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June, 2026

Why gender diversity matters in technology

Written by Association for Progressive Communications

2 weeks ago

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

Written by Global Voices Central & Eastern Europe

2 weeks ago

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

Written by Daria Dergacheva

2 weeks ago

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

Written by Jude Pierre Louis

2 weeks ago

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Fighting Western imports: The justification of the anti-LGBTQ+ agenda in Africa

African lawmakers push anti-LGBTQ+ legislation, claiming it protects ‘traditional African values’

Written by Civic Media Observatory, Samanta Azpurua

2 weeks ago

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

2 weeks ago

When surveillance becomes part of the landscape

In Latin America, surveillance is colonizing everyday spaces until we are numb to it

Written by Derechos Digitales

Translated by Shannon Kirby

2 weeks ago

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

2 weeks ago

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

2 weeks ago

Haiti: Fleeing is not enough in Port-au-Prince and other major cities

Gangs have taken Haiti hostage, forcing more than 1.5 million people to flee their homes

Written by Global Voices en français

Translated by Laura

2 weeks ago

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

2 weeks ago

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

2 weeks ago

Three years of Pride: Santiago Méndez’s visual archive of queer Venezuela

“Queer Venezuelans existed in public before the country recognized them”

Written by Gabriela Mesones Rojo

3 weeks ago

Digital surveillance is breaking activist mental health

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

Written by Gina Romero

3 weeks ago

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

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

Written by Mong Palatino

3 weeks ago

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

3 weeks ago

Brazil’s former First Lady juggles Christian conservatism, cracks open the far right’s gender contradictions

What Michelle Bolsonaro’s stepping into politics reveals about the evangelical and women's electorate

Written by Nicole Froio

3 weeks ago

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

3 weeks ago

The case of Shakira Galíndez highlights a growing crisis for trans Venezuelan asylum seekers in the U.S.

Transgender refugees in the United States are exposed to ICE arbitrary detentions, discrimination and mistreatment

Written by Gabriela Mesones Rojo

3 weeks ago

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

3 weeks ago

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

3 weeks ago

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

3 weeks ago

Support Global Voices’ Spotlight: Statelessness

In July, we're exploring how statelessness can negatively impact people’s lives

Written by Global Voices Announcements

3 weeks ago

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

4 weeks ago

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

4 weeks ago

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