a fine. Members of the LGBT community also face being ostracized by their families and wider society.

When Lt Cdr Duncan Lustig-Prean was serving in the Navy, he became accustomed to hiding who he was from his colleagues. He used to practise saying "Phyllis", so he didn't accidentally say his partner's real name, Phil, after a few drinks.

The U.S. Supreme Court will hear a case involving religious parents' request to exempt their children from classes featuring LGBT storybooks in a Maryland school. The case explores the conflict between religious rights and LGBT inclusion in education.

Faith is vital to millions of LGBTQ Americans whose patterns of belief and practice closely mirror those of the wider U.S. population.

A Florida judge sentenced a 19-year-old to two years of probation for leaving burnout marks on an LGBT progress pride mural

(CN) — A former Iowa jail administrator fired for his Christian commentaries posted online, which condemn Muslims and LGBTQ+ people, asked a federal appeals court Tuesday to reverse a trial court’s dismissal of his claim that his firing violated his civil rights.

Robin’s story is one among dozens of ‘hidden LGBT past lives’ on the Isle of Wight that were uncovered after decades of ‘omission and misrepresentation.’ Robin, now 82, remembers the sense of realisation and shame when he first came across the word ‘homosexual’ in 1955 on the island.

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan marked the launch of Turkey’s “Year of the Family” with an attack on the LGBTQ+ community and the announcement of measures to boost birth rates

The Supreme Court upheld on Friday a law banning TikTok in the United States on national security grounds if its Chinese parent company ByteDance does not sell it, putting the popular short-video app on track to go dark in just two days.

Despite the rhetoric, it is the Democrats, not the Republicans, who have undermined themselves electorally through their opposition to democracy itself.

(Reuters) -The U.S. Supreme Court's current term includes cases involving TikTok, guns, gender-affirming medical care for transgender minors, online pornography, religious rights, preventive healthcare, Planned Parenthood funding, job discrimination, federal regulatory powers on nuclear waste storage and vape products, voting rights and more.