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  • Tuesday, 7 January, 2020
    Workplace diversity & equality
    City grandees under fire over gay candidate’s lord mayor interview

    Concerns raised at line of questioning for ceremonial London post

  • Friday, 29 November, 2019
    Marriage and divorce
    Divorce rate falls to lowest for nearly half a century

    Rate of 7.5 divorces out of 1,000 marriages in 2018, down from peak of 14 in 1993

  • Wednesday, 16 October, 2019
    Charles Calkin
    You’re wealthy — should you marry in secret?

    Marriage entitles you to substantial tax benefits, but some couples would rather keep quiet about tying the knot

  • Tuesday, 17 September, 2019
    Coming out at work: FT staff share their stories

    LGBT+ employees on telling their colleagues — and what happened next

  • Sunday, 11 August, 2019
    Poland
    Poland’s ruling party fuels anti-LGBT sentiment ahead of polls

    Big display of security for Pride march in Plock following anti-gay violence

  • Thursday, 11 July, 2019
    Poland
    Ikea falls foul of Polish government in LGBT dispute

    Retailer faces probe after firing employee for allegedly expressing homophobic views

  • Wednesday, 10 July, 2019
    FT readers share their experiences of coming out at work

    Our LGBT+ audience discusses telling their colleagues — as well as their friends and grandmothers

  • Wednesday, 3 July, 2019
    Jo Ellison
    Woke speak is scary. So swot up

    The language of gender is changing faster than ever — can you keep up with the labels?

  • Tuesday, 2 July, 2019
    Arts5 min
    Pride NYC - how perspectives have changed

    Vincent Cianni has been photographing the gay community since the 1980s. The FT joins him on the march to talk photography, protest and commercialisation

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  • Thursday, 27 June, 2019
    A year in pictures: how LGBT+ rights have changed

    Despite decriminalisation and recognition of same-sex marriage, violence and discrimination persist

  • Tuesday, 18 June, 2019
    Courtney Weaver
    Pete Buttigieg is trying a different identity politics

    The Midwest mayor running for president has focused on his age and veteran status rather than his sexuality

  • Tuesday, 11 June, 2019
    African politics
    Botswana court decriminalises homosexuality

    Gay sex still criminalised in 30 of Africa’s 54 countries

  • Thursday, 6 June, 2019
    Global InsightEdward Luce
    Liberal over-reach on gender identity risks benefiting Trump

    Democrats’ embrace of transgender rights burnishes president’s everyman appeal

  • Thursday, 6 June, 2019
    Gay civil servant wins spousal benefits appeal at Hong Kong top court
  • Friday, 31 May, 2019
    Television
    RuPaul, Pose and how the mainstream discovered voguing

    Once voguers were influenced by models and fashion houses — now celebrities like Rihanna look to them for inspiration

  • Friday, 24 May, 2019
    Kenya
    Kenya’s High Court upholds ban on gay sex
  • Friday, 24 May, 2019
    Brazilian society
    Brazil’s top court votes to criminalise homophobia and transphobia

    Decision bucks tide of hostility towards sexual minorities since Bolsonaro became president

  • Friday, 24 May, 2019
    Gay marriage
    Same-sex couples in Taiwan tie the knot under new law

    LGBT community celebrates Asia milestone amid concern over Brunei death penalty

  • Friday, 17 May, 2019
    Gay marriage
    Taiwan legalises same-sex marriage in first for Asia

    Tens of thousands joined a rally for marriage equality in Taipei

  • Friday, 17 May, 2019
    Australia
    Rugby Australia sacks Folau after homophobic Instagram post
  • Friday, 10 May, 2019
    Film
    Does Hollywood have a problem with homosexuality? Damn straight

    Controversy over cuts to the Elton John biopic Rocketman reflects big studios’ age-old reticence over queer characters

  • Thursday, 9 May, 2019
    Arts
    Art After Stonewall — New York exhibition charts the fight for gay rights

    Spanning two Manhattan locations, the show mixes political rage with joyful self-expression

  • Monday, 6 May, 2019
    Brunei
    Brunei says death penalty will not be enforced on gay sex

    Partial backtrack comes after global outcry and boycott of sultanate’s luxury hotels

  • Friday, 3 May, 2019
    AnalysisRugby
    Homophobic Instagram post sparks Australian rugby crisis

    Sacking of player Israel Folau generates debate over freedom of speech and religion

  • Friday, 3 May, 2019
    FT Magazine
    After Stonewall: 50 years of photography

    Gay liberation also meant greater freedom for artists, as a new book and exhibition show

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