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Added on: 09/29/2020

Transgender People Still Criminalized in 13 UN Member States, Report Finds

09/29/2020

At least 13 United Nations member states still criminalize transgender people, while others use morality and indecency laws to crack down on the trans community, a report…

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Added on: 09/28/2020

Gender equality in Japan gets a push from young activists

09/27/2020

Ayano Sakurai believes that the Japanese government’s policy on gender equality needs more feedback from people of her generation who face wide-ranging gender-related challenges in their daily…

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Added on: 09/28/2020

Ex-Minister takes on alleged lesbian soldier who married partner in uniform

09/27/2020

Rachel Appoh, a deputy minister of Gender and Children Protection has added her voice to calls for the hierarchy of the Ghana Armed Forces to crack the…

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Added on: 09/28/2020

Government issues gender identity guidance for teachers in England

09/27/2020

Teachers should not tell children that they might be a different gender based on their personality or the clothes they want to wear, new guidance from the…

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Added on: 09/27/2020

Poland’s ruling nationalists cement new coalition deal

09/26/2020

Poland’s ruling nationalists signed a new coalition agreement on Saturday, ending weeks of in-fighting in the three-party alliance over how it will govern over the next three…

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Added on: 09/27/2020

Thousands march in Uruguay for LGBT rights

09/26/2020

Rainbow colours and war cries have rung out at the centre of Montevideo as Uruguayans gathered for the annual LGBT pride parade wearing masks undeterred by the…

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Added on: 09/27/2020

Key Rights at Stake in US Supreme Court Pick

09/26/2020

The death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg on September 18, 2020 leaves a vacancy on the United States Supreme Court and enormous uncertainty over the court’s future…

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Added on: 09/27/2020

Lead on recognising same-sex unions in Hong Kong must start with government not courts, lawyers and activists say

09/26/2020

Lawyers and activists have urged the government to take the lead in drawing up a legal framework for the recognition of same-sex relationships in Hong Kong rather…

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Added on: 09/26/2020

Transgender people still face discrimination in Belgium, claims activist

09/26/2020

European Commission President, Ursula von der Leyen denounced discrimination of the LGBTI community last week, criticising Poland for their LGBTI-free zones. “Being yourself is not your ideology,…

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Added on: 09/26/2020

Govt urged to recognise, research on intersex community

09/25/2020

There are growing calls for government to recognise the existence of intersex persons and need for research to guide on the realities of the “hidden” community. Intersex…

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Added on: 09/26/2020

Trans rights activists and Home Affairs minister agree to work together

09/25/2020

Last month, a group of trans, LGBTI+ and allied organisations wrote to the Department of Home Affairs (DHA) over its reduction of vital gender-affirming services during the…

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Added on: 09/25/2020

Could Same-Sex Marriage Advocacy in China Be Poised for a Breakthrough?

09/17/2020

Last fall, as China’s lawmakers neared finalizing the country’s first-ever Civil Code, they opened to public comment its draft chapters on marriage and other areas of law….

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Added on: 09/25/2020

French court rejects transgender woman’s demand to be recognised as a mother

09/17/2020

France’s highest court has ruled that a transgender woman cannot be officially recognised as the biological mother of the child she conceived with her wife before transitioning….

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Added on: 09/25/2020

A Step Backward for Same-Sex Couples in Chile

09/24/2020

Over three years ago, the Chilean government sent a bill to Congress to uphold same-sex marriage. The bill has not moved forward. Instead, Chile has been taking…

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Added on: 09/23/2020

Simeon Vassilev – GLAS, Bulgaria

Ari Weinstein

Alturi Contributor

I would love to hear a bit about your own introduction to LGBTI activism. Seven or eight years ago, I first started helping with Sofia Pride, which…

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Added on: 09/21/2020

The Qwelane case: When human rights meet human rights

09/20/2020

When there is a clash between rights, then equality and dignity must be the stars that guide us on the path to resolution, Tembeka Ngcukaitobi SC contends…

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Added on: 09/21/2020

Medical diagnosis will still be needed to have gender legally recognised after reform

09/20/2020

Trans adults will continue to need a medical diagnosis of gender dysphoria to change their legal gender even after a reform of the UK’s gender-recognition laws, the…

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Added on: 09/21/2020

Inside Poland’s ‘LGBT-free zones’

09/20/2020

In Poland, dozens of small towns have declared themselves free of “LGBT ideology”. Politicians’ hostility to gay rights has become a flashpoint, pitting the religious right against…

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Added on: 09/20/2020

Tens of thousands of protesters partake in Thailand pro-democracy rally

09/19/2020

Tens of thousands of pro-democracy protesters massed close to Thailand’s royal palace Saturday, in a huge rally calling for Prime Minister Prayut Chan-ocha to step down and…

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Added on: 09/20/2020

‘Vote like your life depends on it’: Pete Buttigieg’s message to LGBTQ youth

09/19/2020

For Pete Buttigieg, the first openly gay candidate to win a presidential primary or caucus, the threat of a second Trump term is both political and deeply…

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Added on: 09/20/2020

‘Love Falls on Us’ explores the intersection of African LGBT rights and American activism

09/19/2020

The book in this installment of the African Politics Summer Reading Spectacular — “Love Falls on Us: A Story of American Ideas and African LGBT Lives” —…

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Added on: 09/20/2020

Big Read: The Irish far right is on the rise

09/19/2020

Bloodied and bashed, an image of LGBT campaigner Izzy Kamikaze being attacked for voicing her opposition to anti-face mask demonstrators last weekend in the capital went viral….

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Added on: 09/19/2020

60% of queer Iranians have been assaulted by homophobic family members

09/18/2020

More than six in 10 queer people from Iran have been assaulted by anti-LGBT+ family members, and almost half have been sexually assaulted in public, according to…

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Added on: 09/19/2020

Gay children are ‘children of God’, Pope tells parents

09/18/2020

Pope Francis has told the parents of gay children that God loves them “as they are” because they are “the children of God”. His remarks came following…

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Added on: 09/19/2020

Proposed ‘comprehensive anti-discrimination bill’ called oxymoronic, removes need to protect LGBTQIA Filipinos

09/17/2020

A proposed “Comprehensive (sic) Anti-Discrimination Act” is being considered in the House of Representatives (HOR), though the bill eliminates LGBTQIA people among those in need of protection….

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Added on: 09/18/2020

Fiji: A long way to go for LGBTQ equality

09/17/2020

Fiji’s growth in achieving transgender rights and freedom is less than 1 per cent, says founder of Transgender Fiji Network, Dr Isireli Biumaitotoya. Dr Biumaitotoya said Fiji…

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Added on: 09/18/2020

Belize Gets Cold Feet, Withdraws Equal Opportunity Bill

09/16/2020

It seems all the blowback gave the government cold feet. In a late evening press release the Government of Belize confirmed that the Equal Opportunity bill will…

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Added on: 09/17/2020

Barbados Government proposes civil unions and hints it will make gay sex legal

09/16/2020

Barbados has hinted it will make homosexuality legal and proposed civil unions so no citizen faces discrimination because of who they love. The announcements came in a…

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Added on: 09/17/2020

The Most Powerful Man in the World Thinks My Family Is ‘Less Than’

09/16/2020

It was the worst of times; it was the worst of times. I’m an optimist at heart, but there were days this year when looking on the…

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Added on: 09/15/2020

Barbados to recognise same sex unions

09/15/2020

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (CMC)— The Barbados government has signalled its intention to recognise same sex relationships. Governor General Dame Sandra Mason, addressing the opening of a new term…