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Added on: 07/12/2024

Court in Japan allows transgender woman to officially change gender without compulsory surgery

07/11/2024

TOKYO — A Japanese high court has approved a legal gender change for a transgender woman without requiring compulsory gender-affirming surgery, a step that LGBGQ+ groups on Thursday…

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Added on: 07/12/2024

Burkina Faso’s military junta to ban homosexual acts

07/11/2024

Burkina Faso’s military junta has announced a ban on homosexual acts, making it the latest African state to crack down on same-sex relations despite strong opposition from…

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Added on: 07/11/2024

Overturning of sodomy laws a win for human rights in Namibia

07/10/2024

The Namibian high court recently invalidated the country’s colonial-era “sodomy law”, which had made consensual sexual acts between men a criminal offence. The court declared that the common law offences…

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Added on: 07/11/2024

Reports falsely claim Nigeria’s approval of Samoa deal legalises same-sex relationships

07/10/2024

“LGBT: Knocks As Nigeria Signs $150 Billion Samoa Deal,” reads the headline of the Daily Trust article published on July 4, 2024. The newspaper is Nigeria’s most influential…

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Added on: 07/11/2024

Kazakhstan Should Reject Attempt to Curtail LGBT People’s Rights

07/10/2024

In June, Kazakhstan’s Ministry of Culture and Information said it was reviewing a petition, “We Are against Open and Hidden LGBT Propaganda in Kazakhstan!” initiated by the head…

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Added on: 07/11/2024

7 states sue to block new Biden transgender nondiscrimination rule

07/10/2024

Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey (R) and six other states are suing to prevent the implementation of a federal rule that expands nondiscrimination rules to include transgender people. This…

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Added on: 07/10/2024

Anglicans face deeper rift after General Synod steps closer to backing standalone blessing services for same-sex couples

07/09/2024

A widening split could affect the Church of England (C of E) following opposition by evangelicals to the General Synod approving the prospect of trialing a standalone…

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Added on: 07/10/2024

Queer rights are in danger in Canada. Pierre Poilievre owns some of the blame

07/09/2024

For years, Ipsos has been asking individuals around the world for their opinions on Queer people. And for years, the pollster has found, those opinions have steadily…

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Added on: 07/10/2024

Isolated by their ‘allies,’ LGBTQ Jews gather to parse Pride’s anti-Israel leanings

07/09/2024

Leah Forester knows what rejection feels like. When the Orthodox Jewish comedian came out as a lesbian several years ago, her Haredi family stopped speaking to her….

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Added on: 07/10/2024

House Urges FG to Suspend Samoa Agreement, Seeks Probe of Contentious Clauses

07/09/2024

The House of Representatives has called on the Federal Government to suspend the implementation of the Samoa Agreement. A national daily had reported that there were clauses…

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Added on: 07/09/2024

Biden threatens to veto House disapproval of Title IX transgender rule

07/08/2024

President Joe Biden has issued yet another veto threat against the GOP-controlled House, this time over his controversial Title IX rewrite. The House could vote as soon…

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Added on: 07/09/2024

Bridget Phillipson and Anneliese Dodds named as ministers for women and equalities

07/08/2024

Bridget Phillipson is the new minister for women and equalities, while Anneliese Dodds has been named a minister for women and equalities in the Department for Education….

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Added on: 07/08/2024

Does The New Criminal Code (BNS) Protect Men And Trans Persons From Sexual Violence?

07/07/2024

Institutional understanding of sexual violence is often informed by patriarchy and misogyny. Courts, police and lawmakers are all prone to this bias. The institutionalisation of such patriarchal…

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Added on: 07/08/2024

New York Pledges $5.4 Million Investment in LGBTQ+ Community Initiatives

07/07/2024

Governor Kathy Hochul today announced a significant $5.4 million investment aimed at supporting the LGBTQ+ community in New York. This includes a $4.4 million allocation to the…

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Added on: 07/08/2024

Website tracks legal rights for trans people in Middle East and North Africa

07/07/2024

The Cairo 52 Legal Research Institute has unveiled the MENA Trans Archive, a new, free online archive focused on legal and sharia-law information for trans people living in…

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Added on: 07/08/2024

Trans teen who protested at NHS England HQ sends powerful message to new PM Keir Starmer

07/07/2024

A group of transgender teenagers begun occupying a ledge at Wellington House in central London on 28 June, urging political pundits to stop discriminating against trans youth….

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Added on: 07/07/2024

Argentina once led on LGBTQ rights. After 4 lesbians are set on fire, critics blame rising intolerance on Milei’s government

07/06/2024

It was an attack that sent shockwaves through a country long considered a pioneer in LGBTQ rights. In the early hours of May 6, four lesbian women…

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Added on: 07/06/2024

Push toward anti-‘gay propaganda’ laws in two former Soviet republics

07/05/2024

Two former Soviet republics are considering Russian-style anti-LGBTQ laws. Neither the nation of Georgia nor that of Kazakhstan is considering criminalizing same-sex intimacy, but both are dealing…

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Added on: 07/06/2024

Here’s What the Election of the U.K.’s New PM Means for LGBTQ+ Rights

07/05/2024

The United Kingdom’s Labour Party won a landslide victory in Thursday’s general election, propelling party leader Keir Starmer to the office of Prime Minister and establishing a…

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Added on: 07/06/2024

LGBT Rights Under Pressure in Bukele’s El Salvador

07/05/2024

Hand in hand, Andrea and Fiorella attend an improvised mass in the garage of a house in San Salvador. There they say they don’t fear being discriminated…

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Added on: 07/05/2024

Controversy greets Nigeria’s $150 billion Samoa deal with alleged clause to promote LGBTQ

07/04/2024

The federal government’s decision to sign a $150 billion Samoa Deal has been met with controversies over claim of LGBTQ clause. According to reports, the agreement reportedly includes…

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Added on: 07/05/2024

US judge blocks Biden rule adding gender identity protections to healthcare

07/03/2024

A U.S. judge on Wednesday blocked the Biden administration from enforcing a new rule against discrimination on the basis of gender identity in healthcare while he hears…

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Added on: 07/05/2024

How Ghana’s anti-gay bill impacts the LGBTQ+ community

07/04/2024

Mohammed is 27 years old and gay. However, he has yet to come out about his sexuality. Like many other LGBTQ+ Ghanaians, he fears going public. That’s because Ghana’s…

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Added on: 07/05/2024

Bosnian Serb Entity Strikes ‘Gender Identity’ From Draft Criminal Code

07/04/2024

The government of the majority-Serb entity that makes up half of Bosnia-Herzegovina has deleted the term “gender identity” in draft amendments to the region’s Criminal Code, indicating…

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Added on: 07/04/2024

In just a few years, half of all states passed bans on trans health care for kids

07/03/2024

Transgender people under 18 face laws that bar them from accessing gender-affirming health care in 25 states — just a few years ago, not a single state…

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Added on: 07/04/2024

Latvia recognizes same-sex partnerships

07/03/2024

RIGA — Latvia will allow heterosexual and same-sex couples to register their partnerships under a law that took effect Monday, a move welcomed by LGBTQ campaigners. The law…

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Added on: 07/04/2024

Cameroon president’s daughter comes out, reveals relationship with Brazilian model

07/03/2024

In the face of Cameroon‘s criminalization of LGBTQ+ relationships, the daughter of the nation’s president has come out. Brenda Biya, daughter of President Paul Biya, revealed in a recent post…

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Added on: 07/04/2024

Courage amid crisis: Gendered impacts of the coup and the pursuit of gender equality in Myanmar

07/02/2024

GENEVA (2 July 2024) – The military coup was a devastating setback for gender equality in Myanmar and has left women, girls, and LGBT people acutely vulnerable…

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Added on: 07/03/2024

Thousands March for LGBT Rights at Pride 2024 in Costa Rica

07/02/2024

Thousands of Costa Ricans marched through the streets of San José for Pride 2024. Participants walked along Paseo Colón in defense of the rights of the LGBT…

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Added on: 07/03/2024

Gay man arrested in Dagestan says police offered him money to entrap other men

07/02/2024

A gay man who was briefly arrested in the Russian North Caucasus republic of Dagestan in June has described how he was offered money to help the…