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Added on: 03/07/2024

Queer in Gaza’ campaign aims to raise awareness about Hamas LGBTQ+ persecution

03/06/2024

A new campaign launched a website to raise awareness about the Hamas terrorist movement’s lethal actions targeting the persecuted LGBTQ+ community in the Gaza Strip. The Equality Campaign Inc….

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Added on: 03/07/2024

Ghana’s LGBT terror: ‘We live in fear of snitches’

03/06/2024

Homophobia is not uncommon in Ghana, where gay sex is already against the law and carries a three-year prison sentence, but now the LGBTQ+ community is feeling…

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Added on: 03/07/2024

After years of legal discrimination, Poland’s same-sex couples await civil union law

03/06/2024

WARSAW, Poland — In an apartment on the outskirts of Warsaw, 5-year-old Olek fills his home with the twangs of a ukulele while his 2-year-old sister, Jagienka,…

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Added on: 03/06/2024

Doritos Cuts Ties With Transgender Ambassador After Backlash

03/05/2024

Doritos on Tuesday confirmed that it had parted ways with a transgender influencer, but said that the decision was not the result of the transphobic backlash the…

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Added on: 03/06/2024

‘This is still taboo’: queer teens and their families embrace gay comedy in Serbia

03/05/2024

The hurling of a salad bowl to the floor might not sound like the most dramatic of moments, but it sent a ripple of recognition through the…

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Added on: 03/06/2024

Russian LGBTQ+ ‘Conversion Therapy’ Isolates Patients for Months – Report

03/05/2024

At least a dozen clinics in Russia “secretly” conduct so-called conversion therapy, an abusive practice used to forcibly “cure” LGBTQ+ people, the U.S.-funded broadcaster Current Time reported…

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Added on: 03/06/2024

Ghana’s President to Await Court Decision Before Signing Anti-LGBTQ Bill

03/05/2024

Ghanaian President Nana Akufo-Addo said on Tuesday he will wait to act on an anti-LGBTQ bill that parliament passed last week, saying in a statement that the…

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Added on: 03/05/2024

Republican Bill Would Imprison Teachers Who Support Trans Students

03/03/2024

A Missouri Republican proposed legislation that, if passed, could imprison teachers who support transgender students, the latest in a string of bills targeting the LGBTQ+ community nationwide….

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Added on: 03/05/2024

S. Korea Methodists excommunicate pastor over gay rights

03/04/2024

South Korea’s Methodist Church has excommunicated a pastor for advocating gay rights, according to a church verdict obtained Tuesday by AFP. Nearly a quarter of South Korea’s…

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Added on: 03/05/2024

Ghana May Lose $3.8Bn World Bank Funding Over Anti-LGBTQ+ Bill

03/04/2024

The government of Ghana may lose a total of $3.8 billion in World Bank funding over its recent Anti-LGBTQ bill passed by the country’s parliament last week….

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Added on: 03/04/2024

Landmark Court Ruling Opens Door for Backdated State Pensions for Transgender Individuals

03/03/2024

In a groundbreaking legal decision, transgender individuals who have undergone gender reassignment surgery may now be eligible for backdated State Pension payments. This comes after a court…

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Added on: 03/04/2024

A new nightclub continues a long legacy for Washington D.C.’s Black gay community

03/03/2024

In December, Thurst opened its doors with co-owners Shaun Mykals and Brandon Burke at the helm. The duo built their reputation on “Thursday Bliss,” an open-mic night…

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Added on: 03/04/2024

Nigerian director on his queer film and the lynching of a gay friend

03/03/2024

Babatunde Apalowo, director of the gay-themed Nigerian film All the Colours of the World Are Between Black and White, was shocked to learn that one of his college…

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Added on: 03/03/2024

LGBTQI community marches on at Mardi Gras despite grief

03/02/2024

The bright glitter, sequins and rainbows of Sydney’s Mardi Gras will be tinged with sadness as the LGBTQI community mourns and celebrates the lives of Jesse Baird…

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Added on: 03/03/2024

Cape Town Gay Pride Shows Solidarity With Africa’s Persecuted

03/02/2024

Led by motorcycle riders draped in rainbow colours and dressed in multicolour costumes, more than 3,000 people on Saturday took part in Cape Town’s annual Gay Pride…

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Added on: 03/03/2024

Judge blocks Texas attorney general’s demands for LGBT group’s records

03/02/2024

PFLAG, a leading U.S. LGBTQ advocacy group, on Friday won a temporary restraining order blocking demands from Texas’ Republican attorney general for information about the group’s work…

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Added on: 03/02/2024

1st transgender lit & cultural festival churns out new ideas

03/02/2024

Lucknow: The state capital hosted India’s first-ever transgender literary and cultural programme on Friday. The event served as a platform for members of the transgender community to…

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Added on: 03/02/2024

Hong Kong: Transgender activist must not be deported to mainland China

03/01/2024

A Chinese transgender activist due to be released tomorrow after serving a prison sentence in Hong Kong will be at grave risk of persecution if she is…

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Added on: 03/02/2024

Ghana’s anti-LGBTQ bill draws international condemnation after it is passed by parliament

03/01/2024

A bill which criminalizes LGBTQ people in Ghana and their supporters drew international condemnation Thursday after it was passed by parliament, with the United Nations calling it…

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Added on: 03/02/2024

LGBTQ+ advocacy group sues Texas AG, says it won’t identify transgender families

02/29/2024

A national LGBTQ+ advocacy group is suing the Texas Attorney General’s office rather than hand over information about its support of transgender children receiving gender-confirming medical care….

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Added on: 03/02/2024

Ghana’s parliament passes anti-LGBTQ law

02/29/24

Ghana’s parliament passed a bill on Wednesday that further clamps down on the rights of LGBTQ people in the West African country. The “Human Sexual Rights and…

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Added on: 03/02/2024

Ukrainian veterans reject award after church annuls gay soldier’s medal

02/29/24

Now the culture wars have come to Ukraine. An Orthodox church in Kyiv annulled a medal it awarded to Viktor Pylypenko, a Ukrainian combat medic who served…

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Added on: 02/28/2024

Viktor Pylypenko stripped of war medal because he’s gay

02/28/2024

On February 8, 2024, the Ukrainian Orthodox Church – Kyiv Patriarchate awarded soldier Viktor Pylypenko a medal for his war service. But then, someone told them Viktor…

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Added on: 02/28/2024

Christchurch Youths Sentenced in Unprovoked Attacks on Gay Men, Victim Speaks Out

02/27/2024

In a harrowing series of events that shook Christchurch, five youths have been sentenced for their roles in unprovoked attacks on gay men, including a distressing assault…

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Added on: 02/28/2024

Nex Benedict’s death spurs student walkout at his Oklahoma high school over anti-LGBTQ+ bullying

02/27/2024

Students walked out Monday at Owasso High School in Oklahoma to protest bullying against LGBTQ+ students, and show solidarity with the local queer community after the tragic…

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Added on: 02/28/2024

UK’s only trans judge quits due to hostile climate: ‘I’m political every time I choose where to pee’

02/27/2024

In a letter to the senior judiciary, Victoria McCloud, a High Court master, wrote that she is resigning because “I am now political every time I choose…

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Added on: 02/27/2024

Kane and Kotfe have been together for 12 years but their country’s law treats them as ‘strangers’

02/26/2024

Kaneshige ‘Kane’ Hirata, a former firefighter, and Kohei ‘Kotfe’ Katsuyama, a former police officer, have been in a committed relationship for the past 12 years, living together…

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Added on: 02/27/2024

Siberian Queer Bar Shuts Down After Police Raid

02/26/2024

A queer bar in the Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk has announced that it will close following a police raid over the weekend, local media reported Monday. The…

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Added on: 02/27/2024

Major medical society re-examines clinical guidelines for gender-affirming care

02/26/2024

The major global medical association for endocrinologists will review its clinical guidelines for gender-affirming care, the Endocrine Society told CNN on Monday. Despite recent moves by some…

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Added on: 02/26/2024

Church-state tension looms over gay marriage

02/25/2024

More tension looms between Church and state over the bill for same-sex civil marriage and adoption by such couples which Parliament recently passed, after Greek Archbishop Ieronymos…