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Added on: 10/19/2022

Gay teacher barred from teaching in Bangladesh

10/18/2022

A gay teacher has been barred from teaching classes at a Bangladesh secondary school in response to protests by students. Ramzan Ali, a teacher at Savar Model…

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Added on: 10/19/2022

California Becomes First Sanctuary State for Transgender Youth Seeking Medical Care

10/18/2022

California is the first state in the nation to create a sanctuary for transgender youth seeking gender-affirming medical care. Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a new law in…

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Added on: 10/19/2022

Inside a Groundbreaking Anthology That Sheds Light on 18 Queer Arab Voices

10/18/2022

In a region where at least 15 nations criminalize homosexuality and in those that don’t, there’s a “don’t ask, don’t tell culture,” queer Arab communities may have…

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Added on: 10/18/2022

The Queer Brazilian Filmmaker Taking on Jair Bolsonaro

10/17/2022

Acclaimed Brazilian filmmaker and activist Fernando Grostein Andrade speaks truth and love to power in his newly released documentary Breaking Myths. Widely known for his acclaimed work…

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Added on: 10/18/2022

Queer Refugees Are Struggling to Live in One of Europe’s LGBTQ Havens

10/17/2022

At the beginning of September, I joined a protest in Amsterdam against the refugee housing emergency happening in the Netherlands. At the centre of the crisis is…

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Added on: 10/18/2022

Russia Prepares To Toughen Anti-gay Law In Conservative Push

10/17/2022

Russian lawmakers Monday called for the toughening of a strict anti-gay law and the Kremlin ordered expensive patriotic education projects as Moscow presses with a conservative drive…

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Added on: 10/18/2022

The U.S. has never had a lesbian governor. These two women could change that.

10/17/2022

Gubernatorial candidates Maura Healey and Tina Kotek are no strangers to political firsts. In 2009, Healey, who is now the Massachusetts attorney general, led the nation’s first…

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Added on: 10/18/2022

Bisexual OnlyFans creator gets fine and prison sentence in Singapore

10/16/2022

A bisexual OnlyFans creator has been sentenced to prison by a Singaporean court after using the app. Back in December, Titus Low was taken into custody on…

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Added on: 10/18/2022

Brighton is a ‘safe haven’ thanks to LGBTQ+ charities according to study

10/16/2022

A recent study has declared Brighton as a “safe haven” and a “place to escape” thanks to the work of LGBTQ+ charities and nonprofits. LGBTQ+ mental health…

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Added on: 10/18/2022

Female prison guards balk at processing transgender inmate

10/16/2022

Female prison guards at Tires women’s prison found themselves in an impossible position: they were expected to body-search a new inmate who, in spite of having male…

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Added on: 10/16/2022

Conservative Muslims join forces with Christian right on Michigan book bans

10/15/2022

A recent school board meeting at which about 1,000 people gathered in Dearborn, Michigan, to pressure district officials to censor books with LGBTQ+ themes was in most…

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Added on: 10/16/2022

In Indonesia, ‘LGBT’ label is linked to criminal guilt amid ‘societal homophobia’

10/15/2022

When Indonesian actor Rizky Billar’s spouse reported him to the police last month for alleged domestic abuse, social media users buzzed with chatter about him being a…

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Added on: 10/16/2022

Transgender students fear being ‘deadnamed’ at college

10/15/2022

Before the fall semester began, Eshe Ukweli emailed her professors. She wanted to make sure they knew her name. Ukweli, a journalism student at Howard University, has…

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Added on: 10/16/2022

Suspect arrested in gay Palestinian’s brutal killing

11/14/2022

Palestinian police arrested a suspect in the brutal killing of a gay Palestinian activist last week, as fear continues to grip LGBTQ Palestinians in Israel. Police spokesman…

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Added on: 10/15/2022

Thousands rally in Bratislava to honor 2 gay men shot dead

10/14/2022

Slovakia’s president joined a rally of thousands on Friday to honor two gay men who were shot dead in the capital earlier this week and demonstrate support…

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Added on: 10/14/2022

Radicalised teenager’ killed two outside Slovakia gay bar

10/13/2022

BRATISLAVA, Oct 13 (Reuters) – A “radicalised teenager” shot dead two people outside a gay bar in Slovakia’s capital Bratislava, Prime Minister Eduard Heger said. A gunman killed…

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Added on: 10/14/2022

Bosnia Unveils LGBT Rights Strategy

10/12/2022

Bosnia and Herzegovina unveiled its first ever strategy to improve the rights and freedoms of LGBT people on Wednesday, a step towards bringing human rights protections in…

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Added on: 10/14/2022

Sydney’s first queer museum, Qtopia, to open ahead of Sydney WorldPride at Darlinghurst’s Green Park

10/11/2022

A Darlinghurst park next to a famous gay men’s pick-up spot in the 1960s and down the road from Oxford Street will be the initial home of…

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Added on: 10/12/2022

How Do Lesbians Have Sex?’ Boss Asked Queer Employee, Complaint Says

10/11/2022

A gay former employee of a Vodafone store in Scotland was awarded more than $30,000 for being asked sexually inappropriate questions at work. The woman, identified only…

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Added on: 10/12/2022

Mexico’s most populous state approves same-sex marriage

10/11/2022

The congress of Mexico’s most populous state, State of Mexico, on Tuesday voted overwhelmingly to legally recognize same-sex marriage, becoming the 29th of Mexico’s 32 states to…

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Added on: 10/12/2022

I wish we were accepted’ – LGBTQ living in Antigua

10/11/2022

While it is safe for LGBTQ persons to live in most parts of the Caribbean, it’s not all peaches and cream. Homosexuality is still taboo. Stigma and…

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Added on: 10/12/2022

The Trevor Project Launches 24/7 Crisis Services for LGBTQ Youth in Mexico

10/11/2022

Today, on National Coming Out Day in the U.S. and Mexico, The Trevor Project announced the official launch of its free, confidential, 24/7 digital crisis services for…

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Added on: 10/11/2022

Parents up in arms over transgender policy for US military draft

10/10/2022

U.S. policy states that transgender women who were registered as males when they were born must register for the military draft with the Selective Service, while transgender…

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Added on: 10/11/2022

Gay former monk has dream wedding after being forced to quit Catholic church

10/10/2022

Bilgri was ordained in 1980 by Joseph Ratzinger, who became Pope Benedict XVI in 2005 and served as head of the Roman Catholic Church until February 2013….

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Added on: 10/11/2022

Tokyo Opens Same-Sex Partnership System for Applications

10/10/2022

A system to register same-sex partnerships opened for applications in Tokyo on Tuesday, in a symbolic step forward for a country that has fallen behind its peers…

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Added on: 10/11/2022

Propaganda video warns fleeing Russians about LGBTQ & Black people in the US

10/10/2022

As thousands of Russians continue to flee the country to avoid being conscripted to fight in Ukraine, a propaganda video warning of interactions with LGBTQ, Black, and…

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Added on: 10/10/2022

Vanderbilt Transgender Health Clinic suspends gender-affirming surgery for minors

10/09/2022

Vanderbilt University Medical Center’s transgender clinic in Nashville has paused gender affirming surgeries for patients under the age of 18, a top executive at the center told…

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Added on: 10/10/2022

STARS SLAMMED ‘Beyond disrespectful’ – Josh Cavallo SLAMS Iker Casillas for ‘coming out as gay’ as Spaniard says Twitter was hacked

10/09/2022

JOSH CAVALLO has slammed Iker Casillas and Carles Puyol for being “beyond disrespectful” after a tweet from Casillas’ account said “I’m gay.” Australian star Cavallo, 22, bravely…

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Added on: 10/10/2022

Human rights campaigner fears ‘gay-bashing’ attacks by locals at Qatar World Cup

10/09/2022

LGBTQ+ visitors to Qatar for the World Cup could be left open to “gay-bashing” attacks from locals with the security forces lacking the resources to protect them, a Qatari human…

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Added on: 10/10/2022

Putin says U.S. wants to push gender “perversions” on Russian schoolchildren

10/09/2022

Russian President Vladimir Putin expressed anti-LGBTQ views in his speech following the annexation of four Eastern Ukrainian regions into Russian territory. Putin delivered the speech last Friday in…