LGBT rights

In 2019, Rev. Lee Dong-hwan became the first pastor to be suspended from a church in South Korea, for conducting a “blessing ceremony” at a Queer Culture Festival in Incheon. VICE World News speaks with Rev. Lee to find out more.

In this episode of “Rainbow Guide to Life” VICE World News takes a look at what life is like for gay monks in Thailand’s Buddhist monasteries.

The TGA is looking to crack down on the use of poppers in Australia and reclassify the substance as being comparable to heroin and MDMA. We speak to the people who are going to be most affected by the proposed ban.

LGBT Chechens fleeing 'gay purge' find new home in Canada

VICELAND's Ian Daniel met with Russian-American activist Lyosha Gorshkov to learn more about why the region became so hostile, and how some have managed to escape.

ACLU lawyer Chase Strangio explains HB 142, a controversial law that excludes trans people from public restrooms.

VICE documented the day that Greece recognised same-sex civil partnerships.

VICE News reports from Istanbul, where Turkish police used teargas, rubber bullets, and water cannons to break up the annual gay pride march.