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Added on: 11/29/2022
11/28/2022
Lesvos rolls out of bed each morning before the sunrise, heads to work, then punches her time card at exactly 6 a.m. By day, she’s a chef…

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Added on: 11/28/2022
LONDON: London’s transport system is not allowing advertising that “portrays Qatar as a desirable destination” or encourages people to attend the World Cup, under a 2019 policy…

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Added on: 11/28/2022
11/27/2022
The Taliban have flogged a group of people in a crowded football stadium for “moral crimes” including gay sex. Twelve people, including three women, were lashed in front…

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Added on: 11/27/2022
11/26/2022
Filmmaker Dan Hall accidentally found himself in contact with more than a hundred queer people in Afghanistan living under Taliban rule. He shares some of their stories…

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Added on: 11/26/2022
Aside from the competition for the World Cup title, one of the most hotly contested issues in the tournament in Qatar is over rainbow colors. In the…

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Added on: 11/26/2022
11/25/2022
India’s top court decided Friday to proceed with a case weighing legal recognition of same-sex marriages, four years after the same institution struck down a colonial-era ban…

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Added on: 11/26/2022
11/25/2022
In a victory for LGBTQ rights, South Korea’s supreme court ruled that transgender people have the right to change their legal sex status, regardless of whether they…

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Added on: 11/25/2022
11/24/2022
BRUSSELS, Nov 24 (Reuters) – The EU parliament on Thursday voted in favour of a resolution that calls on FIFA to help compensate the families of the…

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Added on: 11/23/2022
11/22/2022
For the first time, Israel’s Education Ministry has issued guidelines to schools regarding LGBTQ students and families. The document, released on Tuesday, requires schools to train teachers…

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Added on: 11/22/2022
11/21/2022
Iranians chant for Mahsa Amini. Right before England beat Iran, the fans gathered outside the Khalifa International Stadium to chant the name of the woman whose death…

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Added on: 11/21/2022
11/20/2022
SHARIFF AGUAK, Maguindanao del Sur, Philippines — Previously known as the municipality of Maganoy, this third-class town with a population of around 35,000 has imposed stricter measures…

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Added on: 11/21/2022
11/20/2022
Karachi (AFP) – Hundreds of transgender activists and their supporters protested in Pakistan’s southern city of Karachi Sunday to campaign for equal rights and raise awareness of discrimination…

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Added on: 11/20/2022
11/19/2022
The Fifa president, Gianni Infantino, has accused critics of Qatar’s human rights record of staggering hypocrisy and racism in a bizarre and incendiary attack on the eve…

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Added on: 11/18/2022
The Bangladeshi human rights organization JusticeMakers Bangladesh expressed concern and anger over the attempt to expel the gay teacher, Aminul Islam, from his position as senior lecturer…

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Added on: 11/16/2022
11/15/2022
Gay Qataris have been promised safety from physical torture in exchange for helping the authorities to track down other LGBTQ+ people in the country, a prominent Qatari…

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Added on: 11/14/2022
Hundreds of people rallied in Tokyo to highlight the urgency of calls to protect the rights of transgender people. Organizers estimated that about 1,000 people, Japanese and foreign…

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Added on: 11/14/2022
11/13/2022
One of the only LGBT organisations based in the Gulf region has accused Fifa of putting a “Band-Aid” over Qatar’s treatment of LGBT people by holding meaningless…

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Added on: 11/14/2022
11/13/2022
Benjamin Netanyahu — the former Israeli prime minister who was recently elected as the chairman of the majority Likud party within his country’s legislature, the Knesset —…

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Added on: 11/12/2022
11/11/2022
RFE/RL’s Radio Azadi reports on the Taliban cracking down on Afghan universities, which have become a hotbed of anti-Taliban protests led by female students. In the latest…

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Added on: 11/12/2022
She was the only woman soldier working in the guard room, surrounded by men who harassed and frightened her after she said she was transgender. She tried…

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Added on: 11/10/2022
11/09/2022
Pressure on French football. A group of associations and personalities have called on the France team and national authorities to denounce the violations of the rights of…

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Added on: 11/09/2022
11/08/2022
Education about sexual minorities in Japanese schools is relatively non-existent. But one 6th grader named Ui is hoping to educate children about LGBTQ+ people with her picture…

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Added on: 11/09/2022
11/08/2022
Gay football fans are set to be offered ‘safe houses’ in Qatar after a World Cup ambassador described homosexuality as ‘damage in the mind’. The Football Association…

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Added on: 11/08/2022
11/07/2022
What follows is a translation of a long Hebrew-language Facebook post by Amir Ohana, the recently reelected Israeli Knesset member who formerly served in governments led by…

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Added on: 11/08/2022
A new project launched by LGBTQ rights activists based in Lebanon and Paris offers emotional support services to members of the LGBTQ community — initially to refugees…

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Added on: 11/07/2022
The Executive Council of Australian Jewry have congratulated incoming Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on his election win but have also voiced concern about homophobic elements within…

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Added on: 11/07/2022
NAMSAI, 6 Nov: The three-day Arunachal Literature Festival (ALF) – one of the most popular events conducted by a government department in the state – ended here…

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Added on: 11/07/2022
Qatar’s foreign minister has said the country’s critics are ‘arrogant’ and ‘cannot accept a small country from the Middle East’ is hosting the World Cup, amid criticism…

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Added on: 11/05/2022
11/04/2022
A gay man who lived in Qatar has revealed the harrowing truth about sting operations in place to entrap members of the queer community, with his own…

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Added on: 11/04/2022
Religious Zionism MK Orit Strock says leftists, Arabs and members of the LGBT community should not fear the rise of the far right in this week’s election. “We’re…