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Added on: 04/24/2024

Tokyo Rainbow Pride Celebrates 30 Years

04/24/2024

Over the weekend in Japan, 15,000 people took part in the 2024 Tokyo Rainbow Pride parade, one of the biggest LGBTQIA+ events in Southeast Asia. All colours…

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Added on: 04/24/2024

New federal rule bars transgender school bathroom bans, but it likely isn’t the final word

04/23/2024

A new rule from President Joe Biden’s administration blocking blanket policies to keep transgender students from using school bathrooms that align with their gender identity could conflict…

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Added on: 04/23/2024

Louisiana education chief tells schools to ignore new Title IX rules for transgender students

04/22/2024

Louisiana’s top education official on Monday instructed schools to ignore new Title IX rules unveiled by the Biden administration, warning that extending the civil rights law’s protections…

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Added on: 04/23/2024

Dominica court overturns anti-sodomy law

04/22/2024

The High Court of the Caribbean island nation of Dominica has ruled that Dominica’s law against consensual same-sex intimacy is unconstitutional. The judgement against the anti-sodomy law…

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Added on: 04/23/2024

In the Olympics of Drag, Taiwan just took the gold

04/23/2024

For Taiwan, which often finds its international participation constrained – barred from a World Health Organization membership and competing under the “Chinese Taipei” flag at the Olympics…

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Added on: 04/22/2024

In Australia, women-only app becomes latest front in war over trans rights

04/21/2024

Sydney, Australia– Sall Grover says she did not think twice when she blocked Roxanne Tickle, a transgender woman, from her Australian-based women-only app Giggle for Girls. “It…

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Added on: 04/22/2024

Gov. Greg Abbott Wants to ‘End’ Trans Teachers Expressing Their Gender in Texas

04/21/2024

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott suggested that he wants to end transgender and gender nonconforming individuals from expressing their gender while teaching in the state. At a speech delivered Friday…

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Added on: 04/22/2024

Venice Biennale platforms LGBTQ , outsider and Indigenous artists

04/21/2024

Outsider, queer and Indigenous artists are getting an overdue platform at the 60th Venice Biennale contemporary art exhibition that opened Saturday, curated for the first time by…

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Added on: 04/22/2024

In Japan, US book on transgender surgery for young people sparks threats, heated debate

04/21/2024

A decision by a conservative-leaning newspaper in Japan to defy threats and push ahead with the translated publication of a book critical of gender-altering procedures for young people…

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Added on: 04/21/2024

Nepal Promotes LGBT-Friendly Tourism With First International Rainbow Conference

04/20/2024

The first International Rainbow Tourism Conference opened here on Saturday, with Nepal offering itself as a safe and respectful destination in South Asia for the sexual minority…

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Added on: 04/21/2024

California judge agrees to second look at language in proposed transgender initiative

04/20/2024

A California judge weighing potential prejudice in the title and summary of a proposed ballot measure concerning transgender children is considering his ruling after a Friday hearing….

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Added on: 04/20/2024

Scotland Pauses Transgender Medications For Minors

04/19/2024

Scotland has paused all new prescriptions of transgender medications such as puberty blockers and cross-sex hormones for minors, the latest in a string of developments in Britain…

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Added on: 04/20/2024

Trudeau’s 2024 budget includes $150 million to promote ‘2SLGBTQI+’ ideology at home and abroad

04/19/2024

The Trudeau government plans to expand ‘equity groups’ to include people who identify as ‘2SLGBTQ+’ and to spend tens of millions of taxpayer dollars to promote its…

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Added on: 04/20/2024

Biden’s new Title IX rules protect LGBTQ+ students, but avoid addressing transgender athletes

04/19/2024

The rights of LGBTQ+ students will be protected by federal law and victims of campus sexual assault will gain new safeguards under rules finalized Friday by the…

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Added on: 04/19/2024

A Second Trump Presidency Would Be A Nightmare Scenario For Transgender People

04/18/2024

Jules was driving to their friend’s house in St. Petersburg, Florida, last year when a police officer pulled them over for a busted taillight. Jules wondered if…

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Added on: 04/19/2024

Puberty blockers paused for under-18s in Scotland

04/18/2024

Scotland’s only youth gender clinic has paused prescribing puberty blockers for under-18s. Prescriptions for under-18s currently on the waiting list are to be blocked following the decision…

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Added on: 04/18/2024

Scottish First Minister Humza Yousaf confirms trans women will be protected under new misogyny laws

04/17/2024

The Scottish government are set to introduce a bill to address prejudice and violence against women and girls – which rightly includes trans women and girls – before the…

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Added on: 04/18/2024

Travel warning issued for LGBTQ+ tourists in Greece. Where in Europe is safest for queer people?

04/17/2024

Following a travel warning issued for LGBTQ+ tourists in Greece, these are the European countries that are most welcoming to queer people. When same-sex marriage was legalised…

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Added on: 04/18/2024

Out in the World: Anti-LGBTQ bills, laws are spreading around the world

04/17/2024

Anti-LGBTQ bills and new laws are spreading around the world, including in several African nations and the former Soviet republic of Belarus. The proposed or approved legislation in…

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Added on: 04/18/2024

Russia-style NGO crackdowns spread as Europe dithers

04/17/2024

Georgia’s ruling party plans to reintroduce highly controversial Russia-style “foreign agent” legislation aimed at incapacitating civil society and independent media. If adopted, the laws, which were withdrawn last…

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Added on: 04/17/2024

Federal appeals court overturns West Virginia’s transgender sports ban

04/16/2024

A federal appeals court struck down a West Virginia law that barred transgender athletes from competing on girls’ and women’s sports teams in public schools and colleges….

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Added on: 04/17/2024

Uganda: Activists Appeal Shock Anti-Homosexuality Law Ruling

04/16/2024

Twenty-two individuals have filed an appeal with Uganda’s Supreme Court against the Constitutional Court’s recent refusal to strike down the country’s vile Anti-Homosexuality Act (AHA). The Supreme…

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Added on: 04/17/2024

Scottish First Minister Humza Yousaf confirms trans women will be protected under new misogyny laws

04/16/2024

Humza Yousaf has confirmed that trans women will be protected under new misogyny laws in Scotland. The Scottish government are set to introduce a bill to address…

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Added on: 04/17/2024

Iraq postpones vote on bill to impose death penalty for same-sex acts

04/16/2024

The Iraqi parliament is threatening to pass a long-delayed anti-LGBTQ bill that would impose the death penalty for same-sex intimacy. Although Iraq does not currently have an…

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Added on: 04/16/2024

US Supreme Court lets Idaho enforce ban on transgender care for minors

04/15/2024

The conservative-majority U.S. Supreme Court on Monday let a Republican-backed law in Idaho that criminalizes gender-affirming care for transgender minors broadly take effect after a federal judge…

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Added on: 04/16/2024

First China transgender clinic deals with ‘visitors’ as it embraces country’s 4 million people with body dissatisfaction

04/15/2024

For China’s transgender population of four million – and those with empathy for them – they are people whose souls are trapped in the wrong body. At…

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Added on: 04/15/2024

Experience the colorful celebration of diversity at the Texas Gay Rodeo

04/14/2024

Over the weekend in Denton, the North Texas Fair and Rodeo hosted a groundbreaking event—a gay rodeo show that drew crowds from all over the state. The Texas Gay…

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Added on: 04/15/2024

Government set to discuss transgender inclusion policies in football and cricket

04/14/2024

Football and cricket’s transgender inclusion policies are set to come under Government scrutiny at a meeting on Monday afternoon. Culture Secretary Lucy Frazer has convened a gathering of national sports…

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Added on: 04/15/2024

Muslim parents seek a path forward after protests over LGBTQ rights in school

04/14/2024

When Iftekhar Ahmed’s child came out as transgender four years ago, the situation was difficult for him to comprehend. Raised in Pakistan in a Muslim household, Ahmed…

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Added on: 04/15/2024

Beaten, Strangled and Robbed: New Grindr Gang Syndicate Cases in Durban

04/13/2024

The LGBTQ+ community in KwaZulu-Natal is urged to be vigilant following new reports of several individuals being targeted by criminals on the Grindr dating app in the…