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Added on: 03/06/2021

Archbishop Welby condemns Nigerian Primate’s anti-gay language

03/05/2021

THE Archbishop of Canterbury has condemned the “unacceptable” language that the Archbishop of Nigeria, the Most Revd Henry Ndukuba, used to describe gay people (News, 2 March)….

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Added on: 03/05/2021

Europe’s nurses need more training to ‘reduce biases’ around LGBT+ issues

03/03/2021

Calls have been made to ensure nurses across Europe are trained to be “compassionate and culturally aware” towards lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT+) people, after new…

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Added on: 03/03/2021

Polish court acquits LGBT activists in rainbow Virgin Mary case

03/02/2021

A Polish court on Tuesday acquitted three activists who were accused of desecration and offending religious sentiment for altering, producing and distributing images of a revered Roman…

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Added on: 03/03/2021

UK’s first LGBT+ retirement community given green light to open in 2021

03/02/2021

Tonic Housing has been awarded a £5.7m loan from the mayor of London to purchase 19 properties in Vauxhall, Lambeth. This will become the UK‘s first provider…

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Added on: 02/28/2021

The inclusion of LGBT+ people in the census is long overdue’

2/28/21

The new national census will be conducted this year, and for the first time, it will include questions about LGBTQ+ identity. This is a great stride towards…

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Added on: 02/28/2021

Global Trends in LGBT Rights During the Covid-19 Pandemic

02/24/21

It’s impossible to evaluate what the year 2020 looked like from the perspective of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people’s rights without recognizing how Covid-19 put a…

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Added on: 02/27/2021

Chechen Court Rules Police Abduction of Two Gay Refugees Is Legal

2/26/21

A court ruled this week that it was legal for Russian police to kidnap two gay men who escaped Chechnya after facing persecution under its anti-LGBTQ+ crackdown….

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Added on: 02/27/2021

Students in Turkey face three years in jail for LGBT rainbow picture of Islam’s holiest site during protests

2/26/21

STUDENTS who unveiled a banner showing Islam’s holiest site adorned with the LGBT rainbow colours face up to three years prison in Turkey after prosecutors charged them…

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Added on: 02/27/2021

LGBTQ+: Wales’ first bilingual magazine launched in lockdown

2/26/21

What is believed to be Wales’ first national LGBTQ+ bilingual magazine has been launched. LGBTQymru will “celebrate, connect and support the communities of Wales – not just…

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Added on: 02/26/2021

Two Gay Chechens: Torture, Escape, and a Forced Return

Alexander Champeau

Alturi Contributor

The Early Story: Torture and Escape Per a joint statement by Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, and a few other human rights NGOs, Ismail and Salekh had been detained…

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Added on: 02/25/2021

Poland Breaches EU Obligations Over LGBT, Women’s Rights

02/24/2021

For 30 days, beginning January 17, European Union commissioners received daily Twitter notifications linking to personal stories of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) Poles who have…

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Added on: 02/24/2021

Targeted by Erdogan, Turkey’s LGBT face ‘tsunami of hate’

02/23/2021

Rising homophobic discourse, a series censored for a gay character, boycotted pro-LGBT brands: this growing animosity has shaken a once vibrant community in Turkey and tarnished the…

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Added on: 02/24/2021

LGBT people face ‘tsunami of hate’ in Turkey, once a haven of tolerance in the Middle East

02/23/2021

Murat has watched for years as LGBT people who face persecution in the Middle East have found refuge in his cosmopolitan neighbourhood of Istanbul. Today, in the…

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Added on: 02/23/2021

Empowering the transgender community to facilitate their access to justice in Armenia

02/22/2021

The RighT Side Human Rights Defender NGO in Armenia is implementing until July 2021 a national project aims at empowering the transgender community to facilitate their access…

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Added on: 02/22/2021

Annual LGBTI report: Estonia’s legislation stagnated, hate speech on a rise

02/21/2021

In its annual review of the human rights situation of LGBTI people in Europe and Central Asia, ILGA-Europe, an advocacy group, listed Estonia with the countries that…

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Added on: 02/21/2021

Abuse and hate speech against LGBTI people rises across Europe and Central Asia

2/21/21

There has been a “stark rise” in abuse and hate speech against LGBTI people in the Europe and Central Asia region, including from politicians, says a new…

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Added on: 02/21/2021

I escaped LGBT conversion therapy, but not everyone is so lucky – ban it now to stop more damage to lives

2/21/21

Whenever I mention conversion therapy, most people are surprised that such things still happen in the UK. There is a sense of bafflement about how and why…

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Added on: 02/20/2021

UK’s MI6 apologises for past treatment of LGBT spies based on ‘misguided’ views

2/19/21

The head of Britain’s MI6 intelligence service apologized Friday to gay spies and aspiring agents who were fired or denied jobs because of their sexuality. Richard Moore…

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Added on: 02/19/2021

As a gay footballer I want to help LGBT people realise they’re not alone

02/19/2021

As a gay footballer, I am very aware of the status I have as a role model – even more so being a gay footballer with an…

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Added on: 02/19/2021

‘Big Witches’ survive eviction in Portugal to become trans music stars

02/19/2021

After winning several auditions, including for a Madonna video, Aquila Correia was close to realising her dreams in Portugal, after relying on sex work to survive as…

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Added on: 02/18/2021

‘You can count on us’: German footballers join campaign to support gay colleagues

02/17/2021

Over 800 footballers have signed up to a campaign by a German football magazine aimed at offering support to LGBTQ players. But World Cup winner Philipp Lahm…

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Added on: 02/17/2021

LGBT+ History Month event for teens hijacked by ‘homophobic, transphobic and racist slurs’ and pornography

02/16/2021

An LGBT+ History Month seminar for under-18s was interrupted by a cyber attacker who shouted homophobic, transphobic and racist slurs. Education non-profit Academus Education was hosting a…

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Added on: 02/17/2021

British L.G.B.T. Veterans Stripped of Medals Can Get Them Back

02/16/2021

LONDON — For decades, L.G.B.T. members of Britain’s military were systematically dismissed from the ranks and stripped of their medals. Now, after years of campaigning by those…

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Added on: 02/17/2021

More European politicians found using homophobic hate speech

02/16/2021

LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Homophobic language and hate speech against transgender people are on the increase among European politicians, an advocacy group said on Tuesday as…

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Added on: 02/17/2021

British children in limbo over gender therapy after court ruling

02/15/2021

LONDON, Feb 15 (Openly) – Almost as soon as she could speak, Nina told her parents she was not a boy and she has lived as a…

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Added on: 02/17/2021

Pandemic exposes LGBTI rights’ fragilty, report says

02/15/2021

The Covid-19 pandemic and its consequences have highlighted the fragility of the human rights of LGBTI people, according to the annual report by a leading rights NGO,…

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Added on: 02/16/2021

Dismissed LGBT veterans can apply to reclaim confiscated medals

02/16/2021

Former military members who were dismissed from service because of their sexuality are now able to reclaim lost medals. The Ministry of Defence (MoD) said it wanted…

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Added on: 02/16/2021

More European politicians found using homophobic hate speech

02/15/2021

Homophobic language and hate speech against transgender people are on the increase among European politicians, an advocacy group said on Tuesday as it sounded the alarm about…

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Added on: 02/14/2021

Highwayman’s 1750 confessions reveal ‘unusual’ ambivalence about gay sex

2/13/21

An “incredibly rare” deathbed confession from an 18th-century highwayman, written just before he was “hung in chains” for robbing the Yarmouth Mail and detailing his enlightened response…

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Added on: 02/13/2021

Military veterans stripped of their medals for being gay will have honours restored under new rules

2/12/21

Military veterans who were stripped of their medals for being gay or transgender will be able to get them restored under a new scheme to remedy historic…