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Added on: 10/14/2024
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VfL Wolfsburg, a soccer club in Germany’s Bundesliga, has disciplined player Kevin Behrens after he reportedly refused to autograph a gay pride shirt and making comments toward the…

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Added on: 10/14/2024
On National Coming Out Day, dozens gathered in Southeast Portland to celebrate the opening of Portland’s first center dedicated to supporting low-income and homeless LGBTQ people. The Marie Equi…

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Added on: 10/13/2024
10/12/2024
Since 1988, National Coming Out Day has been celebrated in the United States, honoring the resilience of the LGBTQIA+ community. Today, Oct. 11, is National Coming Out…

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Added on: 10/13/2024
10/12/2024
A Palestinian woman has won the world’s largest LGBTQ+ short film award. Dima Hamdan said she was “deeply honoured” to receive the £30,000 2024 Iris Prize, because…

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Added on: 10/13/2024
10/12/2024
Pope Francis faced calls to overturn the Catholic Church’s ban on gender-affirming care for transgender people on Oct 12 when he held talks with LGBTQ activists at…

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Added on: 10/13/2024
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Many states in the USA have laws that prevent individuals deemed “mentally incompetent” and other disabled citizens from voting. However, the criteria for determining someone to be…

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Added on: 10/12/2024
10/12/2024
In Bangladesh, where traditional gender roles are deeply entrenched, transgender people face extraordinary challenges in achieving educational and economic success. A study conducted by researchers from Dhaka…

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Added on: 10/12/2024
Father Johan Verschueren, the general counsellor and delegate for the Interprovincial Houses and Works of the Society of Jesus in Rome, expressed his support for the “LGBTQ…

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Added on: 10/12/2024
10/11/2024
A queer bar destroyed by Hurricane Helene in September is getting a new lease on life with the help of thousands of donations from around the world….

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Added on: 10/12/2024
Ghana’s Supreme Court is under fire from anti-LGBTQ legislators for not issuing a ruling on a harsh anti-LGBTQ bill that Parliament passed in February. But the court…

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Added on: 10/11/2024
Corey DeAngelis, a prominent opponent of public schools and critic of LGBTQ+ rights in education, publicly admitted to his past involvement in gay adult films during an…

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10/10/2024
In a wide-ranging interview with longtime radio personality Howard Stern, Democratic nominee for president Kamala Harris shared her views on the “fundamental rights” under siege in the…

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10/10/2024
Two young men, a Nepali and a US citizen, married here on Thursday, the first such instance involving a foreigner in the Himalayan nation after its Supreme…

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Added on: 10/11/2024
10/10/2024
Patchwork and rainbow families have long become a part of everyday life for many people in Germany. But, according to Federal Justice Minister Marco Buschmann of the…

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Added on: 10/09/2024
Clare Byarugaba, a renowned Ugandan LGBTQI rights activist whose recent photo with Pope Francis went viral online, has been named by Human Rights First as the winner…

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10/08/2024
One group wey dey call dem Arise Ghana togeda wit some religious groups don hit di streets to protest against di delay by di supreme court to…

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Over the last year of Israel’s military campaign in Gaza, Palestinian and queer groups in Utah have made collaboration a key part of their work. Organizers in…

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10/08/2024
The man in charge of processing hundreds of thousands of asylum applications in Kenya says sexual minorities have no special rights on his watch, heightening anxiety among…

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10/07/2024
The devastation of Hurricane Helene and the anticipation of Hurricane Milton have led to concern that the Federal Emergency Management Agency may face a funding shortage. The…

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10/07/2024
Russia on Monday arrested a medic for “Satanism” and “promoting same-sex relationships,” as Moscow intensifies a legal crackdown on LGBTQ+ rights in defense of what it calls…

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10/07/2024
Throughout Israel’s bombing of Gaza over the past year, LGBTQ Palestinians have continued to seek refuge for their stories of love and identity on the digital hub,…

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10/06/2024
With Georgia passing yet another controversial law, this time against LGBTQ rights, a growing number of post-socialist EU states, such as Slovakia, Bulgaria and Hungary, appear eager…

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10/07/2024
North Tongu MP Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa has challenged to Dr Matthew Opoku Prempeh (Napo) over recent claims regarding his involvement in promoting LGBTQ-related content. Mr Ablakwa, in a…

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Added on: 10/07/2024
Pope Francis has named 21 new cardinals, a number of whom have LGBTQ-positive records, to be elevated at a December consistory. The pope announced the cardinals-designate at Sunday’s Angelus, drawing…

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10/06/2024
Polina Muzhychkova and Sofia Malina fell in love fast. At 17 and 19, respectively, they met in Mariupol, Ukraine, and began dating. But a month later, the…

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10/05/2024
ACT Policing has intensified its investigation into the alleged homophobic assaults of three men in Canberra, all of whom were targeted through the dating app Grindr in…

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10/05/2024
SK SOS, a human rights group in Chechnya, say that Russian authorities are “blackmailing” imprisoned gay Chechen men to become soldiers, and fight for Russia in the…

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Added on: 10/06/2024
The European Union’s top court has ruled that member states must accept changes of first name and gender obtained in other countries in the bloc, a landmark…

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10/04/2024
Falsehoods about the LGBT people are often disseminated in the public space to distort discussions about Moldova’s accession to the European Union, according to representatives of the…

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Added on: 10/05/2024
The European Union’s top court ruled Friday that member states must recognize legal changes to gender identity processed elsewhere within the E.U., in a case with far-reaching…