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Added on: 05/06/2024

Galloway cuts off interview after question about gay relationships comments

05/05/2024

George Galloway has cut off a broadcast interview after being asked about remarks in which he suggested he did not think gay relationships were equal to heterosexual…

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Added on: 05/06/2024

Shortages of doctors and drugs bedevil LGBT+ Haitians — and everyone else

05/05/2024

As Haiti endures chaos, shortages, inflation and gang warfare, the LGBTQ community shares the nation’s agony, even as it has challenges and plans of its own. Under…

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Added on: 05/05/2024

LGBT organisations ask UN to revoke status of British rights watchdog

05/04/2024

A group of 20 LGBT organisations have asked the UN to revoke the status of Britain’s Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC). A 19-page submission to the…

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Added on: 05/05/2024

We speak to Ohotuowo Ogbeche about the impact of Ghana’s new anti-LGBTQ law

05/04/2024

The west African country of Ghana has passed some of the harshest anti-LGBT laws. The country imposes gaol terms for anyone identifying as LGBTQ, anyone who founds…

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Added on: 05/05/2024

Austin City Council passes transgender protections

05/04/2024

Members of the Austin City Council voted Thursday afternoon to approve offering some protections to local transgender people seeking gender-affirming care, though it may lead to more…

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Added on: 05/05/2024

Dangerous Instagram? Iraqi LGBTQ+ community loses safe space

05/04/2024

Social media has always been one of the only places where members of the LGBTQ+ community in Iraq could meet and be more open about their sexual…

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Added on: 05/04/2024

ADVOCATING FOR OLDER LGBTI PERSONS: VISIT OF THE IE OLDER PERSONS TO PERU

05/04/2024

From 11 to 22 March 2024, the United Nations (UN) Independent Expert on the enjoyment of all human rights by older persons, Dr Claudia Mahler, conducted an…

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Added on: 05/04/2024

Russian publisher redacts book on gay Italian director amid LGBT crackdown

05/03/2024

Roberto Carnero, an Italian literature professor at the University of Bologna, was shocked when he received a call from his Italian publisher in March about the Russian…

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Added on: 05/04/2024

How Queer Ugandans are Faring a Year After the Harsh Anti-LGBTQ Law Passed

05/03/2024

“We’re all illegal now,” read a text to Musana (who is using an alias for protection) sent by one of her friends in May 2023, after Ugandan…

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Added on: 05/03/2024

Moscow university student sentenced to 15 days in jail for ‘displaying LGBT symbols’

05/02/2024

A Russian university student has been sentenced to 15 days in jail for “displaying LGBT symbols”, the Moscow court press service reported Friday. Danila Morozov, 22, was also…

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Added on: 05/03/2024

Passage of harsh anti-LGBTQ+ law in Iraq draws diplomatic backlash

05/02/2024

BAGHDAD — Human rights groups and diplomats criticized a law that was quietly passed by the Iraqi parliament over the weekend that would impose heavy prison sentences on gay…

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Added on: 05/03/2024

Qatar targeted my brother on Grindr – I want him home’

05/02/2024

The family of a gay British-Mexican man held in Qatar for alleged drug offences has given further details of what they say was a “honeytrap” operation using…

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Added on: 05/03/2024

Drag Race Brazil host shares horrific conversion therapy experience

05/02/2024

Grag Queen, the host of Brazil’s Drag Race spin-off, has spoken about being forced to undergo conversion therapy. The drag queen shot to fame as the winner of…

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Added on: 05/02/2024

For Turkish performer, drag is a political act

05/01/2024

ISTANBUL – Ilker Yazici – stage name Miss Putka – was in secondary school when he discovered he was gay. There he met LGBT advocacy groups and joined…

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Added on: 05/02/2024

For the first time, IBGE analyzed data on gay marriage in Brazil

05/01/2024

Due to the 2013 resolution of the National Justice Council, which emphasizes that all registry offices must carry out civil unions between people of the same sex,…

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Added on: 05/02/2024

Threats, accusations and assault: the dangers of running an LGBTQ+ health clinic in Uganda

05/01/2024

Driving to work one morning last summer, Brian Aliganyira was forced off the road and into a ditch by motorcycle riders surrounding his car on both sides….

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Added on: 05/02/2024

United Methodists in US repeal longstanding ban on LGBT clergy

05/01/2024

United Methodist delegates in the US repealed their church’s longstanding ban on LGBT clergy with no debate on Wednesday, removing a rule forbidding “self-avowed practising homosexuals” from…

Alturi Blog

Added on: 05/01/2024

MONEY UNLOCKS THREATS: UGANDAN LGBTQ PEOPLE AT RISK

Annie Clark

Alturi Contributor

In 2013, Uganda passed one of the harshest anti-LGBTQ laws in the world. Under the Anti-Homosexuality Act, which took effect in February 2014, conduct between same-sex individuals…

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Added on: 05/01/2024

New Queensland Anti-Discrimination Laws Help Protect LGBTQIA+ Community

05/01/2024

In a significant stride towards fostering inclusivity and safeguarding human rights, Queensland has now implemented new amendments to its Anti-Discrimination Act that will help protect the LGBTQIA+…

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Added on: 05/01/2024

Britain sanctions three Ugandan officials under anti-corruption laws

04/30/2024

Britain sanctioned the speaker of the Ugandan parliament, Anita Among, and two high profile Ugandan lawmakers on Tuesday, targeting corruption in the east African country for the…

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Added on: 05/01/2024

Anti-LGBTQ+ Kenyans can no longer encourage others to kill queer people

04/30/2024

Kenyan anti-LGBTQ activists are now prohibited from calling for the murder of the country’s LGBTQ+ community, the country’s High Court ruled in an order. The order is…

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Added on: 05/01/2024

Conservative states challenge federal rule on treatment of transgender students

04/30/2024

Several Republican state attorneys general are challenging a federal regulation that seeks to protect the rights of transgender students in the nation’s schools by banning blanket policies…

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Added on: 04/30/2024

How a digital archive is preserving Canada’s history of LGBTQ+ activism

04/29/2024

LGBTQ+ organizations in Canada are gearing up for a “Rainbow Week of Action” that will feature rallies across the country calling on governments to do more to…

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Added on: 04/30/2024

Hong Kong transgender activist gets ID card reflecting gender change after yearslong legal battle

04/29/2024

A Hong Kong transgender activist on Monday received a new ID card reflecting his gender change, after a yearslong legal battle to change the document, and he…

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Added on: 04/30/2024

Transgender health care must be paid for by state insurance, says an appeals court

04/29/2024

A federal appeals court ruled on Monday that state health insurance plans must provide coverage for gender-affirming care in North Carolina and West Virginia. Trans advocates say…

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Added on: 04/30/2024

Michelangelo and the most sublime declarations of gay love in art

04/29/2024

Tommaso de’ Cavalieri was the light of the age, unique in the world – at least in the eyes of the man who loved him. That ardent…

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Added on: 04/29/2024

Passage of harsh anti-LGBTQ+ law in Iraq draws diplomatic backlash

04/28/2024

BAGHDAD (AP) — Human rights groups and diplomats criticized a law that was quietly passed by the Iraqi parliament over the weekend that would impose heavy prison…

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Added on: 04/29/2024

‘Queer Storytime for Palestine’ drag event for children causes outrage

04/28/2024

A Massachusetts-based pro-Palestinian drag event for children from two weeks ago has drawn international criticism, according to global media reports from the last week. Drag queens were recorded encouraging young…

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Added on: 04/29/2024

The 1st Diversity Expo is coming, which will bring products and services to the LGBT public to São Paulo

04/28/2024

A EXPO Diversity, event aimed at the end consumer, aimed at the public, LGBT and people who value culture, entertainment and quality products, will take place at the event…

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Added on: 04/29/2024

Group of gay footballers ‘set date to reveal identities imminently with couples in hiding’

04/28/2024

A group of professional footballers from Germany will reportedly come out as gay next month before the final weekend of the season. According to German outlet Preussische…