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Added on: 10/09/2023

Nowhere to party: The decimation of queer spaces for Black lesbians

10/08/2023

Women and femmes have long been the LGBTQ+ community’s invisible force, often holding hands on the front lines but never quite making the cut of importance and…

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Added on: 10/08/2023

Kenya: Large crowd of Muslims protest against LGBTQ rights

10/07/2023

Hundreds of Kenyan Muslims marched on the country’s Supreme Court Friday in protest against a recent decision upholding the right of LGBTQ groups to associate and form…

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Added on: 10/08/2023

Queer defiance at a festival in Hungary

10/06/2023

One of the largest festivals in Europe, Sziget takes place on a beach-lined island in the middle of the Danube River, a short journey from the city…

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Added on: 10/08/2023

Turkey’s Erdogan tells supporters he does not ‘recognise’ LGBT

10/07/2023

Turkey’s President Tayyip Erdogan said on Saturday he did not “recognise LGBT” and vowed to combat “perverse” trends which he said aimed to destroy the institution of…

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Added on: 10/07/2023

Belgian transgender deputy PM urges Sunak not to join ‘the real bullies’

10/06/2023

Belgium’s deputy prime minister, who ranks as one of Europe’s most senior transgender politicians, has urged Rishi Sunak not to join “the real bullies” after remarks made…

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Added on: 10/07/2023

Kenya: Hundreds of believers protest LGBTQ association right

10/06/2023

Hundreds of Muslims and conservative Christians in Kenya’s capital rallied Friday outside the Supreme Court to protest its decision last month to reaffirm the LGBTQ community’s right…

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Added on: 10/06/2023

Number of nations with laws against gay sex falls to 66

10/05/2023

The number of nations with laws against gay sex has fallen to 66, continuing the slow, decades-long progress toward recognition of the human rights of LGBTQ+ people. The…

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Added on: 10/06/2023

Gays Against Groomers leader issued restraining order after online attacks on school

10/05/2023

A Wisconsin school district has been granted a temporary restraining order against the leader of a local Gays Against Groomers chapter, following accusations of harassment. A Brown…

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Added on: 10/06/2023

Gay conversion therapy ban bill to be brought forward in NSW after claims reform was put ‘on ice’

10/05/2023

The New South Wales government says it will bring forward its promised laws banning gay conversion practices, days after a religious lobby group claimed to have helped…

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Added on: 10/05/2023

Swiss LGBTQ groups praise jail sentence for commentator who called journalist a ‘fat lesbian’

10/04/2023

GENEVA — LGBTQ groups hailed the 60-day jail sentence a court in Switzerland gave to a writer and commentator for deriding a journalist as a “fat lesbian,” among…

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Added on: 10/05/2023

Pope Francis suggests blessings for gay unions possible in response to conservative cardinals

10/04/2023

Pope Francis has suggested there could be ways to bless same-sex unions, responding to five conservative cardinals who challenged him to affirm church teaching on homosexuality ahead…

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Added on: 10/05/2023

African island nation Mauritius overturns anti-sodomy law

10/04/2023

The Supreme Court of the Indian Ocean island nation of Mauritius today overturned the Mauritian law against consensual sexual intercourse between men. The court ruled that the anti-sodomy…

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Added on: 10/05/2023

Inside the anti-LGBTQ effort to put Christianity back in schools

10/04/2023

Political and religious leaders who have long fought to put God and prayer back in schools are seizing on a growing backlash against transgender people to advance…

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Added on: 10/04/2023

UK NHS to change transgender policies in the name of women’s rights

10/03/2023

The United Kingdom’s National Health Service announced plans to bring back sex-specific language and spaces to the nationalized health system in an effort to bolster women’s rights…

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Added on: 10/04/2023

What is it like being gay in communist Vietnam?

10/03/2023

Vietnam’s queer scene is thriving with many trendy bars, vibrant cafes, underground parties, exuberant drag shows, and even a proposed law to make LGBTQ+ people more accepted….

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Added on: 10/04/2023

LGBTQ+ Indians demand end to ‘discriminatory’ blood donation ban

10/03/2023

When his mother fell ill, Karan, a 25-year-old gay man from New Delhi, hurried to donate blood. But as he filled out the mandatory form for donors,…

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Added on: 10/03/2023

Laphonza Butler, Newsom’s Feinstein replacement, to make LGBT history

10/02/2023

The woman chosen by Gov. Gavin Newsom to replace late Sen. Dianne Feinstein will be the first Black lesbian to serve in Congress in history and the…

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Added on: 10/03/2023

Pope Francis opens possibility for blessing same-sex unions

10/02/2023

Pope Francis suggested it may be possible to bless same-sex unions in a newly public response to cardinals who questioned the pope’s affirmation of the LGBTQ community…

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Added on: 10/03/2023

Ugandan court moves toward hearing challenge to anti-gay law

10/02/2023

Uganda’s Constitutional Court on Monday took a first step toward hearing a challenge to an anti-gay law that rights activists and Western governments have denounced as draconian….

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Added on: 10/03/2023

Life after escaping the Taliban, a gay Afghan teacher’s diary – Part I

10/02/2023

It is September 29, 2022, and I am sitting in my hideous room in a hotel in Pakistan’s capital, Islamabad, waiting for my Afghan passport to arrive…

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Added on: 10/02/2023

Taipei transgender rights march set for October

10/01/2023

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — Taiwan’s fifth annual march in support of transgender rights will be held in Taipei on Oct. 27. The event organizer, Taiwan Tongzhi (LGBTQ+) Hotline…

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Added on: 10/02/2023

Donatella Versace slams Italian government’s anti-gay policies from La Scala stage

10/01/2023

MILAN (AP) — Donatella Versace slammed the Italian government for what she described as anti-gay policies in a heartfelt and personal speech that referenced her late brother, Gianni…

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Added on: 10/02/2023

Chennai: Transgender teachers shatter stereotypes in classrooms

10/01/2023

CHENNAI: Two transwomen have been creating a silent revolution in their classrooms by opening the eyes of their students about the dangers of untouchability. The two of…

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Added on: 10/02/2023

Nazi Graffiti Attack On Sydney Home Targets Jewish And LGBT Communities

10/01/2023

A Sydney home has been graffitied with anti-semitic and homophobic symbols, on the eve of the holiest day for the Jewish community. On Monday, September 25, a…

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Added on: 10/01/2023

‘A demonic agenda’: How sex ed became the target of anti-LGBT groups at the National Stadium

09/30/2023

CONSERVATIVE COMMENTATORS AND anti-LGBT campaigners reacted angrily to reports that the Irish Athletic Boxing Association (IABA) is investigating the use of the National Stadium by a Christian…

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Added on: 10/01/2023

At least three injured in attack on Beirut LGBT march

09/30/2023

At least three people were injured in central Beirut when a march in defence of LGBT rights was attacked by a group of purported Christian extremists. As…

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Added on: 09/30/2023

LGBTQ pride groups in northwestern Ontario call out Kenora MP’s silent treatment

06/29/2023

LGBTQ pride groups in northwestern Ontario are calling for an urgent meeting with Conservative MP Eric Melillo over what they’re calling transphobic policy resolutions passed by the…

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Added on: 09/30/2023

Appeals court upholds Tennessee and Kentucky bans on trans care for minors

06/29/2023

A federal appeals court on Thursday allowed Tennessee and Kentucky to enforce laws banning gender-affirming medical care for minors, such as puberty blockers, hormones and surgery. By…

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Added on: 09/30/2023

Russia: Trans woman forced into conversion therapy camp for nine months ‘had to castrate a pig’

06/29/2023

As Russia continues to crack down on LGBTQ+ lives, one transgender woman has told PinkNews how she was forced to undergo conversion therapy, which involved “masculinity training”,…

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Added on: 09/29/2023

Uganda’s anti-LGBTQ law causing wave of rights abuses, activists say

09/28/2023

The passage of one of the world’s harshest anti-gay laws by Uganda’s government has unleashed a torrent of abuse against LGBTQ people, mostly committed by private individuals,…