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Added on: 04/17/2021

Gay couple fights Namibian government over surrogate-born twins

4/16/21

On a calm autumn afternoon, newborn twins Maya and Paula lay peacefully on a mattress at a Johannesburg house, blissfully taking turns to bottle-feed and nap, oblivious…

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Added on: 04/17/2021

LGBT People Fleeing Harassment in Iran Find Life No Easier in Turkey

4/16/21

For hundreds of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender Iranians who fled their homeland because of persecution for who they are, moving to Turkey was not a significant…

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Added on: 04/17/2021

EU urged to ban ‘discriminatory’ AI tools that detect gender or sexuality

4/16/21

A cross-party group of European lawmakers called on Friday for an EU ban on artificial intelligence (AI) systems that detect and label people according to gender or…

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Added on: 04/17/2021

How a Canadian court system officially ended misgendering in the courtroom

4/16/21

For trans people, navigating the judicial system can feel daunting at the best of times, and unsafe at worst. If you have to present in court, how…

World Voices

Added on: 04/17/2021

Ali Bousselmi — Mawjoudin, Tunisia

Alturi Contributor

How did you become involved in activism? I think after the revolution, a lot of associations were founded, and when I saw my friends take part in…

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Added on: 04/16/2021

Cameroon: Abuses of LGBTQ People Increasing in Cameroon

04/15/2021

Human Rights Watch said in a report this week that LGBTQ people are suffering a fresh wave of persecution in Cameroon, where same-sex relations are illegal. The…

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Added on: 04/16/2021

Kyrgyzstan: National-patriots attack women’s rights rally

04/15/2021

Women’s rights campaigners in Kyrgyzstan’s capital were assaulted by dozens of self-styled traditionalists on April 14 while holding a rally to call on the government to do…

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Added on: 04/16/2021

Thai LGBT couple speak out against Indonesia’s online bullying

04/15/2021

Twenty-nine-year-old Jasmine, who asked to use a pseudonym to protect her privacy, moved to northern Thailand last year to be with her boyfriend, a 60-year-old American. As…

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Added on: 04/16/2021

Women, Girls and LGBT Fight for Rights in Myanmar: “We Have to Win This Time”

04/14/2021

In early February, women, girls and members of the LGBT community hit the streets of Yangon, Mandalay and other cities throughout Myanmar to protest the country’s military…

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Added on: 04/15/2021

Sex ed rules passed in Arizona would require parents to sign off on LGBT discussions

04/14/2021

Arizona has passed new sex education rules that would require parents to sign off on their children learning about LGBT issues. It “requires the school governing board…

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Added on: 04/15/2021

Tunisian LGBT rights group provides vital services during pandemic

04/14/2021

The Tunisian LGBT rights group Mawjoudin (Arabic for “We Exist”) has been providing vital services to vulnerable community members through the COVID-19 pandemic, according to its just-released…

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Added on: 04/15/2021

Promising Guyanese designer found murdered in Trinidad

04/14/2021

Police in Trinidad and Tobago are investigating the murder of 27-year-old Guyanese-born fashion designer, Marc Anthony Singh. The youth who moved to Trinidad several years ago, was…

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Added on: 04/15/2021

LGBT persecution on the rise in Cameroon, Human Rights Watch says

04/15/2021

Cameroon security forces have arrested, threatened or assaulted at least 24 people since February in a ramped-up crackdown on lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT+) people, Human…

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Added on: 04/14/2021

Transgender and Non-Binary Youth Influencers Launch Book Collection with Kids Media Disrupter A Kids Book About

04/12/2021

CHICAGO, April 12, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — While many teens took e-learning as an opportunity to level-up their gaming skills, a group of young people chose instead to…

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Added on: 04/14/2021

‘I want to show the pride’: photo essay of the Two Spirit Indigenous people

04/13/2021

When Monique “Muffie” Mousseau was in the fourth grade she got expelled from Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic school on the Pine Ridge Indian reservation in South…

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Added on: 04/14/2021

Alba Party candidate condemned for ‘dangerous and irresponsible’ lie Stonewall wants to lower age of consent

04/12/2021

A Scottish Alba Party parliamentary candidate has been condemned for spreading the ‘dangerous and irresponsible’ lie that Stonewall wants to lower the age of consent to 10-years-old….

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Added on: 04/14/2021

Fury at UNHCR as burned Kakuma LGBTQIA+ refugee dies

04/13/2021

Activists slam the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) after Kakuma Camp LGBTQIA+ refugee and human rights defender Chriton ‘Trinidad’ Atuhwera dies from burns sustained in a homophobic attack….

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Added on: 04/14/2021

Judge to decide if gay couple who tied the knot in 1974 will have marriage validated

04/12/2021

Nearly five decades after they tied the knot, a gay Winnipeg couple is still fighting to have their marriage registered by the Manitoba government. “We’re dealing with…

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Added on: 04/14/2021

The Man on a Mission to Legalize Same-Sex Marriage in China

04/13/2021

The wedding in the spring of 2016 was unlike any China had ever witnessed — two men stood shoulder to shoulder in matching purple tuxedos, professing love…

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Added on: 04/14/2021

Mexican Netflix street vendor star ‘Lady Tacos’ eyes jump to political stage

04/13/2021

After Mexico City’s ‘Lady Tacos de Canasta,’ a street vendor featured in a Netflix series, stood up to police who she said harassed her on the street,…

World Voices

Added on: 04/13/2021

Sayan Bhattacharya: Memory, Invisibility, and Trans and Hijra Persons in India

Nicolette Gullickson and Alexander Champeau

Alturi Contributors

Definitions and Word Usage, According to Sayan’s Accounts Transgender: Started circulating in India in the mid-2000s in official documents. Even though it attempts to subsume various…

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Added on: 04/12/2021

Anti-LGBT+ groups are now pushing voter suppression and anti-vax conspiracy theories

04/11/2021

In an unsurprising development, a cluster of right-wing groups that actively campaign for anti-trans bills are also backing voter suppression and anti-vaccine conspiracies. New restrictions that could…

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Added on: 04/12/2021

Brunel Museum seeks LGBTQ+ engineers to change perceptions

04/11/2021

The Brunel Museum is looking to work with engineers who identify as LGBTQ+ to help change perceptions of what makes an engineer. The museum plans to create…

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Added on: 04/12/2021

Putin Officially Bans Same-Sex Marriage In Russia And Stops Transgender People Adopting

04/11/2021

Russian president Vladimir Putin has put a ban on same-sex marriage and transgender adoptions, in a huge blow for LGBTQ+ rights. Putin officially changed the country’s constitution…

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Added on: 04/12/2021

Backlash in Iran after academic calls for ‘removing gays’ from Tehran

04/11/2021

Activists launched a petition against an Iranian academic and theatre director who was slammed for making homophobic remarks in an outrageous rant against the Iran’s LGBTQ+ community….

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Added on: 04/11/2021

After Going ‘Free of L.G.B.T.,’ a Polish Town Pays a Price

4/10/21

When local councilors adopted a resolution two years ago declaring their small town in southeastern Poland “free of L.G.B.T.,” the mayor didn’t see much harm in what…

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Added on: 04/11/2021

Sick vandals deface LGBT+ centre with transphobic graffiti amid Spanish fight for trans rights

4/10/21

An LGBT+ centre in Madrid has been vandalised with homophobic and transphobic graffiti as tensions rise over a new “trans law” in Spain. Prime minister Pedro Sánchez’s…

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Added on: 04/11/2021

Majlis Podcast: Uzbekistan In The Spotlight For The Wrong Reasons

4/10/21

Since 2016, when Uzbekistan’s first president, Islam Karimov, died, the authorities have been working to change the image the country inherited from Karimov as a chronic rights…

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Added on: 04/11/2021

Angry LGBTQI+ community demands justice following brutal murder

4/10/21

As Human Rights Month ended, Sphamandla Khoza’s family learnt that he was killed in an alleged hate crime which sparked outrage, calls for justice and marches. Last…

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Added on: 04/10/2021

LGBTQ Members Face Threats in Iraqi Kurdistan

4/9/21

The plight of Iraq’s lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and questioning or queer (LGBTQ) community returned to the spotlight last week when Kurdish security forces in Sulaymaniyah reportedly…