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Added on: 05/30/2023

Uganda enacts harsh anti-LGBTQ law including death penalty

05/29/2023

Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni signed one of the world’s toughest anti-LGBTQ laws, including the death penalty for “aggravated homosexuality”, drawing Western condemnation and risking sanctions from aid…

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Added on: 05/29/2023

How anti-LGBTQ sentiment is affecting Pride

05/28/2023

Repressive social backlash and extreme anti-LGBTQ sentiment are complicating Pride celebrations in the US this year, even potentially inciting violence against queer people and gatherings meant to celebrate the LGBTQ…

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Added on: 05/29/2023

Being queer in Africa: the state of LGBTIQ+ rights across the continent

05/28/2023

In recent years several African countries have decriminalised same-sex relationships. But they’re not representative of the continent. In fact, queer rights at times appear to be eroding in much…

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Added on: 05/29/2023

KNHRC Champions Intersex Bill To Protect Rights

05/28/2023

The Kenya National Commission on Human Rights (KNCHR) is working towards ensuring the establishment of a legal framework that will fill the gap in the law for…

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Added on: 05/29/2023

Pitiful turnout of anti-drag protesters countered with ‘joyful’ LGBTQ+ street party

05/28/2023

On Saturday (27 May), around 100 LGBTQ+ folks and allies stood against 40 Turning Point UK campaigners, holding signs that read “South London loves trans people”. Turning Point…

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Added on: 05/28/2023

Author Arinze Ifeakandu shines a light on gay Nigerian lives

05/27/2023

Nigerian author Arinze Ifeakandu has often dreamed of a society where gay people do not have to hide their love or live in fear of homophobic hate….

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Added on: 05/28/2023

When Your Sexuality Is Against the Law

05/27/2023

When Abdul was a teenager and coming to terms with being gay, he was attacked by a group of men. They mocked him with homophobic slurs and…

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Added on: 05/28/2023

A Growing Number of LGBTQ+ Russians Seek Refuge from War, Discrimination in Argentina

05/27/2023

Anastasia Domini and wife Anna Domini walked hand in hand on a recent sunny day in Argentina’s capital while their four restless children played nearby. It’s a…

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Added on: 05/28/2023

Campaigners’ fury at ‘delay’ to LGBT veterans report that’s ‘a shame upon the UK’

05/27/2023

Campaigners are fuming after the government apparently shelved a long-awaited report into the historic treatment of LBGT+ people in the military. As many as 20,000 were jailed…

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Added on: 05/27/2023

Abdellah Taïa: Morocco’s first gay writer reimagines Islam, queer

05/26/2023

Abdellah Taïa is Morocco’s first gay writer in history living in Paris who reimagines being muslim, queer and African. Abdellah Taïa was born in 1973 in Rabat,…

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Added on: 05/27/2023

Homophobia Is Part of Putin’s War Plan

05/26/2023

As Russian President Vladimir Putin announced Ukraine’s invasion on Feb. 24 last year, he digressed to talk about how the West was trying to destroy “traditional values”…

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Added on: 05/27/2023

Italian government’s anti-LGBT rhetoric blamed for brutal beating of trans woman in Milan

05/26/2023

A video of a trans woman in Milan being pepper sprayed, kicked and beaten by three police officers has caused a stir in Italy, with many drawing…

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Added on: 05/27/2023

Vermont’s GOP Governor Shock: Protects Trans Care, Abortion Rights

05/26/2023

Vermont’s Republican governor, Phil Scott, is going against his party by protecting access to gender-affirming care and abortion instead of restricting or banning the procedures. Without much…

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Added on: 05/26/2023

Landmark European ruling on LGBT+ rights

05/25/2023

During 2019 and 2020, 21 gay and lesbian couples in Romania joined a complaint against the state to the European Court of Human Rights over the lack…

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Added on: 05/26/2023

Liberal Senator Alex Antic Asks If ASIO Is Monitoring ‘Violent Trans Activism’

05/25/2023

Over the past year, far-right groups and neo-Nazis have targeted the LGBTQI community and queer events, but South Australian Liberal Senator Alex Antic wanted to know about…

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Added on: 05/26/2023

Namibia: Drag event cancelled amid anti-LGBTQ+ backlash

05/25/2023

The organisers of Drag Night Namibia have made the difficult decision to cancel their event due to concerns for the safety of the LGBTQ+ community. “Our hearts are…

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Added on: 05/26/2023

Malaysia Raids Swatch Stores, Seizes Colorful Watches Linked to Gay Pride

05/25/2023

KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA — Swiss watchmaker Swatch said Tuesday that Malaysian authorities raided its stores and confiscated 164 watches from its Pride Collection. It said Ministry of Home Affairs…

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Added on: 05/24/2023

Inside the Queer Revolution of Saigon’s Nightlife Underground

05/23/2023

On a recent weekend in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, the city’s music, fashion and cultural vanguard descended upon Arcan, an underground club that’s become a local…

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Added on: 05/24/2023

Hungary Strips ‘Anti-LGBTQ’ Section From Whistleblower Law

05/23/2023

Hungary on Tuesday modified a new whistleblower law, following outcry by human rights groups, by removing a section that had allowed citizens to report anonymously against perceived…

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Added on: 05/24/2023

Historic decision’: 21 same-sex couples win biggest LGBTQ rights trial at ECHR

05/23/2023

The largest case ever heard on same-sex unions closed at the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) on Tuesday, with the court deeming the lack of legal…

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Added on: 05/23/2023

Transgender Activists Protest In Pakistan

05/22/2023

Transgender activists in Pakistan hold protest to appeal an Islamic court’s ruling that guts a law aimed at protecting their rights….

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Added on: 05/23/2023

Polish embassy “appalled” by German teaching material saying “Polish mother hates gays”

05/22/2023

Poland’s embassy in Berlin says it is “appalled” by training material for teachers produced by a German government office that includes a section about a fictional Polish…

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Added on: 05/23/2023

Jerusalem deputy mayor, council member panned for ‘vile’ rant against LGBTQ people

05/22/2023

A special meeting of the Jerusalem City Council to mark the capital’s unification in 1967 devolved into a series of statements questioning the rights of LGBTQ people…

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Added on: 05/23/2023

Policy Outing LGBTQ Students In Morris Co. Stalled By Superior Court

05/22/2023

A state Superior Court has temporarily halted the implementation of a new policy requiring school staff to disclose students’ sexual and gender identities to parents in the…

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Added on: 05/22/2023

Gay couple’s court victory a watershed moment in Namibia’s history

05/21/2023

A South African gay man and his Namibian spouse scored a landmark victory after they forced the Namibian government to recognise same-sex marriages registered outside of the…

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Added on: 05/22/2023

Belgium launches call for projects to increase LGBTQ visibility

05/22/2023

Belgium’s State Secretary for Equal Opportunities Marie-Colline Leroy launched on Friday a call for projects – titled “À nous les droits” –aiming to increase the visibility of…

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Added on: 05/22/2023

Overturning British colonial-era ‘buggery’ law ‘first step’ to protecting LGBTQ+ people in Guyana

05/22/2023

Overturning a British colonial-era law criminalising homosexuality is just the “first step in a series of legal challenges” needed to protect LGBTQ+ people in Guyana. Joel Simpson,…

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Added on: 05/22/2023

Pakistan Federal Shariat Court rules against landmark transgender rights legislation

05/22/2023

The Pakistani Federal Shariat Court struck down major portions of the landmark Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Act Friday. The court, which determines whether laws comply with…

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Added on: 05/21/2023

Thousands celebrate Brussels Pride with slogan ‘Protect the Protest’

05/20/2023

Thousands of people celebrated Pride on the streets of Brussels on Saturday, marching in a parade with the slogan “Protect the Protest.” “Pride is a great party…

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Added on: 05/21/2023

Ugandan LGBT activist fears reprisal over anti-gay law

05/20/2023

A Ugandan LGBT activist said on Friday they planned to return to their home country next week despite fears of reprisal after the approval of a new…