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Added on: 05/05/2021

Uganda strengthens anti-gay laws, brands gay sex an unnatural offense

05/04/2021

Uganda has further strengthened its anti-gay laws with new legislation that brands gay sex an “unnatural offense.” The African nation already criminalizes same-sex sexual relations, with Uganda’s…

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Added on: 05/05/2021

Hate crimes against LGBT+ people in Germany rise 36% in 2020

05/04/2021

BERLIN (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Hate crimes against LGBT+ people increased by 36% in Germany in 2020, highlighting an increase in homophobic attacks and politically motivated violence…

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Kosovo Police investigate threat to LGBTI activist

05/04/2021

Kosovo Police said on Tuesday that they are looking into allegations that the life of a well-known LGBT activist, Lend Mustafa, was threatened at the weekend. “We…

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Added on: 05/05/2021

Hate crimes against LGBT+ people in Germany rise 36% in 2020

05/04/2021

Hate crimes against LGBT+ people increased by 36% in Germany in 2020, highlighting an increase in homophobic attacks and politically motivated violence in the country in recent…

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Added on: 05/05/2021

Policing Intersex Americans’ Sex and Gender

05/04/2021

Unlike many other cultures, the Anglo-American mainstream has always relied on a binary view of sex and gender. In the case of intersex people, who have inherent…

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Added on: 05/05/2021

Uganda strengthens anti-gay laws, brands gay sex an “unnatural offense”

05/04/20201

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Added on: 05/05/2021

Kosovo Police investigate threat to LGBTI activist

05/04/2021

Kosovo Police said on Tuesday that they are looking into allegations that the life of a well-known LGBT activist, Lend Mustafa, was threatened at the weekend. “We…

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Added on: 05/04/2021

Hundreds rally against anti-trans bills erasing years of LGBT+ progress ‘with the swipe of a pen’

05/03/2021

Hundreds of people took to the streets of North Carolina to protest two devastating anti-trans bills that threaten “the basic human right to be human”, activists say….

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Added on: 05/04/2021

Meet the Ugandan trans activist fighting for rights on social media

05/03/2021

“If you want to know that [Keem] is a man, just snatch away his phone and run,” taunted an Internet troll under Keem Love Black’s new profile…

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Added on: 05/04/2021

Eitan Ginzburg to become Israel’s third gay cabinet minister on Monday

05/03/2021

Israel has a record three cabinet ministers from the LGBT community after Blue and White faction chairman Eitan Ginzburg was sworn in as communications minister in the…

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Added on: 05/04/2021

Catholic parishes in Germany to include gay and lesbian couples in planned ‘blessing services for lovers’

05/03/2021

Bonn (KNA) “Love wins” – that is the name of the initiative in which Catholic chaplains in parishes across Germany plan to invite people to “blessing services…

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Added on: 05/03/2021

EUROVISION’S VASIL IS READY TO BE A VOICE FOR LGBTQ PEOPLE IN NORTH MACEDONIA AND THE BALKANS

05/02/2021

When Vasil Garvanliev declares early on in our interview that being gay is probably the least interesting thing about him, it’s hard to argue: Born in 1984…

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Added on: 05/03/2021

Court could force Honduras to stop ‘social cleansing’ of trans people

05/02/2021

International LGBT+ advocates are waiting anxiously for the verdict of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, which monitors human rights in the western hemisphe. The top tribunal…

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Added on: 05/03/2021

Gay refugee ‘ambushed’ by homophobe and left with broken leg: ‘I feel like the world has rejected me’

05/02/2021

As Canary Murungi walked on foot to the shops in the Kakuma Refugee Camp at 11am, a fellow refugee from Sudan spotted him, he told PinkNews. “He…

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Added on: 05/02/2021

LGBTI refugees denied asylum by Home Affairs bigotry

5/1/21

A report released on Thursday by several civil society organisations has found evidence that LGBT refugees are being denied asylum in South Africa despite being, “… eligible…

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Added on: 05/02/2021

Donald Trump’s cruel ban on trans people joining the military is officially over

5/1/21

Pentagon policies that allow trans folk to serve in the US military went into effect Thursday (April 30), finally undoing Donald Trump’s cruel and unnecessary ban. It…

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Added on: 05/02/2021

Russian LGBT Activist On Trial For ‘Pornography’ Launches Hunger Strike

5/1/21

A Russian LGBT activist and artist has declared a hunger strike to protest the proceedings of her closed-door trial on pornography charges. Yulia Tsvetkova’s trial began on…

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Added on: 05/02/2021

Gender-affirming care leads to better mental health among trans people

5/1/21

Transgender people who are able to receive gender-affirming surgery reported improved mental health outcomes, according to a new study published Wednesday. The study, published in JAMA Surgery…

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Added on: 05/01/2021

Gay Ugandan refugee’s odyssey to Vancouver chronicled in film

4/30/21

“We’re not rescuing. We’re not saving. We’re walking in solidarity with them.” So says Rainbow Refugee’s Chris Morrisey in Sean Horlor and Steve J. Adams new film…

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Added on: 05/01/2021

Support for gay marriage doubles in Romania

4/30/21

A new study has shown that Romanians are increasingly more tolerant towards LGBTI rights – with 43 percent saying that they support a legal form of same-sex…

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Added on: 05/01/2021

Hate crime crisis | Lucky Motshabi is 7th LGBTIQ+ person murdered

4/30/21

The LGBTIQ+ hate crime body count continues to rise with the murder of Lucky Motshabi in Limpopo. Yet, the government offers no plan of action. On Friday,…

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Added on: 05/01/2021

LGBTQ protestors vogue through the streets as part of massive national strike in Colombia

4/29/21

As protests rock Colombia this week over tax reforms, LGBTQ people have led sizeable contingents through the streets nationwide. Video posted to multiple social media sites showed…

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Added on: 04/30/2021

‘Laughing-stock’ Polish town revokes ‘LGBT-free’ status so it can keep lucrative EU grants

04/29/2021

The small community of Kraśnik in eastern Poland was among the first in the country to sign a public declaration against LGBT+ rights in May 2019. The…

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Added on: 04/30/2021

Judge orders himself to speak to a psychologist to ‘understand same-sex relationships better’ before ruling

04/29/2021

A high court judge in India has ordered himself to undergo an education session with a psychologist on same-sex relationships before ruling on a case relating to…

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Added on: 04/30/2021

ACTIVISTS TO PROTEST LATHAM’S ANTI-LGBT BILLS IN SYDNEY ON JUNE 5

04/29/2021

The next protest against One Nation MP Mark Latham’s anti-LGBTQI bills is scheduled for June 5, at the Town Hall in Sydney. The protests against the bills…

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Added on: 04/30/2021

Father arrested while testifying against anti-trans health ban in Arkansas

04/29/2021

Chris Attig was arrested while testifying against HB 1570 in the Arkansas House on March 9. When their speech went 30 seconds over the allotted two minutes,…

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Added on: 04/29/2021

David Tasevski — Subversive Front, North Macedonia

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How did you initially get involved with activism? My first contact in the NGO sector was through volunteering in an organization for people who use drugs. I…

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Added on: 04/29/2021

Lithuanian artist uses homophobic messages to raise money for LGBT causes

04/29/2021

A Lithuanian artist has raised over $6,000 for LGBT groups by selling a digital collage of homophobic messages that were sent to a member of parliament who…

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Added on: 04/29/2021

Chechnya Grants State Protection to ‘Kidnapped’ Gay Men – Reports

04/29/2021

Authorities in Russia’s republic of Chechnya have granted state protection to two gay men facing threats of familial “honor killings” after they were forcibly returned to their…

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Added on: 04/29/2021

Brazilian musician shines light on intersection of sexuality and Judaism

04/29/2021

Brazil is a diverse and complex country. For 32-year-old Assucena Assucena, who is trans and Jewish (of Moroccan and Sephardic descent), that complexity is intensified. To be…