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Added on: 11/14/2020

Tell the world we exist: The intersex child on a mission to inform

11/13/2020

When Wen Long van Knippenberg wanted to tell fellow pupils about life as an intersex child in the Netherlands, the presentation was banned by her teacher as…

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Added on: 11/14/2020

Justice Alito takes aim at gay marriage in ‘politically charged speech’

11/13/2020

Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito criticized same-sex marriage as a harbinger of the erosion of free speech in America, drawing renewed concern from LGBTQ advocates about the…

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Added on: 11/13/2020

Angola: New penal code adds protections for sexual orientation

11/12/2020

Angola’s National Assembly approved a final reading of the new Penal Code which will go into effect in February 2021. The code removes the phrase “vices against…

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Added on: 11/13/2020

Instead of controlling the pandemic, Hungarian government launches crusade against LGBTQI people

11/10/2020

Tuesday was an eventful day at Parliament. The Judicial Committee of the Parliament initiated the abolishment of the Equal Treatment Authority (ETA), Hungary’s most important equality body…

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Added on: 11/13/2020

Biden rekindles American Dream for Africa’s LGBT+ refugees

11/12/2020

Joe Biden’s electoral victory has revived the American Dream for scores of African LGBT+ refugees who fled persecution at home only to languish in Kenya when President…

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Added on: 11/13/2020

Bolsonaro tells Brazil not to deal with pandemic ‘like fags’

11/11/2020

President Jair Bolsonaro drew criticism Tuesday for telling Brazilians not to deal with Covid-19 like “a country of fags,” the far-right leader’s latest controversial outburst on the…

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Added on: 11/13/2020

EU launches LGBT protection strategy as homophobia rises in east

11/12/2020

The European Union’s executive Commission launched its first strategy to protect the rights of LGBT people on Thursday, a challenge to right-wing governments in Poland and Hungary…

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Added on: 11/12/2020

Poland to consider outright ban on LGBT+ Pride after bill backed by more than 200,000 homophobes

11/11/2020

Poland’s ugly war against LGBT+ people continues with a horrifying new bill that would ban Pride parades throughout the country. The proposed law, entitled “Stop LGBT”, was…

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Added on: 11/12/2020

Clashes at Poland’s Independence Day far-right march

11/11/2020

Polish police used tear gas and rubber bullets in clashes with far-right supporters Wednesday during an annual Independence Day march attended by thousands in Warsaw that went…

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Added on: 11/12/2020

Hungarian government mounts new assault on LGBT rights

11/11/2020

Moments before Hungary entered a second coronavirus lockdown on Wednesday, the far-right government signalled its intention to pass a range of new legislation, including to make it…

World Voices

Added on: 11/12/2020

June Chua – The T Project, Singapore

Ari Weinstein

Alturi Contributor

Can you tell me about how you decided to start The T Project? I’d been a sex worker for many years. Sex work is very mundane and…

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Added on: 11/11/2020

Estonia’s Anti-LGBT Minister Resigns Over Biden Remarks

11/10/2020

Estonia’s anti-LGBT, far-right interior minister, Mart Helme, resigned Nov. 9, a day after he called President-elect Joe Biden and his son Hunter “corrupt characters” without providing further…

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Added on: 11/11/2020

Church of England could hold historic vote on gay marriage in 2022

11/09/2020

The Church of England could hold a historic vote on gay marriage as early as 2022, as Archbishops apologised for the “damage and hurt” caused to the…

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Added on: 11/11/2020

The rainbow colours flying together with the white-red-white flags. The Belarusian LGBT community at protests.

11/10/2020

The unprecedented wave of mass social protests currently sweeping Belarus remains one of the most popular topics in global and European media. Occurring directly as a result…

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Added on: 11/10/2020

Rainbow Railroad launches #60in60 campaign to help save at-risk LGBTQ people

11/10/2020

Rainbow Railroad, the Canadian-based international organization that helps LGBTQI people around the globe escape violence and persecution, has launched its #60in60 campaign, which aims to raise $600,000…

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Added on: 11/10/2020

Rainbow poppy wreath laid at the Cenotaph in remembrance of the LGBT+ heroes who gave their lives for freedom

11/10/2020

A rainbow poppy wreath was laid at the Cenotaph on Remembrance Sunday (November 8) by campaigner Peter Tatchell and RAF veteran David Bonney. Bonney was the last…

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Added on: 11/10/2020

Norway outlaws hate speech against trans and bisexual people

11/10/2020

LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Norway’s parliament outlawed hate speech against transgender and bisexual people on Tuesday, expanding its penal code which has protected gay and lesbian…

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Added on: 11/10/2020

Over 60 buildings across Ireland turn purple for Intersex Solidarity Day

11/10/20

Over 60 buildings in 19 counties across the island of Ireland lit up in purple last night in solidarity with Ireland’s intersex community. The campaign was coordinated…

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Added on: 11/09/2020

LGBTQ rights in Ukraine and the false dawn of Zelenskyy

11/09/2020

The election of showbiz star Volodymyr Zelenskyy as the youngest ever president of Ukraine in spring 2019 was cheered by many in the country’s LGBTQ community. His…

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Added on: 11/09/2020

Belgium to introduce ‘X’ as third, non-binary gender

11/09/2020

Belgium’s new government will introduce gender-neutrality throughout its term and make it possible for non-binary citizens to use the gender identifier “X.” Federal Justice Minister Vincent Van…

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Added on: 11/09/2020

We’re part of China’s population’: LGBT couples seek recognition in census

11/09/2020

She told the young man, one of 7 million conducting China’s once-in-a-decade census, that she and her girlfriend lived together. Where the questionnaire asked for “relationship to…

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Added on: 11/09/2020

Finnish military backtracks after saying homosexuality ‘is an obstacle’ to full service and in the same category as mental illness

11/08/2020

According to a report by the Finnish Parliamentary Ombudsman, the centre said in a training manual that sexual orientation, specifically homosexuality, was an obstacle to military service….

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Added on: 11/09/2020

Equality Act hangs in the balance as Democrats falter in Senate races

11/08/2020

On May 14, 1974, Rep. Bella Abzug, a feminist icon in women’s rights movement, introduced one of the most important pieces of civil rights legislation ever ignored….

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Added on: 11/09/2020

Tasmanian Liberal members vote to repeal transgender laws

11/08/2020

Tasmanian Liberal party members have voted in favour of repealing the state’s landmark laws on transgender recognition. At the party’s state conference this weekend party members voted…

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Added on: 11/09/2020

Conservative Mexican State Puebla Legalized Gay Marriage

11/08/2020

Congratulations to the gay citizens of Puebla. According to the Yucatan Times, the Mexican state of Puebla has just legalized gay marriage. The state Congress approved an…

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Added on: 11/09/2020

Senegal: Prison for 8 men arrested at supposed ‘gay wedding’

11/08/2020

A total of 24 people were arrested at the party in the Keur Gorgui section of Dakar. Of the 24, five were sentenced to six months in…

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Added on: 11/08/2020

Oxford English Dictionary amends ‘sexist’ definition of the word ‘woman’ to LGBT-inclusive version

11/7/2020

The world-famous dictionary previously described women as “a man’s wife, girlfriend or lover”. This has now been amended to acknowledge the fact that a woman can be…

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Added on: 11/08/2020

Zanele Muholi review – portraiture as activism

11/7/2020

There is an image so astonishing in this epochal exhibition you can hardly tear your eyes away. It is a self-portrait by the great South African photographer…

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Added on: 11/08/2020

LGBT+ rights groups hope Biden win helps marginalised communities

11/7/2020

Joe Biden’s win in the U.S. presidential election will help give a voice to marginalised LGBT+ communities, rights groups said on Saturday, after he promised to overturn…

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Added on: 11/08/2020

Bangkok Pride Parade demands reforms and rights for sex workers

11/7/2020

The Thai LGBT community was joined by anti-government protesters in yesterday’s Pride Parade in Bangkok, which travelled from Sam Yan intersection to Silom. The parade took on…