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ADDED ON: 03/20/2023

Bosnia: rights activists assaulted following LGBT event ban

SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina -- Rights activists in the Serb-run part of Bosnia were assaulted late Saturday, hours after police banned an LGBT event planned there over the weekend, citing security concerns. The attack took…

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ADDED ON: 03/19/2023

Italy’s gay opposition leader blasts bureaucratic crackdown on rights of LGBTQ parents as ideological, cruel and discriminatory as thousands protest in Milan

The head of Italy's opposition party blasted a bureaucratic crackdown on LGBTQ families as 'ideological', 'cruel' and 'discriminatory'. The Interior Ministry this week forced Milan to limit parental rights to the biological…

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ADDED ON: 03/19/2023

Petition for progressive sex education in Ukraine

Members of the LGBT community in Ukraine have gathered signatures for a petition to introduce mandatory sex education in Ukrainian schools. It gathered thousands of votes. The petition demands an introduction "of…

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ADDED ON: 03/18/2023

In Estonia, backing Ukraine isn’t controversial … but gay marriage is

Over the past year, Kaja Kallas has developed an image as a strong supporter of Ukraine in its war against Russia. The next battlefield for the Estonian leader is closer to home…

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ADDED ON: 03/16/2023

Italian government tells Milan to stop registering same-sex couples’ children

MILAN, March 14 (Reuters) - Italy's right-wing government has told Milan's city council to stop registering same-sex parents' children, re-igniting a debate around Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni's conservative agenda. Italy legalised same-sex civil…

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ADDED ON: 03/15/2023

Italian government limits parental rights of gay couples

Gay rights activists on Tuesday denounced as homophobic moves by Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s far-right-led government to limit recognition of parental rights to the biological parent only in the case of…

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ADDED ON: 03/14/2023

Tory immigration bill could condemn LGBTQ+ refugees to death: ‘Immoral, disgraceful and indefensible’

The UK government is facing fierce condemnation from opposition MPs and senior Tories over its “immoral, ineffective and incredibly expensive” Illegal Migration Bill. The bill has been devised by the Tory government…

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ADDED ON: 03/13/2023

Meet the Ukrainian activist providing hormone therapy to the trans community from her Kyiv apartment

Anastasiia Yeva Domani has lived in Kyiv for her entire life and never plans to move. She is familiar face to many in the trans community in Ukraine, so she used this…

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ADDED ON: 03/11/2023

German Catholic bishops back blessings for same-sex couples

The Synodal Assembly — which is focused on reforming the Church — adopted a paper in Frankfurt on Friday to allow for same-sex couples to have their relationships blessed by the German…

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ADDED ON: 03/10/2023

Bosnia Women Rights Marchers Attacked in Banja Luka Over LGBT Flag

Participants in the 12th annual women’s right protest on March 8 in the Bosnian city of Banja Luka, the administrative centre of Bosnia’s Serb-dominated Republika Srpska entity, were verbally and then physically…

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ADDED ON: 03/10/2023

Hungary vows to fight in EU court to defend anti-LGBT law

BUDAPEST, March 9 (Reuters) - Hungary's Justice Minister said late on Wednesday that Budapest would fight in the Court of Justice of the EU to defend an education law that Brussels says…

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ADDED ON: 03/09/2023

Hungary vows to defend its cruel anti-LGBTQ+ law after EU legal challenge: ‘We will not surrender’

Hungary plans to fight the Court of Justice of the European Union to defend its controversial anti-LGBTQ+ law. The country’s Child Protection Act, which was passed with just one dissenting vote in June…

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