The news and images reaching us these days are something most of us hadn't thought possible for a long time. War has broken out in Europe again. People are dying in Ukraine, fighting against the Russian army, barricading themselves in subway stations and basements, or fleeing. Many people want to help and offer support. We've compiled some offers here. "Help for Ukraine" - you can find out more here or on partner sites.

At the Trump Pride event in Florida, Richard Grenell spoke alongside Donald Trump's daughter, Tiffany Ariana. The only thing the openly gay, albeit former, member of the Trump administration said was: "Donald Trump regularly asks me: 'How do we stand with gays and lesbians?' And I tell him: 'Mr. President, gays love you!'" Grenell was acting director of the U.S. National Intelligence in 2020.

The chairman of the Polish Catholic Bishops' Conference, Archbishop Stanisław Gądecki, has spoken out against the homophobic "Stop LGBT" citizens' initiative. In a circular letter to the priests of his archdiocese of Poznań in western Poland, he stated that he does not approve of the initiative being promoted and signatures being collected on church grounds.