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Added on: 05/28/2024

FDA Maintains Discriminatory Rules on Donated Tissue for Gay and Bisexual Men

Truthout
05/27/2024
The federal government in 2020 and 2023 changed who it said could safely donate organs and blood, reducing the restrictions on men who have had sex with…
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Added on: 05/28/2024

Zackie Achmat and His Queer Revolution

Mamba Online
05/27/2024
For many South Africans, Zackie Achmat is best remembered as the co-founder of the Treatment Action Campaign (TAC), which waged a valiant battle to compel Thabo Mbeki’s…
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Added on: 05/27/2024

INDONESIA CONSIDERS BAN ON LGBTQ+ CONTENT AND INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALISM

Gay Nation
05/26/2024
The Government of Indonesia is proposing a media bill that raises serious concerns about freedom of expression. The bill, if passed, would ban “LGBT content” and heavily…
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Added on: 05/27/2024

Afghan transgender people petition Peshawar Court for protection

Amu TV
05/26/2024
PESHAWAR, Pakistan — Transgender individuals from Afghanistan have filed a petition with the Peshawar High Court, seeking protection from forced deportation by Pakistan. The petitioners argue that they…
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Added on: 05/27/2024

Queer Namibians pin hopes on progressive court ruling as Parliament moves to curtail rights

Scroll.in
05/26/2024
Namibian LGBTQ+ advocates hope a High Court ruling next month will decriminalise gay sex by overturning the colonial-era sodomy law, offering a ray of hope even as parliament…
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Added on: 05/27/2024

California evangelical seminary ponders changes that would make it more welcoming to LGBTQ students

Associated Press
05/26/2024
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Fuller Theological Seminary, an evangelical school in Pasadena, California, is deliberating whether to become more open to LGBTQ+ students who previously faced possible…
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Added on: 05/26/2024

How a vicious gay-bashing ring unfolded in Christchurch

The Press NZ
05/25/2024
A spate of gay-bashings in Christchurch has resurfaced old fears that the city isn’t safe for rainbow people, and the mayor admits urgent action is needed. Sinead…
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Added on: 05/26/2024

Users Report Google’s AI Overview Thinks Tons of Fictional Characters Are Gay

Them
05/25/2024
Listen, we’re big fans of underrated and lesser-known LGBTQ+ fictional characters here at Them, but we have to be the bearer of bad news: despite what Google’s…
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Added on: 05/26/2024

LGBTQ+ Poles call for action to boost rights at Pride march

Salt Wire
05/25/2024
Thousands of Poles gathered in Gdansk on Saturday for the northern port city’s annual Pride event, with many calling on the government to do more to boost…
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Added on: 05/26/2024

Ex-KKK leader’s child comes out as transgender in new memoir

NBC News
05/25/2024
R. Derek Black’s coming out story is complicated. As a child, Black came out to the world as a white nationalist on the syndicated daytime talk program…
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Added on: 05/25/2024

It’s now illegal for Minnesota libraries to ban LGBTQ+ books under this new law

Advocate
05/24/2024
Minnesota has banned book bans, making it illegal for libraries to remove titles based on ideology. Democratic Gov. Tim Walz signed HF3782 into law last week, which…
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Added on: 05/25/2024

Top academic accuses the British Medical Journal of ‘abandoning science’ after rejecting research ‘because of their views on the trans debate’

The Daily Mail
05/24/2024
The British Medical Journal has been accused of ‘abandoning science’ after it rejected research from top academics over their views on the trans debate. One researcher had…
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Added on: 05/25/2024

Out in the World: LGBTQ protectors most targeted, human rights report says

The Bay Area Reporter
05/24/2024
LGBTQ human rights protectors were the most targeted groups of those fighting for equality, according to a new report from Front Line Defenders. Advocates for LGBTQ rights…
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Added on: 05/25/2024

Dominica LGBT activist says queer people still aren’t free

Erasing 76 Crimes
05/24/2024
Dominica’s High Court has struck down the nation’s anti-sodomy law, but homophobia remains pervasive. “The law has changed in Dominica, but it will still take time to…
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Added on: 05/24/2024

Republican candidate’s ‘weak and gay’ campaign ad sparks comedic pushback

Yahoo News
05/23/2024
Her message? “Don’t be weak and gay.” In turn, the response on social media was strong and decidedly gay. Valentina Gomez, one of eight Republican candidates in the…
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Added on: 05/24/2024

Indonesia mulls ban on investigative journalism, LGBT content

Rappler
05/23/2024
JAKARTA, Indonesia – Indonesia’s parliament is proposing changes to its broadcast law that would ban investigative journalism and LGBT content, sparking criticism from civil society groups and…
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Added on: 05/23/2024

The neoliberal populism of Milei and Meloni

Al Jazeera
05/22/2024
When far-right “outsider” Javier Milei was elected Argentina’s president in November, hard-right Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni was the first European leader to congratulate him. In February,…
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Added on: 05/23/2024

Weeks ahead of its famous LGBT Pride parade, Brazil struggles with one LGBTI killing every 38 hours

Brazil Reports
05/22/2024
São Paulo, Brazil – In 2023, 230 LGBTI+ individuals were violently killed in Brazil, according to data released this month by the Observatory of LGBTI+ Deaths and Violence….
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Added on: 05/23/2024

Senegal arrests Islamic agitators for claiming prime minister is gay

Erasing 76 Crimes
05/22/2024
A left-wing French politician’s visit to the West African nation of Senegal has led to anti-gay Senegalese Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko being accused of  homosexuality and two…
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Added on: 05/22/2024

UCP legislature members banned from Alberta Pride events in push for policy changes

The Gazette
05/21/2024
An Alberta queer community organizer says a Pride ban on United Conservative Party legislature members challenges Premier Danielle Smith to start matching words with actions. “There’s absolutely…
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Added on: 05/22/2024

Trump-appointed Alabama judge threatens to jail LGBTQ+ rights lawyers; attorneys fight back

Advocate
05/21/2024
A Donald Trump-appointed federal judge in Alabama has threatened to jail several prominent LGBTQ+ civil rights lawyers involved in a long-running forum-shopping dispute. U.S. District Judge Liles…
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Added on: 05/22/2024

Japanese lesbian couple granted refugee status in Canada

Nextshark
05/21/2024
A Japanese lesbian couple has been granted refugee status in Canada after enduring discrimination in Japan. Eri, aged in her 30s, and Hana, in her 50s, got…
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Added on: 05/22/2024

Sint Maarten’s first openly trans woman says attitudes are changing

Erasing 76 Crimes
05/21/2024
Being trans in the Caribbean today is easier than in the past, helped by the visibility and recognition of transgender people in Northern countries, as well as…
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Added on: 05/21/2024

U.K. forces Google to remove websites selling gender-affirming medications

LGBTQ Nation
05/20/2024
The United Kingdom is continuing its attempt to make gender-affirming healthcare less accessible for transgender people by forcing Google’s search engine to remove any regional search results…
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Added on: 05/21/2024

HRW urges Iraq government to repeal law criminalizing LGBTQ+ conduct

Jurist
05/20/2024
HRW urged the Iraqi government on Monday to repeal a new law that prohibits same-sex conduct and transgender expression as it violates basic human rights such as…
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Added on: 05/21/2024

Mexican authorities abruptly shutter LGBTQ hotel in Puerto Vallarta

Bay Area Reporter
05/20/2024
Mexican authorities abruptly and without warning shut down a longtime LGBTQ hotel in Puerto Vallarta Friday night, leaving some guests with their belongings tossed in the street….
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Added on: 05/21/2024

Supreme Court Turns Down Case Challenging School District’s Transgender Policies

Education Week
05/20/2024
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to take up a case about a Maryland school district’s policies to support transgender students and when parents may challenge…
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Added on: 05/20/2024

Myanmar LGBTQ people plea for help

Bangkok Post
05/20/2024
While Pride Month is around the corner in Thailand, Burmese LGBTQ people live under the Tatmadaw’s shadow, waiting for help from their Thai counterparts. “Even if Thailand…
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Added on: 05/20/2024

Italy’s family minister explains decision not to sign EU LGBT declaration

Euractiv
05/20/2024
Italy was among nine EU countries that did not sign a declaration promoting European policies in favor of LGBT+ communities, sparking widespread protests within the country while…
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Added on: 05/20/2024

Georgia’s other Russian-style law is fueling a bitter culture war

Politico
05/19/2024
TBILISI — “No racism, sexism, homophobia or transphobia,” reads a sign in a small vegan café in the center of the Georgian capital, an EU flag pinned…
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