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Added on: 12/09/2020
12/09/2020
Qatar will allow Pride flags to be flown at the 2022 World Cup – but the starkly homophobic country will still expect visitors to respect its “culture”….

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Added on: 12/09/2020
The support that propelled Romania’s little-known, right-wing AUR party into parliament in its inaugural national race may have shocked many, including the more established parties of an…

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Added on: 12/09/2020
12/08/2020
French European Affairs Minister Clement Beaune told a magazine to be published Wednesday that he is gay and plans to visit a so-called LGBT-free zone in Poland…

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Added on: 12/09/2020
12/08/2020
Chris and Henry Flanagan-Kane were the first gay men in the UK to get a civil partnership back in 2005. But they were left in a legal…

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Added on: 12/08/2020
12/07/2020
(Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday preserved an Oregon public school district’s policy of accommodating transgender students, rejecting an appeal challenging a policy that let…

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Added on: 12/08/2020
When Juno star Elliot Page, known as Ellen Page until December, came out as transgender, his social media pages were instantly filled with blessings and love from…

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Added on: 12/08/2020
12/07/2020
According to survey results from members of Youth Political Forums, parties are still not ready to welcome LGBTI members in their ranks and they believe they will…

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Added on: 12/08/2020
12/06/2020
In brief remarks at the International LGBTQ Leaders Conference, President-elect Joe Biden told listeners that he is “committed” to making an LGBTQ-affirming administration along with Vice President-elect…

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Added on: 12/08/2020
12/06/2020
Gay rights and mental health advocates in South Florida are trying to come up with new ways to fight conversion therapy, the practice of mental health counseling…

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Added on: 12/08/2020
12/06/2020
The Australian Christian Lobby has a new target – the Victorian government’s proposed law against conversion practices that seek to change a person’s sexual orientation or gender…

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Added on: 12/08/2020
Children under the age of 16 are unlikely to give “informed consent” to take puberty blockers to begin their gender transition process. This is according to the…

World Voices

Added on: 12/07/2020
Ari Weinstein
Alturi Contributor
How has the Out-Right Namibia community been impacted by COVID-19? The community has been greatly impacted by the pandemic. We are inundated with requests for assistance on…

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Added on: 12/06/2020
When she turned 15, like so many girls in her town in Guatemala, Luna Guzmán celebrated with a quinceañera. “My friend lent me the dress because she…

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Added on: 12/06/2020
12/4/2020
This week, The Council of States, Switzerland’s upper house, voted in favour of a project to allow gay marriage in Switzerland. 27 members voted for the plan,…

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Added on: 12/06/2020
12/4/2020
In a memorandum on the stigmatisation of LGBT+ people in Poland published Thursday (3 December), Council of Europe commissioner for human rights Dunja Mijatovic criticised authorities in…

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Added on: 12/06/2020
12/4/2020
British LGBT+ groups have received a surge in calls and emails from transgender children and their parents following a court ruling this week that will force doctors…

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Added on: 12/04/2020
12/01/2020
Companies more tolerant of differences in sexuality and gender identity have seen a stock-price boost as well, according to an analysis from Credit Suisse. The investment bank…

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Added on: 12/04/2020
11/30/2020
Why do people who preach love every Sunday want people put in prison for what they do in the privacy of their bedrooms? That was one of…

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Added on: 12/04/2020
12/03/2020
SINGAPORE – A lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) rights activist has applied to the High Court for a mandatory order for Cabinet to move a Bill…

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Added on: 12/04/2020
DECEMBER 1, 2020: The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) has issued a scathing report declaring that Jamaica’s Offences Against the Person Act violates several of the…

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Added on: 12/03/2020
12/02/2020
TOKYO (Reuters) – When Toshitsune Tamashiro was young and closeted in 1980s Japan, Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ni-chome gay district was a haven. Now he runs a bar there,…

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Added on: 12/03/2020
12/02/2020
Two weeks after the constitution was changed, the government proposed a bill to ban same-sex marriage and end the legal recognition of transgender people. Many activists had…

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Added on: 12/03/2020
12/02/2020
Hungary’s prime minister, Viktor Orbán, has condemned the behaviour of MEP József Szájer, from his rightwing Fidesz party, after Szájer’s participation in a “gay orgy” in Brussels…

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Added on: 12/03/2020
12/01/2020
A Christian couple from Australia who were turned away by a foster agency because of their belief that an LGBT+ child’s identity can be changed have appeared…

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Added on: 12/02/2020
11/29/2020
Two longtime political activists, both lesbians of color, have been named to White House communications positions by President-elect Joe Biden. Karine Jean-Pierre, who is Black, will be…

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Added on: 12/02/2020
11/29/2020
LGBT+ Ugandans arrested under dubious coronavirus charges have revealed the harrowing levels of abuse they faced while in prison – being beaten with iron rods, burnt with…

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Added on: 12/02/2020
11/29/2020
It was August 29, 2019. There were still 11 Democratic presidential candidates. Alex Trebek had recovered from chemotherapy and announced his return to work filming episodes of…

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Added on: 12/02/2020
11/29/2020
PATTANI, Thailand (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Anticha Sangchai did not come out to her family until she was 30 and married with a child. It was her…

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Added on: 12/02/2020
The SOGIE Equality Bill – the latest iteration of the proposed anti-discrimination law that will protect the human rights of LGBTQIA Filipinos – was passed at the…

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Added on: 12/02/2020
12/01/2020
The Dutch government has apologised to hundreds of transgender people who were forced to accept being sterilised and to undergo body modification and take hormones if they…