Transgender advocates applauded the European Court of Human Rights' July 16 landmark decision that Hungary is legally obligated to recognize gender identity.
Poland's anti-gay right-wing president, Andrzej Duda, was forced into a runoff election against his pro-LGBT liberal opponent, Warsaw Mayor Rafal Trzaskowski.
The Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women made a groundbreaking decision in favor of a Russian lesbian couple against the country.
Eight minutes after midnight on May 26 Alexandra QuirĂ³s Castillo and Daritza Araya Arguedas kissed and became Costa Rica's first same-sex couple to legally marry.
Hungary's lawmakers recently voted 133-57 to pass a bill that defines an individual's sex registered at birth, effectively banning future gender identity changes.
Global LGBT leaders were concerned about the well-being of queer communities around the world when the novel coronavirus pandemic broke out and countries began shutting down to halt the spread of it.