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Added on: 06/19/2024

LGBTI people’s human rights at the 56th UN human rights council

It’s June, and it’s time for the second session of the year of the UN Human Rights Council! The 56th session will take place at the United…

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Added on: 05/13/2024

Swiss fans get ready to welcome Eurovision winner Nemo back home

05/12/2024

BERLIN — Swiss Eurovision fans were getting ready Sunday to give a hero’s welcome to singer Nemo, who won the 68th Eurovision Song Contest with “The Code,” an operatic pop-rap…

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Added on: 01/24/2024

World Health Organization Named Former Prostitute, ‘Genderf**king’ Theorist To Transgender Health Expert Board

01/23/2024

The World Health Organization (WHO) established an expert advisory group on transgender health, seeking guidance from a transgender former prostitute who called the line of work “empowering”…

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Added on: 01/17/2024

Making LGBTQ Issues Top Priority for Global Leaders: Inside GLAAD’s Work at the 2024 World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos

01/16/2024

The World Economic Forum’s (WEF) annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland convenes leaders from government, business, and civil society to address the state of the world and discuss…

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Added on: 11/06/2023

Switzerland lifts extra restrictions against gay men giving blood

11/05/2023

Gabriel Delabays sat calmly, his feet elevated on a reclining chair, as a nurse drew blood from his left arm at a Swiss transfusion center last Wednesday,…

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Added on: 10/28/2023

UN experts: LGBT older persons at heightened risk of violence and discrimination

10/27/2023

Following the commemoration of the UN International Day on Older Persons on 1 October, three United Nations rights experts* issued a statement highlighting the alarming situation faced…

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Added on: 10/05/2023

Swiss LGBTQ groups praise jail sentence for commentator who called journalist a ‘fat lesbian’

10/04/2023

GENEVA — LGBTQ groups hailed the 60-day jail sentence a court in Switzerland gave to a writer and commentator for deriding a journalist as a “fat lesbian,” among…

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Added on: 12/13/2022

Fears Switzerland could become hotspot for “gay conversion tourism” amid parliamentary debate

12/12/2022

LGBT rights groups in Switzerland are speaking out in favour of a ban on conversion therapy, fearing that the country may become a hotspot for “conversion therapy…

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Added on: 12/03/2022

LGBTQ Groups Seek Legal Ban On Swiss Conversion Therapy

12/02/2022

LGBTQ organisations in Switzerland are concerned that without swift action, the country could become a haven for conversion therapy, which is banned in neighbouring France and Germany….

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Added on: 07/03/2022

In Switzerland, first same-sex couples say ‘I do’

7/1/22

Alois Carnier, 57, and Peter Leu, 67, said “wholeheartedly, I do” to each other on Friday as same-sex marriages became legal in Switzerland. It is the first…

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Added on: 06/20/2022

FINA to Restrict Participation of Transgender Athletes in Elite Swimming Events

06/19/2022

BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — World swimming’s governing body has effectively banned transgender women from competing in women’s events, starting Monday. FINA members widely adopted a new “gender inclusion…

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Added on: 05/30/2022

Gay Conversion Therapies Continue To Take Their Toll In Switzerland

05/29/2022

(MENAFN– Swissinfo) – Unlike many countries, Switzerland has refused to ban conversion therapies, often practised by evangelical churches, which claim to“cure” homosexuality. Several victims explain how they…

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Added on: 05/24/2022

UN denounces ‘racist’ and ‘homophobic’ coverage of monkeypox.

05/23/2022

The Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) has warned that stigmatising language used in the coverage on the monkeypox virus could jeopardise public health, citing some…

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Added on: 02/19/2022

One UN human rights expert’s fight to eliminate ‘conversion therapies’

2/18/22

Some 69 States around the world currently criminalise homosexual relations between consenting adults. This means that in just this one area of human rights violations, two billion…

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Added on: 01/10/2022

“Switzerland – Dozens apply for gender change after law is eased “

01/09/2022

(MENAFN– Swissinfo) Since January 1, transgender and intersex people have been able to apply for a sex and name change in the civil register without a medical…

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Added on: 12/26/2021

Swiss to Allow Simple Legal Gender Transition From Jan. 1

12/25/21

People in Switzerland will be able to legally change gender by a visit to the civil registry office from Jan. 1, putting the country at the forefront…

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Added on: 10/01/2021

Swiss vote highlights Europe’s east-west divide on gay marriage

09/30/2021

After Swiss voters overwhelmingly backed same-sex marriage in a referendum on Sunday, LGBT groups in the country hailed a “historic day” for Switzerland. But the Swiss vote also…

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Added on: 09/26/2021

Swiss vote overwhelmingly for same-sex marriage, according to poll

9/26/21

Swiss voters have decided by a clear margin to allow same-sex couples to marry, in a referendum that brings the Alpine nation into line with many others…

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Added on: 09/25/2021

Will the Swiss vote for gay marriage in Sunday’s referendum?

9/24/21

Twenty years after the Netherlands became the first in Europe to legalise same-sex marriage, Switzerland is among the last Western European countries where it is still outlawed….

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Added on: 08/25/2021

Majority of Swiss support gay marriage ahead of vote

08/24/2021

According to a survey by Tamedia, 64% of the population said they plan to vote in favour of accepting the government’s amendment to Switzerland’s civil code allowing…

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Added on: 05/14/2021

Switzerland To Hold Referendum On 2020 Same-Sex Marriage Legislation

05/13/2021

After a lengthy parliamentary battle, the Swiss government will hold a referendum concerning legislation introduced in December 2020 recognizing same-sex marriage. Under this law, same-sex couples can…

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Added on: 04/28/2021

Opponents force referendum on Swiss same-sex marriage

04/28/2021

Swiss voters will get final say on whether same-sex couples can marry after opponents gathered enough signatures to force a binding referendum on a 2020 law allowing…

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Added on: 04/27/2021

Long road to motherhood: Lesbians fight for IVF in Europe

04/26/2021

LONDON, April 26 (Openly) – It took Leonie Plastina and her wife Sonja years of careful research – poring over LGBT+ rights laws and private medical costs…

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Added on: 04/25/2021

LGBT pioneer’s spectacular painting returns to Monte Verità

4/25/21

After a lengthy restoration, visitors can once again admire the 26-metre circular painting Il Chiaro Mondo dei Beati [The clear world of the blessed] by Estonian artist…

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Added on: 01/13/2021

UNAIDS calls for the LGBT community in Uganda to be treated with respect and dignity at all times

01/12/2020

UNAIDS calls for the LGBT community in Uganda to be treated with respect and dignity at all times. GENEVA, 12 January 2021—UNAIDS is concerned that the vilification…

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Added on: 12/18/2020

Switzerland parliament approves same-sex marriage

12/18/2020

GENEVA: Switzerland’s parliament approved a bill Friday allowing same-sex couples to marry, finally bringing the small Alpine nation into line with much of Europe on gay rights….

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Added on: 12/06/2020

Swiss upper house votes in favour of gay marriage

12/4/2020

This week, The Council of States, Switzerland’s upper house, voted in favour of a project to allow gay marriage in Switzerland. 27 members voted for the plan,…

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Added on: 06/16/2020

Swiss women stage a mass scream to protest gender pay gap, domestic and anti-LGBT violence

06/15/2020

Women across Switzerland have staged a mass screaming protest as part of demands for equal treatment and an end to violence at the hands of men. On…

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Added on: 02/10/2020

Switzerland votes in favour of LGBT protection bill

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: 02/07/2020

Swiss vote on anti-homophobia law as critics decry censorship

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…