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Added on: 03/25/2022

SINGAPORE CONDUCTS FIRST EVER PUBLIC SURVEY ON LGBT ISSUES

03/24/2022

A Singapore government survey seeking feedback from the public about LGBTQI issues and section 377A that criminalises same-sex relationships has received over 30,000 responses. According to the Strait Times,…

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Added on: 03/25/2022

High Court delays ruling on closure of Ugandan gay ally group Chapter Four

03/24/2022

Uganda’s High Court in Kampala has postponed ruling on an application seeking to quash the government’s decision to indefinitely suspend the activities of Chapter Four Uganda, an…

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Added on: 03/24/2022

Venezuelan same-sex couples still wait for right to marry

03/23/2022

CARACAS, Venezuela — Ana Margarita Rojas and Elena Hernáiz have shared their lives for more than three decades and raised a son together. Their neighbors in Venezuela’s…

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Added on: 03/24/2022

TikTok censoring LGBTQ, Nazi terms in Germany: report

03/23/2022

TikTok has been running a questionable word-filtering system in Germany, according to a report by German public broadcasters. The popular Chinese-owned social network has been blocking posts that contain German-language…

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Added on: 03/24/2022

Gay couple attacked by yeshiva students in Jerusalem

03/23/2022

Neria and Kevin were preparing their Shabbat dinner table at their home in Jerusalem when a yeshiva student decided to throw a stone through their window, narrowly…

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Added on: 03/24/2022

France’s Zemmour faces suit over denial of Nazi anti-gay crimes

03/23/2022

French far-right presidential candidate Eric Zemmour is being targeted with legal action by gay rights groups, who say he denied that homosexuals were rounded up and deported…

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Added on: 03/23/2022

Disney employees walk out, as ESPN and Disney+ back LGBTQ+ rights.

03/22/2022

Disney employees staged a walkout Tuesday in protest of the company’s response to Florida’s controversial Parental Rights in Education law, which critics have dubbed the “Don’t Say…

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Added on: 03/23/2022

When Communism was Queer.

03/22/2022

Cuba is considering a new family code that could allow marriage equality for the first time in the communist nation. In the last year, the Cuban health…

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Added on: 03/23/2022

Iraq: Impunity for Violence Against LGBT People.

03/22/2022

Armed groups in Iraq abduct, rape, torture, and kill lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people, with impunity, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today with…

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Added on: 03/23/2022

Governors in Indiana and Utah veto transgender sports bans.

03/22/2022

Going against the growing trend of transgender sports bans in GOP-led states, the Republican governors of Indiana and Utah have vetoed proposed laws in their states. In…

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Added on: 03/22/2022

Cameroon: Freed after 18 months, gay men say ‘thank you’ to supporters.

03/21/2022

Generous donors have brought about the early release of nine Cameroonian prisoners who were convicted of homosexuality. Two more are scheduled for release this month. This is…

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Added on: 03/22/2022

How Did the German Church Become the Leaders of Catholic LGBTQ Equality?

03/21/2022

Over the past few years, members of the LGBTQ Catholic community around the globe have been watching how Germany’s church leaders, organizations, and laity are leading the…

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Added on: 03/22/2022

The media disinformation campaign against Ghana’s queer community.

03/21/2022

When Ako* heard that an LGBTIQ community centre was going to open in Ghanaian capital Accra, the first thing she did was get herself a date. And…

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Added on: 03/22/2022

How Strands for Trans built a movement for transgender-friendly barbershops.

03/21/2022

Strands for Trans, a campaign that maps transgender-friendly barbershops and salons, launched five years ago as stories of trans people facing discrimination in these spaces surfaced online….

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Added on: 03/21/2022

Family and friends remember LGBTQ activist Elise Malary found dead over the weekend: ‘She chose time and time again to lift others up’

03/20/2022

People who loved Elise Malary gathered in Andersonville Sunday night in front of a brick wall filled with memories. “Her voice was soft. Her tongue was sharp….

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Added on: 03/21/2022

A ‘Gay Picture’ in Jordanian School Book Stirs Debate!

03/20/2022

Following the massive social media campaign over the possible promotion and acceptance of the LGBTQ+ through teaching Jordanian public schools, the Jordan Minister of Education took to…

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Added on: 03/21/2022

A Transgender Woman Was Killed in Wuhan. The CCP’s Reaction: Hiding the Facts

03/20/2022

On March 9, the murder of a transgender person took place in Wuhan Paradise Walk (武汉江宸天街), a large shopping center in downtown Wuhan. The victim was a…

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Added on: 03/21/2022

Baroness Nicholson forced to back down on banning trans people from hospital wards

03/20/2022

In the early hours of the morning on Thursday (17 March), Baroness Nicholson proposed an amendment to the controversial Health and Care Bill, which aims to reorganise…

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Added on: 03/20/2022

Meet the asylum seeker who chairs Carlisle City of Sanctuary group

3/20/22

MINA Banisaeid is an asylum seeker who has not only changed her own life, but is helping to improve the lives of others around her. She is…

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Added on: 03/20/2022

Kim Davis violated gay couples’ rights in denying marriage licenses, judge rules

3/19/22

A federal judge has ruled that a former Kentucky clerk violated the constitutional rights of two same-sex couples after she wouldn’t issue them marriage licenses – a…

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Added on: 03/20/2022

Transgender immigrants who fled Latin America still face uncertainty in the US

3/19/22

Paloma Vazquez envisioned a new start in Houston. After immigrating from Honduras to escape transphobic violence just six months prior, the 29-year-old was ready to move into…

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Added on: 03/19/2022

I, Issa, transgender person from Senegal

3/17/22

At 44 years old, Issa Diatta (pseudonym) fled to France in order to assume his true trans identity, which was impossible at home in the Thiès region…

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Added on: 03/19/2022

Priests ‘forcing LGBTI people to undergo conversion therapy’, MPs hear

3/18/22

Priests force children and adults into hormone and other conversion therapy treatments, which remain legal in Cyprus, with the aim of changing their sexual orientation and gender…

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Added on: 03/19/2022

Bill promotes California as U.S. refuge for transgender youth

3/18/22

California could provide legal refuge to displaced transgender youth and their families under a proposal announced Thursday that joins a growing list of initiatives from the nation’s…

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Added on: 03/18/2022

Big majority of Australian parents support LGBTIQ+ education in schools

03/18/2022

A national study has found over 80 per cent of Australian parents support the teaching of gender and sexuality diversity in schools, as part of relationships and…

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Added on: 03/18/2022

Kosovo’s parliament rejects new law recognising same-sex civil unions

03/17/2022

Kosovo’s parliament has rejected a new law that would allow same-sex couples to form civil partnerships. Just 28 out of 120 MPs voted in favour of the bill…

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Added on: 03/18/2022

Working Remotely, Some Transgender People Saw an Opportunity to Change

03/17/2022

For years, Deke Wilson, 41, was ambivalent about undergoing a medical transition to male. He felt it was critical for his happiness, but there were plenty of…

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Added on: 03/17/2022

LGBTQ refugees fleeing Ukraine draw on European network of allies to find housing, medical care

03/16/2022

When Edward Reese, a queer activist who works with Kyiv Pride, decided to flee Ukraine on March 8, he knew it was going to be a long…

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Added on: 03/17/2022

Malaysian government’s ‘gay conversion’ app pulled by Google Play

03/17/2022

An app produced by the Malaysian government that promised to help the LGBTI community “return to nature” has been removed from the Google Play store, after it…

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Added on: 03/17/2022

In 1st for Bay Area, gay Afghan Muslim joins college board

03/16/2022

When a Chabot-Las Positas Community College District Board of Trustees member resigned due to relocating, the search was on to find an appointee to fill the vacancy…