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Added on: 04/01/2023

South Africans Protest Uganda Law Criminalising LGBTQ Identity

03/31/2023

South Africans took to the streets of Pretoria and Cape Town on Friday to protest against a Ugandan law passed last week that makes it a criminal…

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Added on: 04/01/2023

Transgender activists urge Hong Kong’s Immigration Department to approve ID card sex change requests following landmark court ruling

03/31/2023

Transgender activists have urged Hong Kong’s Immigration Department to approve applications to change the sex shown on identity cards after authorities suspended the process following a court…

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Added on: 03/31/2023

Rainbow family controversy in Italy slowly turning into full-blown EU dispute

03/30/2023

A domestic Italian clash could soon become a European problem, with mayors of Italian cities being prevented from registering foreign birth certificates when presented by same-sex couples. The…

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Added on: 03/31/2023

Russians and Belarusians banned from European Games in Poland despite IOC recommendations

03/29/2023

Poland has confirmed that Russian and Belarusian athletes will be banned from this year’s European Games, which is being hosted in Kraków and its surrounding region in June…

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Added on: 03/31/2023

Is exile the only solution for queer Mongolians?

03/29/2023

Mongolia, a country with a relatively small population of three million people who maintain very close relations, has a vibrant LGBTQ+ community. Yet, for them, living an…

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Added on: 03/31/2023

Mothers beg president to drop anti-gay law plans

03/29/2023

A group of Ugandan mothers who have LGBT children have written a letter to President Yoweri Museveni urging him not to sign into law a new draft…

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Added on: 03/30/2023

Italy to debate bill that criminalises surrogacy done abroad

03/29/2023

ROME, March 22 (Reuters) – Italy’s ruling conservative majority wants to prosecute couples who go abroad to have a baby via surrogacy, according to a law that…

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Added on: 03/30/2023

Gay Ugandan asks ‘Where will I go?’ as secret shelters under threat

03/29/2023

Uganda’s parliament last week passed one of the world’s toughest laws against homosexual activities, prompting widespread condemnation. If signed into law by the president, anyone who identifies…

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Added on: 03/30/2023

Kenya’s Christian Professionals Vow to Restore Family Culture after Pro-Homosexual Ruling

03/27/2023

Nairobi, 27 March, 2023 / 9:45 pm (ACI Africa). Christian Professionals in Kenya have vowed to reinstate the “culture of life and family” in the East African nation…

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Added on: 03/30/2023

Anti-transgender sentiment follows Nashville shooting

03/29/2023

After authorities said the Nashville school shooter identified as transgender, anti-trans sentiment about the community surged from far-right political figures. Gun reform advocates and LGBTQ activists say the transgender community is…

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Added on: 03/30/2023

Slovak Lawmakers Rebuke Europe for Call to Improve LGBTQ Rights

03/28/2023

Slovak lawmakers condemned peers in the European Parliament who voiced deep concerns about discrimination against the country’s LGBTQ minority and urged the administration to improve their rights. Conservative…

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Added on: 03/29/2023

Queer Ukrainian soldier calls for same-sex marriage to be legalised: ‘We can die any day’

03/28/2023

A queer Ukrainian solider has called for same-sex marriage to be legalised in the country as LGBTQ+ soldiers “could die tomorrow” and their partners would have no…

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Added on: 03/29/2023

Ghana will not criminalize LGBTQ like what Uganda did – Speaker Bagbin

03/28/2023

Speaker Alban Bagbin has said Ghana will not adopt Uganda’s strict legislative measure against the activities of LGBTQ in the country. Uganda has made it illegal to…

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Added on: 03/29/2023

A Group Of Florida LGBTQ Kids Are Learning How To Fight Back

03/28/2023

“I love Florida, but Florida doesn’t love me back. ”Those were the words of Ollie, a nonbinary high school senior in Collier County who has lived in…

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Added on: 03/28/2023

Far-right group outnumbered by LGBTQ+ protesters in sad attempt to shut down London drag event

03/27/2023

A far-right anti-drag rally in the UK was met with overwhelming backlash from anti-fascist, pro-LGBTQ+ activists. The anti-drag rally, planned by Turning Point UK, was held at…

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Added on: 03/28/2023

There is no legislation on LGBTQ – Akufo-Addo corrects US journalist

03/27/2023

Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer (LGBTQ) is a very sensitive topic to Ghanaians as some of them have taken entrenched position against the practice. Speaking at…

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Added on: 03/28/2023

House Republicans Pass First National Bill Targeting Transgender Youth

03/27/2023

On Friday, House Republicans passed the so-called “Parents Bill of Rights Act,” which would force educators to misgender trans students and out them to their parents. The…

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Added on: 03/28/2023

JusticeMakers Bangladesh expresses concern over killing of trans woman

03/27/2023

JusticeMakers Bangladesh, a renowned human rights organization, has expressed grave concern over the murder of Khalek, a transgender woman, on Feb. 19 in Gazipur in central Bangladesh….

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Added on: 03/27/2023

GERMANY UNVEILS PLANS TO SIMPLIFY GENDER CHANGE PROCESS

03/26/2023

BERLIN – Germany’s government agreed to simplify the administrative procedure for people wanting to change genders, a move long demanded by the LGBTQ community, a spokesman for…

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Added on: 03/27/2023

Egyptian police using fake Grindr account to arrest LGBTQ+ community, says app

03/26/2023

A popular social networking app for gays, Grindr, has issued a warning to its users in Egypt after reports emerged that police are using fake accounts to…

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Added on: 03/27/2023

Meet Ziya and Zahad, India’s first transgender couple to have baby

03/26/2023

Ziya Pavel always wanted to be a mother; Zahad not so much. But the funny thing about love is that it makes you do things that you…

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Added on: 03/27/2023

Lesbian Project’s first meeting met with joyful pro-trans protest: ‘We are one community’

03/26/2023

Members of The Dyke Project partied to protest the inaugural event of the The Lesbian Project – a trans-exclusionary initiative created by Julie Bindel and Kathleen Stock. The…

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Added on: 03/26/2023

‘TransFormation’: A Mumbai salon run by transgender persons to promote inclusivity

03/25/2023

Deutsche Bank and Rotary Club of Bombay have teamed up to open Mumbai’s first transgender-run salon on Saturday, March 25 in an effort to create equal employment…

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Added on: 03/26/2023

Punishment of First World War soldiers for sexual orientation detailed in new study

03/25/2023

Frederick Lea Hardy died fighting for Canada near Vimy Ridge in the First World War. Shortly before being killed in action, the teenager spent time in prison…

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Added on: 03/26/2023

Conservatives in LDP take issue with gender identity clause in LGBT bill

03/25/2023

Ahead of internal discussions on legislation aimed promoting a better understanding of the LGBT community, conservatives within the ruling Liberal Democratic Party have taken issue with a…

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Added on: 03/26/2023

As NHL teams, players opt out of Pride Night events, concerns grow about league’s commitment to change

3/25/2023

Growing up in Edmonton, Daylen Mitansky didn’t feel like the hockey rink was a place that would welcome him. “Don’t say gay was a huge thing,” he…

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Added on: 03/25/2023

Florida sued over bans on gender-affirming care for transgender youth

03/24/2023

Four families in Florida sued the state on Thursday over new rules prohibiting gender-affirming care for transgender youth, arguing the bans violate the US Constitution and should…

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Added on: 03/25/2023

Malema Blasts Uganda’s Anti-Gay Bill, Supports Homosexuality

3/24/2023

The Julius Malema-led Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) has condemned Uganda’s Anti-Homosexuality Bill passed by the parliament on Tuesday. In a statement the EFF, said it condemns Uganda’s…

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Added on: 03/24/2023

Trans rights becomes a life and death issue in Peru

03/20/2023

A wave of murders of trans women in Peru — six since the beginning of the year, after eight all of last year — has exposed a…

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Added on: 03/24/2023

Japan launches G-7 focus group for LGBTQ rights ahead of summit

03/22/2023

TOKYO — Japanese LGBTQ rights advocates announced the launch of a new G-7 engagement group dedicated to protecting sexual minorities on Wednesday, ahead of the annual leaders’…