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Added on: 10/22/2020

Trump administration forces university to start discriminating against trans athletes

Pink News
10/21/2020
New Hampshire’s Franklin Pierce University has agreed to abolish its trans-inclusive policy for athletics, after pressure from the Trump administration and anti-LGBT+ activists. The university agreed to…
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Added on: 10/22/2020

Barrett Was Trustee at Private School With Anti-Gay Policies

US News and World Report
10/21/2020
Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett served for nearly three years on the board of private Christian schools that effectively barred admission to children of same-sex parents…
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Added on: 10/22/2020

Pope Francis backs same-sex civil unions

The Guardian
10/21/2020
Pope Francis has given his most explicit support to same-sex civil unions in a move that is likely to further enrage his conservative opponents in the Catholic…
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Added on: 10/20/2020

Entrepreneurs innovate to help LGBTQ, minority youth online

Bay Area Reporter
10/20/2020
Headstream, a San Francisco-based tech incubation project of SecondMuse, an impact and innovation company, is conducting its second Accelerator program, which will give grants to entrepreneurs with…
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Added on: 10/20/2020

Russian Cabinet rejects bill outlining changes to the Family Code impacting children’s and transgender rights

Meduza
10/20/2020
Russia’s Government Commission on Legislative Activities has rejected conservative Senator Elena Mizulina’s draft law “aimed at strengthening the institution of the family.” The commission believes that the…
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Added on: 10/20/2020

Intersex, HIV/AIDs Status, Citizenship Now Protected Characteristics Under Albanian Discrimination Law

Exit News
10/20/2020
The Albanian parliament has made amendments to the law “on protection from discrimination” to afford more protection to people living in the country. As per the amendments,…
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Added on: 10/20/2020

100 Boys Wear Skirts to School to Fight Homophobia, Sexism

Out
10/19/2020
A group of schoolboys in Canada wore skirts to school recently to protest systemic forms of oppression against queer students, along with a dress code that inhibits…
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Added on: 10/20/2020

Two Ugandan officials face arrest on charges of torturing gays

African Human Rights Media Network
10/19/2020
The arrest warrants came in the case of 20 LGBT Ugandans who spent 50 days on remand in a Ugandan prison on charges of violating Covid-19 orders…
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Added on: 10/20/2020

Row in Hungary around children’s book fuels fears of rising homophobia

Reuters
10/19/2020
BUDAPEST (Reuters) – Boldizsar Nagy hoped that the tales in the children’s book “Wonderland Is For Everyone” would help youngsters to learn to accept minorities and fight…
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Added on: 10/20/2020

LGBT Italians Protest in 63 Cities to DemandProtection from Violence

Gay Star News
10/19/2020
Protestors in 63 Italian cities have come together with 24 organizations to demand LGBT+ people receive protection from violence. Meanwhile 69,000 people from Italy and all over…
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Added on: 10/20/2020

The military is having a hard time providing evidence that supports the transgender ban, advocate says

Connecting Vets
10/19/2020
The military is having a hard time providing documented evidence in support of its transgender ban. In Karnoski v. Trump, one of four challenges to the transgender…
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Added on: 10/19/2020

Pro-LGBT+ central Tallinn protest passes off largely peaceably

ERR
10/18/2020
Around 300 people gathered in Tallinn’s Vadaduse väljak (Freedom Square) Sunday in protest against a planned referendum on defining marriage within the constitution as being between one…
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Added on: 10/19/2020

NEW ZEALAND BEATS UK, ELECTS ‘GAYEST’ PARLIAMENT

Star Observer
10/18/2020
The big story out of the New Zealand elections is – yes, Prime Minister Jacinda Arden’s landslide win, but also that the country will get the gayest…
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Added on: 10/19/2020

UK census will include questions about gender identity and sexual orientation for the first time

Gay Times
10/18/2020
The Office for National Statistics will be asking questions concerning gender identity and sexual orientation in its upcoming census. Answers from these questions will be used to…
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Added on: 10/19/2020

Belize’s far-reaching gender bill runs aground. Critics warn of international ‘gender ideology’ pressure.

Catholic News Agency
10/18/2020
A bill purporting to secure equality and anti-discrimination in Belize was withdrawn last month after Bishop Lawrence Nicasio and other Catholic leaders raised objections to the bill’s…
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Added on: 10/18/2020

Amy Coney Barrett Puts Reversal of Marriage Equality ‘Clearly Within Sight’

Right Wing Watch
10/17/2020
While many Republicans and right-wing activists are pretending that they have no idea how Amy Coney Barrett will rule on major issues, anti-equality activists like National Organization…
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Added on: 10/18/2020

Single fathers with children via surrogates flee Russia amid crackdown

The Guardian
10/17/2020
Several gay men have fled Russia after officials said that they would arrest people “of non-traditional sexual orientation” who had had children through surrogacy. The announcement formed…
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Added on: 10/18/2020

44 held for attending ’gay wedding’ in Algeria

IOL
10/17/2020
Human rights advocacy group Human Rights Watch said on Thursday that Algerian authorities must immediately release and drop the charges against 44 people for attending a “gay…
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Added on: 10/18/2020

While fighting anti-Muslim hatred, I decided to stand up up for LGBT+ rights. Homophobes targeted me.

Pink News
10/17/2020
A core founding principle of leading organisations that tackle hatred and bigotry, is to ensure that these organisations hold up and stand firm against any form of…
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Added on: 10/17/2020

Demos planned as Italy mulls LGBT+ hate crime law for the sixth time

Reuters
10/16/2020
When Marlon Landolfo kissed his date on a night out, onlookers started heckling, a fight broke out and his friend ended up in hospital – the latest…
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Added on: 10/17/2020

Japan: Calls grow to include LGBT couples in national census

Asahi Shimbun
10/16/2020
Advocacy groups and members of the LGBT community are calling on the central government to count the number of LGBT couples in the national census so they…
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Added on: 10/17/2020

Australia Set to Fully Outlaw ‘Gay Panic’ Defense

Out Magazine
10/16/2020
The state of South Australia is poised to eliminate the controversial gay defense provision that allows defendants to claim their reaction to a person’s sexual orientation can…
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Added on: 10/17/2020

Indonesia Vows Firm Actions Against Soldiers Linked to LGBT

Tempo
10/16/2020
The Indonesian Military said today it will impose strict sanction on soldiers who are proven to involve in Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transsexual or Transgender (LGBT) groups….
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Added on: 10/16/2020

How American religious conservatives fought LGBT rights in Ukraine

Bellingcat
10/15/2020
This year has seen several blows to LGBT rights in Ukraine. In June, the Law Enforcement committee of the Verkhovna Rada, Ukraine’s parliament, voted down a proposed…
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Added on: 10/16/2020

Pastor suspended for giving blessing at LGBT festival

Korea Times
10/15/2020
The Korean Methodist Church has suspended Rev. Lee Dong-hwan for two years for holding a “blessing ceremony” at a queer festival in August last year, during which…
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Added on: 10/16/2020

Rugby latest battleground for trans women as England breaks ranks

Reuters
10/15/2020
A ban on transgender women competing in international rugby matches will not stop them playing the women’s game in England, the sport’s governing body said on Wednesday…
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Added on: 10/16/2020

Demos planned as Italy mulls LGBT+ hate crime law for the sixth time

Reuters
10/15/2020
When Marlon Landolfo kissed his date on a night out, onlookers started heckling, a fight broke out and his friend ended up in hospital – the latest…
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Added on: 10/15/2020

LGBT groups in Japan launch petition seeking equality law

Beloit Daily News
10/14/2020
Sexual minority groups and human rights activists launched a petition on Thursday calling for an LGBT equality law in Japan in hopes that it can be enacted…
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Added on: 10/15/2020

French government unveils national plan to combat hatred against LGBT people

RFI
10/14/2020
The French government has unveiled a national plan to combat hatred and discrimination against lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people (LGBT), which emphasises the importance of inclusive…
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Added on: 10/15/2020

Algeria: Mass Convictions for Homosexuality

Human Rights Watch
10/14/2020
An Algerian court on September 3, 2020 sentenced 2 men to prison terms and 42 others to suspended terms after mass arrests at what the police alleged…
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