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Added on: 12/27/2024

‘Chosen families’: Queer Nigerians’ alternative to conventional families

12/26/2024

Lagos, Nigeria — Before meeting her chosen family, Beauty, a lesbian woman and activist, struggled with identity and acceptance within her traditional family. Reflecting on her journey, she shares…

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Added on: 12/27/2024

Apple defends removal of censored apps from Russian App Store as means to avoid total ban

12/26/2024

Apple has defended the reported removal of a number of independent media apps and VPN services from its Russian App Store as a means of avoiding a…

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Added on: 12/27/2024

Best countries for same-sex family planning named in new study

12/26/2024

While some nations have been improving rights for the LGBTQ+ community both in terms of family planning and wider society in 2024, other countries will be starting 2025…

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Added on: 12/27/2024

The 2024 queer year in review

12/26/2024

We look back at the LGBTQIA+ news, events and moments that made up 2024. Gay grooms: Married at First Sight introduced their first gay grooms since 2016. Unfortunately, it didn’t…

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Added on: 12/25/2024

Syria’s new government priorities: address LGBT, alcohol and women’s dress code

12/24/2024

Syria’s newly established authorities will prioritize matters concerning the status of the LGBT community, regulations regarding women’s attire, and the consumption of alcohol, as stated by Mohammed…

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Added on: 12/25/2024

President Joe Biden signs into law first federal anti-LGBTQ+ bill in decades

12/24/2024

President Joe Biden signed an almost $900 billion defense bill even though the bill contained a provision containing restrictions on gender-affirming care for transgender youth. The National…

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Added on: 12/25/2024

South Africans launch new group to unleash continent’s “pink economy”

12/24/2024

In a pointed rebuttal to the growing anti-LGBTQ+ movement spreading across the African continent, leaders championing Africa’s so-called “pink economy” gathered recently in Cape Town to inaugurate…

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Added on: 12/25/2024

Cameroon tries to shut down LGBTI-friendly human rights group

12/24/2024

Cameroon has ordered the suspension of four non-governmental organizations (NGOs) for alleged financial misconduct, including the LGBTI-friendly Network of Human Rights Defenders in Central Africa (REDHAC). REDHAC…

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Added on: 12/24/2024

California bans schools from forcing teachers to ‘out’ LGBTQ students

12/23/2024

Amid a flurry of recent school board policies aimed at the rights of transgender students, California passed a new law in July that prevents schools from requiring…

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Added on: 12/24/2024

Cameroon court has released 12 of 13 arrested in Sept. 30 raid

12/23/2024

The court in Douala, Cameroon, has now released all but one of the 13 people who were arrested on homosexuality-related charges after a Sept. 30 police raid…

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Added on: 12/24/2024

Lithuania’s top court rules anti-LGBTQIA law unconstitutional

12/23/2024

The Law on the Protection of Minors from Negative Effects of Public Information posited an antiquated belief that minors are adversely affected by information that “denigrates family…

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Added on: 12/23/2024

Sign anti-gay bill before your term ends – Presby Church Moderator to Akufo-Addo

12/23/2024

The Moderator of the Presbyterian Church of Ghana, Rt. Rev Dr. Abraham Nana Opare Kwakye, has called on President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to assent to the…

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Added on: 12/23/2024

Ken Paxton sues NCAA over transgender athletes’ participation in women’s sports

12/22/2024

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton said Sunday he sued the National Collegiate Athletic Association, accusing the organization of misleading college sports fans by allowing transgender women to…

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Added on: 12/23/2024

Sandi Toksvig wants to be the “grandma lesbian” for the trans community

12/22/2024

Sandi Toksvig, the Danish-British comedian, broadcaster and activist, is getting ready to put on a Christmas show, heading back to the same stage in which she did…

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Added on: 12/23/2024

‘I was tortured in Syria for being gay — now I’m terrified what the future will bring’

12/22/2024

Francois Zankih was forced to flee Syria in 2020 after Hayʼat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) twice kidnapped him and eventually issued a death notice against him. Despite this, the human rights campaigner says…

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Added on: 12/22/2024

Courthouse that issued country’s first gay marriage license becomes National Historic Landmark

12/21/2024

U.S. Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland announced this week that the Boulder County Courthouse in Colorado has been designated a National Historic Landmark for being the…

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Added on: 12/22/2024

Political Homophobia In Russia: How Unsafe Is The LGBT Community In The Country?

12/21/2024

Is it the worst time to be gay in Russia? How unsafe is the LGBTQIA+ community under President Vladimir Putin? How has the political homophobia in Russia…

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Added on: 12/22/2024

Everything That Happened In Anti-Trans Legislation This Week

12/21/2024

Hello readers. It’s Friday, December 20th, 2024. As a reminder, legislative sessions are different for each state — and you can keep track of your state’s legislative…

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Added on: 12/22/2024

Map shows the best and worst places to be trans in Europe and Central Asia

12/21/2024

Trans rights are becoming increasingly ‘polarised’ in Europe and Central Asia, a map has shown. Campaign group TGEU’s annual Trans Rights Map ranks the legal situation for…

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Added on: 12/21/2024

Trans lobby group threatens to help break puberty blockers ban by exploiting loopholes

12/20/2024

Campaigners demanded an urgent review of the puberty blockers ban last night over a trans lobby group’s offer to help children exploit loopholes. Hours after they were…

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Added on: 12/21/2024

RUSSIA: Fined for citing Vatican, Scottish Episcopal texts

12/20/2024

A court in Moscow fined a Russian Anglican Christian three weeks’ average local wage on 18 November under Russia’s “gay propaganda” law for sharing materials from the…

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Added on: 12/21/2024

BREAKING: Biden administration abandons efforts to protect transgender student-athletes from discrimination

12/20/2024

President Joe Biden’s administration late on Friday abandoned efforts to protect the right of trans athletes to participate in sports based on their gender identity. The U.S….

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Added on: 12/20/2024

Lithuania’s top court declares anti-LGBT law unconstitutional

12/19/2024

The former government asked the top court to assess the constitutionality of the Law on the Protection of Minors from Negative Effects of Public Information. The law states that…

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Added on: 12/20/2024

Is history’s first recorded gay couple in this ancient Egyptian tomb?

12/19/2024

Did you know that what appears to be the first depicted gay couple in history can be found in an Ancient Egyptian tomb? The depiction shows Khnumhotep…

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Added on: 12/20/2024

First trans political candidates in Nepal’s history celebrate the work they did for visibility

12/19/2024

Two trans women have made history in Nepal for running in local elections. Despite neither one winning her race, the LGBTQ+ community is still celebrating the moment…

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Added on: 12/20/2024

‘Generational change’: why more young Australians are identifying as LGBTQ+

12/19/2024

Damien Nguyen is 22, out, loud and proud – in every sense. Nguyen, who uses he/they pronouns, sits on the Mardi Gras board and helps run the activist…

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Added on: 12/19/2024

Republicans to introduce more transgender-related bills

12/18/2024

Earlier this year, New Hampshire lawmakers banned transgender girls from competing on girls’ school sports teams and prohibited some gender-reassigment surgeries for minors. Those efforts will continue…

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Added on: 12/19/2024

These women lost their children because they were lesbians – why can’t the government say sorry?

12/18/2024

I am more than just aware of the faint outlines of queer history – it is something I see in Technicolour. I immerse myself in lesbian books,…

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Added on: 12/19/2024

Ghana Supreme Court rejects legal challenges to anti-LGBT bill

12/18/2024

Ghana’s Supreme Court on Wednesday dismissed two separate cases challenging the legality of one of Africa’s most restrictive pieces of anti-LGBT legislation, paving the way for the…

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Added on: 12/18/2024

Tennis’ first openly-gay ATP player Joao Lucas Reis Da Silva shares his feelings about coming out of the closet and how it impacts the sport

12/18/2024

Brazilian tennis player Joao Lucas Reis Da Silva spoke about coming out as gay and as others around him responded to it. The 24-year-old is the first…