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Added on: 05/13/2024

In progressive Argentina, the LGBTQ+ community says President Milei has turned back the clock

Associated Press
05/12/2024
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — When Luana Salva got her first formal job after years of prostitution, she was ecstatic. A quota law in Argentina that promoted the…
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Added on: 05/13/2024

NSW Government Offers Apology to Victims of Historical Homosexuality Laws

Star Observer
05/12/2024
In a significant step towards reconciliation, the New South Wales government has announced a formal apology to individuals who faced discrimination under previous laws criminalising homosexuality. The…
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Added on: 05/13/2024

Swiss fans get ready to welcome Eurovision winner Nemo back home

Washington Post
05/12/2024
BERLIN — Swiss Eurovision fans were getting ready Sunday to give a hero’s welcome to singer Nemo, who won the 68th Eurovision Song Contest with “The Code,” an operatic pop-rap…
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Added on: 05/13/2024

A college athletics association banned transgender women from women’s sports. Now all eyes are on the NCAA

CNN
05/12/2024
Like any competitive swimmer, Meghan Cortez-Fields knows how high the stakes can be in a sport where mere hundredths of a second can mean the difference between…
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Added on: 05/12/2024

LGTB community in Cuba marches for their rights and in solidarity with Palestinians

Breaking News
05/12/2024
Hundreds of activists for sexual diversity in Cuba held a demonstration in the streets of the capital on Saturday, both to celebrate the update of the laws…
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Added on: 05/12/2024

Trump vows to reverse transgender student protections ‘on day one’

The Hill
05/11/2024
Former President Trump said Friday he would roll back transgender student protections enacted last month by the Biden administration “on day one” of his presidency if he…
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Added on: 05/12/2024

Gay parades shake up the weekend in several parts of Brazil

A Capa
05/11/2024
Until a few years ago, few places in Brazil had gay parades. Today, however, the reality is different. From Oiapoque to Chuí, distant cities celebrate their LGBT…
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Added on: 05/12/2024

Out in the World: Bay Area fundraiser for LGBTQ refugee group ORAM features gay Ugandan

East Bay Reporter
05/11/2024
The Organization for Refuge, Asylum, and Migration had a homecoming in the San Francisco Bay Area in an effort to drum up support and talk about its…
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Added on: 05/11/2024

No happy ending for exiled Ugandans a year after gay crackdown

Times Live
05/10/2024
A year after Uganda enacted one of the world’s harshest anti-gay laws, many LGBTQ+ exiles are struggling to start over, facing a host of new hurdles alongside…
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Added on: 05/11/2024

Swinney remains committed to gender reform bill

BBC
05/10/2024
The Scottish government has recommitted to legislation that will allow someone to self-identify their legally recognised sex. The Gender Recognition Reform (Scotland) Bill was passed by the…
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Added on: 05/11/2024

David Duke’s godchild comes out as transgender in new memoir about leaving white nationalism

Advocate
05/10/2024
In a revealing new memoir titled The Klansman’s Son: My Journey from White Nationalism to Antiracism, R. Derek Black, once known as a figurehead of American white…
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Added on: 05/11/2024

Good news for LGBTQ prisoners: You did it! Project Not Alone hits goal in a week

Erasing 76 Crimes
05/10/2024
Generous donors have contributed $9,447 in the seven days since Project Not Alone announced its 2024 fund drive on May 3. That surpassed the goal of $8,122….
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Added on: 05/10/2024

Kraków’s new mayor to become first to attend city’s LGBT parade

Notes From Poland
05/09/2024
In one of his first decisions after taking office, the newly elected mayor of Kraków, Poland’s second-largest city, has announced that he will attend the city’s annual…
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Added on: 05/10/2024

Notorious homophobe faces misdemeanour charge for discrediting Russian military

Novaya Gazeta
05/09/2024
The authorities in Moscow are considering a misdemeanour charge against a self-described “gay basher” and “defender of traditional values” for discrediting the Russian army, news outlet Ostorozhno…
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Added on: 05/10/2024

New intolerance figures: Every hour, an LGBT person is raped in Brazi

Acapa
05/09/2024
Homophobia and transphobia numbers show that violence against the LGBT group has not decreased. On the contrary, it increased. This year, every hour a homosexual, bisexual, transvestite…
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Added on: 05/10/2024

Georgia: ‘Foreign Influence’ Bill Threatens Rights

Human Rights Watch
05/09/2024
(Berlin, May 9, 2024) – The Georgian parliament’s introduction of a bill obliging certain nongovernmental groups and media outlets to register as “organizations serving the interests of a foreign power” threatens…
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Added on: 05/09/2024

Ghana’s top court postpones hearing on challenge to anti-LGBTQ bill

Reuters
05/08/2024
ACCRA, May 8 (Reuters) – Ghana’s Supreme Court said on Wednesday that lawyers battling over the legality of one of Africa’s most restrictive anti-LGBTQ bill must amend…
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Added on: 05/09/2024

Boy Scouts of America announces new gender-neutral name – and conservatives aren’t taking it well

Pink News
05/08/2024
The largest scouting organisation in the US announced on Tuesday (7 May) that it will change its name to Scouting America as part of an initiative to…
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Added on: 05/09/2024

Anti-LGBT law in Iraq doesn’t affect Kurdistan without parliamentary endorsement: advisor

Ekurd
05/08/2024
Iraqi Kurdistan region,— The recent changes made by the Iraqi parliament to the country’s laws against prostitution, which now include penalties for homosexuality and transsexuality, will not…
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Added on: 05/09/2024

Russian who made career of informing on others is charged himself

DeviDiscourse
05/08/2024
Timur Bulatov, a Russian activist who has boasted about denouncing LGBT people and Kremlin critics to the authorities, is now in the line of fire himself, charged…
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Added on: 05/08/2024

Ghana’s fight over anti-gay law threatens $20 billion debt deal – Bloomberg report

Ghana Web
05/07/2024
Ghana’s Supreme Court will on Wednesday May 8, 2024 start hearing a case that has the potential to both threaten the West African country’s 20 billion debt…
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Added on: 05/08/2024

China’s first publicly recognised transgender woman divorces German husband – remarries him 18 years later

South China Morning Post
05/07/2024
China’s first publicly recognised transgender dancer has remarried the love of her life whom she was forced to divorce 18 years ago. Jin Xing, 56, from Liaoning…
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Added on: 05/08/2024

South Korea LGBTQ event finds home in streets after permit struggle

Reuters
05/07/2024
The Seoul Queer Culture Festival will take place in the capital’s streets this year, organisers of South Korea’s annual LGBTQ gathering said on Tuesday, after the city…
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Added on: 05/08/2024

More GOP states challenge federal rules protecting transgender students

ABC News
05/07/2024
Seven more Republican-led states sued Tuesday to challenge a new federal regulation that seeks to protect the rights of transgender students in the nation’s schools. Republican plaintiffs…
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Added on: 05/07/2024

Bangladesh police arrest 2 lesbians who want to get married

Erasing 76 Crimes
05/06/2024
The arrest in Bangladesh of two lesbians who wanted to get married has drawn criticism from Paris-based human rights advocates. Asha Sinha, age 16,, and Liza Akhter,…
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Added on: 05/07/2024

Research shows LGBTQI+ health-related content in medical school has increased

Medical Xpress
05/06/2024
Reducing barriers to comprehensive and affirming health care for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and intersex (LGBTQI+) populations requires physicians to receive LGBTQI+ health content during undergraduate…
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Added on: 05/07/2024

Thousands gather in France streets to protest anti-transgender Senate report

Jurist
05/06/2024
Thousands of protestors gathered in 50 cities throughout France this Sunday, rallying against the ‘offensive’ on transgender rights. The protests were sparked by a report from French…
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Added on: 05/07/2024

Tories propose ban on gender-neutral toilets in new buildings – including offices and restaurants

Pink News
05/06/2024
A policy proposed by the Department for Levelling Up on Monday (6 May) will prevent all non-domestic new builds, including restaurants, shopping centres, offices, and more, from…
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Added on: 05/06/2024

The Many Enemies Of Iraqi Transgender: The State, Islamists — And Some Feminists

WorldCrunch
05/05/2024
I don’t know if such words somehow justify, with their naivety, the ignorance of what is happening to trans women in Iraq among queer circles in the…
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Added on: 05/06/2024

Transgender activists storm police station in Gujrat over abuse claims

Samaa
05/05/2024
Members of the transgender community in Gujarat staged a vehement protest outside the Sadar Kharian police station, alleging molestation and mistreatment by law enforcement officials. The protest,…
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