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Added on: 04/22/2023

How Putin Inadvertently Boosted Support for LGBT Rights in Ukraine

04/21/2023

When Vladimir Putin announced Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine on Feb. 24, 2022, he framed the move in part as a means of defending traditional values from…

Global News

Added on: 04/21/2023

Hungary’s Christian LGBT community hopes Pope visit will heal social wounds

04/20/2023

Hungary’s Christian LGBT community hopes a visit by Pope Francis to Budapest next week can help heal wounds in a deeply divided society amid an intensifying anti-LGBT…

Global News

Added on: 04/20/2023

Gay Rwandan woman says government can’t protect LGBTQ+ refugees: ‘They won’t be safe’

04/19/2023

Like many in Rwanda, Maria was raised Christian, which made it even harder for her to accept her sexuality. She recalls spending “a lot of time in churches…

Global News

Added on: 04/17/2023

As Ukraine’s LGBTQ soldiers fight on the front line, acceptance grows in the conservative country

04/16/2023

KYIV, Ukraine — On a riotous Instagram profile featuring pole-dancing, cross-dressing and fierce makeup, a picture of Ivan Honzyk in high heels and stockings next to an…

Global News

Added on: 04/17/2023

Transgender-related protesters divided by police in Belfast

04/16/2023

Police have been keeping two opposing groups apart at separate transgender-related events in Belfast city centre. Hundreds of people have attended the events near Donegall Quay. A…

Global News

Added on: 04/16/2023

EU warns against unilateral steps after Poland, Hungary ban Ukrainian grain

04/16/2023

Unilateral action on trade by European Union member states is unacceptable, a European Commission spokesperson said on Sunday, after Poland and Hungary announced bans on grain and…

Global News

Added on: 04/16/2023

Ban conversion therapy in Norway delayed

04/15/2023

Last week Friday, the Minister of Culture and Equality announced that a new law banning conversion therapy was delayed. Trettebergstuen pointed out that the delay is not…

Global News

Added on: 04/16/2023

Russia may deport Chinese man for ‘LGBT propaganda’

04/15/2023

The Supreme Court in the Russian region of Tatarstan has rejected an appeal against an order to deport Chinese citizen Haoyang Xu over “LGBT propaganda.” The 21-year-old,…

Global News

Added on: 04/15/2023

Young Queer People Are Being Put on Trial For Fighting Hate

04/14/2023

A Polish activist who faces up to five years in jail for allegedly attacking a van covered with anti-LGBTQ phrases says the case has left them “deeply…

Global News

Added on: 04/15/2023

Are LGBT Rights Under Fire In Italy?

04/14/2023

At the beginning of March, the Municipality of Milan was forced to stop registering children born to homo-parental couples in Italy, also known as rainbow families. This…

Global News

Added on: 04/15/2023

Hungary passes law allowing citizens to report same-sex parents to law enforcement

04/14/2023

Hungary has just passed a law empowering citizens to report same-sex families with kids to local authorities for violating the “constitutionally recognized role of marriage and the…

Global News

Added on: 04/14/2023

OPINION: Six months after the brutal terrorist attack on a gay bar, nothing has changed in the Czech Republic or Slovakia

04/12/2023

Krystof Stupka is a member of the Czech Government’s Committee on LGBTQ+ Rights – Every time I go back to that tragic night, my hands tremble with a…

Global News

Added on: 04/14/2023

They’re calling for our extinction’: Uganda activists call on EU to cut aid over anti-gay law

04/13/2023

Uganda’s LGBT community are living “in total fear” after a new bill was passed last month making it illegal to identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender….

Global News

Added on: 04/13/2023

People spew hate at me for being an LGBT Muslim – but I know they don’t represent my community

04/12/2023

“I find the hate quite funny to be honest,” says Hafsa Qureshi. As a loud and proud queer person of faith, Hafsa has developed thick skin to…

Global News

Added on: 04/13/2023

Italy’s Meloni turns to culture wars after muted debut

04/12/2023

(CN) — What country is talking about banning “fake” lab-grown meat and flour made from pulverized insects, blocking ChatGPT, not recognizing the children of gay couples and…

Global News

Added on: 04/11/2023

Hands off our children, Hungary tells Czech FM amid anti-LGBT law dispute

04/10/2023

Keep your hands off the Hungarian children, Hungarian State Secretary of Foreign Affairs Tamás Menczer told Czech Foreign Minister Jan Lipavský (Pirates, Greens/EFA) who expressed his regrets…

World Voices

Added on: 04/10/2023

Cabaret Against the Hate Speech

Alturi Contributor

Can you start by describing the work of Cabaret Against the Hate Speech? Cabaret Against the Hate Speech is an ally and LGBT+ organization that runs counter-protests…

Global News

Added on: 04/10/2023

Politician becomes first ever female minister in France to come out as gay

04/09/2023

A politician in France has become the first female minister to come out as gay in the country after revealing her sexuality in an interview. Democratic Movement…

Global News

Added on: 04/09/2023

Six groups working to support and empower LGBTQ+ Muslims this Ramadan

04/09/2023

Ramadan can be a lonely time for LGBT Muslims. With family and community right at the heart of Ramadan , it can be a difficult month for…

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Added on: 04/09/2023

Italy celebrates its second ever LGBT History Month – Here’s why it matters

04/08/2023

This month, Italy celebrates its second LGBT History Month, with a variety of events and seminars being held in its honour throughout the coming weeks. In a…

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Added on: 04/08/2023

Germany and France join EU proceedings against Hungary over anti-LGBTQ law

04/07/2023

Germany and France are joining the EU Commission’s infringement proceedings against Hungary over its anti-LGBTQ law, a German government spokesperson said Thursday. The European Commission referred Hungary…

Global News

Added on: 04/08/2023

Russia arrests Chinese LGBTQ blogger for violating so-called same-sex ‘propaganda’ law

04/07/2023

Russian authorities arrested a Chinese LGBTQ blogger Wednesday for allegedly violating a law that bans so-called same-sex “propaganda,” according to Adel Khaydarshin, a lawyer representing the blogger…

Global News

Added on: 04/07/2023

Couple arrested for violating Russia’s ‘gay propaganda’ law

04/06/2023

Police in the Russian city of Kazan Wednesday arrested a publicly out gay couple, Haoyang Xu and Gela Gogishvili, for their alleged breach of the country’s “gay propaganda” law….

Global News

Added on: 04/07/2023

15 governments join EU lawsuit against Orbán’s anti-LGBT law

04/07/2023

Fifteen EU governments have joined the European Commission’s lawsuit against Hungary over a controversial anti-LGBTQ law making what civil society groups have described as the largest human…

Global News

Added on: 04/05/2023

Wherever I go in Africa, I will advocate for respect for LGBTQ community – French Minister

04/04/2023

The French Minister of State for Development, Francophonie, and International Partnerships, Chrysoula Zacharopoulou, has renewed her call for the protection of the rights of the LGBTQ+ community….

Global News

Added on: 04/05/2023

UK Equality Act could be amended to make ‘sex’ mean ‘biological sex’

04/04/2023

Trans advocates are incensed after the Equality Human Rights Commission (EHRC) laid out how amending the Equality Act to make sex mean biological sex could impact trans…

Alturi Blog

Added on: 04/04/2023

LGBTI Community in Ukraine: One Year into the War

Margerita Afom

Alturi Contributor

In the last year, Ukraine’s society has shifted its perspective on the LGBTI community. While LGBTI activists worked to resist the imposition of conservative Russian attitudes, LGBTI…

Global News

Added on: 04/04/2023

How amateur football in Germany is approaching transgender inclusion

04/03/2023

As sports such as swimming and athletics bring in rules restricting, or even banning, participation for transgender women at the elite level of female sport, world football’s…

Global News

Added on: 04/02/2023

The marginalisation of trans people by the gay community is beyond unhelpful – here’s why

04/01/2023

It’s rarely a good idea to reread diaries from your teenage years. Recently though, I found a passage from my own that made me laugh. At 15,…

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Added on: 04/01/2023

UK Athletics bans transgender athletes from female competition

03/31/2023

UK Athletics has performed a U-turn by announcing an immediate ban on transgender women from competing in the female category across all its events. The decision comes…