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Added on: 08/06/2021

Why it matters that Tucker Carlson is broadcasting from Hungary this week

08/05/2021

This week, America’s most watched cable news host is broadcasting from an authoritarian state — not to criticize its leadership but to praise it. Fox’s Tucker Carlson…

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Added on: 08/06/2021

Pride in London cancelled because of Covid restrictions

08/06/2021

This year’s Pride in London parade has been cancelled because of social-distancing measures, organisers have announced. More than 35,000 people had been expected to attend the flagship…

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Added on: 08/05/2021

Russian LGBT family from Vkusvill ad leaves country after death threats

08/04/2021

MOSCOW, Aug 4 (Reuters) – A Russian family with gay members that featured in an advert for a high-end food retailer has left the country after receiving…

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Added on: 08/05/2021

Chinese Social Media Nationalists Attack LGBTQ Film Festival Run By Foreign Consulates

07/29/2021

Nationalist users on Chinese social media platform Weibo have attacked foreign consulates in the southern capital of Guangzhou for seeking to “bring down China” with an LGBTQ…

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Added on: 08/04/2021

‘Constantly pursued’: Ukraine’s LGBT+ activists attacked online and in the street

08/03/2021

For days, death threats and homophobic insults have been pouring into Sofiia Lapina’s messaging inbox – a constant reminder of the hatred she often encounters as an…

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Added on: 08/03/2021

Isaac Blake — Romani Cultural & Arts Company, Wales

Alturi Contributor

How did you become involved in activism? When you think of yourself as Roma, you automatically become an activist within your community because you see, you feel,…

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Added on: 08/02/2021

Poland attacks German justice system over fine for anti-gay article

08/01/2021

Poland has accused Germany’s justice system of putting European standards at risk after a Cologne court fined a Polish theologian for an article describing gay people in…

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Added on: 08/01/2021

Revellers celebrate three decades of Belfast pride

7/31/21

THE streets were buzzing on Saturday as revellers took to the city centre to celebrate the 30th annual Belfast Pride. While the traditional parade couldn’t take because…

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Added on: 07/31/2021

Ivan Dimov – Single Step, Bulgaria

Dorian Coleman

Alturi Contributor

Ivan asked the young person, “what resources are available in the country to help with these situations?” At the time, there were none. Ivan was devastated at…

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Added on: 07/31/2021

Predrag Azdejkovic – Optimist Magazine, Serbia

Alturi Contributor

How did you become involved in LGBTI activism? I started my journey as an LGBTI activist in 2000 as a member of Social Democratic Youth [the youth…

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Added on: 07/31/2021

Lilly Dragoeva – Bilitis Foundation, Bulgaria

Dorian Coleman

Alturi Contributor

Lilly explained, “I grew up as a straight woman until I fell in love with a girl for the first time at 19. In the past, when…

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Added on: 07/31/2021

Wales launches plan to become most LGBT-friendly country in Europe as Westminster slides backwards

7/30/21

The Welsh government has unveiled a new LGBT+ action plan and set out its hope to become the most LGBT-friendly country in Europe. Key actions will include…

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Added on: 07/31/2021

Ukraine LGBTQ activists hold rave to demand govt punish attacks

7/30/21

Dozens of people took part in a rave party outside the Ukrainian president’s office Friday to demand the authorities protect LGBTQ rights, sparking scuffles between police and…

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Added on: 07/30/2021

Hungarian election panel clears questions of LGBT referendum

07/29/2021

BUDAPEST (Reuters) – Hungary’s National Election Committee (NEC) approved on Friday the government’s list of questions on LGBT issues it wants to put on a referendum as…

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Added on: 07/29/2021

LGBT Turks Take Stock After Disrupted Pride Celebrations

07/28/2021

ISTANBUL – More than a month after Turkish authorities crushed Pride-themed events in Istanbul, emotions still run raw for members of the country’s embattled LGBT community. “There…

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Added on: 07/29/2021

LGBT+ campaigners demand inclusion at first UK ‘Reclaim Pride’ march

07/24/2021

LONDON, July 24 (Openly) – Holding banners and shouting slogans of defiance, thousands of LGBT+ people took to the streets of London on Saturday to protest against…

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Added on: 07/27/2021

Georgia’s LGBT+ community living in fear after violence

07/26/2021

TBILISI, July 26 (Openly) – Nino, a 25-year-old lesbian from Georgia, no longer feels at ease when she leaves the house. Since violence forced a Pride march…

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Added on: 07/27/2021

Poland’s heinous ‘LGBT-free zones’ sue the defiant activists fighting back against their hate

07/26/2021

In late 2019, Polish activists began compiling an interactive map of the country’s ‘LGBT-free zones’. Within these towns and cities, the promotion of so-called ‘LGBT+ ideology’ is…

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Added on: 07/26/2021

Berlin parade raises concerns over increase in LGBT+ hate crimes

07/25/2021

Thousands of people took to the streets of Berlin on Saturday as revelers marched for LGBT+ rights on Christopher Street Day. The day commemorates riots that broke…

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Added on: 07/26/2021

Finns Turn against Puberty Blockers for Gender Dysphoria

07/25/2021

First, it was the Brits and then the Swedes. Now, the transgender moral panic is receiving more pushback from the Finns. Finnish medical guidelines are now opposed…

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Added on: 07/26/2021

Tensions amid Budapest Pride parade

07/26/2021

Thousands of Hungarians marched in Budapest’s biggest Pride parade on Saturday, amid tension sparked by a series of anti-LGBTQ steps by Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban. After…

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Added on: 07/25/2021

Georgian Condom Company Wins Freedom Of Expression Case At European Rights Court

7/24/21

A Georgian condom company that uses creative advertising on its packaging has won a freedom of expression case at the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR). The…

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Added on: 07/25/2021

Taxi-driving gay Catholic priest subjected to vile homophobic abuse

7/24/21

A gay Catholic priest in Liverpool has been left “petrified” after he was subjected to homophobic abuse in a “disgusting” hate crime. Father Paul Newbery is a…

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Added on: 07/25/2021

Budapest Pride stands up for LGBT rights in Hungary

7/24/21

LGBT people and their supporters have marched through the capital city of Hungary to defend their rights. It comes as the government tries to limit discussion of…

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Added on: 07/24/2021

Hungary’s LGBTQ community: ‘We are afraid of losing everything’

7/23/21

Over the past months, Boldizsar Nagy has had to grapple with things he never expected. He was never anyone “special,” the journalist and children’s book editor said…

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Added on: 07/23/2021

Budapest Pride march is a protest against anti-gay laws, say organisers

07/23/2021

Saturday’s Pride march in Budapest will be “a celebration, but also a protest”, organisers have said, as Hungary’s LGBT community prepares to rally in defiance of an…

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Added on: 07/22/2021

Hungary to hold referendum on LGBT issues by early 2022

07/22/2021

BUDAPEST, July 22 (Reuters) – Hungary plans to hold a referendum on legislation that limits schools’ teaching about homosexuality and transgender issues late this year or early…

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Added on: 07/22/2021

UK to engage Guyana on LGBT rights, abolishing death penalty and decriminalising suicide

07/21/2021

The United Kingdom (UK), through its High Commission in Guyana, intends to engage the Irfaan Ali led government on major human rights issues in the coming months….

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Added on: 07/21/2021

ARBËR KODRA – OPEN MIND SPECTRUM ALBANIA (OMSA)

Dorian Coleman

Alturi Contributor

Arbër surprised himself by becoming an activist. “I would have never thought I would become an activist,” he said with a smile. His path to activism began…

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Added on: 07/21/2021

Embassies from across the world demand ‘freedom from violence’ for queer Hungarians

07/21/2021

Ahead of Budapest Pride, 30 embassies from across the world have demanded “freedom from violence” for queer people in Hungary. The open letter, published Monday (19 July)…