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Added on: 02/17/2020

Ukraine’s LGBT+ war veterans boost battle for equality

Reuters
02/17/2020
Ukraine army veteran Viktor Pylypenko kept his sexuality a secret for years, worried that the men he had fought alongside would turn against him if they knew…
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Added on: 02/16/2020

Fans told to remove rainbow flags on Israel Folau’s debut

CBS 17
02/16/2020
As Israel Folau made a try-scoring debut for his new club Catalan Dragons on Saturday, a man watching from the stands was told to remove a rainbow…
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Added on: 02/16/2020

Men who burgled London’s famous gay book shop caught after stopping to drink prosecco

The Independent
02/16/2020
Two burglars who smashed their way into a historic gay bookshop in London were caught by police – after they stuck around to drink prosecco found at…
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Added on: 02/15/2020

Hundreds of Slovaks urge gov’t at prayer rally to not ratify pro-gay ‘marriage’ European agreement

LifeSite
02/14/2020
Hundreds of Slovaks gathered outside the presidential palace on Tuesday to oppose LBGT ideology through public prayer. The Slovenský dohovor za rodinu (SDZR, or “Slovakian Convention for…
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Added on: 02/14/2020

Watch: LGBT racism: ‘I felt like a piece of meat’

BBC
02/14/2020
Racism within the LGBT community leave black people suffering poor mental health, a leading charity says. Research by Stonewall shows that 61% of ethnic minority LGBT people…
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Added on: 02/14/2020

‘There will be dad and mum’ Putin rules out Russia legalising gay marriage

Openly News
02/13/2020
President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday Russia would not legalise gay marriage as long as he was in the Kremlin. He made clear he would not allow…
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Added on: 02/13/2020

Man charged with the murder of gay journalist and activist Lyra McKee

Pink News
02/12/2020
Northern Ireland police have charged a 52-year-old man in connection with the murder of gay journalist Lyra McKee. McKee, 29, was shot dead while reporting on riots…
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Added on: 02/12/2020

Rebecca Long-Bailey sparks Labour row after pledging to fight ‘transphobic’ women’s groups

The Independent
02/11/2020
Rebecca Long-Bailey has triggered a furious row after signing up to a campaign to “fight” women’s groups branded “transphobic” and to expel offending party members. The Labour…
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Added on: 02/11/2020

My School Gets Abuse For Supporting LGBT Groups. But We Won’t Back Down

HuffPost UK
02/10/2020
This month my school, Woodside High School, will be the first in London to get a permanent rainbow crossing. We are delighted about it – but we…
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Added on: 02/10/2020

Switzerland votes in favour of LGBT protection bill

BBC
02/09/2020
Voters in Switzerland have backed a proposal to make discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and sexual identity illegal. The result – 63.1% in favour to…
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Added on: 02/10/2020

The 200-year-old diary that’s rewriting gay history

BBC
02/10/2020
A diary written by a Yorkshire farmer more than 200 years ago is being hailed as providing remarkable evidence of tolerance towards homosexuality in Britain much earlier…
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Added on: 02/09/2020

‘It Just Shows What All the Work Was For.’ Meet the First Same-Sex Couple to Get Married in Northern Ireland Next Week

Time Magazine
02/08/2020
When Belfast native Robyn Peoples found out that her girlfriend had planned a romantic trip to Paris to see Ariana Grande perform, she knew she wanted to…
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Added on: 02/08/2020

Russian Jury Acquits Gay Man’s Murder Suspect

Moscow Times
02/08/2020
A Moscow jury has acquitted a man accused of killing a gay man last year, the LGBT rights group Stimul reported Thursday. Security cameras captured 40-year-old Roman…
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Added on: 02/08/2020

Spain’s far-right Vox party takes Twitter to court over tweet ban

KFGO
02/07/2020
Spain’s ultra-conservative Vox party has filed a criminal complaint in a Spanish court against Twitter, alleging the social media company violated its basic rights by blocking it…
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Added on: 02/08/2020

Activist aims to shame Polish towns opposed to LGBT community

Reuters
02/07/2020
An activist has begun photographing members of Poland’s LGBT community next to a fake “LGBT-free zone” sign outside towns that passed motions rejecting what they call “LGBT…
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Added on: 02/07/2020

‘Don’t ask, don’t tell’: Less than 1 in 5 LGBT teachers come out over career fears

Irish Examiner
02/07/2020
A ‘don’t ask, don’t tell’ culture still exists in schools with a religious ethos when it comes to LGBT teachers. That is the finding of a new…
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Added on: 02/07/2020

Swiss vote on anti-homophobia law as critics decry censorship

Reuters
02/06/2020
When 41-year-old Jehanne, a lesbian, was repeatedly insulted for supporting LGBT rights during a tram ride in the Swiss city of Geneva last month, she threatened to…
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Added on: 02/06/2020

Anti-LGBT Hate Crimes Up in Russia, Watchdog Says

Moscow Times
02/05/2020
The number of hate crimes against members of Russia’s LGBT community increased in 2019, according to an annual report by the prominent SOVA Center nonprofit, which tracks…
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Added on: 02/06/2020

Russian police threaten activist; she flees, wins asylum

Erasing 76 Crimes
02/05/2020
An LGBT activist fled southern Russia for the Netherlands after facing threats of prosecution from law enforcement and retribution from conservative vigilantes, she said in an interview…
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Added on: 02/06/2020

Evangelical Pastor Pushed Pompeo to Fire Yovanovitch for LGBT Support

BuzzFeed News
02/05/2020
In the summer of 2018, an American evangelical pastor and dozens of Ukrainian Christian groups prayed for Marie Yovanovitch to be fired from her job as the…
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Added on: 02/04/2020

Rising populism stokes homophobic hate speech across Europe

Thomson Reuters
02/02/2020
Homophobic and transphobic rhetoric and other anti-LGBT+ hate crimes are rising across Europe, fuelled by divisive politics and socially conservative groups that also campaign against abortion access,…
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Added on: 02/03/2020

‘It’ll be OK. Spain is kinder to us migrants than the British are’

The Guardian
02/01/2020
If a fair few of the 300,000 Britons who live in Spain woke with pounding heads on Saturday morning, many could at least console themselves with the…
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Added on: 02/03/2020

Iceland Expands Its Evangelical Ban To Include Anti-LGBT Methodists

Patheos
02/02/2020
The parliament of this island country in the North Atlantic declared today it is increasing its travel ban to include American evangelicals who are members of the…
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Added on: 02/02/2020

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo refuses to meet with LGBT activists in Ukraine

Pink News
02/01/2020
Donald Trump’s anti-LGBT+ Secretary of State Mike Pompeo visited Ukraine this week, but refused to meet with LGBT+ community leaders. Pompeo made the trip to show America’s…
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Added on: 02/02/2020

Franklin Graham banned by 2nd UK city over ‘repulsive’ LGBT+ views, official says

Charlotte Observer
01/29/2020
Evangelist Franklin Graham was banned Wednesday from coming to a second arena in England on his upcoming summer tour of the United Kingdom. Julie Dore, the council…
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Added on: 02/02/2020

Croatia Gay Couple Foster Care Application Rejected: Court Decision Ignored

Total Croatia News
01/28/2020
The Social Welfare Center in Zagreb again rejected the foster care application submitted by Ivo Šegota and Mladen Kožić, who are life partners in Croatia. By doing…
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Added on: 02/01/2020

LGBT community in Hungary faces ‘increasingly concentrated attacks’ by government

Pink News
01/31/2020
The LGBT+ community in Hungary is facing “increasingly concentrated attacks” by the far-right government, activists have said, and hard-won LGBT+ rights in the country could be at…
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Added on: 01/31/2020

Church of England ‘sorry’ for LGBT sex guidance

BBC
01/31/2020
The Church of England will not be withdrawing guidance that said sex is only for “heterosexual married couples”. But the archbishops of Canterbury and York are “very…
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Added on: 01/31/2020

‘I tested my new name at the coffee shop’

BBC
01/31/2020
“Choosing my name was a pretty long journey,” says Sonja Howells. “When I first said my name to the barista, it felt so liberating. It was so…
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Added on: 01/29/2020

Israel Folau joins Europe rugby league team after being axed for homophobic comments

ITV News
01/28/2020
Australian rugby player Israel Folau has been signed by the Catalan Dragons, a Super League rugby team, for a 12-month contract. The 30-year-old dual-code international was dropped…
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