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Added on: 07/29/2020

Police launch investigation after homophobic comic books pushed through letterboxes

07/28/2020

Officials are investigating after extreme anti-LGBT+ cartoons listing homosexuality alongside incest, bestiality and child sacrifice were pushed through letterboxes in the suburb of Redland and possibly other…

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Added on: 07/28/2020

Italy opens historic debate on long-awaited bill to outlaw LGBT+ hate crime

07/27/2020

Italy has been divided by debate over the country’s first law that would punish discrimination and hate crimes against LGBT+ people. The proposed legislation would bring Italy…

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Added on: 07/27/2020

Poland to withdraw from European treaty aimed at preventing violence towards women

07/26/2020

Poland’s right-wing government says it will withdraw from a European treaty aimed at preventing violence against women. The Istanbul Convention is the world’s first binding instrument to…

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Added on: 07/26/2020

‘We’re living in fear’: LGBT people in Italy pin hopes on new law

07/25/2020

For 15 years, Marco and his boyfriend had lived together fairly peacefully in a town outside Rome. Then, in early June, a neighbour started harassing them. “It…

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Added on: 07/25/2020

Germany reveals details of compensation plan for gay soldiers

07/24/2020

German Defense Minister Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer is working on a bill that would compensate soldiers in Germany’s Bundeswehr military who have been discriminated against because of their homosexuality,…

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Added on: 07/23/2020

Gay, black and fast: Olympic hopeful swims against tide of homophobia in Jamaica

07/22/2020

Early in his budding career as a professional swimmer, Olympic hopeful Michael Gunning faced a regular putdown in the pool from snide schoolmates: “Black people don’t swim.”…

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Added on: 07/22/2020

Netflix pulls show as Turkey objects to gay character

07/21/2020

Netflix axed a Turkish drama series after the government denied it a filming licence over a gay character, a spokesman for the streaming service confirmed on Tuesday….

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Added on: 07/21/2020

Madonna says Russia fined her $1M for gay rights speech but she didn’t pay

07/20/2020

Madonna said Sunday that the Russian government fined her for a speech she made supporting LGBTQ rights at a concert in St. Petersburg eight years ago. The…

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Added on: 07/21/2020

First Romanian trans woman to run for office vows to support women, sex workers and Roma

07/20/2020

Antonella Lerca, a Roma woman and sex worker, is campaigning to run as an independent candidate for District 2 in the Romanian capital of Bucharest. Launching her…

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Added on: 07/19/2020

U.S. ambassador says EU criticism of Poland ‘overblown’

07/18/2020

The U.S. ambassador to Poland said the European Union’s criticism of Poland’s adherence to democracy is “overblown”, as Warsaw faces cuts to EU budget funds over its…

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Added on: 07/18/2020

Duda’s victory in Poland helps draw a ‘pink line’ through Europe

07/17/2020

Last Sunday, the Polish president, Andrzej Duda, was re-elected by a narrow margin with the help of an assault on what he styled “LGBT ideology”: he campaigned…

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Added on: 07/17/2020

Fight over equal rights for LGBT people divides Italy

07/16/2020

Three weeks on from the brutal attack in the Italian city of Pescara that left a young gay man needing reconstructive facial surgery, Lorenzo has joined a…

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Added on: 07/17/2020

Polish Court quashes ‘anti-LGBT’ resolution

07/16/2020

An administrative court in Gliwice, southern Poland, has annulled the resolution of the Istebna Commune Council contested by a Polish ombudsman on September 2 on the suppression…

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Added on: 07/15/2020

Russian parliament begins legalising ban on same-sex marriage

07/15/2020

Russian lawmakers late on Tuesday submitted draft legislation that would ban same-sex marriage after voters backed changes to the constitution which define marriage as a union of…

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Added on: 07/15/2020

Poland’s LGBT community feels fear and anger after election

07/14/2020

Members of Poland’s LGBT community say they are angry and afraid after President Andrzej Duda won re-election in a divisive campaign that cast their movement for equal…

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Added on: 07/14/2020

UK debates creation of gender-neutral passports

07/13/2020

Gender-neutral passports (where ‘X’ replaces M/F) will be debated again this week in the British Parliament after judges ruled in March that the Home Office has the…

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Added on: 07/14/2020

Russian constitution change ends hopes for gay marriage

07/13/2020

At the Lagutenko wedding in 2017, the couple exchanged vows, rings and kisses in front of friends and relatives, then took a traditional drive in a limousine,…

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Added on: 07/13/2020

Netherlands plans to remove gender from ID cards entirely

07/12/2020

The Netherlands will stop including any gender marker at all on identification cards. Several countries – including India, Australia, and Canada, as well as the Netherlands –…

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Added on: 07/13/2020

Poland’s Duda narrowly beats Trzaskowski in presidential vote

07/12/2020

Poland’s incumbent President Andrzej Duda has narrowly beaten challenger Rafal Trzaskowski in Sunday’s presidential vote. The National Electoral Commission said Mr Duda had won 51.2% of the…

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Added on: 07/13/2020

Here’s Who Drives the Anti-LGBTQ Agenda in Poland Elections

07/12/2020

The final round of Poland’s presidential election held Sunday was dominated by incumbent President Andrzej Duda’s efforts to mobilize voters against the country’s LGBTQ people. It was…

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Added on: 07/12/2020

Turkish university student threatened with murder for LGBTQ+ rights lecture

07/11/2020

A political sciences student at Ankara University in Turkey, Nazli Ikra Öztay, has been threatened with murder for organising an event about LGBTQ+ rights. Nazli organised an…

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Added on: 07/12/2020

Duda vs Trzaskowski: The fight for Poland’s future

07/11/2020

Poland’s presidential election on Sunday will be crucial in shaping the country’s future and its strained relations with the EU for at least the next three years…

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Added on: 07/11/2020

UN Rights Expert Describes ‘Dire’ Situation In Belarus Ahead Of Presidential Vote

07/10/2020

The UN special rapporteur on the human rights situation in Belarus says the country’s “already dire” human rights situation has deteriorated further over the last year, amid…

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Added on: 07/11/2020

Russian LGBT activist fined for ‘gay propaganda’ family drawings

07/10/2020

A Russian LGBT activist said she was fined 75,000 roubles ($1,000) on Friday on charges of spreading “gay propaganda” among minors by publishing drawings of same-sex couples…

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Added on: 07/10/2020

Northern Ireland to get religious same-sex marriage

07/09/2020

Same-sex religious marriages will be allowed in Northern Ireland, the British government said on Thursday, bowing to pressure from LGBT+ campaigners after the first secular lesbian wedding…

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Added on: 07/10/2020

Kosovo LGBTI groups criticise civil partnership plans

07/09/2020

Groups supporting LGBTI rights have labeled a special law allowing for the registration of same-sex civil partnerships in Kosovo that is set to be put before the…

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Added on: 07/10/2020

Norway will prioritise lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender refugees

07/09/2020

Norway is to prioritise refugees who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender, the government has confirmed. LGBT+ refugees will, for the first time, be given priority both…

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Added on: 07/09/2020

The Dutch are putting LGBT+ rights in Article 1 of their constitution

07/08/2020

The Netherlands is planning a way to guarantee LGBT+ rights for generations to come by including them in Article 1 of its constitution. The 150-member House of…

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Added on: 07/07/2020

Germany to rehabilitate discriminated gay soldiers

07/06/2020

Germany is planning to rehabilitate soldiers who were discriminated against in past years by being rejected for promotion or even fired from the army because of their…

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Added on: 07/06/2020

Knife-edge Polish presidential race could slow the march of populism

07/05/2020

As liberal Rafał Trzaskowski gains on rightwing Andrzej Duda, LGBT rights are among issues at stake in Poland and beyond. When Poland’s president, Andrzej Duda, goes up…