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Added on: 05/10/2023

Transgender minors protected from estranged parents under Washington law

PBS
05/09/2023
Minors seeking gender-affirming care in Washington will be protected from the intervention of estranged parents under a measure Gov. Jay Inslee signed into law Tuesday. The new…
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Added on: 05/10/2023

Top Spanish court considers far-right challenge to LGBT law

ABC News
05/09/2023
Spain’s Constitutional Court said Tuesday it would consider a legal challenge lodged by the far-right Vox party against a new law extending rights for transgender teenagers and…
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Sri Lanka Supreme Court clears path to decriminalize homosexuality

CNN
05/09/2023
Sri Lanka’s Supreme Court has given the green light to a bill seeking to decriminalize homosexuality, the speaker of parliament said on Tuesday, in a move hailed…
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Germany proposes ‘self-determination law’ to ease legal changes of gender

Hindustan Times
05/09/2023
The German government on Tuesday presented a proposal for a law that will make it easier for people to legally change their name and gender, ending decades-old…
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The lawyers & plaintiffs fighting for marriage equality in India have no plans to back down

LGBTQ Nation
05/08/2023
Amburi Roy, 37, and Aparna Saha, 36, two lesbian women from the Indian state of West Bengal, fell in love in 2007 while they were enrolled in…
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Uganda’s anti-homosexuality bill threatens HIV progress

Phys.org
05/08/2023
Uganda’s anti-homosexuality bill, if signed into law, could lead to the withdrawal of foreign aid and threaten goals to end HIV/AIDS by 2030, advocates warn. Uganda’s parliament…
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Added on: 05/09/2023

70-year-old Ontario biker makes it her mission to protect people at drag queen storytimes

CBC News
05/08/2023
If public libraries have become the battleground for LGBTQ rights, Patricia Ginn of Strathroy, Ont., is on the front line. At 70, Ginn, who regularly sports a…
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Added on: 05/09/2023

King Charles unlikely to ‘support LGBTQ+ community’, activist warns: ‘He’s never been our ally’

Pink News
05/08/2023
Veteran activist Peter Tatchell has warned that Britain’s newly-crowned King Charles III is not a friend of the LGBTQ+ community, saying Charles “acquiesces with our tormentors” through…
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Added on: 05/08/2023

Russia adds LGBTQ+ human rights group to controversial list

Pink News
05/07/2023
Russian authorities added LGBTQ+ human rights defenders NC SOS Crisis Group to the country’s controversial ‘foreign agents’ registry. The group was put on the list on Friday (5…
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Added on: 05/08/2023

Nations urge Tonga to give women land rights and improve LGBTQ record

Radio New Zealand
05/06/2023
Tonga has received mixed reactions during its human rights evaluation at the 43rd Session of Universal Periodic Review in Geneva. The Kingdom’s Foreign Minister Fekitamoelo ‘Utoikamanu heard mixed reviews…
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Israel Police Adopt New Regulation for Searching Trans People

Haaretz
05/06/2023
The Israel Police last week issued a new regulation regarding body searches of transgender people who have not fully transitioned, which several LGBTQ groups decry as harmful,…
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Added on: 05/08/2023

Erdogan calls opposition ‘pro-LGBT’ at election rally

Reuters
05/06/2023
ANKARA, May 7 (Reuters) – Turkey’s President Tayyip Erdogan accused the opposition of being “pro-LGBT” at a rally in Istanbul on Sunday, as he stepped up his…
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Added on: 05/08/2023

Polish Activists Win Cases Against ‘LGBT-Free Zones’

Human Rights Watch
05/06/2023
On April 21, an appeals court in the Polish city of Białystok threw out a case brought by Przasnysz county authorities against four lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT)…
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Added on: 05/07/2023

Pride organizers keep eye on drag laws ahead of festivals

NBC News
04/06/2023
Tennessee organizers booked more than 50 drag entertainers for next month’s Mid-South Pride festival in Memphis now that the state’s new law placing strict limits on cabaret…
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Added on: 05/07/2023

Uganda’s anti-homosexuality bill threatens HIV progress

NewsWise
04/06/2023
Uganda’s anti-homosexuality bill, if signed into law, could lead to the withdrawal of foreign aid and threaten goals to end HIV/AIDS by 2030, advocates warn. Uganda’s parliament…
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Added on: 05/07/2023

Nepal Supreme Court Orders Government To Legally Recognise Same-Sex Marriages

Latestly
04/06/2023
The Supreme Court of Nepal Tuesday instructed the government to legally recognize same-sex marriage. The Supreme Court of Nepal has also ruled that the government must recognize…
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Texas investigates hospital over care for transgender minors

Associated Press
04/06/2023
A Texas hospital’s care for transgender minors is being investigated by state Attorney General Ken Paxton, who said Friday he’s seeking evidence of alleged “potentially illegal activity”…
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Czech Republic considers removing ‘barbaric’ trans sterilisation law, but prejudices persist

Euronews
05/05/2023
Czech lawmakers have launched a proposal to remove the sterilisation requirement for legal gender transition, but progress to lift society-wide prejudices is slow. The Czech Republic is…
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Couple fights for equality and safety for gay people on tribal land

NPR
05/05/2023
Felipa Deleon Mousseau and Monique “Muffie” Mousseau, who grew up on the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota, talk about falling in love, and gay people not…
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Added on: 05/06/2023

Artists take aim at Italy’s attack on same-sex parents’ rights

The Art Newspaper
05/05/2023
Street art in Italy championing LGBTQ+ rights has sparked controversy as the country’s hard-right government has appeared to clamp down on same-sex parents in recent months. Right-wing…
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More than 700 same-sex marriages celebrated in Cuba

On Cuba News
05/05/2023
More than 700 same-sex marriages have been celebrated in Cuba since the new Family Code was approved in a referendum last year. The figure was confirmed this…
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Orbán again preaches against migrant and gay rights as CPAC returns to Hungary

MarketWatch
05/05/2023
BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Hungary’s populist prime minister likened liberalism to a “virus” in an opening speech at the Conservative Political Action Conference in the Hungarian capital…
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The Caribbean is shaking off the monarchy – but ‘imported’ Christianity still fuelling homophobia

Pink News
05/04/2023
As King Charles’ coronation approaches, many Caribbean countries are considering a future without the monarchy. Charles will be anointed king during his coronation on Saturday (8 May), not…
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Rainbow over Nepal

Kathmandu Post
05/04/2023
Seeing how our politics has failed us time and again, it is easy to understand why people get carried away and look for saviours in anyone with…
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‘Impacting the Culture With Biblical Truth’: Christian Nationalist Anti-LGBT Group Launches New Church Network

New Civil Rights Movement
05/04/2023
The Family Research Council has launched a new “Association of Churches and Ministries” dedicated to “impacting the culture with biblical truth.” According to FRC, “The Association of…
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Added on: 05/04/2023

Chicago Is About To Have The Gayest City Council In The Country

Block Club Chicago
05/03/2023
The new City Council will soon have Chicago’s highest-ever representation of lesbian, gay and bisexual alderpeople, offering key opportunities to strengthen the city’s reputation as a beacon…
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Added on: 05/04/2023

Nepal Supreme Court delivers historic ruling in favour of same-sex marriage

GCN
05/03/2023
The Supreme Court of Nepal has issued a landmark ruling ordering authorities to recognise a gay foreign spouse of a Nepali citizen and instructing the government to…
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Added on: 05/04/2023

Greece Bans Convicted Neo-Nazi and His Party From May 21 Election

Voice of America
05/03/2023
Greece’s Supreme Court has barred a convicted neo-Nazi from competing in upcoming national elections. But despite that decision, the court has allowed another extreme-right, nationalist party to…
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Added on: 05/04/2023

With staunch religious and political opposition, will same-sex marriage be accepted in conservative India?

ABC Australia
05/03/2023
Since at least 1980, there have been hundreds of stories of same-sex couples in India getting married unofficially by religious rites, according to gender studies expert and…
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Added on: 05/03/2023

Kansas will legally define gender as sex at birth. What that means for transgender rights

The Kansas City Star
05/02/2023
Republican lawmakers in Kansas passed a sweeping law last week that will restrict the kinds of public spaces and services transgender and nonbinary Kansans will have access…
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