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Added on: 01/11/2024

Gabriel Attal is France’s youngest-ever and first openly gay prime minister

01/10/2024

PARIS (AP) — France saw its youngest-ever prime minister and first openly gay one named Tuesday as President Emmanuel Macron seeks a fresh start for the rest…

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Added on: 01/11/2024

‘I faced choice to flee or die’: LGBT asylum seekers question safe state policy

01/10/2024

An asylum seeker forced into an exorcism for being gay has begged the Government to reconsider plans to designate India and Georgia as “safe states” as part…

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Added on: 01/10/2024

France gets its first gay prime minister with Gabriel Attal

01/09/2024

Education Minister Gabriel Attal has just been appointed prime minister of France, the first out gay man and LGBTQ+ person to be named to the position. At…

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Added on: 01/10/2024

Scottish government publish plans to ban conversion therapy

01/09/2024

While UK-based activists sit tight in wait of an update on Rishi Sunak’s conservative party to follow through on their promise to ban the abhorrent practice, Scotland…

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Added on: 01/09/2024

Putin’s War Against My Marriage

01/08/2024

On November 30, Russia’s Supreme Court decided that the “international LGBT movement” was an extremist organization—at the initiative of the Russian Ministry of Justice. This ruling could…

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Added on: 01/09/2024

Walkout in Prestatyn sparked ‘vile’ and ‘horrific’ abuse, says transgender pool player

01/08/2024

A transgender pool champion says she received “vile” and “horrific” abuse online after her opponent refused to play her in a final. Lynne Pinches conceded the Women’s…

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Added on: 01/07/2024

Two single friends, one radical plan: why I’m having a child with my gay best mate

01/06/2024

I held my breath as the sonographer pressed the probe into my belly. I could see something promising on the screen but needed to hear the expert…

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Added on: 01/07/2024

Aunties and ‘othermothers’ play huge part in supporting LGBTQ+ youth, new study finds

01/06/2024

Aunts and ‘othermothers’, who care for children who are not biologically their own, provide significant support to LGBTQ+ youth, new research has found. The new finding is…

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Added on: 01/06/2024

Ecumenical Patriarchy Denies Ban of Archbishop Who Baptised Gay Couple’s Children

01/05/2024

Monasteries on Mount Athos, an important Orthodox Christian spiritual centre for centuries, have denied that the Archbishop Elpidophoros of America’s visit to the monestaries was canceled because…

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Added on: 01/06/2024

Rosie Duffield cleared of transphobia and antisemitism by Labour

01/05/2024

Labour MP Rosie Duffield has been cleared of allegations of transphobia and antisemitism by her party, saying she has been “completely exonerated”. The Canterbury politician, whose views…

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Added on: 01/05/2024

Scottish Government funds mental health project for LGBTQ youth Scottish Government funds mental health project for LGBTQ youth

01/05/2024

The Scottish Government has announced funding for a project to support the mental health of LGBTQ youth. £50,000 will be given to LGBT Youth Scotland to establish…

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Added on: 01/05/2024

Vatican moves to calm bishops over same-sex blessings approval

01/04/2024

VATICAN CITY, Jan 4 (Reuters) – The Vatican on Thursday moved to calm Catholic bishops in some countries who have balked over last month’s approval of blessings…

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Added on: 01/05/2024

Celebration for gay community if Estonia brings same-sex marriage to Eastern Europe

01/04/2024

The Estonian parliament decided on a “gender-neutral” marriage legislation in June. The law no longer mentions “a man and a woman” but “two natural persons” who can…

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Added on: 01/03/2024

Russia’s War on Woke Putin Is Trying to Unite the Far Right and Undermine the West

01/02/2024

In March of this year, Russia will hold presidential elections. The contest, like ones past, will be highly choreographed, and its outcome is preordained. President Vladimir Putin,…

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Added on: 01/02/2024

Same-sex couples able to marry in Estonia from New Year’s Day

01/01/2024

Same-sex couples in Estonia are able to marry from New Year’s Day, in a milestone move people say brings the Baltic nation closer to its Nordic neighbours….

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Added on: 01/02/2024

Same-sex couples fight for civil unions to be legalised in Ukraine

12/31/2023

A Ukrainian couple campaigning for marital equality has called on the Kyiv government to act on a draft civil union law that would give same-sex partnerships legal…

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Added on: 12/31/2023

Transgender ex-RAF navigator honoured by King for contribution to LGBT+ inclusion

12/31/2023

Caroline Paige, who was the first transgender Officer to serve openly in the UK Armed Forces, has been appointed a Member of the Order of the British…

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Added on: 12/30/2023

Greece will legalise same-sex marriage, despite church opposition

12/29/2023

The Greek government is pushing ahead with its same-sex marriage legislation, despite opposition from the church. In July, the prime minister of Greece, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, promised to…

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Added on: 12/27/2023

Pope urges Vatican officials to avoid ‘rigid ideologies’ after approving blessings for gay couples

12/26/2023

Pope Francis urged Vatican officials to avoid “rigid ideological positions” in a speech days after his recent approval of blessings for same-sex couples. Addressing the Holy See…

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Added on: 12/26/2023

Fact check: Did Sweden ‘shut down’ gender-affirming surgical care for minors?

12/25/2023

The claim: Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said parents who seek gender-affirming care for their children subject those children to abuse — so much so that other nations…

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Added on: 12/25/2023

African priests reject Pope’s endorsement of gay marriages

12/24/2023

In an extraordinary pushback against Pope Francis, some Catholic bishops in Africa, Poland and elsewhere say they will not implement the new Vatican policy allowing blessings for…

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Added on: 12/25/2023

Italians demand church condemn lesbian nativity scene

12/24/2023

The display’s creator cited Pope Francis allowing priests to bless same-sex couples in his defense of the controversial scene © Catholic group Pro-Vita e Famiglia. Tens of…

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Added on: 12/25/2023

‘No, that’s fascism’: the librarian who defied Russia’s purge of LGBTQ+ books

11/24/2023

As a gay man growing up in Russia, books were Vladimir Kosarevsky’s refuge, offering him a precious glimpse into lives that in some way echoed his own….

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Added on: 12/24/2023

‘Di Catholic Church no dey change dia mind on blessing same sex marriage’

12/23/2023

Di Archbishop Emeritus of Abuja for Nigeria say one document wey Pope Francis approve regarding blessing of same sex couples don dey misinterpreted. Di document wey di…

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Added on: 12/23/2023

Madrid partially revokes trans and LGBTQ rights laws

12/22/2023

Protections for transgender people will be stripped back in Madrid after a proposal was passed by the Spanish capital’s conservative People’s Party (PP). Under the reform, discriminating…

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Added on: 12/23/2023

Russian Parents Are Kidnapping Their LGBTQ+ Children and Sending Them to Conversion Therapy Camps

12/22/2023

Parents in Russia are hiring gangs of men to abduct their LGBTQ+ children and take them to conversion therapy centers, where they are held for extended periods…

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Added on: 12/22/2023

LGBTQ+ Russians ask: Should I stay or should I go?

12/21/2023

LONDON – Gay and transgender Russians say they fear further attacks on their rights following a Supreme Court ruling that designated LGBTQ+ activists as “extremists,” with some in…

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Added on: 12/21/2023

What does the trans guidance for England’s schools say?

12/20/2023

The UK government finally published its long-delayed guidance for England’s schools on youth transition. The document promises a clear set of principles for teachers and staff as they…

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Added on: 12/20/2023

England’s schools must be involved in new transgender guidance, union warns

12/19/2023

Schools in England must be involved “properly” in developing new transgender guidance that needs to work alongside their existing safeguarding duties, the UK’s largest education union has…

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Added on: 12/20/2023

Majority of European countries vote to recognize & honor LGBTQ+ parents

12/19/2023

The European Union has voted to support parenthood, including same-sex parents, throughout the continent. The European Certificate of Parenthood will recognize parenthood regardless of how a child…