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Keep up to date with the latest news from ILGA World — including statements, press releases on human rights and events — as well as LGBTI news from the global movement.
- Explainers
- Press releases & statements
Start here: your guide to the new ilga.org
We welcome you to the new ILGA World website: built for every reader, with clear insight into what we do, and with information at hand. Discover what has changed!
- Press releases & statements
Beyond depathologisation: Securing the right to health for trans communities
It has been 7 years since the World Health Organisation depathologised trans identities in the International Classification of Diseases - 11th edition, yet trans and gender diverse communities still face higher levels of discrimination in healthcare
- Events
- Press releases & statements
ILGA-Europe conference 2026: When we rise, we rise for all of us
In October 2026, hundreds of LGBTI human rights defenders from across Europe and Central Asia gathered in Dublin, Ireland for the annual ILGA-Europe conference, under the theme "Resist and rise." Read the transcript of the rousing speech that our co-Secretary General Kimberly Frost delivered during the closing plenary
- Events
- Press releases & statements
ILGA World conference 2027 heads to Buenos Aires
Save the date! The 32nd ILGA World Conference will take place in Buenos Aires, Argentina from 6 to 10 September 2027
- Stories
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What happens when ILGA World member organisations collide?
In September 2026, ILGA member organisations Arcigay Modena, MozaiQ, and Gruppo Trans came together in Bologna, Italy during a study visit for a joint advocacy project. "It has been a great exchange of practices and stories"
- Opportunities
Contribute to a UN mandate report on LGBT and gender-diverse people
Contribute to the upcoming report by the UN Independent Expert on the human rights situation of lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans and other gender-diverse (LGBT) persons deprived of liberty.
- Press releases & statements
Türkiye must end the coordinated crackdown on LGBTI+ civil society!
Organisations worldwide condemn the large-scale police raids and detentions targeting LGBTI activists and human rights defenders, organisations and community spaces across Türkiye
- Explainers
With our LGBTI communities worldwide at the 63rd UN Human Rights Council
The 63rd United Nations Human Rights Council begins today, and ILGA World will be with and for our LGBTI communities worldwide! Learn more about what will happen during the coming weeks
- Press releases & statements
Drag is art: ILGA World and ILGALAC in solidarity with activists facing criminalisation in Cusco, Peru
Five human rights defenders and drag artists are facing prosecution in Cusco, Peru following their participation in a Pride march. On 4 September, a judge will hold a hearing to decide whether the prosecution will proceed