ALTURI WORLD VOICES: Get to know them
The Team of Maribor Pride — Maribor Youth Cultural Center, Slovenia
Since 2014, the Maribor Youth Cultural Center has been supporting young LGBTQ+ people via the Maribor through Pink Glasses program. I spoke with the team behind Maribor’s first Pride, held in 2019,…
Masen Davis – Transgender Europe
Masen Davis is a world-renowned leader in LGBTQ and human rights. He has led countless initiatives for LGBTQ rights in North America, Europe, and Central Asia. Currently, he is the Executive Director…
Mohamed Ali (Dali) Aguerbi – Documentarian, Malta
Mohamed Ali (Dali) Aguerbi created the documentary, ‘Rainbow Bridge’, about LGBTI migrants. He is an activist who is also working for a non-profit in Malta, MGRM. By Savita Sukul Dali came to…
Isaac Blake — Romani Cultural & Arts Company, Wales
Isaac Blake is the founder and executive director of the Romani Cultural & Arts Company based in Cardiff, Wales. A proud gay Romani Gypsy, he organized the United Kingdom’s first international LGBTQ+…
Latest Global LGBTI News
ADDED ON: 09/19/2021
Salvadoran president rules out allowing abortion, same-sex marriage
Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele said on Friday a raft of constitutional reforms the government will send soon to Congress will not contain decriminalization of abortion, legalization of same-sex marriage or steps to…
ADDED ON: 09/19/2021
Chinese LGBT athlete comes out as gay on social media and receives huge support despite government repression and censorship
A Chinese volleyball athlete has taken the rare step of publicly revealing she is gay by releasing a marriage-registry-style photo of her and her girlfriend on Weibo. “She doesn’t need to do…
ADDED ON: 09/19/2021
Thousands march in Ukraine for LGBT rights, safety
Some 7,000 people gathered in Ukrainian capital on Sunday for the annual March for Equality to support the rights of the country's LGBT community. Equipped with colorful costumes and rainbow flags, the…
ADDED ON: 09/19/2021
LGBT veterans booted out of army for being gay win right to lay wreath at Cenotaph
Forces veterans jailed or booted out for being gay will lay an official wreath at the Cenotaph for the first time on Remembrance Sunday. The LGBT support group Fighting With Pride has…
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