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LANGUAGES · June, 2026

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Gender-bending in Balkan history and folklore: Sworn virgins, ritual roles and women warriors in drag

The past (and people’s imagination) wasn’t as rigid as today’s defenders of ‘traditional values’ often claim

Written by Global Voices Central & Eastern Europe

29 June 2026

Fortress Europe: the new pact on migration and asylum will further deteriorate chances for LGBTQ+ refugees

Even prior to the new set of laws the rate of acceptance was very low

Written by Daria Dergacheva

28 June 2026

How Europe ships its waste to Morocco and calls it ‘recycling’

European waste fills Moroccan kilns. Communities near Casablanca are left breathing the fumes

Written by UntoldMag

28 June 2026

Haiti’s ‘Grenadiers’ bring hope and joyful moments at World Cup 2026

‘[W]ith the Grenadiers, the whole world discovered another aspect of Haiti’

Written by Jude Pierre Louis

27 June 2026

Living better, living hidden: The struggle of trans women in Syria

In a Syria that tries to erase them, transgender women cling to fragile dreams of escape

Written by Syria Untold

26 June 2026

The lakes that should not exist in Pakistan’s mountain ranges

Pakistan's glacial lakes are multiplying. The world's biggest polluters are not paying to stop them.

Written by Syed Salman Mehdi

26 June 2026

Denied by the State, demanded by the streets: Japan's LGBTQ+ turning point

‘May love prevail in the Supreme Court’: Japanese LGBTQ+ activists push for legal victory this Pride month

Written by Jo Carter

25 June 2026

Fake visuals, defamed civilians, and fabricated wars: How Indian mainstream media failed during operation Sindoor

‘Freedom of the press does not grant a license to publish defamatory or misleading material’

Written by Sakkcham Singh Parmaar

24 June 2026

Digital surveillance is breaking activist mental health

Living under constant surveillance is to exist in a permanent state of hypervigilance

Written by Gina Romero

23 June 2026

Malaysian government replaces the term ‘LGBT’ with ‘deviant culture’

Authorities said they wanted to prevent the ‘normalization’ of LGBTQ+ culture

Written by Mong Palatino

23 June 2026

Hong Kong’s LGBTQ+ communities struggle to survive amid shrinking civic spaces

Hong Kong authorities allow the LGBTQ+ community to exist, but prefer them not to come out

Written by Oiwan Lam

22 June 2026

Planes don't fly on masculinity: Why society views women in transportation as an anomaly

‘As women, especially African women, we grow up understanding that mistakes are rarely viewed as individual’

Written by Guest Contributor

19 June 2026

Can the Special Seats Bill deliver the gender parity Nigeria needs?

The Special Seats Bill was designed to tackle the severe underrepresentation of women in parliament

Written by Pamela Ephraim

18 June 2026

Bunk’Art: Dealing with the legacy of Albania’s communist regime

Bunk’Art has been celebrated as an opportunity to work through decades of suppressed trauma

Written by Balkan Diskurs

18 June 2026

Invisible strategies: How fear of being outed shapes LGBTQ+ life online in Serbia

For many queer people, social media is both a space of connection and risk

Written by Guest Contributor

17 June 2026

Meet Myat Moe Thu, a woman journalist in Myanmar’s conflict zones

She defies societal expectations and structural limitations in doing her work

Written by Exile Hub

17 June 2026

The rights left behind: The future of LGBTQI+ organizing in post-uprising Bangladesh

A revolution promised inclusion. Bangladesh's LGBTQI+ community is still waiting.

Written by Trishia Nashtaran

16 June 2026

Ghana’s queer movement is losing a fight it could be ‘winning’

Ghana passes the anti-LGBTQ+ bill days after receiving global acclaim for human rights advocacy

Written by Minority Africa

15 June 2026

Palestinians are being locked out of the digital economy

Digital exclusion is economic exclusion, and for Palestinians, it’s by design

Written by Guest Contributor

14 June 2026

What explains the global stardom of Dimash Qudaibergen, Kazakhstan’s cultural phenomenon?

His fame knows no limits and attracts people from all walks of life

Written by Timur Derbsalin

13 June 2026

For LGBTQ+ people in Egypt, the internet is both a lifeline and a trap

Gender non-binary people in Egypt live under a repressive system that perpetuates violence, discrimination, and stigma

Written by UntoldMag

12 June 2026

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