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Added on: 05/20/2021

‘Political backlash’ blamed for halting LGBT+ rights gains in Europe

05/17/2021

Progress on laws to boost LGBT+ rights has come to a virtual standstill in Europe amid a rise in homophobic and anti-transgender rhetoric by politicians in countries…

Global News

Added on: 05/20/2021

Welsh town seats world’s first known nonbinary mayor

05/13/2021

Owen Hurcum took office Monday as the world’s first known nonbinary mayor. Hurcum, 23, is genderqueer and agender, and was elected unanimously last year by the City…

Global News

Added on: 05/20/2021

Ikea flies rainbow flag in Belgrade in support of LGBTQ rights

05/18/2021

Ikea is reportedly flying a rainbow flag in front of its store in Belgrade to show support for the LGBTQ community in Serbia, where the furniture giant…

Global News

Added on: 05/20/2021

Rights Court OKs Iceland’s Denial of Parental Rights in Lesbian Adoption Case

05/18/2021

STRASBOURG, France (CN) — Iceland wasn’t wrong to deny parental rights to a lesbian couple who had a child via surrogacy, Europe’s top rights court held Tuesday….

World Voices

Added on: 05/19/2021

Daniel Martinovic – Rainbow Families, Croatia

Ryan Eakins

Alturi Contributor

Daniel Martinovic is an individual that shows the true fundamental qualities of friendship and advocacy. During 2015, he dove into LGBTI work when two of his friends,…

Global News

Added on: 05/19/2021

LGBT activists urge Italian government to approve anti-homophobia law

05/18/2021

Unlike many of its EU partners, Italy still does not have laws to punish homophobic hate crimes. But now a law proposed by Alessandro Zan, an MP…

Global News

Added on: 05/19/2021

Transgender women allowed to play women’s rugby in France

06/18/2021

The French rugby federation (FFR) has voted unanimously in favor of allowing transgender women to play women’s rugby as of next season. The decision goes against advice…

Global News

Added on: 05/18/2021

Croatian archbishop seeks pardon from gay people

05/17/2021

A Croatian archbishop today asked for a pardon from gay people who felt rejected by the Church, an unprecedented move in the staunchly Catholic country. Archbishop Mate…

Global News

Added on: 05/18/2021

Lithuanian Gay League head calls for partnership law, special plan for LGBT people

05/17/2021

VILNIUS – Vladimir Simonko, head of the Lithuanian Gay League (LGL), said on Monday that he expects the parliament to have the political will to pass a…

Global News

Added on: 05/17/2021

Turkish media watchdog issues fine over interview with transgender woman

05/16/2021

Turkey’s media watchdog has issued a fine against an internet series for airing a broadcast that featured a trans actress, Duvar English news site reported on Sunday….

Global News

Added on: 05/17/2021

15 Georgian Parties Agree to Defend LGBTQ Rights

05/16/2021

15 Georgian political parties agreed to fight to eliminate discrimination and violence against LGBTQ citizens with all mechanisms at their disposal, Tbilisi Pride, a local organization uniting…

Global News

Added on: 05/17/2021

UK government to host its first global conference on LGBTQ+ rights

05/16/2021

The UK government’s first-ever global conference on lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender rights is to be hosted in London next year, as ministers race to fulfil pledges…

Global News

Added on: 05/14/2021

Switzerland To Hold Referendum On 2020 Same-Sex Marriage Legislation

05/13/2021

After a lengthy parliamentary battle, the Swiss government will hold a referendum concerning legislation introduced in December 2020 recognizing same-sex marriage. Under this law, same-sex couples can…

Global News

Added on: 05/13/2021

Lesbian penguins are this mating season’s hot new couple

05/13/2021

Mating season is underway for the Gentoo penguins at the London’s Sea Life aquarium, and two lesbian penguin couples have already got together. The two couples –…

Global News

Added on: 05/12/2021

Warsaw to run shelter for LGBT+ people

05/11/2021

Warsaw will open an intervention hostel for LGBT+ people who have become homeless. The establishment of the hostel comes at a time when the Polish state has…

Global News

Added on: 05/12/2021

U.K. to ban LGBTQ conversion therapy and provide more support

05/11/2021

Britain will move to ban conversion therapy and provide more support to those in the LGBTQ community who have undergone the treatment, as part of its post-pandemic…

Global News

Added on: 05/12/2021

German churches bless same-sex couples in defiance of Vatican

05/08/2021

A church in Germany has held the first of several historic Masses across the country to bless homosexual couples in the coming week, in defiance of a…

Global News

Added on: 05/11/2021

Poland’s left questions police textbook that lists LGBT as social pathology

05/10/2021

=The Left (Lewica), Poland’s left-wing opposition grouping alliance in parliament, has asked the police chief to explain why a new textbook for police officers titled “Social pathologies,…

Global News

Added on: 05/09/2021

Lesbian mothers flood German courts with demands for parenting rights

5/6/21

When Inga celebrated the birth of her first child with her wife Jenny, the last thing she expected in her bid to be recognised as the baby’s…

Global News

Added on: 05/08/2021

Trans Teens Are Being Denied the Essential Treatment They’re Legally Entitled To

5/7/21

Young people in England and Wales with gender dysphoria are being left “in limbo” and unable to access time-sensitive puberty blocker medication, VICE World News has been…

Global News

Added on: 05/08/2021

Lesbian parents in Germany move court for equal rights

5/7/21

When Inga celebrated the birth of her first child with her wife Jenny, the last thing she expected in her bid to be recognised as the baby’s…

Global News

Added on: 05/07/2021

Croatian court backs same-sex adoption in new LGBT+ win

05/06/2021

A Croatian court has ruled that same-sex partners can now adopt children, backing a gay couple in their five-year fight for the right to family life, the…

Global News

Added on: 05/07/2021

Conservative millionaire Vasadze, who suggested anti-LGBT vigilante groups, to launch political movement

05/07/2021

After years of denying his intention to go into politics, the conservative millionaire Levan Vasadze finally announced on Thursday that he is launching a public movement. “I’ve…

Global News

Added on: 05/06/2021

Roma and Gadji: The Love Story of Two Women United in Matrimony

05/04/2021

Sveta is 29 years old and lives in Chieri, Italy. Occasionally, she works as an online Russian teacher, volunteers at some Roma camps in Turin, and has…

Global News

Added on: 05/05/2021

Hate crimes against LGBT+ people in Germany rise 36% in 2020

05/04/2021

BERLIN (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Hate crimes against LGBT+ people increased by 36% in Germany in 2020, highlighting an increase in homophobic attacks and politically motivated violence…

Global News

Added on: 05/05/2021

Kosovo Police investigate threat to LGBTI activist

05/04/2021

Kosovo Police said on Tuesday that they are looking into allegations that the life of a well-known LGBT activist, Lend Mustafa, was threatened at the weekend. “We…

Global News

Added on: 05/05/2021

Hate crimes against LGBT+ people in Germany rise 36% in 2020

05/04/2021

Hate crimes against LGBT+ people increased by 36% in Germany in 2020, highlighting an increase in homophobic attacks and politically motivated violence in the country in recent…

Global News

Added on: 05/05/2021

Kosovo Police investigate threat to LGBTI activist

05/04/2021

Kosovo Police said on Tuesday that they are looking into allegations that the life of a well-known LGBT activist, Lend Mustafa, was threatened at the weekend. “We…

Global News

Added on: 05/04/2021

Catholic parishes in Germany to include gay and lesbian couples in planned ‘blessing services for lovers’

05/03/2021

Bonn (KNA) “Love wins” – that is the name of the initiative in which Catholic chaplains in parishes across Germany plan to invite people to “blessing services…

Global News

Added on: 05/03/2021

EUROVISION’S VASIL IS READY TO BE A VOICE FOR LGBTQ PEOPLE IN NORTH MACEDONIA AND THE BALKANS

05/02/2021

When Vasil Garvanliev declares early on in our interview that being gay is probably the least interesting thing about him, it’s hard to argue: Born in 1984…