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Added on: 09/06/2020

White nationalism upsurge in U.S. echoes historical pattern, say scholars

09/05/2020

The first Black woman is on a major party presidential ticket, Americans of all races are showing their support for the Black Lives Matter movement and at…

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Added on: 09/06/2020

Vietnam Has a Thriving Drag Scene, But It Still Has Ways to Go in Advancing LGBTQ Rights

09/04/220

Lil’ Daddee struts onto the stage wearing a fake mustache and a boiler suit covered in grease stains. The performer picks up a large bicycle pump and…

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Added on: 09/06/2020

Two years since Article 377 scrapped, LGBTQ community still battling prejudices

09/05/2020

Rishabh Singh vividly remembers September 6, 2018, the day he says his life changed. Two years ago on this day, the Supreme Court had struck down the…

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Added on: 09/05/2020

New Law Would Make it Illegal for Trans Russians to Change Legal Gender

09/04/2020

Russian politicians are weighing a chance to the country’s Family Code that would prevent transgender citizens from changing their legal gender to match their actual gender. The…

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Added on: 09/05/2020

Transgender people find refuge in Haitian Center

09/04/2020

The Kay Trans Haiti center located in the capital, Port-au-Prince, is funded by a Spanish healthcare company and the United Nations Development Program and provides lodging and…

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Added on: 09/05/2020

Civil partnerships now legal in the Cayman Islands

09/04/2020

Governor Martyn Roper assented to what is now called the Civil Partnership Law on Friday, paving the way for same-sex couples in the Cayman Islands to register…

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Added on: 09/05/2020

First openly transgender Tibetan and LGBT icon Tenzin Mariko on respecting yourself and walking with head held high

09/04/2020

In her white sleeveless top, strappy silver sandals and long blue skirt, which is destined to be thrown off minutes into her set, dancer Tenzin Mariko stepped…

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Added on: 09/04/2020

Family of transgender woman slain by U.S. Marine in Philippines contests killer’s early release

09/03/2020

A U.S. Marine convicted of killing a transgender woman in the Philippines will remain behind bars while a court considers an appeal against a decision to release…

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Added on: 09/04/2020

App to fill gap on LGBT+ discrimination in Hong Kong

09/03/2020

LGBT+ people in Hong Kong can log discrimination through a new mobile app backed by one of the city’s most prominent property heiresses, in a first for…

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Added on: 09/04/2020

Barbarism and disinformation: The authoritarian response to peaceful dissent

09/03/2020

The presidential election in Belarus on 9 August was conducted the way many previous elections were conducted: opposition candidates were harassed and hounded out of the country;…

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Added on: 09/04/2020

LGBT+ activist behind ‘Polish Stonewall’ not afraid to die

09/03/2020

The LGBT+ activist whose arrest sparked protests that were dubbed the “Polish Stonewall” says she is not afraid to resume her hunger strike and die if that…

World Voices

Added on: 09/03/2020

Nasta Mantsevich – Makeout, Belarus

Ari Weinstein

Alturi Contributor

What was it like to grow up as a queer person in Belarus? My story was, to a large extent, about invisibility. When I was growing up,…

Global News

Added on: 09/02/2020

Looking at implementation of an LGBTQ+ curriculum in state public schools

09/01/2020

On Aug. 9, 2019, Gov. JB Pritzker signed Illinois House Bill 246 into law, amending the school code to include contributions of LGBTQ+ figures in public schools…

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Added on: 09/02/2020

Cooks Islands rainbow community lobbies for constitutional rights

09/01/2020

The Cook Islands LGBT+ association is citing the country’s Constitution as it seeks to stop laws discriminating against gay men. Section 64 of the Constitution protected people…

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Added on: 09/02/2020

For Right-wing LGBT Israelis, There Are Two Closets to Come Out Of

09/01/2020

A week before Israel’s March election, 40-year-old chef Simon Barel decided it was finally time to come out. Again. Barel, who told his family and friends he…

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Added on: 09/02/2020

Love keeps on winning in Northern Ireland with same-sex couples finally able to marry in churches

09/01/2020

Same-sex couples can apply to have religious weddings in Northern Ireland from today (1 September), with ceremonies set to begin later this month. Gay weddings began in…

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Added on: 09/02/2020

Queer swimmer Theresa Goh advocates for Singapore’s LGBTQ community

09/01/2020

Theresa Goh became a legend in Singapore by winning gold at the 2006 Paralympic Championships. Now she’s pushing for LGBTQ visibility in her home country. A new…

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Added on: 08/31/2020

Polish Bishops Propose Sending LGBTQ+ People to Conversion ‘Clinics’

08/31/2020

Polish Catholic bishops have called for “clinics” to be set up for LGBTQ+ people in efforts for them to “regain their natural sexual orientation. The bishops laid…

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Added on: 08/31/2020

Ukrainian neo-Nazis attack LGBT ‘pride’ event in Odessa, organizers say police were slow to intervene but 16 people later arrested

08/31/2020

Sixteen Ukrainian ultra-nationalists were arrested on Sunday after the far-right Christian organization ‘Tradition and Order’ attacked marchers at Odessa Pride 2020, the city’s biggest celebration of LGBT…

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Added on: 08/31/2020

Homophobic group’s offices declared COVID-19 outbreak site

08/30/2020

The Colorado headquarters of the viciously anti-LGBT+ organisation Focus on the Family, which insists being gay causes “death and disease”, has been declared a COVID-19 outbreak site….

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Added on: 08/31/2020

Berlin Film Festival to make awards gender neutral: Is it time to finally talk about just talent?

08/30/2020

It’s been a while since we have been hearing who is the Best Actor and Best Actress — a clear demarcation in term of gender right there…

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Added on: 08/31/2020

Nationalists fought with participants of the LGBT festival in Odessa

08/30/2020

As noted by law enforcement officers, opponents of the LGBT movement sprayed gas in the crowd and pelted the activists with eggs. The perpetrators also shouted obscene…

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Added on: 08/30/2020

Japan monk and makeup artist empowering sexual minorities, celebrating diversity’s beauty

08/29/2020

A monk who also works as a makeup artist is celebrating their own sexual diversity and spreading the message in Japan that different is beautiful. Kodo Nishimura,…

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Added on: 08/30/2020

Student goes viral after drowning out homophobic, racist demonstrator with his trombone

08/29/2020

A US college student has gone viral after he used his trombone to drown out a homophobic and racist demonstrator on campus. According to WLTX, Trey Hogan…

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Added on: 08/30/2020

Grumpy Virgin bows out as drag becomes a political act in Turkey

08/29/2020

For decades in Turkey, there was no higher honour than being made fun of by Huysuz Virjin (Grumpy Virgin), the country’s first drag queen, beloved for her…

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Added on: 08/30/2020

‘We Are Making Up For Lost Time’: Tracking Little-Known Stories Of African American, LGBTQ And Women’s Colorado History

08/30/2020

There’s a growing movement to locate places in Colorado where historic events happened but were never recorded. The Colorado Historical Foundation is on a mission to change…

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Added on: 08/29/2020

Transgender woman’s role at Mass stirs controversy in Argentina

08/28/2020

Marking an historical first in Pope Francis’s home country, the Diocese of San Luis in northern Argentina invited a transgender woman Tuesday to read one of the…

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Added on: 08/29/2020

Yurok Tribe joins federal lawsuit over data on tribal, LGBTQ foster youth

08/28/2020

The Yurok Tribe is one of more than half-a-dozen parties that sued the Department of Health and Human Services and the Administration for Children and Families on…

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Added on: 08/29/2020

As China’s Schools Reopen, LGBT Families Feel Pride — and Prejudice

08/28/2020

Before his son started school last year, Su Ge spent weeks researching kindergarten options in the eastern city of Nanjing. After much deliberation, he selected the most…

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Added on: 08/29/2020

Boosting LGBTIQ rights in West Africa, one grant at a time

08/28/2020

The activist-led Initiative Sankofa d’Afrique de l’Ouest (ISDAO) aims to strengthen West African movements for gender diversity and sexual rights. To accomplish that, it takes a flexible…