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Added on: 12/25/2022

Netanyahu’s Far-right Allies: Doctors Could Refuse Treatment on Religious Grounds, Hotels Can Refuse LGBT Guests

12/24/2022

Religious Zionism party lawmaker Orit Strock said on Sunday that a doctor shouldn’t be forced to provide treatment that contradicts his religious beliefs, “as long as there…

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Added on: 12/25/2022

Elon Musk challenged by Tesla investor with trans child: ‘You’re punching down’

12/24/2022

In the same month that he tweeted mocking pronouns, and urged people to follow conspiracy theorists QAnon, Musk reportedly told investors he would not “censor” his views…

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Added on: 12/24/2022

19 arrested after police raid same-sex wedding in Nigeria

12/23/2022

The Islamic police force, known as Hisbah, recently raided a same-sex wedding in northern Nigeria and arrested 19 people for attending. In the virulently anti-LGBTQ+ country, homosexuality…

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Added on: 12/24/2022

La Tianguis Sexo Disidente: the radical, queer, Mexican flea market

12/23/2022

Every day, in the centre of Mexico City, a flea market takes place. At the market, trans girls and queer folx gather under a railway, selling clothing,…

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Added on: 12/24/2022

Tunisia: Activists seek to block anti-gay sportscaster from visiting Europe

12/23/2022

The LGBTQ rights group ADHEOS is seeking to block a sportscaster and former Tunisian official from traveling in Europe because of his violently homophobic comments on a…

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Added on: 12/24/2022

At Istanbul’s Queer Olympix, the aim is for LGBTQ+ athletes to have fun and feel safe

12/23/2022

Every summer since 2017, Istanbul has played host to a sporting event known as the “Queer Olympix.” Created by a handful of soccer-loving Turkish queer activists, the…

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Added on: 12/23/2022

These two women travelled to every country in the world but kept one thing secret

12/22/2022

Travel brought Rachel Davey and Martina Sebova together. Almost 15 years ago, the two women met on a 49-day overland tour of Europe. Rachel, from Victoria, was…

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Added on: 12/23/2022

28 Republicans Who Call Gay People ‘Groomers’ Just Voted Against a Bill Addressing Child Sex Abuse

12/22/2022

For the past year, we’ve been subjected to an endless, escalating right-wing fearmongering campaign presenting LGBTQ adults as innate child sexual predators, or “groomers,” and any children…

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Added on: 12/23/2022

Gender self-determination to be granted in Spain, Scotland

12/22/2022

MADRID (AP) — Spain’s lower house of Parliament Thursday passed a law that allows people over 16 years of age to change their legally registered gender without…

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Added on: 12/23/2022

LGBT campaigners hail new gender recognition law as MSPs vote for change

12/22/2022

The Gender Recognition Reform Bill was voted through the Scottish Parliament on Thursday afternoon after lengthy and often heated debate. Holyrood spent much of Tuesday and Wednesday…

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Added on: 12/22/2022

Senegal: LGBTI activists sue in France to punish anti-gay group JAMRA

12/21/2022

JAMRA has initiated numerous marches and demonstrations in Senegal over the past two years to pressure lawmakers to increase the nation’s criminal penalties for homosexual activity. Under current…

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Added on: 12/22/2022

A transgender resource centre now favourite stop for scholars, students in Tamil Nadu

12/21/2022

The silence in the hall is broken by the ringtone of a mobile phone. The caller, who is a Ph.D. scholar from Coimbatore engaged in research on…

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Added on: 12/22/2022

Deputy FM says Avi Maoz’s anti-LGBT sentiment has only boosted support for community

12/21/2022

Deputy Foreign Minister Idan Roll says that the anti-LGBT sentiments espoused by Noam party chief MK Avi Maoz have only boosted support for Israel’s LGBT community. “I want…

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Added on: 12/21/2022

Russian LGBTQ History Museum Closes Because of Anti-Gay Law

12/20/2022

An LGBTQ history museum in Russia opened and closed in less than two weeks, in a protest of Russia’s new law banning LGBTQ “propaganda.” Pyotr Voskresensky, the…

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Added on: 12/21/2022

European Union prepares to assist LGBTI rights groups in Cameroon

12/20/2022

The coalition of Cameroon’s 34 LGBTI rights organizations has signed a contract with the Delegation of the European Union in Cameroon to improve the groups’ operations and…

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Added on: 12/21/2022

NHS will spend £100,000 on scheme that teaches staff how to be inclusive to pregnant transgender men

12/20/2022

Health chiefs are planning on forking out £100,000 on a woke scheme that teaches NHS staff how to treat pregnant transgender men inclusively. It could encourage the…

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Added on: 12/21/2022

Scottish transgender reform looks imminent after marathon Holyrood debate

11/20/2022

Transgender 16- and 17-year-olds in Scotland are soon likely to be able to apply to change the sex on their birth certificate for the first time as…

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Added on: 12/20/2022

EU lawmakers on Slovakia mission point to worrying LGBTQ, Roma situation

12/19/2022

An EU Parliament Monitoring Delegation expressed concern over the equal rights situation in Slovakia regarding LGBTQI+ and Roma communities and called on the government to step up…

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Added on: 12/20/2022

Two faces of Pakistan: The Transgender RIghts Act and its Muslim opponents

12/19/2022

Transgender Pakistanis face the complex challenges of life in a homeland with both a strong conservative Muslim society and a groundbreaking transgender rights law. Pakistan, a conservative…

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Added on: 12/20/2022

Exclusive: Biden administration pressed Uganda president on anti-LGBTQ record

12/19/2022

During last week’s U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit in Washington, D.C., Biden administration officials pressed Uganda President Yoweri Museveni on his country’s anti-LGBTQ policies, theGrio exclusively reports. An anonymous…

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Added on: 12/20/2022

Gay couples in India ask Supreme Court to legalise same-sex marriage

12/19/2022

Four gay couples have asked India’s Supreme Court to recognise same-sex marriages, setting the stage for a legal face-off with Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government which has…

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Added on: 12/19/2022

Maria B announces Khunsa Fund for intersex community

12/18/2022

A few days after receiving criticism for her opinion on the film Joyland, renowned designer Maria B established the Khunsa Fund for the empowerment of the intersex…

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Added on: 12/19/2022

Inclusive Healthcare! In A First, Cloud Clinics Launched For LGBTQIA+ Community In Bengaluru

12/18/2022

Borderless.lgbt, the world’s first health and wellness cloud platform devoted to LGBT healthcare, has launched a cloud clinic in Bengaluru, where global experts will work alongside doctors…

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Added on: 12/19/2022

Qatar’s Secret Gay Conversion Center Minutes From World Cup Final Stadium

12/18/2022

One of Qatar’s secret alleged conversion therapy centers for members of the LGBTQ community is only minutes from where the FIFA World Cup final will be played….

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Added on: 12/18/2022

Forgotten victims of Indonesia’s new sex outside marriage ban

12/17/2022

Sweeping changes to Indonesia’s laws, which will make sex between unmarried partners illegal, has made headlines around the world. Much of the global bewilderment has been on…

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Added on: 12/18/2022

Veto of Discriminatory Poland Sex Ed Bill Shows Power of Protest

12/17/2022

In the last weeks, Polish students and activists regularly gathered in front of Warsaw’s Presidential Palace and across the country to demand respect for their rights. They…

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Added on: 12/18/2022

Local Canberra history tour uncovering the lives of the LGBTQIA+ community in the nation’s capital

12/17/2022

Once the location of Canberra’s first publicly-organised LGBTQIA+ event in the ACT, today Glebe Park, located in the heart of the city, acts as a meeting place…

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Added on: 12/17/2022

Court upholds Connecticut’s transgender athlete policy

12/16/2022

A federal appeals court on Friday dismissed a challenge to Connecticut’s policy of allowing transgender girls to compete in girls high school sports, rejecting arguments by four…

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Added on: 12/17/2022

UN human rights expert backs Scottish government’s vital gender law reforms

12/16/2022

One of the UN’s leading voices on gender identity and LGBTQ+ rights has endorsed Scotland’s Gender Recognition Act reforms, which will be voted on next week. Victor…

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Added on: 12/17/2022

A new report proves that online anti-LGBTQ2S+ hate turns into real-life violence

12/16/2022

Coordinated online hate targeting doctors and hospitals providing gender-affirming care to youth leads to real-life violence, according to a new report from the Human Rights Campaign (HRC)….