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Added on: 08/12/2019

Prague Pride features Romani float again, award given to LGBT and Romani activist David Tišer

08/11/2019

Yesterday the carnival of LGBT pride known as the Prague Pride Parade marched through the streets of the Czech capital, the ninth time the “rainbow march” has…

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Added on: 08/10/2019

He survived Chechnya’s LGBTQ purge. Now, he’s ready to tell his story

08/09/2019

Amin Dzhabrailov shivered as the cold air hit his sweat-drenched body. It had been two weeks since he began sleeping on the floor of the tiny, windowless…

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Added on: 08/10/2019

Poland holds new pride parade after one marred by violence

08/10/2019

LGBT activists held a central Polish city’s first pride parade without incident Saturday amid a deep divide in the country over gay and lesbian rights. The parade…

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Added on: 08/09/2019

Anthropological project Gaysian Faces aims to increase visibility of the LGBT+ South Asian community

08/09/2019

A South Asian queer anthropology photography project titled Gaysian Faces has been created in a bid to increase visibility around LGBT+ individuals within Birmingham’s South Asian community….

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Added on: 08/07/2019

Coca-Cola faces backlash in Hungary for ad featuring same-sex couples

08/06/2019

Coca-Cola is facing intense criticism in Hungary over an ad campaign featuring same-sex couples, the latest instance of a vocal anti-gay backlash across parts of post-communist central…

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Added on: 08/06/2019

Murder, ‘gay-hunters’ strike terror in Russia’s LGBT community

08/05/2019

When LGBT activist Yelena Grigoryeva found her name on a hit list of a “gay-hunting” group, she did not appear to take the threat seriously. The group…

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Added on: 08/06/2019

Polish state firms pouring ad cash into media that attack gay rights, research data shows

08/05/2019

State companies in Poland have multiplied many times over their spending on advertising via news magazines that attack gay rights since the nationalist Law and Justice (PiS)…

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Added on: 08/05/2019

Same-Sex Union Vote Failure Dismays Montenegro’s LGBT Community

08/01/2019

The Montenegrin parliament on Wednesday failed to adopt a law to legalize same-sex unions after deputies from ruling parties representing ethnic minorities voted against it. MPs from…

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Added on: 08/05/2019

Hamburg Pride Parade paused after fire breaks out

08/03/2019

Celebrations at Hamburg’s Pride Parade ground to a halt after one of the floats went up in flames. At least two people suffered smoke inhalation. Large LGBT+…

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Added on: 08/05/2019

Hate crimes in schools in region affected by anti-LGBT+ protests surge

08/04/2019

The number of hate crimes in schools and colleges in the county affected by protests against LGBT+ lessons has surged by more than 50 per cent in…

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Added on: 08/05/2019

Big corporates can show their support for LGBT+ people by forcing Governments to get tough with online bigots

08/05/2019

FOR a few weeks in the height of summer, the corporate and municipal world is draped in a rainbow flag. Events like Leeds Pride – which is…

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Added on: 08/04/2019

LGBT in Russia: smashing stereotypes and creating a queer future

08/03/2019

For Russia’s LGBT community, homophobia and violence are part of day-to-day reality. Some cases, like the murder of activist Yelena Grigoryeva last week or torture in Chechnya,…

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Added on: 08/04/2019

Belfast celebrates Pride amid hope same-sex marriage ban is lifted

08/03/2019

Thousands took to the streets of Belfast for what could be the last Pride held under the same-sex marriage ban in Northern Ireland. Ulster has been packed…

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Added on: 08/03/2019

Pinoy LGBT group in Europe rallies support for LGBT in Asia

08/01/2019

The Pride Movement in Asia has been growing over the years and 2019 has been so far a particularly historic year for LGBTQ history. This year, Taiwan…

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Added on: 08/02/2019

Liberals fear unrest as Poland Catholic Church doubles down on anti-gay rhetoric

08/02/2019

Poland’s Catholic Church has doubled down on the anti-gay rhetoric that has become the nationalist ruling party’s dominant theme in recent weeks, drawing a rebuke from liberal…

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Added on: 08/02/2019

LGBT people are ‘being made homeless due to religion’

07/30/2019

Nearly half of young LGBT people who are left homeless after coming out are from religious backgrounds. That’s according to research by the Albert Kennedy Trust (AKT),…

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Added on: 08/01/2019

Same-Sex Union Vote Failure Dismays Montenegro’s LGBT Community

08/01/2019

The Montenegrin parliament on Wednesday failed to adopt a law to legalize same-sex unions after deputies from ruling parties representing ethnic minorities voted against it. MPs from…

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Added on: 08/01/2019

How a hashtag looks set to offer LGBTI people a #MeToo moment in Poland ǀ View

07/31/2019

Ten days ago, approaching the main city square where Białystok’s first ever LGBTI pride march was due to start, I was met with a scene of chaos….

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Added on: 07/31/2019

Anti-LGBT education page blocks ‘every gay’ on Twitter

07/31/2019

A Twitter profile set up to protest against LGBT education in the UK’s schools appears to have blocked “every gay” on the internet. Hundreds of Twitter users…

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Added on: 07/31/2019

‘We need freedom’: Sehaq, the party space for Amsterdam’s queer refugees

07/31/2019

At the dinner table, conversations bubble around people as they tuck into a three-course meal. A plethora of different nationalities and identities have pulled up a chair…

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Added on: 07/30/2019

Giving a voice to the LGBT+ community in China

07/30/2019

With the Amsterdam Pride in full swing, it’s the perfect moment to take a look at some developments in the LGBT+ community in China. We talk with…

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Added on: 07/30/2019

The struggle for LGBT equality: Pride meets prejudice in Poland

07/28/2019

We set off from the Arsenal gallery in a small group of about 20 people, first through Białystok’s Branicki Palace gardens, where a “family picnic” is in…

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Added on: 07/29/2019

A city’s first pride march was meant to be a day of joy. The far right turned it into chaos

07/28/2019

Drag queens strut, rainbow flags flutter in the breeze, and smiling marchers form heart symbols with their hands. From certain angles, the pride parade looks just like…

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Added on: 07/28/2019

Russia arrests man over murder of LGBTQ activist

07/26/2019

Russian police said on Thursday they had detained a man over the fatal stabbing of an LGBTQ activist near her home in St Petersburg and were not…

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Added on: 07/28/2019

Polish campaigners fear renewed homophobic violence

07/26/2019

Polish LGBT groups are holding solidarity marches and events in 30 cities on Saturday to protest growing hate speech and violence against their community. Meanwhile a leading…

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Added on: 07/27/2019

Trans Men And Queer Women Have Been Swept Up In Chechnya’s Anti-LGBTQ Crackdown

07/27/2019

The phone call that would change M.’s life came one spring evening in 2018. “You’re on the list,” the baritone voice on the other end of the…

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Added on: 07/25/2019

Georgia’s Culture War: The Push for LGBT Rights

07/24/019

LGBT activists in the Republic of Georgia this summer have been looking for ways to hold a parade on the streets of the capital, Tbilisi. While pride…

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Added on: 07/25/2019

Are You Proud? shows how far LGBT equality has come – and how far there is left to go

07/24/2019

“Why do you want to make a film about Pride? Everything’s fine!” This, Ashley Joiner tells PinkNews, was usually the response he got while looking for funding…

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Added on: 07/25/2019

Czechia’s trans community pushes to be visible

07/24/2019

Emerging from the few sensationalized tabloid headlines and TV shows that have been Czechia’s only exposure to the country’s transgender community, trans Czechs are stepping out and…

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Added on: 07/24/2019

Demonstrators Rally In St. Petersburg To Mourn Slain Russian LGBT Activist

07/23/2019

Several dozen demonstrators rallied in St. Petersburg to mourn Yelena Grigoryeva, an LGBT rights campaigner who was slain near her home in Russia’s second-largest city. The rally…