The Polish region which is set to stage the 2023 European Games has scrapped controversial legislation which declared it free of "LGBT ideology".

Fumino Sugiyama, a transgender man and former fencer, is the latest addition to the Japanese Olympic Committee's (JOC) Board of Directors after being appointed yesterday.

An inclusion group backed by the Canadian Olympic Committee (COC) has launched a new website to coincide with the start of Pride Month.

Alabama, the state due to host the World Games in Birmingham next year, has passed a bill banning transgender youth from participating in school sports consistent with their gender identity.

Seven members of the Tokyo 2020 Human Rights, Labor and Participation Committee have called for the adoption of an equality act in Japan before the Olympic Games for the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT+) community.

Human Rights Watch is among 116 organisations to have signed a letter calling for Japan to draft and pass an anti-discrimination bill on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity prior to the rescheduled Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games.

World Rugby has approved updated guidelines regarding participation of transgender people in sport; and have recommended that transgender women should not play women's contact rugby.

The Pride House Tokyo Legacy, an information centre for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender (LGBT) and other identifying people, will open its doors next month before the city's planned staging of the Olympics in 2021.

Numerous human rights groups in Japan will launch a campaign tomorrow to push for legislation which would protect lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people from discrimination ahead of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics.

Female Japanese footballer Shiho Shimoyamada has come out as gay and has encouraged other athletes to do the same before the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. 

It has been reported that an LGBT Pride House will be set up in Saint-Petersburg for this summer's FIFA World Cup in Russia.

England's Football Association will raise human rights abuses and homophobia issues with the Qatar FA after signing a Memorandum of Understanding with the controversial hosts of the 2022 FIFA World Cup.

The lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) International Powerlifting Championships will see the introduction of an inclusive Mx category for transgender, non-binary and intersex athletes.

A lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) Powerlifting Union has been formed to give the sport’s athletes representation with the Federation of Gay Games (FGG) and mainstream federations.