A Russian Embassy Said The Investigation Into Chechnya's Gay Kidnappings Is Already Done
"There are no victims of persecution, threats or violence," the Russian embassy to Israel wrote to the Israeli newspaper Haaretz.
These Activists Were Detained For Wanting Russia To Investigate Kidnappings Of Gay Men
Campaigners had gathered 2 million signatures demanding Russian authorities investigate the crackdown on gay men in Chechnya that were first reported in April.
How Sweden Became “The Most Alt-Right” Country In Europe
Alt-right activist Richard Spencer is building a global media company with partners from Sweden, a country with an alt-right of its own that’s helped transform national politics.
This Anti-Abortion Leader Is Charged With Laundering Money From Azerbaijan
A former Italian MP who funded social conservative groups in the US and Europe was passing on money from officials close to Azerbaijan’s repressive regime.
Trump's Most Die-Hard Media Defenders Turn On Him After Strikes On Syria
"I'm officially OFF the Trump train," tweeted Infowars' Paul Joseph Watson.
Pro-Trump Media Is Falsely Claiming That The Chemical Attack In Syria Was A Hoax
Pizzagater Mike Cernovich is leading an online campaign to "stop World War III" under the hashtag #SyriaHoax.
The State Department Issued A Strong Statement On LGBT Kidnappings In Russia
"We are very concerned by the widespread discrimination and violence against LGBTI persons in Russia or any society."
The Man Who Taught Donald Trump To Pit Gay People Against Immigrants
Geert Wilders spent years arguing that Islam threatened gay rights in the country that gave marriage equality to the world. His party now leads polls in upcoming Dutch elections, and his battle cry is being copied by Donald Trump and France's Marine Le Pen.
Steve Bannon's Gay Agenda
“The thing about Breitbart and LGBT — and this was discussed — we don’t want to be mean to gays; we want to expose them when they’re being bullies,” said one Breitbart writer.
A Leading US Social Conservative Just Launched A Mission To Moscow For The Trump Era
Brian Brown of the National Organization for the Family is in Russia to rebuild ties for the international organization he now leads.
This Is How France’s Nationalist Party Is Winning Gay Support
Marine Le Pen has dragged the National Front from the extreme fringes of French politics and now has a shot at winning the presidency — with growing support from LGBT voters. J. Lester Feder reports from Paris on what this means for the future of LGBT politics, with right-wing parties in the ascendant across the continent.
These Are The LGBT Refugees Trapped By Donald Trump’s Immigration Order
“We are all gonna end up in this fucking Turkey … It’s hell. It's fucking hell.”
This Is How 23 Countries Feel About Transgender Rights
One-quarter of Americans say people should never be allowed to change their legal gender, half of Brazilians know a transgender person, and lots more from a BuzzFeed News/Ipsos survey in 23 countries around the world.
Here's The Methodology For Our Huge Transgender Rights Survey
Here's how BuzzFeed News and the polling firm Ipsos, in partnership with UCLA Law School’s Williams Institute, conducted an international survey of attitudes on transgender rights.
Why Iran’s Mullahs Bless Sex Reassignment
Iran has the death penalty for homosexuality but subsidizes sex reassignment surgery. BuzzFeed News looks at how Iran became a center of sex reassignment in the Middle East, and why many trans Iranians still find life impossible in the Islamic republic.
Anti-LGBT Activists Launch New "International Organization For The Family"
The new group is led by Brian Brown of the US's National Organization for Marriage and includes prominent conservatives from Australia, the United Kingdom, Russia, and Nigeria.
This Is How Steve Bannon Sees The Entire World
The soon-to-be White House chief strategist laid out a global vision in a rare 2014 talk where he said racism in the far right gets “washed out” and called Vladimir Putin a kleptocrat. BuzzFeed News publishes the complete transcript for the first time.
This Is Why Human Rights As We Know Them Could End Under Trump
Trump's willingness to pull back from the world stage will likely undermine the progress LGBT rights have made globally — and the human rights framework that's been in place since World War II.
The UN's New LGBT Rights Watchdog May Be About To Lose His Job
The General Assembly will vote next week on an unprecedented measure to undo the newly created position of "independent expert" on LGBT rights.
USAID Will No Longer Allow Discrimination Against LGBT People Getting Foreign Aid
National Security Advisor Susan Rice announced the new policy during an event at American University on Wednesday.