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At Tsinghua University — one of China’s most prestigious institutions — two queer women, Huang and Li, encountered firsthand how limited LGBTQ+ expression can be on campus. Both had tried to share positive visibility for queer identities — for example, by distributing rainbow flags and expressing support for LGBTQ+ causes — but were reprimanded by university authorities, sometimes with disciplinary actions that would remain on their academic records. The women challenged the

In a small town in Karnataka, India, Krishtika has transformed classrooms into places of hope. Despite earning a Master’s in Commerce and a Bachelor of Education, Krishtika faced repeated job rejections after her gender transition, with some prospective employers suggesting she should resort to begging or sex work instead of teaching. Growing up, Krishtika always knew she felt different, but societal pressures and a lack of understanding made education feel out of reach. The

Eudy Simelane was not just any young woman — she was a South African national footballer and a proud lesbian activist who lived openly in KwaThema, a township in Gauteng. Born in 1977, Simelane excelled on the field as a midfielder, representing her club, Springs Home Sweepers F.C., while also speaking out for LGBTQ+ rights in her community. Simelane’s courage to live authentically was remarkable given the levels of violence LGBTQ+ women faced in South Africa in the early 200

In 2016, a young lesbian student at Sun Yat-sen University in Guangzhou found herself confronting institutional discrimination — not from classmates but from the very textbooks used in her university courses. While studying, she discovered that educational materials still described homosexuality as a psychological disorder, despite the fact that China removed homosexuality from its official list of mental illnesses back in 2001. Outraged, the student — known only by the pseud

For many student-athletes, college sports become a defining part of their identity. For Evie Parts, a transgender woman and distance runner at Swarthmore College, athletics was where she felt affirmed, connected, and truly herself. But in February 2025, everything changed. After the NCAA implemented a policy banning transgender women from competing in women’s sports — tied to a federal executive order — Swarthmore officials told Parts she could no longer run with the women’s