What's happening in the LGBTQI+ community

When Donald Trump returned to the White House, Julia Curlee and Colonel Bree Fram were two of the most senior transgender officials in US national security.

After 20 years in the CIA and 23 years across the Air Force and Space Force, they were forced out.

In this in-depth interview, they describe the chaos inside the National Security Council and how the American security system has been dismantled under Trump.

Turkish authorities have launched sweeping raids last weekend targeting LGBTQ+ organizations, venues and activists in Istanbul and other cities. The government of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says it is protecting children and traditional family values, while rights groups say queer people are facing growing pressure simply for who they are.

Following the terrorist attack at Pride in Berlin, the district office has set up a memorial at the site. A rainbow-colored bench and a maple tree, replacing the tree the attacker crashed into, now offer a place to mourn.
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Turkish authorities have detained at least 150 people at a protest after police targeted gay bars and the homes of the LGBTQ+ community. Demonstrators were confronted by police as they gathered outside a court in Istanbul. Dozens were arrested over the weekend in the police crackdown. The government says it is part of a push to protect traditional family values.

What happens when society rejects you for who you are? For Hanabi, a Black queer performer in Paris, the ballroom scene became more than a place to dance – it became family. The ballroom community was created in New York in the late 1960s by queer, Black and Latino people as a space of radical belonging – free from racism and hostility. Today, it has become a global movement.
We follow Hanabi through the heart of Paris's ballroom scene – exploring identity, chosen family, Black culture, LGBTQ+ pride, voguing and the power of community.