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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…

Global News

Added on: 01/09/2022

Priest to be charged with hate speech for saying being gay is ‘worse than being possessed’

1/8/22

A rabble-rousing local priest known for his anti-LGBT+ outbursts is to be charged in court for hate speech in Malta. Earlier this month, Father David Muscat went…

Global News

Added on: 01/08/2022

Germany appoints first LGBTQ rights commissioner

1/7/22

Accepting his new position on January 5, Green Party politician Sven Lehmann said “everyone should be able to live freely, safely, and with equal rights.” In the…

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Added on: 01/07/2022

Pope Francis praises Sister Jeannine Gramick’s 50 years of L.G.B.T. ministry in handwritten letter

01/06/2022

In another sign of support for L.G.B.T. Catholics and those who advocate on their behalf, Pope Francis sent a handwritten letter on Dec. 10 to Jeannine Gramick,…

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Added on: 01/07/2022

Turkish court releases two Bogazici students from jail

01/06/2022

ISTANBUL (Reuters) – A Turkish court ruled on Friday to release two students from jail in the first hearing of a broader case over campus protests against…

Global News

Added on: 01/07/2022

‘Gay cake’ case shows power of US Christian Right

01/06/2022

Gay rights activist Gareth Lee has lost his seven-year battle with the Christian owners of a Northern Ireland bakery who refused to make him a cake decorated…

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Added on: 01/06/2022

U.K. expands ‘Turing’s Law’ to pardon past same-sex convictions

01/06/2022

In a long-awaited triumph for the U.K.’s LGBTQ community, the government on Tuesday announced that anyone convicted of consensual same-sex activity under now-defunct laws will soon be…

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Added on: 01/04/2022

All gay sex convictions to be pardoned in plan to ‘right wrongs of the past’.

01/03/2022

Any conviction that was imposed on someone purely due to consensual homosexual activity under now-abolished laws will be included in a scheme aimed at “righting the wrongs…

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Added on: 01/03/2022

Major group of UK girls schools says ‘it will not accept transgender students’

01/02/2022

A LEADING group of girls schools has stated it will not accept transgender students through fears of jeopardising single-sex status, leaving unions to call on the Government…

Global News

Added on: 01/02/2022

Tom Daley promises to use his OBE to advocate for LGBT+ rights across the world

1/2/22

The Olympic diver was made an OBE in the Queen’s New Year Honours List, and he told BBC Breakfast that he now feels a responsibility to make…

World Voices

Added on: 01/02/2022

Joci Márton — Hungary

Alturi Contributor

Can you start by telling me a bit about your background? What led you to become involved in Roma LGBTQ+ activism? I grew up in Nograd county…

Global News

Added on: 12/31/2021

How one underground party night changed Ljubljana – and Yugoslavia – forever

12/31/2021

In 1984, the K4 Club was an inconspicuous venue tucked among the concrete streets of Ljubljana. But while the bar seemed innocuous from street level, the inside…

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Added on: 12/30/2021

10 essential LGBT+ books that opened minds and broadened horizons in 2021

12/30/2021

Over the last year, countless powerful and important LGBT+ books have been published – and they’ve helped queer people feel seen in new and exciting ways. Queer…

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Added on: 12/30/2021

Out in the World: Mixed record on LGBTQ rights across the world in 2021

12/29/2021

The year started out on a hopeful note. The world was looking forward to getting past a dark period in America’s leadership and the global COVID-19 pandemic….

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Added on: 12/29/2021

Foreign countries funding Turkey’s LGBT organizations – interior minister

12/28/2021

Turkey’s LGBT organizations are being supported by foreign funding, Interior Minister Süleyman Soylu said on Tuesday, adding that the strong “Turkish family structure’’ was standing tall despite…

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Added on: 12/29/2021

Russia is using a dirty trick to kick LGBTQ websites off of the internet

12/28/2021

Russia has used a dirty trick to shut down two LGBTQ organizations and block their websites and social media accounts from appearing online. It has labeled them…

Global News

Added on: 12/27/2021

GAY BROTHERS DETAINED IN CHECHNYA GO ON HUNGER STRIKE

12/27/2021

Brothers Salekh Magamadov (20) and Ismail Isaev (17), detained by authorities in Chechnya for the past 10 months, have announced that they would go on a hunger…

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Added on: 12/26/2021

Swiss to Allow Simple Legal Gender Transition From Jan. 1

12/25/21

People in Switzerland will be able to legally change gender by a visit to the civil registry office from Jan. 1, putting the country at the forefront…

Global News

Added on: 12/26/2021

Russia blocks website of group that tracks political arrests

12/25/2021

A Russian organization that tracks political arrests and provides legal aid to detainees said Saturday that government regulators blocked its website, the latest move in a months-long…

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Added on: 12/25/2021

Russian Justice Ministry includes two LGBT organizations in foreign agents list

12/24/21

The Russian Ministry of Justice has included the Coming Out LGBT initiative group from St. Petersburg and the Revers LGBT+ initiative group from Krasnodar in the list…

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Added on: 12/24/2021

The Worrying Regression Of LGBT Rights In Eastern Europe

12/23/2021

From physical attacks to online abuse and legislative setbacks, the LBGT community in Central and Eastern Europe had little to cheer about in 2021. Populist governments in Poland,…

Global News

Added on: 12/23/2021

Gay Santa ad highlights big shift in Norwegian society

12/22/2021

Christmas ads have become an annual tradition, often appearing as mini-films with their own festive story. But one Norwegian commercial, featuring Father Christmas kissing a man waiting…

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Added on: 12/21/2021

European Court of Human Rights finds Georgia complicit in violence against LGBT demonstrators

12/20/2021

The European Court of Human Rights Thursday held against Georgia in a case concerning an attack on LGBT protestors in the capital city Tbilisi. Amidst threats of…

Global News

Added on: 12/20/2021

Hungary anti-LGBTQ blitz meets backlash as election looms

12/19/2021

Budapest (AFP) – For independent bookshop manager Janos Szakacs, Hungary’s new law banning the “promotion and display” of homosexuality to minors just makes for pointless, extra work. “This…

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Added on: 12/19/2021

Russian LGBT Organization Branded As ‘Foreign Agent’

12/18/21

An organization that provides legal and counseling assistance to lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people in Russia’s Far East has been listed as a “foreign agent.”…

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Added on: 12/18/2021

Germany Bible museum puts on play presenting Jesus as transgender, weeks before Christmas

12/17/21

A Bible museum in Germany set up an exhibit claiming that there are LGBTQ themes in biblical studies, and hosted a play that presents a transgender Jesus…

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Added on: 12/17/2021

Censorship of gay kiss on Cyprus TV ‘another setback for LGBT community’

12/16/2021

The censorship of a kiss between two men in the broadcast of a Greek series by a local channel was another setback for gay rights in Cyprus,…

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Added on: 12/17/2021

Thousands in Madrid protest anti-LGBT proposal

12/16/2021

The regional government of Isabel Diaz Ayuso has said that the People’s Party will abstain in Thursday’s voting at Madrid’s regional parliament. But people took to the…

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Added on: 12/16/2021

E.U. members must recognize familial ties of same-sex couples and their children, top court rules

12/15/2021

Children of same-sex couples recognized in one European Union country should be recognized by all members to guarantee their free movement, the European Union’s top court ruled…

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Added on: 12/15/2021

France’s parliament has voted to ban gay ‘conversion’ practices

12/14/2021

France’s parliament has voted to ban so-called conversion therapy, joining a handful of countries that have taken steps to outlaw practices that seek to change a person’s…