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Added on: 02/06/2022

Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovakia: NGO reports that LGBT+ Roma face discrimination from their own families as well as majority societies in these EU Member States

2/6/22

In the Czech Republic, Hungary and Slovakia, counsellors are helping LGBT+ Roma deal with multiple discrimination, according to research recently published by ARA ART, an NGO that…

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Added on: 02/05/2022

New highly virulent and damaging HIV variant discovered in the Netherlands

2/4/22

As the ongoing coronavirus pandemic has demonstrated, new mutations in viral genetic sequences can have significant impacts on the virus’s transmissibility and the damage it causes. For…

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Added on: 02/05/2022

Staff Are Quitting Britain’s Equality Watchdog the EHRC Due to ‘Transphobia’

2/4/22

Employees are quitting Britain’s equalities and human rights watchdog because they say it has become “transphobic” and “the enemy of human rights”, VICE World News has learned….

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Added on: 02/04/2022

Putin Meets Chechen Leader Amid Outcry Over Threats Against Activist’s Family

02/03/2022

Russian President Vladimir Putin has met with Ramzan Kadyrov, the authoritarian, Kremlin-backed leader of the North Caucasus region of Chechnya, amid a public outcry over open threats…

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Added on: 02/01/2022

German Bishops Back the LGBT Campaign.

01/31/2022

Several German bishops have praised the extensive LGBT media campaign involving German priests and church workers, accusing the Catholic Church of advocating “defamatory” teachings on “gender and…

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Added on: 01/31/2022

As Winter Olympics approach, where are China’s gay athletes? Beijing 2022 set to be a barometer for Games’ progress

01/31/2022

Before she became Belgium’s first Winter Olympian in the sport of skeleton, Kim Meylemans came out as gay. “Being true to myself, instead of hiding or changing…

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Added on: 01/31/2022

Activists warn against loophole in UK ban on conversion practices

01/30/2022

Campaigners are urging ministers to ensure any forthcoming UK-wide ban on conversion practices does not contain a loophole allowing those who received “informed consent” from their victims…

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Added on: 01/31/2022

D.C. Digest: Lankford, Inhofe inject themselves into Finnish free speech case

01/30/2022

Finnish Lines: U.S. Sens. James Lankford and Jim Inhofe have taken up the cause of a member of Finland’s parliament whose LGBTQ commentary has brought her into…

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Added on: 01/30/2022

Meet the LGBT+ East and Southeast Asian club night queering Lunar New Year

1/29/22

For June Lam, running a queer club night for Lunar New Year represents an important chance to “stop everything, dance and be connected to our cultures”. Lunar…

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Added on: 01/29/2022

LGBT veterans: Flashbacks after ‘sadistic’ interrogation

1/28/22

A gay veteran said being starved, denied sleep and subjected to “sadistic” internal examinations on an RAF station has left him with flashbacks and depression 35 years…

World Voices

Added on: 01/28/2022

James Bates — Gender Community Lending Library, United Kingdom

Alturi Contributor

What led to the founding of the Gender Community Lending Library (GCLL)? In Autumn 2020, I was close to being ‘stealth.’ Not even my closest friends knew…

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Added on: 01/28/2022

Holocaust Remembrance Day: How are Nazi Germany’s LGBT+ victims commemorated across Europe?

01/27/2022

Today (27 January) marks the International Day of Holocaust Remembrance, an occasion to commemorate the victims — especially European Jews, the main targets of Nazi oppression —…

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Added on: 01/27/2022

Why has LGBT+ cryptocurrency maricoin whipped up controversy?

01/26/2022

Jan 26 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – An attractive alternative investment or no better than a Ponzi scheme? Cryptocurrencies are controversial – challenging conventional financial wisdom and worrying…

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Added on: 01/27/2022

UK equalities watchdog urges Scotland to pause gender recognition reforms

01/26/2022

The UK’s equalities watchdog has written to the Scottish government asking it to pause plans to simplify the legal requirements for gender recognition. LGBT+ equality campaigners hit back…

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Added on: 01/26/2022

LGBTQ ‘conversion therapy’ officially banned in France.

01/25/2022

France has officially banned so-called LGBTQ “conversion therapy,” the widely debunked — and potentially dangerous — practice of attempting to change a person’s sexual orientation or gender…

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Added on: 01/25/2022

UK’s first LGBTQ museum to open in London this spring.

01/24/2022

The UK’s first LGBTQ museum is due to open this spring in London, founded by the charity Queer Britain. The museum will be located on the ground…

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Added on: 01/21/2022

A Brotherhood of Bears Flourishes Despite Russia’s Anti-LGBT Agenda

01/20/2022

ST. PETERSBURG — If you didn’t know Club Malevich existed you would never find it. There are no signs, windows, grand entrances or bouncers at the back…

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Added on: 01/20/2022

LGBT veterans who served during ban on gay troops to share experiences in government review

01/19/2022

LGBT veterans will be asked about how they were treated when serving in the British military while there was a ban on gay personnel. About 5,000 ex-service…

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Added on: 01/20/2022

Hearing on Polish judges could deepen standoff with Europe

01/19/2022

A top Polish court adjourned on Wednesday a sitting on whether a continent-wide human rights court had the power to question local judges’ legitimacy in a case…

World Voices

Added on: 01/19/2022

Dorottya Redai — A Fairy Tale for Everyone, Hungary

Sarah Leistico

Alturi Contributor

How did you initially become involved in activism? In 2004 I began to make connections to the Labrisz Lesbian Association. It was an intensive year when I…

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Added on: 01/19/2022

Peter Tatchell at 70: why the fight goes on – after Netflix stardom and 30 years of gay rights victories

01/18/2022

On a gloweringly grey January afternoon, Peter Tatchell arrives on time, bearing gifts. “Happy New Year!” he says, and hands me the latest issue of the New…

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Added on: 01/18/2022

‘They are literally murdering us’: poet Joelle Taylor on bringing the LGBTQ+ community together

01/17/2022

Since winning the TS Eliot award for poetry last week, Joelle Taylor has been referred to on more than one occasion as a “slam poet”. Which, she…

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Added on: 01/18/2022

LGBT ACTIVIST DETAINED IN LEBANON, FINALLY ARRIVES IN AUSTRALIA

01/17/2022

After fleeing to Turkey from their home country of Jordan in July 2020, LGBTQI activist Alshaima Omama Alzubi has finally arrived in Australia. The 25-year-old Jordanian refugee…

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Added on: 01/15/2022

CoE Calls on Hungary to Stop Curbing LGBTI Rights

1/14/22

The Hungarian government “must stop instrumentalising and weakening the human rights of LGBTI people”, Dunja Mijatovic, human rights commissioner of the Council of Europe, said on Thursday….

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Added on: 01/14/2022

Polish lawmakers pass disputed bill increasing govt control of schools

01/13/2022

WARSAW, Jan 13 (Reuters) – Poland’s lower house of parliament on Thursday passed a bill by the ruling nationalist Law and Justice (PiS) party which will step…

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Added on: 01/13/2022

Tiny European states play catch up on LGBT+ equality

01/12/2022

Jan 12 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – When Switzerland became one of the last Western European nations to legalize same-sex marriage in 2021, it made waves next door…

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Added on: 01/12/2022

Hungary sets a date for referendum on controversial LGBTQ law.

01/11/2022

Hungary will hold a referendum in April on its controversial law that bans educational materials and programs for children that are considered to promote homosexuality and gender…

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Added on: 01/11/2022

Calls in Denmark for gay fathers to get legal rights at birth.

01/10/2022

A petition in Denmark calling for two gay fathers to be granted equal parental rights for their child, on Monday received more than the 50,000 signatures required…

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Added on: 01/11/2022

No to “minority propaganda” in French schools, far-right’s Zemmour says.

01/10/2022

French far-right candidate Eric Zemmour on Monday attacked anti-racist and anti-homophobia groups in schools, saying they were brainwashing pupils, as he urged a return to a more…

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Added on: 01/10/2022

“Switzerland – Dozens apply for gender change after law is eased “

01/09/2022

(MENAFN– Swissinfo) Since January 1, transgender and intersex people have been able to apply for a sex and name change in the civil register without a medical…