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Added on: 10/01/2021

ANALYSIS-German election seen as paving way for transgender rights gains

09/27/2021

BERLIN, Sept 27 (Openly) – The victory of Germany’s Social Democrats and the election of the country’s first openly transgender lawmakers has buoyed LGBT+ activists’ hopes for…

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Added on: 10/01/2021

UCLA Study Suggests Nearly Half of LGBT Renters Behind on Rent Fear Eviction Within 2 Months

10/1/2021

According to a recent UCLA study, nearly half of the LGBT renters in the United States who are behind on their payments fear the worst: eviction. In as…

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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: 09/30/2021

Russia Proposes ‘Extremist’ Label for LGBT, Feminist, Child-Free Movements

09/30/2021

Russia’s LGBT, radical feminist and child-free groups should be recognized as “extremist,” the chairman of an influential government commission said Wednesday. “LGBT ideology, radical feminism and child-free…

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Added on: 09/30/2021

Evangelicals push for new bishop after Church in Wales allows pastors to bless gay marriages

09/30/2021

Evangelicals who hold to traditional Christian teaching on sexuality and marriage are pushing for a new bishop to be appointed in the Church in Wales following the…

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Added on: 09/30/2021

Local Governments In Poland Rescind Anti-LGBT Resolutions, Fearing Loss Of EU Funding

09/29/2021

Riding support from Poland’s right-wing populist Law and Justice Party and the local Roman Catholic clergy, nearly 100 provinces and municipalities in 2019 passed symbolic resolutions declaring…

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Added on: 09/30/2021

Grilling politicians on who has a cervix isn’t journalism – it’s toxic, transphobic theatre

09/29/2021

Labour MP Emily Thornberry has expertly demonstrated how the question “do only women have a cervix” should be answered without feeding into a toxic debate. The reductive…

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Added on: 09/29/2021

LGBTQ students targeted, face crackdown in China

09/29/2021

In a series of crackdowns that included big tech firms, entertainment stars, business magnets, China is now targeting the LGBTQ community. Fabien Baussart, writing in The Times…

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Added on: 09/29/2021

Japan’s new prime minister could herald a ‘historic moment’ for LGBT+ rights

09/28/2021

Japan is about to get a new prime minister – and two candidates in particular have the potential to transform LGBT+ rights, including same-sex marriage. After the…

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Added on: 09/29/2021

LGBTI citizens on edge in West Africa (Part 2: Guinea after the coup)

09/28/2021

The coup in Guinea came in early September, only a few months after a military junta seized power in neighboring Mali. That turmoil added new challenges for…

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Added on: 09/29/2021

Hundreds of Texas Students Walk Out of School Over Anti-LGBT Discrimination

09/28/2021

Hundreds of students walked out of a Texas high school on Wednesday, claiming discrimination against queer students and teachers. Many of those protesting at MacArthur High School…

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Added on: 09/28/2021

” Germany elects first two transgender women to parliament”

09/27/2021

Two German politicians made history when they were elected to the country’s parliament on Sunday. Tessa Ganserer and Nyke Slawik, both of the Greens party, are the…

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Added on: 09/28/2021

Three Polish regions repeal ‘LGBT-free zone’ declarations

09/27/2021

WARSAW -Three Polish regional councils voted on Monday to repeal motions declaring their provinces “LGBT-free zones,” state-run news agency PAP reported, after the European Union threatened to…

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Added on: 09/28/2021

Bisexual foundation leader blames pansexuals for conversion therapy

09/27/2021

Ian Lawrence-Tourinho, the executive director of the American Institute of Bisexuality (AIB) which oversees the website Bi.org and publication Queer Majority, is receiving criticism for claiming that…

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Added on: 09/28/2021

Risks multiply for LGBTI citizens of West Africa. (Part 1: Senegal)

09/27/21

In West Africa, military juntas have seized power in Mali (May 24) and in Guinea (Sept. 5) — events that added new challenges for LGBTI citizens in…

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Added on: 09/27/2021

Sajid Javid condemned for saying it’s a ‘scientific fact’ that only women have cervixes

09/26/2021

Health secretary Sajid Javid is facing strident backlash after he said it was a “scientific fact” that only women have cervixes. Javid made his comments after Labour leader…

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Added on: 09/27/2021

Penang Mufti: Transgender people should change appearance before entering mosques, surau

09/26/2021

GEORGE TOWN (Bernama): “Mukhannath” or transgender individuals should change their appearance if they want to be in mosques or surau, says Penang Mufti Datuk Seri Dr Wan…

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Added on: 09/27/2021

Liz Cheney: `I was wrong’ in opposing gay marriage in past

09/26/2021

WASHINGTON (AP) — Rep. Liz Cheney says she was wrong to oppose gay marriage in the past, a stand that once split her family. Cheney, R-Wyo., a…

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Added on: 09/26/2021

Kenya bans film for ‘advocating same-sex marriage’

9/23/21

Kenya’s Film Classification Board (KFCB) has banned a documentary about two gay lovers. The film, I Am Samuel, is a movie about the romantic relationship between two…

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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: 09/26/2021

China’s Crackdown Has a Straight Eye for the Queer Guy

9/17/21

China officially has a “male feminization” problem. That’s not some throwaway line or social media meme. It’s actual policy from the nation’s education ministry, which plans to…

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Added on: 09/26/2021

Conflict deepening between Seoul gov’t, LGBT festival organizers

9/23/21

A conflict is deepening between the Seoul Metropolitan Government and organizers of the annual Seoul Queer Culture Festival (SQCF), following the city government’s recent decision to reject…

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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: 09/25/2021

The AP Interview: Hungary committed to contentious LGBT law

9/24/21

The right-wing populist government in Hungary is attracting conservative thinkers from the United States who admire its approaches to migration, LGBT issues and national sovereignty — all…

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Added on: 09/25/2021

Kenya film board bans gay documentary, calling it ‘an affront’

9/24/21

Kenya has banned a documentary about a gay Kenyan man’s struggle to be accepted by his family and country, saying it was blasphemous and an affront to…

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Added on: 09/25/2021

Govt mulls banning transgender individuals from entering mosques in FT

9/24/21

The government is looking into emulating Perlis in banning “mukhannath” or transgender individuals from entering mosques in the Federal Territories. Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department…

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Added on: 09/24/2021

Scotland becomes first country in world to embed LGBT education in school curriculum

09/23/2021

All school staff will be given a basic awareness e-learning course on LGBT inclusive education and a toolkit of LGBT inclusive education teaching resources. A dedicated website…

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Added on: 09/24/2021

LGBT+ conversion therapy thrives even as bans gather pace

09/16/2021

LONDON, Sept 15 (Openly) – Doctors once prescribed long, hard bike rides and testicular transplants to cure gay men of their “sexual abnormality”. More than a century…

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Added on: 09/24/2021

Progress Continues on 10th Anniversary of ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ Repeal

09/22/2021

Ten years ago this week, the odious policy known as “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” (DADT) came to an end. The law prevented gay people from serving in…

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Added on: 09/24/2021

Transgender people in Puerto Rico say they are invisible in the eyes of the island — and it’s contributing to a culture of violence

09/2/2021

While celebrating her 16th birthday at a gay bar in Puerto Rico a few years ago, Lina, a trans woman, said an older man drugged her and…