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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…

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Added on: 08/01/2022

Warn Everyone’: Spain’s Gay Community Acts as Monkeypox Spreads

07/31/2022

MADRID — Whether it’s abstinence, avoiding nightclubs, limiting sexual partners or pushing for a swift vaccine rollout, Spain’s gay community is on the front line of the monkeypox…

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Added on: 07/31/2022

Britain’s only children’s gender identity clinic to shut down

7/28/22

Britain’s only dedicated gender identity clinic for transgender children and young people is to close, England’s national health service announced on Thursday, in response to recommendations from…

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Added on: 07/30/2022

UK Government uses Commonwealth’s ‘soft power’ to push member countries to decriminalise LGBTQ community

7/29/22

The Government has made use of the ‘soft power’ of the Commonwealth to attempt to influence a change in laws discriminating against the LGBTQ in more than…

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Added on: 07/30/2022

This bisexual journalist returned to Ukraine to face her fears & honor her past

7/29/22

Morning turned into afternoon. A scorching sun blanketed the concrete of the local sports hall belonging to the community of Zolochiv, a frontline village just minutes from…

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Added on: 07/29/2022

UK Government uses Commonwealth’s ‘soft power’ to push member countries to decriminalise LGBTQ community

07/29/2022

The Government has made use of the ‘soft power’ of the Commonwealth to attempt to influence a change in laws discriminating against the LGBTQ in more than…

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Added on: 07/29/2022

Russia’s LGBT Community Braces For More Persecution As Duma Readies Stricter Propaganda Law

07/28/2022

Anna Kosvinitseva is a web designer in the southern Russian city of Astrakhan who has been working mostly from home for the past few years. She says…

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Added on: 07/27/2022

EU’s suit against Hungary over anti-gay law isn’t a sure win for LGBT rights in Europe.

07/26/2022

The European Commission is taking legal action against Hungary at the European court of justice, escalating a longstanding dispute over the country’s anti-LGBT laws. This is an…

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Added on: 07/27/2022

Life as an LGBTQ refugee in Turkey.

07/26/2022

Same-sex relationships may have never been criminalized in Turkey as in many other predominantly Muslim nations, but LGBTQ individuals continue to be seen as depraved or deviant…

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Added on: 07/26/2022

Motion to oppose same-sex marriage forces rethink of Anglican summit.

07/25/2022

The archbishop of Canterbury has been forced into a last-minute rethink of plans to ask Anglican bishops to oppose same-sex marriage when they meet this week for…

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Added on: 07/25/2022

Double the risk for Russian tennis star speaking out on LGBTQ rights and war in Ukraine

07/24/2022

Russia’s top female tennis player, Daria “Dasha” Kasatkina, has done something no Russian athlete of her rank has done before — she came out. While seeing a professional athlete from Canada or the…

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Added on: 07/25/2022

Glasgow bagel business owner on mission to help young LGBT Scots

07/24/2022

IAN Brooke still looks over his shoulder when walking along a street when his husband takes his hand. The 42-year-old does it instinctively to see who might…

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Added on: 07/25/2022

Thousands join Budapest Pride march in sweltering heat

07/23/2022

In sweltering temperatures, thousands of Hungarians took part in the annual Budapest Pride march on Saturday, vowing to keep up their fight against government policies on LGBTQ…

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Added on: 07/20/2022

Top Russian tennis player Daria Kasatkina comes out as gay

07/19/2022

Russia’s highest ranked female tennis player came out as gay in an interview, while addressing rising homophobic attitudes in the country. Daria Kasatkina, currently ranked No. 12…