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Added on: 03/22/2024

Ugandan Appeals Court Shutters LGBT Rights Group

03/21/2024

Last week, in another blow to freedoms of association and expression in Uganda, a Ugandan court rejected a petition brought by Sexual Minorities Uganda (SMUG), a leading group advocating for the rights of…

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Added on: 03/22/2024

Two bar workers in Russia become first people charged under anti-LGBTQ+ law

03/21/2024

A Russian court has ordered two bar workers to be placed in custody, accusing them of roles in an “extremist organisation”, under new legislation criminalising the LGBTQ+…

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Added on: 03/22/2024

Landmark report calls for removal of LGBTQ+ discrimination exemptions for Australia’s religious schools

03/21/2024

Blanket exemptions allowing religious schools to discriminate against staff and students on the basis of sexuality and gender identity should be repealed, a key report to the…

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Added on: 03/21/2024

Gay Man Jailed in Qatar Provisionally Freed Pending Investigation

03/20/2024

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 Aviña was…

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Added on: 03/21/2024

Trailblazing gay Irish leader Leo Varadkar steps down in shock move

03/20/2024

Varadkar, who is the youngest and first out gay leader of the country, announced the decision at a press conference in Dublin on Wednesday (20 March) in which…

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Added on: 03/21/2024

Republicans’ anti-LGBTQ vitriol is working – don’t take our rights for granted

03/20/2024

There’s a reason the American Right pursues a politics of moral panic. While the irrational and conspiratorial beliefs that accompany this fear-mongering are false, that’s a feature rather…

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Added on: 03/21/2024

“I’ve gotten used to being hated,” says defender of LGBT Catholics James Martin

03/20/2024

Inside one of the many skyscrapers in the center of Manhattan, James Martin heads to his office at America, the Jesuit magazine where he is an editor. Martin’s…

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Added on: 03/20/2024

Pastor says Pasadena seminary fired her in dispute over gay marriage, LGBTQ+ issues

03/19/2024

Ruth Schmidt said it’s been a couple of months since she was fired from her position as a senior director at Fuller Theological Seminary in Pasadena. The…

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Added on: 03/20/2024

UK Government urges to cricket, football to ban trans players from women’s competitions

03/19/2024

The UK government has reignited the debate on transgender participation in women’s sports, urging the Football Association (FA) and the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) to…

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Added on: 03/20/2024

Australia’s first out lesbian senator marries partner of 20 years

03/19/2024

Penny Wong, Australia’s first out lesbian senator, has married her long-term partner Sophie Allouache after a nearly 20-year relationship. Their daughters — 11-year-old Alexandra 8-year-old Hannah —…

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Added on: 03/20/2024

Ghana president won’t act on anti-LGBTQ bill before legal challenge resolved

03/19/2024

Ghana’s anti-LGBTQ bill passed by parliament in February should not be transmitted to President Akufo-Addo for assent until two legal challenges against it are settled, a senior…

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Added on: 03/19/2024

Court rejects Italian government’s attempt to remove lesbian moms from birth certificates

03/18/2024

In the face of far-right prime minister Georgia Meloni’s ongoing assault on LGBTQ+ rights in Italy, lesbian moms in the country have won a small victory as…

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Added on: 03/19/2024

Russia Opens First Criminal Case Into ‘LGBT Extremism,’ Says Mizulina

03/18/2024

Russian authorities have launched the country’s first-ever criminal case into “LGBT extremism,” the head of the Kremlin-aligned Safe Internet League Yekaterina Mizulina said Monday, just months after…

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Added on: 03/19/2024

‘What crime have we committed?’ Ghana’s LGBTQ community braces as anti-LGBTQ bill may turn into law

03/18/2024

As a queer, non-binary person living on the outskirts of Accra, Ghana, Edem Brew said they have endured years of discrimination, physical assaults and verbal attacks. “LGBTQ…

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Added on: 03/19/2024

Rotorua Officials Disagree on Library’s LGBTQ Story Event

03/18/2024

The Rotorua councillors clash over library Rainbow Storytime event has sparked a significant debate within the community. The event, designed to be a family-friendly session promoting values…

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Added on: 03/18/2024

Instagram Faces Backlash For Censoring Gay Family Photo As ‘Graphic Content’

03/17/2024

Instagram has faced backlash for censoring a photograph of two gay dads holding their newborn baby, labelling the image as ‘graphic’ and sensitive’ content. Men Having Babies, an…

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Added on: 03/18/2024

Award-winning transgender health care trailblazer shares journey

03/17/2024

MADISON, Wis. — During Women’s History Month, Violet LaClair, a nursing assistant at UW Health, reflected on her journey towards acceptance and fulfillment in her career. LaClair’s role…

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Added on: 03/18/2024

In rural China, elderly transgender Sister Liu longs for family life

03/17/2024

GUANZHONG, China (Reuters) – Morning market shoppers look a little too long in Liu Peilin’s direction as she passes by in a red jacket and gray wig…

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Added on: 03/18/2024

I’ve had my time. Now it’s yours’: How Canada’s pioneering queer theatre artists are passing the torch to a new generation

03/17/2024

There’s a moment in Matthew López’s epic, two-part, nearly seven-hour play “The Inheritance” in which the novelist E.M. Forster tells a group of young gay New Yorkers living…

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Added on: 03/17/2024

The Supreme Court’s puzzling decision to allow the government to ban drag shows, explained

03/16/2024

The Supreme Court will allow a public Texas university’s unconstitutional ban on drag shows to remain in effect, in a decision announced Friday. The Court’s decision in…

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Added on: 03/17/2024

In landmark ruling, Japan High Court terms ban on same-sex marriage ‘unconstitutional’

03/16/2024

In a landmark ruling, the Japanese High Court said that the country’s lack of legal recognition of same-sex marriage is “unconstitutional,” the Japan Times reported. The move…

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Added on: 03/17/2024

She should have left Ghana over anti-LGBT+ Bill threats

03/16/2024

Former Ghanaian Ambassador to Serbia and Montenegro, Dr Nyaho Nyaho-Tamakloe, has accused the Ambassador of the United States of America to Ghana, Virginia Palmer, of interfering in…

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Added on: 03/17/2024

Italy’s Meloni Becoming Force to Be Reckoned With in European Politics

03/16/2024

Giorgia Meloni, the right-wing prime minister of Italy, could be set to shake up European politics in a big way. When Meloni and her Brothers of Italy…

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Added on: 03/16/2024

Ban on same-sex marriage is unconstitutional, Japan court rules

03/15/2024

A Japanese high court made a landmark ruling on Thursday, saying the country’s lack of legal support for same-sex marriage violates the constitution. Key points: Responding to…

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Added on: 03/16/2024

Current and former college athletes sue NCAA, alleging Title IX violations over transgender policy

03/15/2024

More than a dozen current and former collegiate female athletes filed a lawsuit with a US District Court in Georgia on Thursday, alleging that the NCAA “serially…

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Added on: 03/16/2024

New LGBTQ+ legislation is welcome, but not enough, says Dr Amanda Cohn

03/15/2024

On Wednesday, the Attorney General tabled long-awaited legislation to ban harmful LGBTQIA+ conversion practices. The changes are “overdue” and “welcome”, says Dr Amanda Cohn, NSW Greens spokesperson…

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Added on: 03/16/2024

Bahrain: Continued Denial of Legal Gender Recognition and Gender-affirming Healthcare for Transgender People in the Name of Islamic Sharia

02/07/2024

In a recent judgment from May 2023, a Bahraini lower court rejected a transman’s application to obtain legal gender recognition and access gender-affirming healthcare, citing Islamic Sharia….

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Added on: 03/15/2024

Analysis: In deciding on anti-gay law, Ghana’s president is caught between a rock and a hard place

03/14/2024

(CNN) — Sam George, the driving force behind Ghana’s harsh anti-LGBTQ legislation, portrays himself as a guardian of gay Ghanaians. “I have put in legislation that protects…

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Added on: 03/15/2024

Kyrgyzstan: Parliament adopts contentious foreign agents law without debate

03/14/2024

Lawmakers in Kyrgyzstan have, in a widely anticipated move, given their definitive backing to a bill that stands to cripple the work of nongovernmental organizations advocating for…

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Added on: 03/15/2024

Taiwan gay marriage: Hundreds of couples tie the knot on historic day

03/14/2024

Hundreds of gay couples in Taiwan have rushed to get married on Friday – the first day a landmark decision that legalised same-sex marriage took effect. Taiwan…