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Added on: 07/13/2021

Murder of Samuel Luiz galvanizes Spain’s LGBTQ+ community: ‘There is no going back’

07/12/2021

Just before Samuel Luiz was brutally beaten to death on July 3, he and his friend Lina made a video call to Vanessa González. The time was…

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Added on: 07/12/2021

Fresh protests in Spain over killing of gay man

07/11/2021

MADRID (AFP) – People took to the streets of cities across Spain again on Sunday (July 11) to demand justice after a young gay man was beaten…

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Added on: 07/12/2021

New Malaysian Anti-LGBT Law Proposal

07/11/2021

On Friday 25 June, a task force within the Malaysian government proposed modifications to the laws governing social media. The new amendments would allow Malaysian officials to…

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Added on: 07/12/2021

Pride Event in Israeli Settlement Draws Opposition From Multiple Directions

07/11/2021

An LGBTQ Pride event in Ariel on Thursday marked one of the first such events in an Israeli settlement. The event was the initiative of 26-year-old Gal…

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Added on: 07/12/2021

Hungary and Poland prime ministers with defiant rainbow protest

07/11/2021

Rémy Bonny, an LGBT+ activist and the executive director of nonprofit organisation Forbidden Colours, shared images of the bold demonstration on Twitter Friday (9 July). The images…

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Added on: 07/11/2021

Raffaella Carrà, Italian cultural institution and LGBT icon, laid to rest in Rome

7/9/21

In Italy’s week of mourning for Raffaella Carrà, one image summed up her universal appeal: a rainbow flag – the symbol of the LGBT movement – next…

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Added on: 07/11/2021

Israel’s Supreme Court rules in favour of same-sex couple surrogacy rights

7/11/21

Israel’s Supreme Court on Sunday ruled that current legal restrictions barring same-sex couples from becoming parents through surrogacy were unlawful and must be lifted within six months….

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Added on: 07/11/2021

Georgian TV Cameraman Dies, Was Injured Amid Anti-LGBT Violence

7/11/21

A Georgian TV cameraman who was among dozens of journalists attacked by a right-wing mob during a melee aimed at LGBT campaigners has died. Co-workers of Lekso…

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Added on: 07/11/2021

Chinese social media shutdown of LGBT student groups ‘highlights backlash against Western influences’

7/11/21

The closure of dozens of LGBT student organisations’ WeChat accounts this week may be the result of a larger Chinese nationalist backlash against perceived Western influences, according…

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Added on: 07/10/2021

Pakistan opens first state-run school for transgender people

7/9/21

Pakistan has opened its first government-funded school for transgender women, who are often bullied out of mainstream education as children in the deeply conservative nation. The country’s…

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Added on: 07/10/2021

The podcast celebrating Singapore’s ‘hidden’ gay community

7/9/21

Through stories of personal experiences and interviews with guests, a groundbreaking podcast is trying to “celebrate and stop hiding” the LGBTQ+ community in Singapore, where sex between…

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Added on: 07/10/2021

Hungary Bans LGBTQ Content From Schools, But Some Teachers Say They Will Defy It

7/9/21

Viktoria Radvanyi says her job has never been so stressful. She’s on the board of Budapest Pride, Hungary’s annual LGBTQ event, whose monthlong festival is currently underway….

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Added on: 07/10/2021

LGBTQ Activists Condemn the Dominican Republic For New Penal Code That Makes Anti-Gay Discrimination Legal

7/9/21

Recently, the hashtags #DontCometoDR and #DRisnotgayfriendly began to trend on social media. The trend was in response to a new penal code that the Dominican Republic‘s government…

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Added on: 07/09/2021

Hungary fines bookshop chain over picture book depicting LGBT families

07/08/2021

A bookshop chain in Hungary has been fined for selling a children’s story depicting a day in the life of a child with same-sex parents, with officials…

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Added on: 07/09/2021

China’s LGBTQ community is fading from rainbow to gray

07/09/2021

During this year’s Pride Month, soccer star Li Ying made history as China’s first female athlete to come out publicly as gay, in a candid series of…

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Added on: 07/09/2021

Violence in the name of God

07/09/2021

On July 5, Georgian far-right activists dispersed the planned Tbilisi Pride week by physically attacking more than 50 people, of which 53 were members of the local…

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Added on: 07/09/2021

Spanish police hold fourth suspect over suspected homophobic killing

07/08/2021

MADRID, July 8 (Reuters) – Spanish police said on Thursday it detained a fourth suspect over the killing of Samuel Luiz, who was beaten to death in…

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Added on: 07/08/2021

The fight to save one of America’s last lesbian bars: ‘We’re like an endangered species’

07/07/2021

There are only 21 lesbian bars remaining in the US – a vertiginous drop from 200 in the 1980s. The much-loved Cubbyhole is one of them. Everyone…

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Added on: 07/08/2021

Crusade Against Hypocrisy Inspires First Transgender Candidate for German Bundestag

07/07/2021

MUNICH (Reuters) – As the first transgender candidate for Germany’s parliament, Tessa Ganserer doesn’t mince words when it comes to identifying those responsible for the legislative prejudice…

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Added on: 07/08/2021

U.S. concerned by reports of China LGBTQI Plus social media curbs

07/07/2021

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. State Department said on Wednesday it was concerned about reports that China had restricted use of social media accounts of LGBTQI Plus…

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Added on: 07/08/2021

Cannot Be Excused’: Thousands Rally In Georgia To Denounce Anti-LGBT Violence

07/07/2021

TBILISI — Thousands have rallied in the Georgian capital to denounce violence against the LGBTQ community that shocked the nation and drew condemnation from Western embassies in…

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Added on: 07/08/2021

LGBT visibility grows in Japan ahead of ‘diversity’ Olympics

07/06/2021

Fumino Sugiyama, a former female fencer for the Japan women’s national team who came out as a man more than a decade ago, last week became the…

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Added on: 07/08/2021

Hungary’s controversial anti-LGBT law goes into effect despite EU warnings

07/07/2021

A new law that bans the dissemination of content in schools deemed to promote homosexuality and gender change went into effect Wednesday despite a warning from Europe’s…

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Added on: 07/08/2021

For Turkey’s LGBT+ community, discrimination said to loom larger

07/06/2021

Cayan Hakiki trimmed their finger nails and scrubbed off the polish last week in order to take Turkish university entrance exams without being hassled, as advocacy groups…

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Added on: 07/07/2021

European Court Upholds Russian Transgender Woman’s Right to Family Life

07/06/2021

In a victory for a transgender parent’s right to maintain contact with her children, the European Court of Human Rights ruled on July 6 that Russia’s denial…

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Added on: 07/07/2021

LGBTQ Social Media Groups at Most Major Chinese Universities Shuttered Overnight

07/06/2021

Tencent’s WeChat social media platform on Tuesday evening blocked and wiped all past content of the accounts for the campus LGBTQ groups of China’s top universities, striking…

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Added on: 07/06/2021

Georgian LGBT Activists Call Off Pride March After Violent Attacks

07/05/2021

LGBT campaigners in Georgia have canceled a planned Pride march after opponents attacked activists and journalists and the government and church spoke out against the event. Hundreds…

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Added on: 07/06/2021

Russian retailer apologizes for lesbian couple in ad

07/05/2021

MOSCOW, July 5 – A high-end Russian food retailer has angered both gay rights campaigners and opponents by running and then apologizing for an ad that included…

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Added on: 07/06/2021

Protests in Spain against suspected LGBT hate crime

07/05/2021

BARCELONA, July 5 (Reuters) – People took to the streets of Spain’s biggest cities on Monday evening to express their anger at the death of a man…

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Added on: 07/05/2021

Georgian Patriarchate condemns int’l support for ‘LGBTQ+ propaganda activities’ at Tbilisi Pride

07/04/2021

The Georgian Patriarchate says the ‘drastic interference’ of foreign officials ‘in our public and spiritual life’ through supporting Tbilisi Pride events ‘is a matter of severe concern…