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Added on: 04/06/2024

Melania Trump Makes Unexpected Move With LGBT Group

04/05/2024

Former First Lady Melania Trump is set to make a rare campaign appearance during a fundraiser for the Log Cabin Republicans, according to Politico. Log Cabin Republicans…

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Added on: 04/06/2024

Westminster honey trap: Tory MP ‘mortified’ after sharing private numbers with Grindr contact

04/05/2024

Conservative William Wragg MP has admitted sending the personal phone numbers of other parliamentary figures to someone he met on Grindr. William Wragg, the MP for Hazel…

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Added on: 04/06/2024

Uganda cited Dobbs to back an anti-LGBTQ crackdown. Americans should be worried too.

04/05/2024

The ripple effects of Dobbs continue to emerge in unexpected places — and to threaten other civil liberties. Yesterday, Uganda’s constitutional court, the country’s second-highest judicial body,…

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Added on: 04/05/2024

Gay rights activists call for more international pressure on Uganda over anti-gay law

04/04/2024

KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Ugandan gay rights activists asked the international community to mount more pressure on the government of Uganda to repeal an anti-gay law which the…

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Added on: 04/05/2024

United Nations Passes Groundbreaking Intersex Rights Resolution

04/04/2024

The United Nations Human Rights Council has passed its first ever resolution affirming the rights of intersex people, signaling growing international resolve to address rights violations experienced…

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Added on: 04/05/2024

Transgender People Lament Being Subjected To Bribery, Extortion By Police To Survive In Kenya

04/04/2024

Some transgender people living in Kenya have narrated how they had been victims of extortion and bribery by the country’s police force. The victims whose experiences were reported…

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Added on: 04/04/2024

Hong Kong LGBTQ activists upset at revised ID card gender rules

04/03/2024

HONG KONG, April 3 (Reuters) – Hong Kong will allow transgender people who have not completed full sex reassignment surgery to change gender on their ID cards,…

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Added on: 04/04/2024

Uganda’s Constitutional Court rejects petition against anti-gay law

04/03/2024

Uganda’s Constitutional Court has rejected a petition seeking to annul an anti-gay law that has been roundly condemned internationally as one of the toughest in the world. The court…

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Added on: 04/04/2024

Thai LGBT activists celebrate vote that brings marriage equality closer

04/03/2024

BANGKOK, April 2 (Reuters) – Thai LGBT activists celebrated another victory on Tuesday after a marriage equality bill overwhelmingly passed a first reading in the upper house,…

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Added on: 04/04/2024

Benedict backed me up on rights for LGBT couples, Pope Francis says

04/03/2024

VATICAN CITY, April 2 (Reuters) – Pope Francis found an ally in his predecessor Benedict XVI when he spoke in favour of civil partnerships for same-sex couples,…

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Added on: 04/03/2024

Ugandan court to issue verdict in petition against tough anti-gay law

04/02/2024

Uganda’s constitutional court is due on Wednesday to deliver a verdict on a petition seeking to annul the country’s tough Anti-Homosexuality Act (AHA), a lawyer for the…

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Added on: 04/03/2024

A Trans-Led Art Collective Is Shifting Perceptions Around Transgender People in India

04/02/2024

A decade ago, India’s top court ruled that transgender people should be treated as a third category of gender. While that decision would seem to indicate a…

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Added on: 04/03/2024

Thai LGBT activists celebrate vote that brings marriage equality closer

04/02/2024

Thai LGBTQ+ activists celebrated another victory Tuesday after a marriage-equality bill overwhelmingly passed a first reading in the upper house, a key step bringing the country closer…

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Added on: 04/03/2024

Wisconsin governor vetoes transgender athlete ban

04/02/2024

Wisconsin’s Democratic Gov. Tony Evers rejected a proposal Tuesday to ban transgender student-athletes from competing on sports teams consistent with their gender identity, calling the Republican-led legislation…

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Added on: 04/02/2024

Posts misrepresent White House Easter egg contest, Day of Transgender Visibility proclamation

04/01/2024

As millions celebrated Easter this weekend, the Biden administration was criticized by many on social media, including several Republican politicians, for supposedly disrespecting the Christian holiday. The…

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Added on: 04/02/2024

LGBTQ-inclusive church in Cuba welcomes all in a country that once sent gay people to labor camps

04/01/2024

Proudly wearing a rainbow-colored clergy stole and a rainbow flag in her clerical collar, the Rev. Elaine Saralegui welcomed all to her LGBTQ+ inclusive church in the…

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Added on: 04/02/2024

New NHS trans youth clinics ‘not ready’ ahead of opening, sources claim

04/01/2024

Replacement NHS gender identity clinics for trans youth are reportedly understaffed and “nowhere near ready”, sources have claimed. Following the planned closure of the Gender Identity Development…

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Added on: 04/02/2024

Africa Pride 2024 will celebrate love in the face of hatred and homophobia

04/01/2024

A coalition of African LGBTQ+ rights group has announced plans for a continent-wide celebration of Pride. Africa Pride 2024 events will consist of online programs and a…

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Added on: 04/01/2024

As Biden supports ‘Trans Day of Visibility,’ Iran cracks down on the LGBT community

03/31/2024

The capital city of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Tehran, announced in early March that transgender people should not appear in popular sections of the metropolis. The Tehran…

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Added on: 04/01/2024

Hundreds of Canadian artists denounce ‘alarming’ anti-trans legislation in open letter

03/31/2024

More than 400 Canadian artists from the worlds of music, film and literature are denouncing what they describe as “alarming and destructive” anti-trans legislation in an open…

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Added on: 04/01/2024

Trump and Republicans unite in fury at Biden after Trans Visibility Day falls on Easter Sunday by chance

03/31/2024

Republicans, led by Donald Trump, are sounding off on Joe Biden after he issued a statement recognising Trans Visibility Day becasue it happened to coincide with Easter Sunday this…

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Added on: 04/01/2024

Lesbian Power Couple: Top Sniper and Machine-Gunner Are Taking on Putin’s Army

10/31/2024

“If I tell you the number of my confirmed kills, I’m putting a bounty on my head,” Olga, tells me with a grin and a twinkle in…

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Added on: 03/31/2024

LGBTQ-inclusive church in Cuba welcomes all in a country that once sent gay people to labor camps

03/30/2024

Proudly wearing a rainbow-colored clergy stole and a rainbow flag in her clerical collar, the Rev. Elaine Saralegui welcomed all to her LGBTQ+ inclusive church in the…

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Added on: 03/31/2024

Joe Biden issues powerful trans rights proclamation: ‘these attacks are un-American and must end’

03/30/2024

President Joe Biden has officially proclaimed March 31 – which, this year, is also Easter Sunday – as Transgender Day of Visibility. He reaffirmed his administration’s commitment…

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Added on: 03/31/2024

Activists hail Nepal ruling allowing same-sex marriage

03/30/2024

Same-sex couples in Nepal said on Friday they were preparing to register their marriages after the Supreme Court had issued a temporary order clearing the way for…

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Added on: 03/31/2024

Graphic novel tells the stories of LGTBQ people over 50

03/30/2024

A forthcoming anthology by Berlin-based queer comic publisher Moom Comics illustrates the stories of older LGTBQ people. It aims to bridge the age gap. “I was 23…

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Added on: 03/30/2024

Gay Man Jailed in Qatar Provisionally Freed Pending Investigation

03/21/2024

A gay British-Mexican, who was entrapped by police in Qatar on Grindr, has been provisionally released from prison after a global campaign for his freedom. Manuel Guerrero…

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Added on: 03/30/2024

Sacramento becomes sanctuary city for transgender people

03/29/2024

Sacramento is a sanctuary city for transgender people following the City Council’s unanimous vote Tuesday night. While California was already a sanctuary state, the city’s resolution, which…

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Added on: 03/30/2024

Bangladesh Opens First Mosque For Transgender Hijra Community

03/29/2024

Transgender hijra people in Bangladesh opened the Muslim-majority country’s first mosque for their community early this month, heralding a new era for the much-discriminated group….

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Added on: 03/30/2024

FOR TRANS MIGRANTS FORCED TO FLEE THEIR HOMES, THE VIOLENCE CONTINUES AT OUR BORDER

03/29/2024

A few months ago in Tijuana, Mexico, our Director of Research and Analysis for Refugee Protection Christina Asenico met two couples from Russia – three of the…