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Added on: 07/11/2022

First Nations, transgender woman and broadcaster Charlotte Coulthard-Dare fights for visibility

07/10/2022

Charlotte Coulthard-Dare knows that some people have a problem with her very existence. “How would anybody else feel if they were put in a box within a box…

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Added on: 07/11/2022

Zelenskyy Set To Consider Gay Marriage Petition; Likely To Legalise It In Ukraine: Report

07/10/2022

In a significant development amid the ongoing war, Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is likely to consider a petition calling to legalise gay marriage in the country. Although Ukrainian…

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Added on: 07/10/2022

Nigerian actor Uche Maduagwu arrested after bravely coming out as gay: ‘I will forever remain gay’

7/9/22

Popular Nigerian social media personality Uche Maduagwu, who previously denied he was gay, has bravely come out in a candid post on Instagram. Maduagwu was riled to…

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Added on: 07/10/2022

Michael Cashman introduces bill to legalise same-sex marriage in British Overseas Territories

7/8/22

A bill has been introduced in the House of Lords to legalise same-sex marriages in British Overseas Territories where they’re currently banned. Gay rights pioneer Lord Michael…

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Added on: 07/10/2022

Thousands march in Bucharest LGBTQ pride parade

7/9/22

Thousands of Romanians joined an LGBTQ pride march in Bucharest on Saturday ahead of planned legislation that could potentially endanger future parades and fuel discrimination. Parliament’s lower…

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Added on: 07/10/2022

Are LGBTQ rights blossoming in Bhutan?

7/8/22

In 2021, Bhutan decriminalised homosexuality after King Druk Gyalpo signed off on a law amending the small Himalayan country’s penal code. Parts of the code had criminalised…

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Added on: 07/09/2022

Israel’s Education System Revolutionized Its Approach to Transgender Students, but Still Has a Ways to Go

7/8/22

During the last week of school before summer vacation, the parents of N., a second-grader from the central Israeli city of Herzliya, visited her class in order…

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Added on: 07/09/2022

Man in China Learns He Has Ovaries and Uterus

7/8/22

A Chinese man by the name of Chen Li, 33, received the shock of his life after learning that he had ovaries and a uterus and that…

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Added on: 07/09/2022

LGBTQ farmers often go unnoticed. But their perspective may help reshape agriculture

7/8/22

Growing up on her family’s farm in Coggon, Iowa, Shae Pesek couldn’t envision being able to have the life she wanted here. She didn’t know any queer…

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Added on: 07/08/2022

GAY INDIGENOUS ELDER UNCLE JACK, ACTIVIST ELIJAH MANIS AMONG 2022 NAIDOC AWARD WINNERS

07/08/2022

Indigenous gay elder and actor Uncle Jack Charles and gay Torres Strait human rights activist Elijah Manis are among those who were honoured at the 2022 National…

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Added on: 07/08/2022

Gov’t will not ‘actively’ implement LGBT-focused legislation

07/07/2022

By Kadeem Joseph – Kadeem.joseph@antiguaobserver.com. With debate continuing on a recent ruling by the courts that deemed Antigua and Barbuda’s decades-old anti-buggery laws unconstitutional, the government said the country…

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Added on: 07/08/2022

UNAIDS welcomes the repeal of laws that criminalise and discriminate against LGBT people in Antigua and Barbuda

0707/2022

Geneva, July 7, 2022— UNAIDS applauds the ruling of the Antigua and Barbuda High Court of Justice that effectively decriminalises consensual same-sex sexual activity by holding that sections 12 and 15 of the…

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Added on: 07/08/2022

Conversion therapy ban hangs in the balance after Boris Johnson’s resignation, former advisor says

07/07/2022

Boris Johnson resigning as prime minister puts the future of the conversion therapy ban up in the air, according to Jayne Ozanne. A conversion therapy ban was first promised by…

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Added on: 07/07/2022

Singapore says those ‘engaging in gay sex’ will not be prosecuted despite archaic law that bans it

07/07/2022

Singapore will not prosecute citizens under its colonial-era law against consensual same-sex sexual relations, a local government official has claimed. During an interview on BBC’s “Hardtalk” on…

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Added on: 07/07/2022

Antigua and Barbuda overturn colonial-era law criminalising gay sex

07/07/2022

A Caribbean court has ruled a colonial-era law in Antigua and Barbuda that criminalizes gay sex is unconstitutional in a landmark win for campaigners. The Eastern Caribbean…

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Added on: 07/07/2022

Transmen Indonesia successfully conducted a national assembly

07/07/2022

Transmen Indonesia successfully conducted a national assembly to gather trans men and trans masculine people in Indonesia. The event was attended by 21 people from 12 provinces…

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Added on: 07/07/2022

Being gay in China has become harder in last decade: Report

06/07/2022

Being gay in China has become harder in the last decade as life has gotten harder since Xi Jinping came to power in 2012. Di Valerio Fabbri,…

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Added on: 07/06/2022

Amazon is restricting LGBTQ+ search results in this Middle Eastern country.

07/05/2022

Amazon is reportedly restricting LGBTQ+ search results in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) following pressure from the country’s government. Amazon made the decision on June 27 after…

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Added on: 07/06/2022

Cabinet minister says ‘predatory’ MPs targeting young gay men is a ‘real problem’.

07/05/2022

A cabinet minister has said Westminster has a “real problem” with older gay men making “predatory advances” on young male parliamentary workers. The anonymous remark, made in…

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Added on: 07/06/2022

The military is offering to transfer troops affected by anti-LGBTQ laws, but the process isn’t easy.

07/05/2022

Military families can move to new bases if they’re stationed in states with laws hostile to LGBTQ people. But families who try to take advantage of the…

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Added on: 07/05/2022

Finland to update transgender rights law in autumn.

07/04/2022

Finland will update its transgender legislation in autumn, Prime Minister Sanna Marin promised at the Helsinki Pride parade on Saturday, where she said the reform carries personal…

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Added on: 07/05/2022

What it was like to attend Nigeria’s first-ever Pride event.

07/04/2022

There aren’t many spaces in Lagos where queer people can congregate safely, watch drag performances, listen to queer artists perform, or watch a voguing competition. In 2014,…

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Added on: 07/05/2022

Zimbabwe refuses to buckle under pressure from the lesbian, gay, bisexual community.

07/04/2022

ZIMBABWE has refused to buckle under pressure from the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) community to accept their predisposition. The local delegation led by Justice,…

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Added on: 07/05/2022

Intersex woman lodges complaint after being taken to Yatala Labour Prison for men.

07/04/2022

An intersex prisoner, who identifies as female, was placed in a male prison where she was exposed to “ridicule” and “cruel and degrading treatment”, despite a magistrate…

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Added on: 07/05/2022

Turkey’s media watchdog warns against broadcasting LGBT ballad

07/03/2022

The Radio and Television Supreme Council (RTÜK) has contacted all music televisions in Turkey to tell them they should not run the latest video released by Turkish…

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Added on: 07/05/2022

Pride 2022: The founder of Jordan’s first LGBTQ magazine on finding power in the queer Arab experience

07/03/2022

After Khalid Abdel-Hadi was outed in the middle-eastern press for being gay, he became more determined than ever to provide representation for LGBTQ+ in the Arab world….

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Added on: 07/05/2022

For gay couples hoping for a military burial, the fight for love doesn’t end with death

07/03/2022

In Willamette National Cemetery in Oregon, lines of marble rise row on row above acres of vivid green. Retired Air Force Lt. Col. Linda Campbell knew the…

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Added on: 07/03/2022

In Switzerland, first same-sex couples say ‘I do’

7/1/22

Alois Carnier, 57, and Peter Leu, 67, said “wholeheartedly, I do” to each other on Friday as same-sex marriages became legal in Switzerland. It is the first…

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Added on: 07/03/2022

20-YEAR-OLD MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO HOMOPHOBIC ATTACK ON NEW ZEALAND’S ‘BIG GAY PINK’ CHURCH

7/1/22

A 20-year-old man has pleaded guilty to an anti-semitic and homophobic attack on New Zealand’s famous queer ‘Pink’ church. Gloria of Greymouth, a deconsecrated church building (formerly…

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Added on: 07/03/2022

50 years of Pride in the UK and why we still need it

6/30/22

“I came out to my mother with the words: ‘Mum, I think I’m becoming homosexual.’” Ted Brown grew up in London at a time when homosexuality was…