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Added on: 12/22/2024

Political Homophobia In Russia: How Unsafe Is The LGBT Community In The Country?

12/21/2024

Is it the worst time to be gay in Russia? How unsafe is the LGBTQIA+ community under President Vladimir Putin? How has the political homophobia in Russia…

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Added on: 12/22/2024

Map shows the best and worst places to be trans in Europe and Central Asia

12/21/2024

Trans rights are becoming increasingly ‘polarised’ in Europe and Central Asia, a map has shown. Campaign group TGEU’s annual Trans Rights Map ranks the legal situation for…

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Added on: 12/21/2024

Trans lobby group threatens to help break puberty blockers ban by exploiting loopholes

12/20/2024

Campaigners demanded an urgent review of the puberty blockers ban last night over a trans lobby group’s offer to help children exploit loopholes. Hours after they were…

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Added on: 12/21/2024

RUSSIA: Fined for citing Vatican, Scottish Episcopal texts

12/20/2024

A court in Moscow fined a Russian Anglican Christian three weeks’ average local wage on 18 November under Russia’s “gay propaganda” law for sharing materials from the…

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Added on: 12/20/2024

Lithuania’s top court declares anti-LGBT law unconstitutional

12/19/2024

The former government asked the top court to assess the constitutionality of the Law on the Protection of Minors from Negative Effects of Public Information. The law states that…

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Added on: 12/19/2024

These women lost their children because they were lesbians – why can’t the government say sorry?

12/18/2024

I am more than just aware of the faint outlines of queer history – it is something I see in Technicolour. I immerse myself in lesbian books,…

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Added on: 12/17/2024

Trump appoints gay former Obama and Clinton donor to be ambassador to Belgium

12/16/2024

President-elect Donald Trump has selected Bill White, a gay businessman and philanthropist, to serve as U.S. ambassador to Belgium. White will represent the United States in Belgium,…

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Added on: 12/16/2024

Georgia’s New President Opposes EU, LGBTQ Rights

12/16/2024

Pro-EU protesters took to the streets in Georgia as an electoral college dominated by the ruling party chose a new president known for his vehement anti-West views…

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Added on: 12/16/2024

Why Polish author Jacek Dehnel feels he can return home

12/15/2024

Five years ago, Dehnel reached the conclusion that Poland was “not a safe place for LGBT people.” The PiS government was constantly stirring up animosity toward LGBT communities. Polish…

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Added on: 12/15/2024

Government inaugurates Dar il-Qawsalla, to provide shelter for homeless LGBTIQ+ individuals

12/14/2024

Prime Minister Robert Abela, together with Minister for Social and Affordable Accommodation Roderick Galdes have inaugurated Dar il-Qawsalla, a residence dedicated to members of the LGBTIQ+ community…

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Added on: 12/15/2024

Targeted by the far right, Bulgaria’s LGBTQI+ community are in deep distress

12/14/2024

On one of the main boulevards in the Bulgarian capital of Sofia, the building housing LGBTQI+ advocacy organisation Bilitis shows no outward signs of the group’s presence….

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Added on: 12/13/2024

Slovakia protests against minister who tests culture, LGBT limits

12/12/2024

Thousands of people took to the streets of the Slovakia capital Thursday to protest against Culture Minister Martina Simkovicova who has dismissed several heads of major cultural…

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Added on: 12/13/2024

The U.K. Bans Puberty Blockers for Trans Minors

12/12/2024

The United Kingdom on Wednesday became the latest European country to restrict some form of health care access for transgender youth after indefinitely banning the sale and supply of puberty blockers to…

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Added on: 12/12/2024

Banned LGBT veterans to get up to £70,000 in compensation

12/11/2024

LGBT veterans who were dismissed from the armed forces for being gay will be eligible to receive up to £70,000 in compensation, the government will announce on…

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Added on: 12/11/2024

Claims against PinkNews bosses of sexual misconduct ‘very concerning’, says No 10

12/10/2024

Downing Street has described as “very concerning” multiple allegations of sexual misconduct made against the couple who run PinkNews, the world’s largest LGBTQ+ website. The BBC reported…

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Added on: 12/10/2024

Warsaw Non-Profit Opens First Museum of Queer History in Poland

12/09/2024

On Friday, Poland inaugurated its first museum dedicated to LGBTQ history, a milestone in a country where legal recognition for gay rights remains limited. Located in Warsaw…

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Added on: 12/08/2024

Vatican’s Holy Year calendar includes event for LGBT Catholics

12/07/2024

The Vatican has included an event organised by LGBT Catholics on its official online calendar for the upcoming 2025 Roman Catholic Holy Year, in an unusual sign…

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Added on: 12/08/2024

Belarus seeks to copy neighboring Russia’s repressive LGBTQ+ policies, activists say

12/07/2024

As police raided the home of a gay couple in the Belarusian capital of Minsk and brutally beat them, the officers didn’t hide that the crackdown was…

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Added on: 12/07/2024

Russian LGBTQ+ activists describe a climate of fear amid new laws, court rulings

12/06/2024

In the year since Russia’s Supreme Court effectively outlawed any promotion of LGBTQ+ rights, activists say they are experiencing a climate of fear and intimidation in the…

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Added on: 12/07/2024

Vatican’s Holy Year calendar includes event for LGBT Catholics

12/06/2024

The Vatican has included an event organised by LGBT Catholics on its official online calendar for the upcoming 2025 Roman Catholic Holy Year, in an unusual sign…

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Added on: 12/06/2024

Georgia’s opposition comes under attack as leader is dragged from HQ

12/05/2024

A Georgian opposition leader has been dragged from his party office by police and others have been physically attacked, after the prime minister vowed that organisers of…

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Added on: 12/05/2024

The country risking it all for Europe – as Brexit Britain buries its head

12/04/2024

They come out every night. They’re shot at with rubber bullets and they’re fired upon by water cannons and they’re detained and they’re hospitalised. But they come…

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Added on: 12/05/2024

Gay clubgoers found guilty of “hooliganism” following Moscow raids

12/04/2024

As many as a dozen individuals rounded up at gay clubs in Moscow this past weekend have been found guilty of “hooliganism” by a Russian court and…

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Added on: 12/04/2024

A dozen Moscow clubgoers found guilty after anti-LGBTQ ‘propaganda’ raids

12/03/2024

A dozen Moscow clubgoers were found guilty of “petty hooliganism” and detained following anti-LGBTQ “propaganda” raids by Russian security forces, according to Russian court documents and local…

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Added on: 12/03/2024

Spain’s Socialists to ban trans women from female sports

12/03/2024

Spain’s ruling Socialist party intends to ban transgender women from competing in female sports and to remove the Q+ from the LGBTQ+ acronym. The Socialists, led by…

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Added on: 12/03/2024

The BBC’s new obsession: nonbinary Morris dancers

12/02/2024

Move over drag queens, the BBC has found a new group to obsess over: LGBT Morris dancers. As X user ‘ripx4nutmeg’ pointed out at the weekend, Britain’s…

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Added on: 12/02/2024

Georgian Dream’s Oppressive Anti-LGBT Law Comes into Effect

12/02/2024

Georgian Dream’s homophobic and transphobic law “On the Protection of Family Values and Minors,” adopted in September, comes into force on December 2. The repressive law, introduced as part of…

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Added on: 12/01/2024

Moscow Police Raid Clubs Overnight Under “LGBT Propaganda” Law

11/30/2024

Police in Moscow raided multiple bars early Saturday and arrested the director of a travel agency serving LGBTQ+ customers under laws criminalizing “LGBT propaganda,” state media reported….

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Added on: 11/30/2024

Italian Transgender Ex-Politician Recalls Parliament Bathroom Ban As Sarah McBride Faces Similar Fight

11/29/2024

Despite deadly conflicts in Ukraine and the Middle East and a possible trade war with China, US lawmakers still have time to argue about which toilet they…

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Added on: 11/29/2024

Polish government approves criminalisation of anti-LGBT hate speech

11/28/2024

Poland’s government has approved plans to add sexual orientation, gender, age and disability to the categories covered by Poland’s hate crime laws. Those guilty of such offences…