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Added on: 09/09/2022

Queen Elizabeth: The Commonwealth gay sex bans scrapped under her reign

09/08/2022

LONDON, Sept 8 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Queen Elizabeth’s 70-year reign saw a wave Commonwealth countries remove laws criminalising gay sex, most of which were introduced when…

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Added on: 09/08/2022

How Targeting LGBTQ+ Rights Are Part of the Authoritarian Playbook

09/07/2022

In the last three decades, protections for LGBT people’s rights have advanced rapidly in many countries and regions. However, rising populist authoritarianism poses a significant threat to…

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Added on: 09/07/2022

Belgrade Pride vows EuroPride will happen despite threats of violence

09/06/2022

EuroPride, a pan-European Pride festival that takes place in a different city every year, is scheduled to take place in Belgrade, Serbia, from September 12 – 18….

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Added on: 09/07/2022

Ukraine’s LGBT activists face down war and homophobic attacks to support the vulnerable

09/06/2022

“Please remember to not take any photos that could identify the location of the shelter,” says Maxim Potapovych, of Ukraine LGBT rights organisation, Kyiv Pride, as he…

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Added on: 09/05/2022

Thousands join LGBT parades in Polish cities

09/04/2022

Thousands of people have taken part in the annual LGBT equality marches in the cities of Katowice and Lublin. The former event was held jointly with the…

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Added on: 09/03/2022

EXPLAINER-What is Drag Queen Story Hour and why are the events under attack?

09/02/2022

Children’s storytime sessions led by drag queens are growing in popularity in countries from the United States to Japan – while fierce opposition campaigns are also gathering…

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Added on: 09/03/2022

National Trust members to vote on banning ‘divisive’ and ‘woke’ Pride celebrations

09/03/2022

Anti-LGBTQ+ National Trust members are asking members to vote for the charity to ban “divisive” Pride events. The National Trust is a charity and membership organisation for…

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Added on: 09/03/2022

Russian lawmakers propose doubling fines for ‘gay propaganda’ law

09/01/2022

Russian lawmakers have introduced a proposal that would increase fines for individuals that violate the country’s ‘gay propaganda’ law. Back in 2013, Vladimir Putin signed the archaic…

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Added on: 09/02/2022

Man dies following ‘hate attack’ at LGBT+ pride event in Muenster

09/02/2022

A 25-YEAR-OLD man has died from injuries suffered in an attack at a gay pride event in the western city of Muenster, prosecutors in Germany said. The…

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Added on: 08/31/2022

LGBT activists set to march on Scottish Parliament over trans rights

08/30/2022

LGBT campaigners are set to march on the Scottish Parliament calling for political parties to be “bolder” in the pursuit of transgender equality. Members of the SNP,…

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Added on: 08/31/2022

Their Country Banned Gay Marriage. This Lesbian Couple Got Married Anyway

08/30/2022

On a Saturday in early July, I arrived at the Bucharest town hall to attend a very special event – my old friend Georgiana was getting married…

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Added on: 08/30/2022

No place for hate’: Police remove lesbian protesters who crashed the Pride Cymru 2022 parade

08/29/2022

Police removed a group of lesbians from a gay pride march in Cardiff after an officer was filmed telling the gender-critical women to step aside due to…

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Added on: 08/29/2022

Protesters march in Belgrade against planned gay Pride event

08/28/2022

BELGRADE, Aug 28 (Reuters) – Thousands of religious and right-wing opponents of a European gay Pride event to be hosted by Belgrade protested through the Serbian capital…

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Added on: 08/28/2022

Serbia opposition, rights groups condemn EuroPride decision

08/27/2022

Opposition parties in Serbia and international rights groups on Sunday denounced a decision by populist President Aleksandar Vucic to cancel next month’s pan-European LGBTQ EuroPride event because…

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Added on: 08/19/2022

The First Gay Film: Different From the Others From 1919

08/17/2022

The first known film with a gay love story was made more than 100 years ago. Greatly predating Brokeback Mountain, Making Love, and all the rest, the…

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Added on: 08/19/2022

Slovakia beats neighbours on LGBT+ rights

08/17/2022

Slovakia has beaten its neighbours in a new ranking of LGBT+ rights thanks to rules on gender recognition – which have, though, been suspended since the survey…

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Added on: 08/16/2022

The U.K. Turns Its Back on Transgender Ideology

08/15/2022

By the spring of 2023, Britain’s state-run transgender youth clinic will shut its doors for good. NHS England announced it was closing the Tavistock gender-identity clinic last…

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Added on: 08/15/2022

Thousands March in Belgrade to Protest Against Euro Pride

08/15/2022

Thousands of people gathered in Belgrade city centre on Sunday to demonstrate against the international LGBT event Euro Pride that is scheduled to be held in Belgrade…

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Added on: 08/15/2022

Winchester dance charity Move Momentum strive to be more inclusive with transgender awareness training

08/14/2022

Move Momentum, based in Winchester, aims to provide accessible, inclusive and affordable dance classes for the community. Recently, staff from the dance charity attended Transgender Awareness training led…

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Added on: 08/12/2022

I would be illegal in half of Commonwealth countries: Tom Daley’s film on gay athletes

08/10/2022

Out gay British Olympic gold medalist Tom Daley is receiving praise for his new documentary film ‘Illegal To Be Me‘ that explores the lives of gay athletes,…

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Added on: 08/10/2022

French PM appoints LGBT ambassador

08/09/2022

On the fourteenth anniversary of the decriminalisation of homosexuality in France, liberal Prime Minister Elizabeth Borne announced the appointment of an “ambassador for LGBT + rights” and…

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Added on: 08/08/2022

Archbishop of Canterbury condemns gay marriage, but Anglican bishops remain divided

08/07/2022

The head of the Anglican Communion attempted to reinforce the church’s stance against homosexual marriage this week, but the move was squashed by outcry from various bishops. The controversy…

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Added on: 08/08/2022

Why Manchester is ‘way ahead of the rest of the country’ in the fight for LGBTQ rights

08/07/2022

The LGBTQ community is part of the Mancunian identity, according to the co-author of a new book that explores queer history. Academic Matt Cook argues that there is…

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Added on: 08/07/2022

France to appoint LGBTQ Ambassador to the world

08/06/2022

French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne announced Thursday that France would appoint an ambassador for LGBTQ rights. The government would charge the new LGBTQ Ambassador with advocating for…

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Added on: 08/06/2022

Romania Could Pass Russian-Style Anti-Gay “Propaganda” Law

08/05/2022

The Romanian Senate recently passed a bill that would classify the dissemination of LGBTQ-related information as “propaganda,” following the lead of Russia and Hungary and continuing a…

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Added on: 08/06/2022

Out in the World: LGBTQ Azerbaijani activists angered by lenient sentence in gay journalist’s murder

08/05/2022

LGBTQ activists in Azerbaijan are angered that the Baku Court of Grave Crimes gave the lightest sentence possible to the man convicted of the murder of a…

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Added on: 08/04/2022

Powerful Anglican bishops call on ‘homosexual practices’ to be rejected because gay sex is a sin

08/02/2022

On Tuesday (2 August), bishops of the Anglican Communion from across the globe held a confidential discussion on sexuality and human dignity. The once-a-decade Lambeth Conference, which brings…

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Added on: 08/03/2022

UK police arrest veteran because anti-LGBTQ post ’caused anxiety’

08/02/2022

Shocking cell phone video purportedly shows a police officer in the United Kingdom explaining how an army veteran was arrested over an anti-LGBTQ post he reshared online…

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Added on: 08/01/2022

An interview with Emmie America: The defiant Russian fashion photographer and LGBTQ+ activist

07/31/2022

In 2021, fashion photographer and activist, Emmie America, was detained and fined by Russian authorities, after organising a politically charged photo shoot in Moscow, where 25 participants…

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Added on: 08/01/2022

Fleeing War and Discrimination, LGBT Russians Find Refuge in South Caucasus

07/31/2022

YEREVAN, Armenia — When tens of thousands of Russians fled the country this spring following the Kremlin’s invasion of Ukraine, many chose to resettle in Armenia and…