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Added on: 03/01/2023

LGBT rights in the Balkans: Assessing two decades of change and nationalist challenges

02/28/2023

After a turbulent post-war period, the three largest countries of the former Yugoslavia – Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, and Serbia – shifted toward greater democracy and Europeanisation in the…

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Added on: 02/28/2023

Lebanon’s LGBTQ community faces digital exploitation, blackmail

02/27/2023

Lebanon’s LGBTQ community is no longer safe online, as its members have become a target of both security officers and private individuals seeking to exploit them. In…

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Added on: 02/28/2023

Ozarks residents speak out against proposed bill targeting LGBTQ students in Missouri schools

02/27/2023

Protesters recently took to Park Central Square in Springfield to oppose Senate Bill 134. Among other things, the bill would ban school staff from discussing gender identity…

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Added on: 02/28/2023

On Zero Discrimination Day, UNAIDS urges Asia Pacific countries to decriminalise to save lives

02/27/2023

On Zero Discrimination Day, commemorated on March 1, UNAIDS highlights the need to remove laws that criminalise people living with HIV and key populations. (Key populations are…

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Added on: 02/28/2023

How Sisi’s Regime Is Ruthlessly Targeting Egypt’s Queer Community

02/27/2023

Egypt’s revolution in 2011 began on Jan. 25, a date chosen by young Egyptians to coincide with the annual Police Day as a revolt against increasing police…

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Added on: 02/28/2023

Kenya’s LGBTQI community mourns the loss of activist Edwin Chiloba

Margerita Afom

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On January 6th, 2023, Chiloba was found dead in a metal box on the side of the road near the western Kenyan town of Eldoret. Chiloba was…

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Added on: 02/28/2023

Parents of LGBTQ children in Japan call for anti-discrimination legislation

02/26/2023

Parents of LGBTQ children in Japan have called for the enactment of legislation that clearly stipulates discrimination is unacceptable. The group held an online news conference on…

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Added on: 02/28/2023

Section of Kenyan clergy condemn Apex Court ruling on LGBTQ

02/26/2023

A section of Church leaders has faulted the Supreme Court of Kenya over its ruling on the LGBTQ community. In a statement by Christ is the Answer…

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Added on: 02/27/2023

Anti-LGBTQIA+ group defaces rainbow church steps

02/25/2023

A small but vocal group targeting the LGBTQIA+ community have defaced the steps of a progressive church in protest. On the eve of Saturday’s Mardi Gras parade…

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Added on: 02/27/2023

Farmers first and foremost, these gay graziers are breaking stereotypes

02/25/2023

When Jon Wright came out as gay as a 28-year-old farmer, he found support from the community and family — a welcome relief for the grazier after…

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Added on: 02/27/2023

In Cantal, A Rural Reception Center Allows Young LGBT+ People To Come And “Recharge Their Batteries”

02/25/2023

It is nicknamed the Lourdes of Cantal. A small village of three hundred inhabitants, Quézac is home to a Marian sanctuary which, from the 14th century, became…

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Added on: 02/26/2023

Anti-LGBTQIA+ group defaces rainbow church steps

02/26/2023

A small but vocal group targeting the LGBTQIA+ community have defaced the steps of a progressive church in protest. On the eve of Saturday’s Mardi Gras parade…

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Added on: 02/25/2023

Kenya wrong to ban LGBT rights groups from registering – Supreme Court

02/24/2023

Kenyan authorities were wrong to ban the gay community from registering a rights organisation, the country’s Supreme Court has ruled. Yet at the same time it stressed…

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Added on: 02/25/2023

The ‘I’ in LGBTIQ+: What it’s like to be intersex in Australia

02/25/2023

Gabrielle Colliver was studying for her HSC when she got a diagnosis that doctors said would change her life, and left her feeling isolated and confused. At…

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Added on: 02/25/2023

In Bangladesh, new school textbook features transgender people

02/23/2023

Wearing bright saris and heavy make-up, many of Bangladesh’s transgenders, or hijras, spend their days begging from people stuck in traffic and shopkeepers who give them small…

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Added on: 02/25/2023

No longer a ‘Don’t Say Gay’ bill: Utah lawmaker updates proposal after LGBTQ community raises concerns

02/24/2023

A Utah lawmaker says he has listened to concerns from the LGBTQ community and updated a bill that had been a close copy of the law in…

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Added on: 02/24/2023

Muslims to hold anti-gay protests today

02/24/2023

Muslims across the country are today expected to hold peaceful demonstrations against homosexuality, according to a communication from the Uganda Muslim Supreme Council (UMSC). A February 11…

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Added on: 02/24/2023

Narrow but Significant Win for LGBT Rights in South Korea

02/23/2023

SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA — When a South Korean court this week delivered the country’s biggest legal victory for marriage equality, Kim Yong-min was immediately aware of how much…

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Added on: 02/24/2023

Meta profited from anti-LGBTQ+ ads despite entering float in Sydney Mardi Gras

02/23/2023

Meta has accepted thousands of dollars from Australian groups promoting anti-LGBTQ+ messages on Facebook, despite the social media company having a float in the Sydney Gay and Lesbian…

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Added on: 02/24/2023

Namibia: Attorney General defends homosexuality ban

02/23/2023

Festus Mbandeka, the Attorney General of Namibia, has described homosexuality as “unacceptable” and “immoral” in a bid to uphold the country’s discriminatory ban on same-sex sexuality. Mbandeka…

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Added on: 02/22/2023

Pakistan’s Transgender Community Rises Up

02/21/2023

Dr. Sarah Gill was just 14 when she ran away from home in Karachi. For most of her childhood, she had suffered the humiliation of feeling like…

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Added on: 02/22/2023

Bulgarian Supreme Court Rules Against Transgender People’s Rights

02/21/2023

Rights activists predicted more cases being brought against Bulgaria at the European Court of Human Rights after the Supreme Court of Cassation in Sofia ruled on Monday…

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Added on: 02/22/2023

30 years later: Filipinas who marched in first lesbian pride recall historic milestone

02/21/2023

Of all places Giney Villar could have first felt the urge to speak openly about being a lesbian, few would have imagined it to be in a…

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Added on: 02/22/2023

How nations in Middle East and North Africa target LGBT citizens online

02/21/2023

Government officials across the Middle East and North Africa region are targeting lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people based on their online activity on social media,…

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Added on: 02/21/2023

Calgary teens may face street harassment fines for counter-protesting anti-LGBTQ group

02/20/2023

An intense interaction between allies and members of the LGBTQ community and a religious group got heated and loud according to attendees. The tensions and volume escalated…

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Added on: 02/21/2023

South Korea: High Court health insurance ruling offers hope for marriage equality

02/20/2023

Responding to a South Korean High Court decision ordering the country’s national health insurance service to resume coverage for a partner in a same-sex relationship, Amnesty International’s…

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Added on: 02/21/2023

Women and LGBTQ people caught up in El Salvador’s state of emergency

02/20/2023

Keiry Molina’s world turned upside down last May when a police officer arrived at her home in San Salvador, the capital of El Salvador. The 46-year-old trans…

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Added on: 02/21/2023

Lithuania’s Romas Zabarauskas Opens Screen Doors for LGBT Storytelling in Eastern Europe

02/20/2023

Breaking into the world of filmmaking is never an easy prospect. And when you are a queer filmmaker who wants to focus on LGBTQ subjects, and lives…

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Added on: 02/20/2023

It’s wrong to radicalise Ugandans into oppressing queer folks

02/19/2023

Recently, the mainstream and social media have been awash with homophobic cries with calls from both the political and religious leaders. Dear, reader this is the only…

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Added on: 02/20/2023

Hong Kong’s landmark transgender ruling: will the rest of Asia now follow suit?

02/19/2023

LGBTQ advocates are hopeful that a landmark court ruling on transgender rights in Hong Kong earlier this month will create a legal ripple effect granting greater official recognition…