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Added on: 08/01/2023

Fear and frustration escalate after antisemitic, anti-LGBTQ graffiti found in London park

07/31/2023

Members of London’s LGBTQ+ and Jewish communities say they’re disappointed and fearful after “alarming” graffiti was found scrawled in a park in London’s SoHo neighbourhood over the…

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Added on: 08/01/2023

Iran official in charge of ‘promoting Islamic values’ suspended over alleged gay sex video

07/31/2023

An official in Iran in charge of “promoting Islamic values” has reportedly been suspended over an alleged gay sex video. Reza Tsaghati, head of culture and Islamic…

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Added on: 08/01/2023

Gay dads win case against rightwingers who used their son’s photo on an anti-surrogacy flyer

07/31/2023

An Italian anti-LGBTQ+ political party has been ordered to pay the equivalent of $10,000 U.S. to a gay Canadian couple after it used a photo of their…

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Added on: 07/31/2023

`Belgium’s trans-friendly reputation faces far-right rise

07/30/2023

BRUSSELS — Belgium has built a reputation as among the most progressive EU countries on trans rights. For the past five years, people there can legally change their…

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Added on: 07/31/2023

Hong Kong public broadcaster cancels LGBTQ radio show

07/30/2023

A radio show promoting LGBTQ equality will end its 17-year run at Hong Kong’s public broadcaster on Sunday, with station management citing “changes in programme” as the…

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Added on: 07/31/2023

India’s first openly gay prince says his parents tried to subject him to the ‘torture’ of conversion therapy to make him straight

07/30/2023

India’s first openly gay prince said his parents tried to make him undergo conversion therapy in a interview with Sky News. Speaking from Jaipur, India, on Friday, Prince Manvendra…

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Added on: 07/31/2023

Texas church firebombed after ‘anti-LGBT’ YouTuber video

07/28/2023

(NewsNation) — A Texas church was firebombed Sunday, weeks after it was the subject of an anti-LGBTQ Christian YouTuber’s video, according to multiple news reports. Community Unitarian Universalist Church in…

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Added on: 07/30/2023

Mission Africa Inc. honours Bagbin, Sam George, others for championing Anti-LGBTQI+ Bill

07/30/2023

The Executive Board of Mission Africa Incorporated USA/Ghana, in collaboration with the Parliamentary Christian Fellowship, the Worldwide Miracle Outreach UK led by Dr Lawrence Tetteh, Inland Empire…

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Added on: 07/30/2023

Saudi football ‘sportswashing’ and using multi-million-pound deals to distract from human rights issues

07/29/2023

Players from across the game have taken eye-watering amounts of money to join the Saudi Pro League, moves which have been criticised as supporting “sportswashing”. In December,…

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Added on: 07/30/2023

Can states’ bans on transgender care hold up in court? We break down the arguments

07/28/2023

Of the 20 states restricting gender-affirming hormone therapy, nearly half are being challenged in federal court. At the heart of these lawsuits is this question: Do bans…

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Added on: 07/30/2023

Iran sex tape scandal: Government says no prior knowledge of alleged behaviour

07/29/2023

A video posted online allegedly shows the head of culture and Islamic guidance in Gilan province, Reza Tsaghati, having sex with another man. Their identities and the…

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Added on: 07/29/2023

1st PH gay summit eyes ‘inclusivity’ in tourism

07/28/2023

THE Department of Tourism (DoT) will be holding a first-ever Pride Summit as part of the government’s initiatives focusing on “inclusive tourism development and establishing the Philippines…

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Added on: 07/29/2023

In Nepal, the LGBTQ Community’s Fight for Marriage Equality is Far From Over

07/28/2023

“We are going to fight until the very end!” said Surendra Pandey, the husband of Maya Gurung, when we met at a restaurant in Nepal’s busy capital…

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Added on: 07/29/2023

‘I can make you straight in three months’: Inside India’s gay conversion industry

07/28/2023

Widely discredited around the world, conversion therapy – which aims to change someone’s sexual orientation – is still legal in India but the practice of it by…

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Added on: 07/29/2023

From state houses to Congress, anti-trans fights arrive in Washington

07/28/2023

When AJ DePre, a trans rights organizer, heard that a House subcommittee was holding a hearing about “The Dangers and Due Process Violations of ‘Gender-Affirming Care,’” on…

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Added on: 07/29/2023

India could soon become the second country in Asia to legalise same-sex marriage

07/27/2023

India could soon become only the second nation in Asia to legalise gay marriage. As the world’s fast-growing democracy, it is a hugely significant moment for LGBTQIA+…

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Added on: 07/29/2023

How will Russia’s tough new law affect trans people?

07/25/2023

Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a new law that bans transgender people from changing their gender on ID documents or undergoing transition-related medical care such as…

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Added on: 07/29/2023

Malaysia’s LGBTQ community fears backlash after concert kiss

07/27/2023

The 1975 frontman Matty Healy’s recent appearance at a festival in Kuala Lumpur — where he criticized Malaysia’s homophobic laws and kissed a male bandmate on stage…

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Added on: 07/27/2023

Uganda anti-gay law ‘already causing harm,’ says US ambassador

07/26/2023

U.S. officials and those working in the HIV response in Uganda said they are already seeing the detrimental effects of the controversial anti-gay bill that Ugandan President…

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Added on: 07/27/2023

Transgender patients sue the hospital that provided their records to Tennessee’s attorney general

07/26/2023

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Vanderbilt University Medical Center is being sued by its transgender clinic patients, who accuse the hospital of violating their privacy by turning their records…

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Added on: 07/27/2023

Supporters of gay rights and EFF members go head to head at UCT

07/26/2023

Tensions ran high at the University of Cape Town on Monday evening as supporters of gay rights confronted members of the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) ahead of…

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Added on: 07/27/2023

Berlin Pride marked by huge crowd and colorful costumes

07/26/2023

Hundreds of thousands of people marched through the streets of the German capital Berlin on Saturday in support of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) rights. The 45th Berlin Pride parade,…

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Added on: 07/26/2023

‘White savior complex’: Malaysia’s LGBTQ community slams The 1975’s Matty Healy’s onstage kiss

07/25/2023

When British singer Matty Healy grabbed bandmate Ross MacDonald for an onstage kiss during their Malaysia concert on Friday, following a profanity-laden speech slamming the country’s anti-LGBTQ…

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Added on: 07/26/2023

Gay man granted workers’ comp for being outed by boss

07/25/2023

Labor authorities agreed to pay workers’ compensation to a gay man who suffered from mental illness after being outed by his boss, which may be the first…

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Added on: 07/26/2023

The Queer Cubans Seeking Refuge in Putin’s Russia

07/25/2023

For the protagonists of Luis Alejandro Yero’s Calls from Moscow, the Russian capital was a place of intense silence and isolation on the eve of the invasion…

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Added on: 07/26/2023

Transgender patients sue the hospital that provided their records to Tennessee’s attorney general

07/25/2023

Vanderbilt University Medical Center is being sued by its transgender clinic patients, who accuse the hospital of violating their privacy by turning their records over to Tennessee’s…

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Added on: 07/25/2023

Russian president signs legislation outlawing gender-affirming procedures

07/24/2023

Russian President Vladimir Putin signed new legislation Monday which marked the final step in outlawing gender-affirming procedures, a crippling blow to Russia’s already embattled LGBTQ+ community. The…

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Added on: 07/25/2023

Conservative California school board OKs curriculum on gay rights activist after Newsom threatened $1.5M fine

07/24/2023

A conservative school board in southern California reversed course and approved a social studies curriculum that references gay rights activist Harvey Milk, after Gov. Gavin Newsom threatened…

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Added on: 07/25/2023

Italy’s Mounting Attack on Lesbian Parents

07/24/2023

In January, Italy’s right-wing government ordered state agencies to cease registration of children born to same-sex couples. Now they’ve taken it a step further: a state prosecutor…

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Added on: 07/25/2023

Malaysia’s gay community fears backlash after Matty Healy’s outburst

07/24/2023

The 1975 frontman Matty Healy’s recent appearance at a festival in Kuala Lumpur – where he criticised Malaysia’s homophobic laws and kissed a male bandmate on stage…