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Added on: 10/22/2020

Pope Francis backs same-sex civil unions

10/21/2020

Pope Francis has given his most explicit support to same-sex civil unions in a move that is likely to further enrage his conservative opponents in the Catholic…

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Added on: 10/20/2020

Russian Cabinet rejects bill outlining changes to the Family Code impacting children’s and transgender rights

10/20/2020

Russia’s Government Commission on Legislative Activities has rejected conservative Senator Elena Mizulina’s draft law “aimed at strengthening the institution of the family.” The commission believes that the…

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Added on: 10/20/2020

Intersex, HIV/AIDs Status, Citizenship Now Protected Characteristics Under Albanian Discrimination Law

10/20/2020

The Albanian parliament has made amendments to the law “on protection from discrimination” to afford more protection to people living in the country. As per the amendments,…

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Added on: 10/20/2020

Row in Hungary around children’s book fuels fears of rising homophobia

10/19/2020

BUDAPEST (Reuters) – Boldizsar Nagy hoped that the tales in the children’s book “Wonderland Is For Everyone” would help youngsters to learn to accept minorities and fight…

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Added on: 10/20/2020

LGBT Italians Protest in 63 Cities to DemandProtection from Violence

10/19/2020

Protestors in 63 Italian cities have come together with 24 organizations to demand LGBT+ people receive protection from violence. Meanwhile 69,000 people from Italy and all over…

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Added on: 10/19/2020

Pro-LGBT+ central Tallinn protest passes off largely peaceably

10/18/2020

Around 300 people gathered in Tallinn’s Vadaduse väljak (Freedom Square) Sunday in protest against a planned referendum on defining marriage within the constitution as being between one…

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Added on: 10/19/2020

UK census will include questions about gender identity and sexual orientation for the first time

10/18/2020

The Office for National Statistics will be asking questions concerning gender identity and sexual orientation in its upcoming census. Answers from these questions will be used to…

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Added on: 10/18/2020

Single fathers with children via surrogates flee Russia amid crackdown

10/17/2020

Several gay men have fled Russia after officials said that they would arrest people “of non-traditional sexual orientation” who had had children through surrogacy. The announcement formed…

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Added on: 10/18/2020

While fighting anti-Muslim hatred, I decided to stand up up for LGBT+ rights. Homophobes targeted me.

10/17/2020

A core founding principle of leading organisations that tackle hatred and bigotry, is to ensure that these organisations hold up and stand firm against any form of…

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Added on: 10/17/2020

Demos planned as Italy mulls LGBT+ hate crime law for the sixth time

10/16/2020

When Marlon Landolfo kissed his date on a night out, onlookers started heckling, a fight broke out and his friend ended up in hospital – the latest…

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Added on: 10/16/2020

How American religious conservatives fought LGBT rights in Ukraine

10/15/2020

This year has seen several blows to LGBT rights in Ukraine. In June, the Law Enforcement committee of the Verkhovna Rada, Ukraine’s parliament, voted down a proposed…

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Added on: 10/16/2020

Rugby latest battleground for trans women as England breaks ranks

10/15/2020

A ban on transgender women competing in international rugby matches will not stop them playing the women’s game in England, the sport’s governing body said on Wednesday…

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Added on: 10/16/2020

Demos planned as Italy mulls LGBT+ hate crime law for the sixth time

10/15/2020

When Marlon Landolfo kissed his date on a night out, onlookers started heckling, a fight broke out and his friend ended up in hospital – the latest…

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Added on: 10/15/2020

French government unveils national plan to combat hatred against LGBT people

10/14/2020

The French government has unveiled a national plan to combat hatred and discrimination against lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people (LGBT), which emphasises the importance of inclusive…

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Added on: 10/13/2020

Co Cork town ends twinning arrangement with Polish “LGBT-Free zone”

10/13/2020

Saoirse Mackin, the chairperson of the Cork East branch of the Social Democrats, welcomed the news in a statement on Monday: “Poland, one of just six European…

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Added on: 10/12/2020

For Georgia’s LGBT rights campaigners, a victory

10/12/2020

In December 2009, plainclothes police raided the offices of the Inclusive Foundation in Tbilisi, an organisation that campaigns for LGBT rights in Georgia. Two members of the…

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Added on: 10/12/2020

LGBT Pride Parade Rolls Through Kosovo’s Capital

10/12/2020

Kosovo’s LGBT Pride Parade took place in the capital, Pristina. To prevent the spread of the coronavirus, activists paraded in their brightly colored cars at the event…

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Added on: 10/10/2020

Anarcho-queer-feminist housing project forcibly evicted after three decades

10/09/2020

Liebig34, an “anarcho-queer-feminist” housing project in Berlin, has been cleared of residents following a contentious eviction involving around 1,500 police officers. Officers from eight German states, including…

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Added on: 10/10/2020

Ukraine Wraps Skyscraper in Rainbow for Pride to Fight Homophobia

10/09/2020

The owners of the second-tallest building in Ukraine are taking a stand against a rising tide of homophobia in the region. The colors of the Pride flag…

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Added on: 10/09/2020

Pussy Riot members arrested after LGBT+ flag protest

19/08/2020

Russian police detained two leading members of the Pussy Riot art collective on Thursday. The news follows the radical group’s LGBT+ protest that saw them raising pride…

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Added on: 10/08/2020

Why a Children’s Book Is Becoming a Symbol of Resistance in Hungary’s Fight Over LGBT Rights

10/07/2020

When Hungary’s Dorottya Redai and Boldizsar Nagy released their new children’s book on Sept. 21, they did not expect their initial run of 1,500 copies to sell…

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Added on: 10/07/2020

The impact of the anti LGBTQ+movement in Poland on Irish trans masculine people’s healthcare

10/06/2020

As a member of the LGBTQ+ community, I firmly believe that an attack on one of us, is an attack on all of us. I believe that…

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Added on: 10/06/2020

Serbia’s First Gay Premier Gets Second Term After Landslide Win

10/05/2020

Ana Brnabic, Serbia’s first female and openly gay prime minister, will lead the government for a second term following a landslide win by the ruling party. Aleksandar…

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Added on: 10/05/2020

Hungary PM urges gays to ‘leave our children alone’

10/04/2020

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban said Sunday that homosexuals should “leave our children alone” when asked about a children’s book containing gay characters that was publicly shredded…

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Added on: 10/04/2020

Plovdiv Attacks Highlight Bulgaria’s Unsolved Homophobia Problem

10/03/2020

Videos and witness reports show that a few days ago, in the very centre of Plovdiv, Bulgaria’s second city, groups of teenagers attacked other youngsters of the…

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Added on: 10/04/2020

Gay men in Russia with surrogate children warned they face arrest

10/03/2020

Russian authorities have warned of the arrest of gay men who have fathered children to surrogate mothers, firing what appears to be another salvo across the bow…

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Added on: 10/03/2020

Kyrgyzstan: Dirty tricks come to fore at final election hurdle

10/02/2020

The final days of Kyrgyzstan’s parliamentary election have seen a deployment of sinister dirty tricks that raise the suspicion that security services may be helping engineer the…

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Added on: 10/03/2020

When politicians use hate speech, political violence increases

10/02/2020

Politicians deepen existing divides when they use inflammatory language, such as hate speech, and this makes their societies more likely to experience political violence and terrorism. That’s…

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Added on: 10/01/2020

New Polish minister for education and science thinks LGBT+ people ‘aren’t equal to normal people’

09/30/2020

On Wednesday, Polish prime minister Mateusz Morawiecki presented his newly reshuffled cabinet, giving the position of minister for education and science to Przemyslaw Czarnek. In June this…

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Added on: 09/29/2020

No One Wants To Testify’: Gruesome Murder Case Highlights Vulnerability Of Russia’s Transgender Population

09/29/2020

ST. PETERSBURG, Russia — In June, a high school student discovered a decapitated and dismembered body in a swimming hole on the Mga River just outside St….