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Added on: 04/25/2021

LGBT activists not excited by Jenner’s campaign for governor

4/25/21

Though Caitlyn Jenner is one of the most famous transgender people in America, the announcement of her candidacy for California governor was greeted hostilely by one of…

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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: 04/25/2021

LGBTQ migration on the rise in Poland as homophobia deepens

4/24/21

For months, government ministers spewed vicious rhetoric about gay people. Trucks blasted anti-gay hate messages from loudspeakers on the streets of Poland’s cities. Finally fed up with…

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Added on: 04/24/2021

Singapore man jailed for threatening ‘torture’ and ‘death curses’ against judges who upheld anti-gay law

4/23/21

A man has been jailed for threatening a High Court judge and the Singapore judiciary on social media after they upheld a discriminatory anti-gay law. Muhammad Hanif…

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Added on: 04/24/2021

SOUTH AFRICAN LGBTI+ COMMUNITY AND ORGANISATIONS SPEAK UP AGAINTS HATE CRIMES

4/23/21

Several LGBTI+ and human rights organizations came together this week and released a joint press statement condemning the hate crimes that have been rocked South Africa over…

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Added on: 04/24/2021

What’s in Canada’s budget for LGBTQ2S+ people?

4/23/21

After the pandemic wiped out decades of progress for gender equality in Canada, most especially in terms of women’s participation in the workforce, the Liberal government’s budget…

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Added on: 04/24/2021

What is conversion therapy and will it be banned?

04/23/2021

According to NHS England, conversion therapy, sometimes called “reparative therapy” or “gay cure therapy”, is based on attempts to change someone’s sexual orientation or gender identity. It…

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Added on: 04/24/2021

Plans for DUP leader Arlene Foster to meet with LGBT groups ‘belatedly welcome’ say campaigners

04/22/2021

Plans for First Minister Arlene Foster to meet with LGBT organisations have been described by campaigners as “belatedly welcome”. The DUP leader is set to meet with…

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Added on: 04/24/2021

Kansas Governor Laura Kelly Vetoes Transgender Sports Ban

04/22/2021

Kansas Governor Laura Kelly, a Democrat, on Thursday vetoed a bill that seeks to prohibit transgender women and girls from participating on sports teams. In announcing her…

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Added on: 04/24/2021

Together for 50 years, a lawsuit reminds China that love and marriage are very different things

04/22/2021

After more than 50 years of living with her partner, a Chinese lesbian woman in her late 70s faced a lawsuit from her partner’s family to return…

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Added on: 04/22/2021

LGBT Couples Not Entitled to Full Property Rights, Court Rules

05/21/2021

A court’s recent ruling that same-sex couples aren’t entitled to the same property rights as married heterosexual couples has once again highlighted the legal predicaments many LGBT…

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Added on: 04/22/2021

World reacts to murderer Derek Chauvin’s guilty verdict: ‘Victory would be George Floyd being alive’

04/21/2021

The 12-member jury in Minneapolis, Minnesota, announced their verdict on Tuesday (20 April) after less than a day of deliberation. Chauvin was found guilty on three charges…

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Added on: 04/22/2021

Turkish prosecutors seek jail terms for anti-government student protesters

04/21/2021

Turkish prosecutors are seeking prison sentences for 97 people for taking part in one of the country’s biggest anti-government protest movements in years, sparked by the state…

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Added on: 04/22/2021

Hate sign put up against lesbian kindergarten teacher in Be’er Ya’acov

04/21/2021

A sign which says “[this kindergarten] is run by lesbians” was hung on a short railing near Moatza square in Be’er Ya’acov on Wednesday, as part of…

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Added on: 04/21/2021

Namibia denies residency to infant daughters of gay citizen

04/20/2021

A Namibian court ruled Monday against a gay couple demanding the right to bring their infant daughters home after being born to a surrogate in South Africa….

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Added on: 04/21/2021

Owner of China’s biggest gay dating app enters online healthcare business focusing on men’s health

04/21/2021

BlueCity Holdings, owner of China’s biggest gay dating app, Blued, announced on Tuesday that He Health, the brand’s health service platform for men, has officially obtained an…

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Added on: 04/21/2021

NYC Launches First-of-Its-Kind Program to Help Homeless LGBTQ+ Youth Find Jobs

04/20/2021

Although attacks on LGBTQ+ young people, especially trans children, persist across the nation, some hope materialized today for New York City’s homeless LGBTQ+ population. On Tuesday, Mayor…

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Added on: 04/20/2021

Blocked by YouTube over ‘curing’ gays, Nigerian pastor speaks up

04/20/2021

A popular Nigerian evangelical preacher, TB Joshua, has called on his followers to “pray for YouTube” after the platform blocked his channel over allegations of hate speech…

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Added on: 04/20/2021

Immigrant Detention For Profit Faces Resistance After Big Expansion Under Trump

04/20/2021

A dozen Central Americans in T-shirts that read Mujeres Luchadores — Fighting Women — marched through a small Texas town last month toward the gates of an…

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Added on: 04/20/2021

Gay conversion ban: Therapy is a ‘humiliating and harmful practice’

04/20/2021

Gay conversion therapy is a humiliating and harmful practice that needs to be banned, a Stormont assembly debate has heard. Politicians on Tuesday passed a motion calling…

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Added on: 04/20/2021

Corporations ask Legislature to drop bills targeting LGBT Texans

04/20/2021

Raising concerns about legislation targeting LGBTQ people, a group of leading corporations is urging Texas lawmakers to focus instead on urgent issues involving the pandemic, electric grid…

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Added on: 04/20/2021

The Ugandan mum who was once ashamed of her gay son

04/19/2021

When Rita heard rumours that her son was gay she refused to believe it. At the time, she thought that homosexuality was an abomination – a “problem”…

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Added on: 04/20/2021

‘It’s not safe’: Parents of transgender kids plan to flee their states as GOP bills loom

04/19/2021

George and Emily Spurrier are leaving their home of 16 years in central Arkansas due to a new law that will ban the health care that they…

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Added on: 04/20/2021

We cannot turn this country into a satanic one – Chieftaincy Minister rallies support from Chief Imam

04/19/2021

The Chieftaincy and Religious Minister, Ebenezer Kojo Kum has asked for support from leaders of the Muslim community as measures are being put in place to prevent…

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Added on: 04/20/2021

‘End housing bias against gay couples’

04/19/2021

Housing Authority should amend Home Ownership Scheme rules to rectify discrimination against gay couples, the high court heard yesterday. But the Housing Authority told high court judge…

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Added on: 04/19/2021

Thomas Roughan and Zsuzsanna Zsuro — Queer Budapest

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Can you start by telling me a bit about yourselves? How did you two meet? How did you become involved in the queer arts scene in Budapest?…

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Added on: 04/19/2021

Halt Proposed Shariah Amendment Criminalising LGBTQ People

04/18/2021

Malaysia is facing a serious threat to human rights and the HIV response with the announcement by a cabinet minister of the government’s plans to expand the…

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Added on: 04/19/2021

Kerala is pioneer in transgender rights. So where are the transgender voters?

04/18/2021

Kerala has been a pioneer in the field of transgender rights in the country. It was the first state in India to announce a transgender policy after…

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Added on: 04/19/2021

German NGO files legal case against Chechen officials over anti-gay purges

04/18/2021

Five officials from the inner circle of Chechnya’s autocratic leader, Ramzan Kadyrov, are the subject of a criminal complaint in Germany for crimes against humanity, in a…

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Added on: 04/19/2021

Gay former extremist Caolan Robertson says leaving the far-right was like escaping ‘a cult’

04/18/2021

A gay former extremist Caolan Robertson has said that leaving the far-right was like leaving “a cult”, and explained how homophobia contributed to his radicalisation. Robertson grew…