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Added on: 10/31/2024

Uganda’s anti-LGBTQ+ law forces climate activist into exile: ‘I can’t stop now’

10/30/2024

Climate activist Nyombi Morris became outspoken about LGBTQ+ rights after his sister was outed as a lesbian and expelled from school. Last year, Uganda passed a new…

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Added on: 10/30/2024

A Brissy LGBT Pub Kicked A Man Out For Wearing A Trump Hat & He Wants An Apology

10/30/2024

A man who was kicked out of LGBTQIA+ venue The Wickham because wearing a Donald Trump ‘TRUMP 2024’ hat has asked for an apology. Robert Holt says…

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Added on: 10/30/2024

A second high court rules that Japan’s ban on same-sex marriage is unconstitutional

10/30/2024

A second Japanese high court ruled Wednesday that the government’s policy against same-sex marriage is unconstitutional, the latest in a series of decisions upholding plaintiffs’ demands for…

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Added on: 10/30/2024

England urged to follow Scotland on LGBT education in schools

10/29/2024

England has been urged to follow Scotland in introducing an LGBTI action plan, with praise for inclusive education policies. In 2018 the UK Government published a comprehensive…

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Added on: 10/30/2024

Anti-LGBTQ+ legislation linked with worse HIV prevention

10/29/2024

With more than 500 anti-lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or queer (LGBTQ+) bills introduced in the United States in 2024 alone, understanding the public health impact of this…

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Added on: 10/29/2024

These LGBTQ+ dads are on a mission to build more queer families

10/28/2024

After the birth of their daughter, Pat and Carlos Dolan want to normalize LGBTQ+ families and make the process more affordable….

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Added on: 10/29/2024

2.1M Korean Christians attend joint worship service for repentance, resist LGBT ideology

10/28/2024

In the afternoon of Reformation Sunday, some 2.1 million Christians gathered for a joint worship service to “unite for repentance, revival and restoration of holiness in our…

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Added on: 10/29/2024

Owner of Siberian gay club charged with ‘extremism’ and placed under house arrest

10/28/2024

An unnamed 22-year-old woman who owns a gay club that was raided by police in the Siberian city of Chita has been placed under house arrest after…

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Added on: 10/29/2024

Academic in Bangladesh barred from teaching in response to anti-gay protesters

10/28/2024

An assistant professor at Islamic University in Kushtia, Bangladesh, has been barred from teaching classes in response to pro-Islamist students’ protests that he is gay. Protesting students…

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Added on: 10/28/2024

Christians demand Justin Welby’s resignation after gay sex comment

10/27/2024

Christians across the United Kingdom are calling for Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby’s resignation following his comments supporting sexual intimacy in same-sex relationships. They argue that his…

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Added on: 10/28/2024

Germany’s transgender rights law to take effect

10/27/2024

Starting Friday, people aged 18 and older will be able to change official records to alter their names and genders or have the gender marker removed altogether,…

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Added on: 10/28/2024

Harris struggles to combat Trump’s anti-trans closing argument

10/27/2024

Vice President Harris has struggled to combat former President Trump’s anti-transgender attacks, which are a major part of the Republican’s closing argument. The Trump campaign has flooded the…

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Added on: 10/28/2024

Georgia’s Parliament Enacts Controversial LGBTQ Rights Law Amid Growing Tensions

10/27/2024

In a move echoing Russia’s restrictive legislation, the speaker of Georgia’s parliament signed into law a bill that severely limits the rights of LGBTQ individuals, igniting backlash…

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Added on: 10/26/2024

Denis Leontovich landed a government job in Russia, despite being openly gay. Then online harassment forced him to flee the country.

10/25/2024

Twenty-three-year-old Denis Leontovich lived openly as a gay man in Russia. After discovering a passion for environmental education in college, he took a position in youth policy…

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Added on: 10/26/2024

7 Disabled Intersex People Explain How They Embrace Their Identities

10/25/2024

Each year on October 26, we celebrate Intersex Awareness Day. It is estimated that intersex people make up about 1.7% of the global population (about the same…

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Added on: 10/26/2024

Gay People Are Hunted Down and Beaten in a Country Once a Refuge

10/25/2024

Ivory Coast had long been a haven for L.G.B.T.Q. people, even as they faced discrimination or persecution elsewhere in West Africa. But over the past two months,…

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Added on: 10/26/2024

Alberta legislature sitting to focus on rights bill, transgender policies

10/25/2024

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith’s government is set to start its fall sitting with a focus on bills that the Opposition NDP says are aimed at catering to…

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Added on: 10/25/2024

More than 800 US veterans given honourable discharges after ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ review

10/24/2024

The Pentagon has announced that more than 800 veterans who were thrown out of the US military over their sexual orientation will receive honourable discharges. Under a policy…

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Added on: 10/25/2024

LGBTQ+ Georgians say health crisis looms as new laws hit services

10/24/2024

BUCHAREST- Georgia could be on the verge of a health crisis if recent legislation targeting the LGBTQ+ community is not rolled back, activists say, adding that they…

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Added on: 10/25/2024

Nobody to each other

10/24/2024

When Alexey Bachinsky completed his journalism degree in 2011, he was already well aware that he could never work for Russian state television. Thankfully, at that time…

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Added on: 10/25/2024

15-year-old pushes back on book ban

10/24/2024

At least two publications aimed at educating young teens about sex could be removed from Port Macquarie library if a review by council staff deem them to…

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Added on: 10/23/2024

Uganda: Criminalization shrinks online civic space for LGBTQ people – report

10/23/2024

Online attacks against Uganda’s LGBTQ communities have drastically increased, owing to overly broad laws that criminalize various aspects of the lives of LGBTQ people and entrench discrimination,…

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Added on: 10/23/2024

Fans chanted anti-gay message at soccer match & jeered announcer telling them to stop

10/22/2024

French soccer league Ligue de Football Professionnel (LFP) has condemned fans who took part in anti-LGBTQ+ chanting at a match over the weekend. During Paris Saint-Germain (PSG)…

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Added on: 10/23/2024

LGBTQ+ aid workers reflect on a year in Gaza, working with queer Palestinians

10/22/2024

Gaza was different. Over the past two years, Rain Dove Dubilewski has been on the ground helping evacuate conflict areas such as Ukraine, Uganda, and Venezuela. But…

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Added on: 10/23/2024

‘This Is Coming to This Country’: Kara Swisher Warns Italy’s Anti-LGBTQ Parenting And Surrogacy Law Will Come to U.S.

10/22/2024

Tech journalist Kara Swisher made an ominous prediction recently on her Pivot podcast regarding the future of LGBTQ rights in the U.S. Swisher and co-host Scott Galloway…

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Added on: 10/22/2024

2 transgender women stabbed to death at home in northwest Pakistan

10/21/2024

Two men armed with daggers killed two transgender women at their home in conservative northwest Pakistan overnight before fleeing the scene, police said, a sign of increasing…

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Added on: 10/22/2024

LGBTQ+ Support Group in Russia’s Yekaterinburg Closes Amid ‘Anti-Queer Pressure’

10/21/2024

A non-profit organization providing mental health and legal support services to LGBTQ+ people in the Russian city of Yekaterinburg announced Monday that it would shut down after…

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Added on: 10/22/2024

Andorra Should Combat Racism, LGBTI-Phobia, and Expand Voting Rights

10/21/2024

A new report from the European Commission against Racism and Intolerance (ECRI) calls on Andorra to adopt a national programme to combat racism and LGBTI-phobia. As a…

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Added on: 10/22/2024

First openly transgender lawyer to argue at Supreme Court

10/21/2024

An American Civil Liberties Union lawyer will make history in December as the first openly transgender attorney to argue before the U.S. Supreme Court, opposing Tennessee’s Republican-backed…

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Added on: 10/21/2024

The reality of transgender welfare boards in India: An RTI investigation

10/20/2024

New Delhi- In his speech on the last day of the Budget Session of the 17th Lok Sabha, Prime Minister Narendra Modi remarked: “Those who are on the…