Here’s what we’ve been paying attention to this week Lawyers of the prisoners at Guantánamo say that at least 100 of the 166 inmates are now on hunger strike, with a handful now required to be force-fed through tubes. While [...]

Free agent (former Washington Wizards) center, Jason Collins, came out this week in a personal essay printed by Sports Illustrated. He is the first active professional athlete to do so. Here at The WILD we are celebrating with him! “I [...]

During a time of political transition for same-sex marriage and pervasive homophobia in athletics, French duo LOGO have made a strong statement in their latest track “Cardiocleptomania.” The clip was directed by Alice Moitié and Virgile Texier: “I feel like [...]

This week, Betsy Woodruff at the National Review published a new profile on Representative Steve Stockman (R-Texas). The journalist was with the Congressman on the day that the House took up the Violence Against Women Act, and Mr. Stockman did [...]

Jacob Tobia has an unapologetic (and frankly, unforgettable) stride, and a physical build to suggest an aptitude for running competitively. Last December, he employed both in an inspired fundraiser for the Sandy-devastated Ali Forney Center, a shelter for homeless LGBT [...]

Alright, so: rich, old, white guys may be the forefathers of this country, but for the first time in history, the United States Congress is starting to reflect the population it represents. Besides bringing a whole binder of women to [...]

Mexico was next in line to legalize same-sex marriage rights this past week. Our southern neighbor hopped on the pro-wedding bandwagon just five days ago and is joined by a handful of others who have voted to support the right [...]

In a surprising turn toward conservatism for a freshly elected liberal party, groups opposed to marriage equality in France organized 75 rallies in different cities through the country in October of this year, as reported by allout.org. Meanwhile over seventeen [...]

Congratulations to Adela Hernandez, who recently won public office in Cuba by taking a runoff vote of 280-170. Her position is the equivalent of a city councilor and her successful election grants her eligibility to be selected as a Member [...]

Happy Trans* Day of Remembrance! November 20th, 2012 marks the 14th International Transgender Day of Remembrance – a day when we honor those who have fallen victim to anti-trans* violence as well as celebrate trans* people (and all who are [...]

Need a laugh? Check out the latest CollegeHumor.com sketch video mocking the conservative response to gay marriage gains in the U.S. A fabulously facetious take (or more like threat) on what will happen if YOU [straight men] believe in the [...]

The three members of the group Pussy Riot, Yekaterina Samutsevich, Maria Alyokhina, and Nadezhda Tolokonnikova have been found guilty by a Russian court for “hooliganism motivated by religious hatred,” and sentenced to two years in prison.  The three women appeared outwardly [...]

The idea of jewelry and accessories as political statements is not new. Those in favor of women’s suffrage expressed their support by wearing yellow roses on their lapels. During the Second World War, Norwegians similarly wore paper clips, in a [...]

Igor and his girlfriend, along with another male friend, had changed clothes and gone out for the evening after attending 2010’s LGBT Pride event in Zagreb. On their way, a group of men asked if they had attended the “faggot [...]

Meet Dvir Bar, Editor in Chief of F.O.D., Tel Aviv’s man loving magazine After the Gay Times readers voted Tel Aviv as the best gay city of the world it was just a question of time when will the White [...]

Politics and legislation are often slow to adapt to public sentiment, but neither the American public nor its representatives can deny that 2012 has been one of the gayest years—politically speaking—in American history. The past four and a half months [...]

Without any glimpse of surprise, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin won Russia’s presidential election held last Sunday, with a landslide of over 63% of the popular vote. After declaring victory, a tearful Putin claimed the process as ‘an open and clean [...]

In the center of the western hemisphere, where LGBT rights are flourishing, lies a pocket of violent discrimination that this part of the world hasn’t witnessed since the height of the American civil rights movement. Jamaica, suggested as possibly “The [...]

The world is rapidly changing as we speak and many important leaders are turning things around for the worse, in favor of less freedom and human rights protection. Nigeria is succumbing to those unfortunate changes in the midst of serious [...]

Russia is about to make history…for the wrong reasons. On Wednesday, political leaders in St. Petersburg, the country’s second largest city, are voting on a new law that will make it illegal to speak in public about being gay, lesbian [...]

One of Amnesty International’s greatest achievements in its 50 years of human rights work has been to bridge the gap between people whose human rights are violated and those people who are prepared to campaign on their behalf . Just [...]

The situation in Uganda has deteriorated to the point where a law might be passed in the next 72 hours, that says being Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual or Transgender is a crime punishable by death. It’s atrocious and unacceptable, so we [...]