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Added on: 04/28/2024

Biden administration restores protections for gay and transgender Americans seeking health care

04/27/2024

The Biden administration announced a new rule Friday expanding safeguards against potential discrimination of gay and transgender Americans seeking medical care, in a reversal of Trump-era limitations…

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Added on: 04/28/2024

Thousands rally in Australian capitals to demand gender violence justice

04/27/2024

Violence against women is an “epidemic” in Australia, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said on Saturday, as thousands attended rallies in Sydney and other major Australian cities urging…

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Added on: 04/28/2024

Russia seeks to ban non-existent ‘anti-Russian separatist movement’

04/27/2024

The Russian Justice Ministry is looking to ban the “anti-Russian separatist movement” as an extremist organisation, it announced Friday. The movement’s goal is to “destroy Russia’s multinational…

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Added on: 04/27/2024

A trans man facing persecution in Russia heard of ‘trans refuge’ state and fled to Minnesota

04/26/2024

Erik Beda’s mere existence is practically a death sentence in Russia. He’s transgender, which is illegal and considered an act of terror in the country. “There is…

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Added on: 04/27/2024

Ghana and Uganda echo each other’s clamp down on gay people

04/26/2024

Ghana, despite its more solid reputation for democracy and respect for human rights than authoritarian Uganda, is joining it in more stringently criminalising homosexuality – and vacillating…

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Added on: 04/27/2024

4 States Tell Schools to Ignore New Title IX Rules That Protect LGBTQ Students

04/26/2024

On Friday, the Biden administration released its final Title IX rules, which include protections for LGBTQ+ students by clarifying that Title IX forbids discrimination based on sexual…

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Added on: 04/27/2024

UK primary school jumps to defence of ‘well-regarded’ trans teacher following parents’ complaints

04/26/2024

A primary school in Southampton has issued a letter in defence of a “well-regarded” transgender supply teacher after complaints from parents. Bitterne Church of England Primary School…

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Added on: 04/26/2024

European Union confident Ghana’s Anti-gay bill will not become a law

04/26/2024

In August of 2005 when Hurricane Katrina made landfall in Louisiana and Mississippi, the combination of torrential rain and flawed infrastructure proved deadly. More than 1,800 people…

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Added on: 04/26/2024

LGBTQ Data No-go For Personalised Online Ads: EU Adviser

04/25/2024

Internet users’ public expression of their sexual orientation does not authorise using this data “for the purposes of personalised advertising,” a legal adviser at the EU’s top…

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Added on: 04/26/2024

Congo lawmaker wants jail, not slavery, for LGBT people

04/25/2024

Congolese member of parliament and former presidential candidate Constant Mutamba is standing by his bill that would criminalize gay sex for the first time in the Democratic Republic…

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Added on: 04/26/2024

The journey of LGBT Thailand

04/25/2024

In Thailand, the perception of a welcoming atmosphere for LGBT individuals paints a picture of acceptance that many countries strive for. However, the layers of reality for…

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Added on: 04/25/2024

The “radical feminist” group helping push Ohio’s trans bathroom ban

04/24/2024

A “radical feminist” group called the Women’s Liberation Front, that has helped shape anti-trans laws nationwide, has also played a role in a proposed Ohio law that…

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Added on: 04/25/2024

UK minister claims Rwanda is safe for gay migrants – these queer organisations disagree

04/24/2024

A UK minister has claimed that Rwanda is a “progressive” country where LGBTQ+ migrants will be safe, despite warnings from queer charities. Illegal migration minister Michael Tomlinson praised Rwanda’s…

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Added on: 04/25/2024

Legislating Identity: A Critical Analysis of the Anti-LGBT Bills in Kenya and Ghana

04/24/2024

Recent Afrobarometer survey data (Round 8, 2019-2021) paints a stark picture with 86% of Kenyans and 93% of Ghanaians expressing intolerance towards the LGBT community. This high level of…

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Added on: 04/25/2024

QueerMandu

04/24/2024

There’s a new rainbow rising over Nepal. This is Sandip Roy in Kathmandu. The Himalayan country has always been known for tourism – Mountains forests old capital cities and…

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Added on: 04/24/2024

Wales is latest UK nation to pause puberty blockers for under-18s

04/23/2024

Wales has become the latest UK nation to pause the use of puberty blockers by under-18s. The physically reversible hormone blockers, which suppress unwanted elements of puberty…

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Added on: 04/24/2024

Tokyo Rainbow Pride Celebrates 30 Years

04/24/2024

Over the weekend in Japan, 15,000 people took part in the 2024 Tokyo Rainbow Pride parade, one of the biggest LGBTQIA+ events in Southeast Asia. All colours…

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Added on: 04/24/2024

New Queer Future Beckons for Former Sydney Police Station

04/23/2024

Not-for-profit Qtopia has applied to permanently transform a former police station into the Sydney Centre for Queer History and Culture. Along with Create NSW—the NSW Government’s arts…

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Added on: 04/24/2024

New federal rule bars transgender school bathroom bans, but it likely isn’t the final word

04/23/2024

A new rule from President Joe Biden’s administration blocking blanket policies to keep transgender students from using school bathrooms that align with their gender identity could conflict…

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Added on: 04/23/2024

Louisiana education chief tells schools to ignore new Title IX rules for transgender students

04/22/2024

Louisiana’s top education official on Monday instructed schools to ignore new Title IX rules unveiled by the Biden administration, warning that extending the civil rights law’s protections…

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Added on: 04/23/2024

Dominica court overturns anti-sodomy law

04/22/2024

The High Court of the Caribbean island nation of Dominica has ruled that Dominica’s law against consensual same-sex intimacy is unconstitutional. The judgement against the anti-sodomy law…

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Added on: 04/23/2024

In the Olympics of Drag, Taiwan just took the gold

04/23/2024

For Taiwan, which often finds its international participation constrained – barred from a World Health Organization membership and competing under the “Chinese Taipei” flag at the Olympics…

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Added on: 04/22/2024

In Australia, women-only app becomes latest front in war over trans rights

04/21/2024

Sydney, Australia– Sall Grover says she did not think twice when she blocked Roxanne Tickle, a transgender woman, from her Australian-based women-only app Giggle for Girls. “It…

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Added on: 04/22/2024

Gov. Greg Abbott Wants to ‘End’ Trans Teachers Expressing Their Gender in Texas

04/21/2024

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott suggested that he wants to end transgender and gender nonconforming individuals from expressing their gender while teaching in the state. At a speech delivered Friday…

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Added on: 04/22/2024

Venice Biennale platforms LGBTQ , outsider and Indigenous artists

04/21/2024

Outsider, queer and Indigenous artists are getting an overdue platform at the 60th Venice Biennale contemporary art exhibition that opened Saturday, curated for the first time by…

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Added on: 04/22/2024

In Japan, US book on transgender surgery for young people sparks threats, heated debate

04/21/2024

A decision by a conservative-leaning newspaper in Japan to defy threats and push ahead with the translated publication of a book critical of gender-altering procedures for young people…

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Added on: 04/21/2024

Learning Love and Loyalty in the AIDS Crisis

04/20/2024

David called me on Saturday, April 23, 1994, to tell me Bill died that morning at 8:35. Now it was over. The inevitability, the feelings of resignation,…

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Added on: 04/21/2024

Jeremy Corbyn calls for an end to the ‘horrors’ of anti-trans discrimination

04/20/2024

Former Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has shared a message of support for transgender people everywhere. The Islington North MP told the Council of Europe that there had…

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Added on: 04/21/2024

Nepal Promotes LGBT-Friendly Tourism With First International Rainbow Conference

04/20/2024

The first International Rainbow Tourism Conference opened here on Saturday, with Nepal offering itself as a safe and respectful destination in South Asia for the sexual minority…

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Added on: 04/21/2024

California judge agrees to second look at language in proposed transgender initiative

04/20/2024

A California judge weighing potential prejudice in the title and summary of a proposed ballot measure concerning transgender children is considering his ruling after a Friday hearing….