Incidents of queer discrimination around the world

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September 2026

• Turkish police raid LGBTIQ+ venues and activists' homes, detaining at least 60

  Turkish police raided venues for gay people and the homes of LGBTQ+ activists, detaining at least 60 people.

  Sep 13 · Turkey1 source

• Man assaults wife and stepdaughters, uses wife as human shield in Apucarana

  A 36-year-old man assaulted his 46-year-old wife and her two daughters in the Vila Nova neighborhood of Apucarana, throwing the wife against a wall and later grabbing her by the neck and using her as a human shield against police.

  Sep 12 · Apucarana, Brazil1 source

• Two men assaulted in Oviedo after confronting vandals who tore down rainbow flag and anti-racist sign

  A group of about eight young people vandalized a festival stall in Oviedo, tearing down a rainbow flag and an anti-racist sign.

  Sep 11 · Oviedo, SpainRacism6 sources

• Actor mocked in homophobic video near Rock in Rio

  An actor was mocked in a video published with a homophobic tone by a streamer and friends while passing near Rock in Rio.

  Sep 6 · Rio de Janeiro, Brazil1 source

• Passenger shouted racist and homophobic abuse on diverted flight

  A passenger on a flight from Dallas to Newark shouted racist and homophobic insults at a flight attendant, threatened the man seated beside him, struck him and destroyed his computer, prompting a diversion to Maryland.

  Sep 3 · Baltimore, United StatesRacism3 sources

August 2026

• Three men killed in shooting at Tucson gay bar investigated as hate crime

  Three men were found dead after a shooting at the Venture-N bar, a gay bar in Tucson, and police are investigating the attack as a possible hate crime.

  Aug 31 · Tucson, United States18 sources

• Ex-bullfighter hurls homophobic slurs at Mérida protest; women reporters shoved

  During a bullfighting-related demonstration at the Monumento a la Patria on Paseo de Montejo in Mérida, a former bullfighter insulted peaceful demonstrators with homophobic and classist slurs, and a bullfighting businesswoman allegedly shoved female journalists covering the event.

  Aug 30 · Mérida, Mexico1 source

• Pride caravan in Loznica violently disrupted by extremists

  A Pride caravan event in Loznica was interrupted minutes after it began when a firecracker was thrown at activists and a person charged at them intending to attack, forcing them to leave.

  Aug 25 · Loznica, Serbia1 source

• Student's homophobic remarks during class at federal university spark outrage

  A student at the Federal University of Triângulo Mineiro made homophobic and pro-Nazi remarks during a class at the institution's Centro Educacional in Uberaba.

  Aug 25 · Uberaba, Brazil1 source

• Man pushed into canal in homophobic attack in Vigevano

  A 24-year-old man from El Salvador was insulted and pushed into the Naviglio canal in Vigevano by two people in a homophobic attack.

  Aug 21 · Vigevano, Italy1 source

• Young trans woman attacked and insulted during Vilagarcía festival

  A young trans woman was thrown to the ground, kicked in the head, and called a derogatory term for trans people by another girl and her companions during celebrations in Vilagarcía de Arousa.

  Aug 17 · Vilagarcía de Arousa, SpainSexism / Gender-Based Violence1 source

• Pharmacy window smashed, homophobic slur spray-painted in Woodland

  A vandal smashed a window and spray-painted a homophobic slur at Corner Drug Co. On Main Street in Downtown Woodland, California, targeting a window that displayed LGBTQ+ friendly signage.

  Aug 16 · Woodland, United States1 source

• Gay man beaten and publicly humiliated by crowd in Yaoundé

  A young gay man in Yaoundé was accused by neighbors of propositioning another man, then beaten, insulted and publicly humiliated by a small crowd, an attack filmed and posted to Facebook.

  Aug 16 · Yaoundé, Cameroon1 source

• Ecuador adoption law bars single LGB people and targets trans youth

  Ecuador's new adoption law, which came into force, explicitly prevents single lesbian, gay and bisexual people from adopting and allows courts to remove parental authority from parents who support gender-affirming procedures for their trans children.

  Aug 14 · Ecuador1 source

• Teenage girls attacked with homophobic slurs at Benialí festivities

  Three youths aged 16 to 17 insulted five 14-year-old girls with homophobic slurs during the festivities in Benialí, in la Vall de Gallinera, and one of the girls was left with a black eye and knee injuries.

  Aug 9 · Benialí, Spain1 source

• Homophobic graffiti targeting young man found at railway underpass

  A 20-year-old man in Tronzano Vercellese has been repeatedly targeted with homophobic graffiti and insults.

  Aug 5 · Tronzano Vercellese, Italy1 source

• Man killed in suspected homophobic attack in Plovdiv

  A 31-year-old man was found severely injured near Youth Hill in Plovdiv and later died of his injuries.

  Aug 4 · Plovdiv, Bulgaria1 source

• Two people pepper-sprayed after homophobic and transphobic slurs in Munich

  Two young people sitting on a park bench at Stephansplatz in Munich were verbally insulted with homophobic and transphobic terms and then sprayed with pepper spray by a group of men.

  Aug 2 · Munich, Germany1 source

• Hamburg mall security blocks people carrying Pride flags during CSD parade

  Security guards at the Europa Passage shopping centre in Hamburg turned away or asked at least six people carrying Pride rainbow symbols to roll up their flags during the city's Christopher Street Day parade.

  Aug 1 · Hamburg, Germany2 sources

July 2026

• Crowd shouts homophobic chants at interior minister at Ceuta heliport

  A group of about forty people gathered near the Ceuta heliport shouted homophobic chants at Interior Minister Fernando Grande-Marlaska as Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez arrived to address the migration crisis.

  Jul 31 · Ceuta, Spain1 source

Other categories

• Racism 479
• Religious Discrimination 318
• Sexism / Gender-Based Violence 827
• Xenophobia 141