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Added on: 03/14/2021

HOW SECTION 28’S PAINFUL LEGACY IS STILL BEING FELT THREE DECADES ON

11/18/20

In May 1988, Section 28, the most anti-gay piece of legislation of modern times, became law amid a tsunami of fear and hatred. By the mid 1980s,…

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Added on: 03/14/2021

Why is the government facing a backlash from its LGBT+ advisory panel?

3/14/21

Revealing the results of one of the world’s largest ever surveys of LGBT+ people almost three years ago, the British government laid out some stark – albeit…

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Added on: 03/14/2021

Sponsors of North Dakota’s transgender athletes bill have ties to anti-LGBT organizations

3/14/21

When state Sen. Janne Myrdal testified before the North Dakota House Human Services Committee in support of HB 1298, she said she believes the bill has little…

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Added on: 03/13/2021

Gay men in a monogamous relationship can donate blood from September

3/12/21

Men in a monogamous same-sex relationship will be allowed to donate blood in the Netherlands from September 1, 2021, the Dutch government has announced. For years, gay…

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Added on: 03/13/2021

Hungary’s top court throws out retroactive gender change ban

3/12/21

Hungary’s Constitutional Court on Friday said it had thrown out a government bid to stop people who have changed gender being recognised in official documents, an issue…

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Added on: 03/12/2021

EU lawmakers declare bloc LGBT+ ‘freedom zone’

03/11/2021

The European Parliament passed a resolution on Thursday declaring the European Union a “LGBTIQ freedom zone.” The measure seeks to ensure protections for the lesbian, gay, bisexual,…

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Added on: 03/11/2021

Delhi High Court Grants Protection To Lesbian Woman Married Against Her Wishes, Directs Steps For Dissolution Of Marriage

03/10/2021

In a major relief to a lesbian woman married against her wishes to a man of her family’s choice, a bench of Justice Mukta Gupta of the…

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Added on: 03/11/2021

Romania: European Court to consider lack of implementation of freedom of movement law for same-sex spouses

03/09/2021

In June 2018, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) issued a landmark judgement, recognising that same-sex spouses are also spouses under EU freedom of…

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Added on: 03/11/2021

Panama: Bill Bars Same-Sex Couples from Adoption

03/09/2021

Panama’s National Assembly passed a bill on March 3, 2021, that includes a discriminatory prohibition on adoption by same-sex couples, Human Rights Watch said today. Bill No.120,…

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Added on: 03/11/2021

China proposes teaching masculinity to boys as state is alarmed by changing gender roles

03/05/2021

No one invited Bu Yunhao to be in their group for the annual class trip. The other fifth graders at Shanghai Shangde Experimental School made fun of…

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Added on: 03/11/2021

LGBT+ refugees call on U.N. for safe space after Kenya camp attacks

03/05/2021

LGBT+ people living in a refugee camp in northwestern Kenya urged U.N. officials on Friday to move them to a safer area following a series of homophobic…

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Added on: 03/10/2021

Uzbekistan: Draft Criminal Code Offers Little Meaningful Reform

03/10/2021

Uzbekistan should ensure that its new Criminal Code does not just tinker with some problematic provisions, but reflects meaningful reform, Human Rights Watch said today. The new…

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Added on: 03/10/2021

Tunisia: Harassment, Arbitrary Detention of LGBT Rights Activist

03/10/2021

A Tunisian court sentenced a prominent LGBT rights activist on March 4, 2021, to six months in prison and a fine for shouting outside a police station…

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Added on: 03/10/2021

Italy court urges more rights for children of gay couples

03/09/2021

Italy’s Constitutional Court on Tuesday said the country urgently needs a law on the rights of children of same-sex couples, in a step campaigners said did not…

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Added on: 03/10/2021

Belgian prime minster flies rainbow flag in response to gay man’s murder

03/09/2021

Belgian Prime Minister Alexander De Croo flew the rainbow LGBTQ Pride flag outside his office on Tuesday in response to the fatal stabbing of a gay man…

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Added on: 03/10/2021

LGBTQ Travel Safety in Croatia: 39th Most Popular Country in the World

03/09/2021

March 9, 2021 – When it comes to traveling, Croatia has been known as a gay-friendly destination, even though not all Croatians in every part of the…

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Added on: 03/09/2021

Ghana’s emerging LGBT movement battles with hostility

03/09/2021

When activists in Ghana opened a support centre for the local gay community, they expected some pushback in a religiously conservative West African country where homosexuality is…

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Added on: 03/09/2021

Nigerian police raid suspected ‘gay party’ and drag ‘scores’ of men to anti-cult office

03/08/2021

Police have reportedly raided a hotel in Anambra, Nigeria, where a group of “suspected gays” were having a party, following an anonymous tip-off. According to a local…

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Added on: 03/09/2021

Senegal: Hate speech flourishes on Facebook in language used by 5 million

03/08/2021

In Senegal, anti-gay hate speech spreads on Facebook without restraint in abusive posts that are written in Wolof, LGBTQ+ advocates say. That’s the local language for 5…

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Added on: 03/08/2021

The fallen hope of LGBTQ+ in Ghana

03/07/2021

Ghana has mixed record on its treatment of Lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) persons. It’s Criminalizes ”unnatural carnal knowledge” in section 104 (1) (b) of its…

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Added on: 03/08/2021

Russia hatches sinister plan to ban trans, bisexual, abortion and polyamorous ‘propaganda’

03/07/2021

With Russia’s population expected to decline by 30 million over the next decade, the question of how to raise the birth rate dominated discussions on Thursday (4…

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Added on: 03/07/2021

Tunisians protest for LGBT rights activist’s release

3/7/21

Hundreds of Tunisians demanded the release of an activist sentenced to six months in prison for allegedly insulting a police officer. The incident for which 26-year-old LGBT…

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Added on: 03/07/2021

Confronting Jamaica’s hydra of deadly religious homophobia

3/7/21

Research by Jamaica’s most respected university found that religious homophobia is a major reason the country lags the rest of the western hemisphere in recognizing LGBT human…

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Added on: 03/07/2021

Italian politicians targeting LGBTQ people to divert attention away from the COVID economy, experts say

3/7/21

Two years ago, Francesco, then 18, became homeless overnight. His mother, an evangelical Christian, called the police to evict him from the family’s home in the southern…

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Added on: 03/06/2021

Hungary’s media authority takes legal action against TV channel due to an LGBTQ+ advert

03/05/2021

Hungary’s media watchdog, the National Media and Infocommunications Authority have announced they will be taking legal action against the RTL Hungary media group. The legal action comes…

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Added on: 03/06/2021

Myanmar’s Pro-Democracy Protests Are Giving a Voice to LGBTQ+ People

03/05/2021

Sue Sha Shin Thant, a transgender woman, has experienced a lifetime of discrimination and social exclusion in Myanmar, where LGBTQ+ people have no recognized rights or protections…

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Added on: 03/06/2021

Archbishop Welby condemns Nigerian Primate’s anti-gay language

03/05/2021

THE Archbishop of Canterbury has condemned the “unacceptable” language that the Archbishop of Nigeria, the Most Revd Henry Ndukuba, used to describe gay people (News, 2 March)….

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Added on: 03/06/2021

American Psychological Association opposes transgender conversion “therapy” in historic statement

03/05/2021

The biggest professional psychologist organization in the U.S. has come out against transgender conversion therapy in a new statement, saying that the practice puts “individuals at significant…

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Added on: 03/05/2021

Europe’s nurses need more training to ‘reduce biases’ around LGBT+ issues

03/03/2021

Calls have been made to ensure nurses across Europe are trained to be “compassionate and culturally aware” towards lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT+) people, after new…

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Added on: 03/05/2021

Mississippi governor to sign bill banning transgender student-athletes from female sports teams

03/04/2021

Mississippi legislators have passed a bill that would ban transgender athletes from competing on female sports teams in schools and universities — one of over two dozen…