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Added on: 11/02/2024

Georgian ruling party stands firm against LGBT propaganda law

11/01/2024

The ruling “Georgian Dream – Democratic Georgia” party has reiterated its commitment to maintaining the law prohibiting LGBT propaganda, despite acknowledging that it may hinder the country’s…

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Added on: 11/02/2024

Germany brings in landmark law to cut red tape around changing gender

11/01/2024

The Self-Determination Act was passed in the German parliament in April. It allows over-18s to change official records to reflect their preferred names and genders without the…

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Added on: 11/01/2024

Global LGBTQ advocacy group suspends Israeli group

10/31/2024

An influential global advocacy group for LGBTQ rights has suspended an Israeli member organization as part of a larger move to boycott Israel, angering queer Jews and…

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Added on: 11/01/2024

Russia Stirs Up Anti-LGBTQ Prejudice In Moldova ‘Information War’

10/31/2024

When two false bomb alerts targeted an LGBTQ festival in Chisinau this month, organiser Angelica Frolov was left scrambling to find an alternative venue at the last…

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Added on: 11/01/2024

JD Vance Roasted After Unbelievable Claim About “Normal Gay Guy Vote”

10/31/2024

JD Vance claimed that he and Donald Trump could likely win the votes of “normal” gay men because they “just want to be left the hell alone.” Vance…

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Added on: 11/01/2024

Marielle Franco’s killers sentenced to 78 and 59 years in jail

10/31/2024

A Brazilian court on Thursday sentenced the two killers of iconic Black LGBTQ activist and councilwoman Marielle Franco to 78 and 59 years in jail, respectively, after a…

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Added on: 10/31/2024

Video: Gay Kamala Harris campaign volunteers in Pennsylvania verbally attacked by homophobe

10/30/2024

Two gay men canvassing for Vice President Kamala Harris’s campaign in rural Pennsylvania were verbally assaulted with homophobic slurs and violent threats on Saturday, an incident captured…

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Added on: 10/31/2024

As homophobic influencers peddle lies and hatred, wave of assaults hits Ivory Coast

10/30/2024

Anti-LGBT hatred is surging in the formerly somewhat safe West African nation of Ivory Coast, as this news site reported last month in the article “Ivory Coast:…

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Added on: 10/31/2024

Brazil Trial Begins Over Murder Of Iconic Activist Franco

10/30/2024

Two ex-police officers went on trial in Brazil on Wednesday over the 2018 assassination of charismatic black LGBT activist Marielle Franco, a Rio de Janeiro councilor who…

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Added on: 10/31/2024

Uganda’s anti-LGBTQ+ law forces climate activist into exile: ‘I can’t stop now’

10/30/2024

Climate activist Nyombi Morris became outspoken about LGBTQ+ rights after his sister was outed as a lesbian and expelled from school. Last year, Uganda passed a new…

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Added on: 10/30/2024

A second high court rules that Japan’s ban on same-sex marriage is unconstitutional

10/30/2024

A second Japanese high court ruled Wednesday that the government’s policy against same-sex marriage is unconstitutional, the latest in a series of decisions upholding plaintiffs’ demands for…

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Added on: 10/30/2024

England urged to follow Scotland on LGBT education in schools

10/29/2024

England has been urged to follow Scotland in introducing an LGBTI action plan, with praise for inclusive education policies. In 2018 the UK Government published a comprehensive…

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Added on: 10/30/2024

Anti-LGBTQ+ legislation linked with worse HIV prevention

10/29/2024

With more than 500 anti-lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or queer (LGBTQ+) bills introduced in the United States in 2024 alone, understanding the public health impact of this…

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Added on: 10/29/2024

These LGBTQ+ dads are on a mission to build more queer families

10/28/2024

After the birth of their daughter, Pat and Carlos Dolan want to normalize LGBTQ+ families and make the process more affordable….

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Added on: 10/29/2024

2.1M Korean Christians attend joint worship service for repentance, resist LGBT ideology

10/28/2024

In the afternoon of Reformation Sunday, some 2.1 million Christians gathered for a joint worship service to “unite for repentance, revival and restoration of holiness in our…

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Added on: 10/29/2024

Owner of Siberian gay club charged with ‘extremism’ and placed under house arrest

10/28/2024

An unnamed 22-year-old woman who owns a gay club that was raided by police in the Siberian city of Chita has been placed under house arrest after…

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Added on: 10/29/2024

Academic in Bangladesh barred from teaching in response to anti-gay protesters

10/28/2024

An assistant professor at Islamic University in Kushtia, Bangladesh, has been barred from teaching classes in response to pro-Islamist students’ protests that he is gay. Protesting students…

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Added on: 10/28/2024

Christians demand Justin Welby’s resignation after gay sex comment

10/27/2024

Christians across the United Kingdom are calling for Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby’s resignation following his comments supporting sexual intimacy in same-sex relationships. They argue that his…

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Added on: 10/28/2024

Germany’s transgender rights law to take effect

10/27/2024

Starting Friday, people aged 18 and older will be able to change official records to alter their names and genders or have the gender marker removed altogether,…

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Added on: 10/28/2024

Harris struggles to combat Trump’s anti-trans closing argument

10/27/2024

Vice President Harris has struggled to combat former President Trump’s anti-transgender attacks, which are a major part of the Republican’s closing argument. The Trump campaign has flooded the…

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Added on: 10/28/2024

Georgia’s Parliament Enacts Controversial LGBTQ Rights Law Amid Growing Tensions

10/27/2024

In a move echoing Russia’s restrictive legislation, the speaker of Georgia’s parliament signed into law a bill that severely limits the rights of LGBTQ individuals, igniting backlash…

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Added on: 10/26/2024

Denis Leontovich landed a government job in Russia, despite being openly gay. Then online harassment forced him to flee the country.

10/25/2024

Twenty-three-year-old Denis Leontovich lived openly as a gay man in Russia. After discovering a passion for environmental education in college, he took a position in youth policy…

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Added on: 10/26/2024

Gay People Are Hunted Down and Beaten in a Country Once a Refuge

10/25/2024

Ivory Coast had long been a haven for L.G.B.T.Q. people, even as they faced discrimination or persecution elsewhere in West Africa. But over the past two months,…

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Added on: 10/26/2024

Alberta legislature sitting to focus on rights bill, transgender policies

10/25/2024

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith’s government is set to start its fall sitting with a focus on bills that the Opposition NDP says are aimed at catering to…

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Added on: 10/25/2024

More than 800 US veterans given honourable discharges after ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ review

10/24/2024

The Pentagon has announced that more than 800 veterans who were thrown out of the US military over their sexual orientation will receive honourable discharges. Under a policy…

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Added on: 10/25/2024

LGBTQ+ Georgians say health crisis looms as new laws hit services

10/24/2024

BUCHAREST- Georgia could be on the verge of a health crisis if recent legislation targeting the LGBTQ+ community is not rolled back, activists say, adding that they…

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Added on: 10/25/2024

Nobody to each other

10/24/2024

When Alexey Bachinsky completed his journalism degree in 2011, he was already well aware that he could never work for Russian state television. Thankfully, at that time…

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Added on: 10/25/2024

15-year-old pushes back on book ban

10/24/2024

At least two publications aimed at educating young teens about sex could be removed from Port Macquarie library if a review by council staff deem them to…

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Added on: 10/23/2024

Uganda: Criminalization shrinks online civic space for LGBTQ people – report

10/23/2024

Online attacks against Uganda’s LGBTQ communities have drastically increased, owing to overly broad laws that criminalize various aspects of the lives of LGBTQ people and entrench discrimination,…

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Added on: 10/23/2024

Fans chanted anti-gay message at soccer match & jeered announcer telling them to stop

10/22/2024

French soccer league Ligue de Football Professionnel (LFP) has condemned fans who took part in anti-LGBTQ+ chanting at a match over the weekend. During Paris Saint-Germain (PSG)…