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Added on: 08/29/2021

‘A virtual death sentence’: Gay Afghans brace for uncertain future under Taliban

NBC News
8/28/21
N, a 20-year-old student living in Afghanistan, is in hiding as she hopes for news that she and her family can leave the country. As a lesbian,…
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Added on: 08/29/2021

Ukrainian Police Clash With Far-Right Group At Odesa Pride March

Radio Free Europe
8/28/21
Violent clashes broke out on August 28 between Ukrainian police and a far-right nationalist group trying to disrupt an annual LGBT Pride march in the port city…
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Added on: 08/28/2021

Indian-American gay couples find new forms of union amid stigma

BBC News
8/27/21
Excluded by traditional marriage ceremonies, Indian-American gay couples in the US are finding new and unique ways to solemnise their unions, reports Savita Patel. When Sameer Samudra…
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Added on: 08/28/2021

Catholic Medical Association joins lawsuit over HHS ‘transgender mandate’

Catholic Review
8/27/21
The Philadelphia-based Catholic Medical Association Aug. 26 joined in a lawsuit challenging the Biden administration’s mandate that doctors and hospitals perform gender-transition procedures on any patient despite…
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Added on: 08/27/2021

Lithuania’s second city continues court row around first LGBTQ+ pride

Baltic News Network
08/27/2021
A court in Lithuania has ordered Kaunas municipality to allow holding the first LGBTQ+ pride event in the city. The municipality has appealed against the ruling adding…
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Added on: 08/27/2021

UK HOME OFFICE TELLS GAY AFGHAN THAT HE COULD BE SENT BACK TO AFGHANISTAN

Star Observer
08/27/2021
An undocumented Afghan man living in the United Kingdom has been reportedly told by the Home Office that he may have to go back to Afghanistan. Ahmad,…
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Added on: 08/27/2021

Brazil’s first transgender pastor: ‘All humans have flaws, being trans isn’t one of them’

The Guardian
08/19/2021
Desperate calls from LGBTQ+ youths contemplating suicide or from their parents after they have made an attempt on their lives often punctuate Alexya Salvador’s day. When they…
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Added on: 08/27/2021

Moscow man abducted, taken to Chechnya and pressed for information on LGBTQ people, says Russian rights group

New York Daily News
08/26/2021
A man was abducted in Moscow, taken to Chechnya and then pressed for information on LGBTQ people in the region earlier this year, according to the Russian…
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Added on: 08/26/2021

On Her Last Stop In Southeast Asia, VP Harris Emphasizes Human And Worker Rights

CapRadio
08/25/2021
HANOI — U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris turned her attention to issues surrounding worker rights and civil liberties Thursday as she closed out her visit to Southeast…
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Added on: 08/26/2021

People ‘anxious to go home’ to Poland amid anti-LGBT regime

Liverpool Echo
08/25/2021
Polish people living in Merseyside have revealed they are anxious about returning to their home country. Maciej, who lives in Southport, and Wiktoria, who lives in Liverpool,…
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Added on: 08/25/2021

Iran president Raisi said homosexuality is ‘nothing but savagery’

Jerusalem Post
08/24/2021
The US-based Center for Human Rights in Iran noted in its Tuesday published fact sheet that “Iranian government officials engage in hate speech against the LGBTQ community,…
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Added on: 08/24/2021

Gay, transgender conversion therapy ban initiative heads to Parliament

Yleisradio Oy (Finnish Broadcasting Company)
08/23/2021
A citizens’ initiative to ban sexual orientation and gender identification conversion therapy in Finland reached the required 50,000 signatures on Monday, which means it will now be…
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Added on: 08/24/2021

Israel Will Now Let Gay Men Donate Blood

Jewish Exponent
08/23/2021
Israel has ended a restriction on blood donation that effectively prohibited gay men from donating blood. Until now, Israel had prohibited any man who had had same-sex…
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Added on: 08/23/2021

Discrimination against LGBTQ+ soldiers doesn’t stop just because a policy has been revoked

The Conversation
08/22/2021
In 1969, former prime minister Pierre Elliot Trudeau decriminalized “homosexuality” in Canadian civil society declaring “there’s no place for the state in the bedrooms of the nation.”…
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Added on: 08/23/2021

LGBTQ leader cries foul vs homophobic acts in Zambo

Minda News
08/22/2021
The President of the Lesbian Gay Bisexuals and Transgenders Federation of Zamboanga (LGBTFZ) cried foul against homophobic acts in the city as he called for increased advocacy…
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Added on: 08/22/2021

Two LGBT marches held in Poland under heavy police security

Associated Press
08/21/2021
Parades for LGBT rights took place under heavy police presence Saturday at the foot of Catholic Poland’s most revered monastery in Czestochowa, in the south, and in…
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Added on: 08/22/2021

Romania’s LGBT community sees gains, ongoing rights struggle

ABC News
08/22/2021
The last person jailed for being gay in Romania walked free in 1998. The country decriminalized homosexuality three years after that, in 2001, while reforming its laws…
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Added on: 08/21/2021

Sri Lanka discusses LGBTQ rights ‘over and over’, but clings to the past

Erasing 76 Crimes
08/20/2021
The government of Sri Lanka is undecided on LGBTQ rights, but the matter is under discussion, government officials say. The video, which surfaced on Twitter [on Aug….
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Added on: 08/21/2021

Gay Immigrant Recalls Tumultuous Escape From Nigeria

Gay City News
08/20/2021
Uchechukwu Onwa, a gay immigrant from Nigeria, said he knew it was time to leave his home country when a group of men brutally raped his teenage…
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Added on: 08/21/2021

The ban on the practice of ‘curing queer sexuality’ in India

Open Global Rights
08/20/2021
The Madras High Court in its June 2021 judgement banned the practice of ‘conversion therapy’ in India, bringing protective measures for LGBTQIA+ individuals in the country. The…
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Added on: 08/20/2021

This brave charity is helping desperate LGBT+ Afghans escape the brutal Taliban

Pink News
08/19/2021
The Rainbow Railroad is a global NGO providing aid and asylum to LGBT+ people around the world. Since its founding it’s helped more than 1,600 LGBT+ people…
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Added on: 08/20/2021

LGBT in Afghanistan: ‘I could be killed on the spot’

BBC
08/19/2021
Before the Taliban uprising in Afghanistan, life for gay man Abdul (his name has been changed) was already dangerous. If he’d spoken about his sexuality to the…
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Added on: 08/20/2021

Polish region wants to remain an ‘LGBT-free’ zone despite risking millions in EU funds

EuroNews
08/19/2021
This week a Polish regional council has voted to remain an “LGBT-free zone” despite a warning from the European Union that it could lose funding. Numerous local…
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Added on: 08/19/2021

‘Everything is gone’ for LGBT+ Afghans, says bisexual man who escaped before Taliban took over

Yahoo News
08/19/2021
Afghanistan wasn’t a welcoming place for LGBT+ people prior to the Taliban takeover that shocked the world – but human rights activists are expecting things to get…
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Added on: 08/19/2021

Will Romania step up anti-LGBTQ legislation like Hungary?

Deutsche Welle
08/17/2021
Many Romanians probably do not know what the letters LGBTQ stand for, and this is hardly surprising given that sexual orientation and gender identity have not played…
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Added on: 08/19/2021

World Cup hosts Qatar raise the rainbow flag even as LGBT+ community is forced to live a double life

The Independent
08/12/2021
Degree-educated, bi-lingual and with a well-established career at one of the country’s leading companies, Hamad is, to all appearances, the very epitome of modern-day, outward-looking Qatar. But…
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Added on: 08/19/2021

How to Help Queer Afghans Right Now

Chaos and Comrades
08/18/2021
As images of Taliban forces regaining control of Afghanistan circulate across social media, many can’t help but think about the future of the country’s LGBT population. Same-sex…
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Added on: 08/19/2021

The Nonbinary Chinese Fighting to Live Their Truth

Sixth Tone
08/18/2021
Chao Xiaomi cut quite a figure as she strutted down an alley near the Forbidden City in the brilliant May sunshine. The 38-year-old was dressed to kill…
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Added on: 08/18/2021

Scotland’s LGBT community is frightened by the current anti-trans obsession

The National
08/17/2021
I NEVER picked a “side” – I was born this way. Common decency would argue that a group of people put into the continuous, never-ending, daily cycle…
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Added on: 08/18/2021

‘Born gay in the Soviet Union, living gay in Russia’

Meduza
08/17/20201
In recent years, there has been a growing number of artistic ventures about the lives of LGBTQ+ people in Russia. One of them is the art project…
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