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Added on: 01/26/2022

LGBTQ ‘conversion therapy’ officially banned in France.

01/25/2022

France has officially banned so-called LGBTQ “conversion therapy,” the widely debunked — and potentially dangerous — practice of attempting to change a person’s sexual orientation or gender…

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Added on: 01/26/2022

Woman says military lawsuit is about ‘what they think a lesbian female should look like’.

01/25/2022

A woman suing the U.S. Army and Air Force for discrimination said her case centers on what certain military leaders think a “lesbian female should look like,”…

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Added on: 01/26/2022

Amnesty urges Iran to free ‘arbitrarily detained’ LGBTI activist.

01/25/2022

Amnesty International on Tuesday urged Iran to free an Iranian LGBTI activist held for the last three months on charges linked to an appearance in a BBC…

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Added on: 01/25/2022

California mother claims teachers manipulated her daughter to change her gender identity.

01/24/2022

A California mother said her daughter’s teachers are “predatory” and “disgusting” after she filed a lawsuit against them and school district officials that alleged two teachers brainwashed…

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Added on: 01/25/2022

Guatemala: Anti-Trans Bill Threatens Rights.

01/24/2022

A group of lawmakers in Guatemala has advanced a bill that would stigmatize transgender people and curtail children’s and adolescents’ rights to education, information, and health, Human…

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Added on: 01/25/2022

UK’s first LGBTQ museum to open in London this spring.

01/24/2022

The UK’s first LGBTQ museum is due to open this spring in London, founded by the charity Queer Britain. The museum will be located on the ground…

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Added on: 01/25/2022

Botswana president vows to honour gay rights judgment.

01/24/2022

Botswana’s president vowed Monday to fully implement a 2019 court ruling decriminalising homosexuality, two months after losing an appeal that sought to overturn it. President Mokgweetsi Masisi…

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Added on: 01/24/2022

Oklahoma Watch: Governor’s order throws transgender Oklahomans into legal limbo

01/22/2022

On the second Wednesday of every month, attorney Josh Payton can be found behind a gray table downtown at the Dennis R. Neill Equality Center. Clients say Payton’s clinic…

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Added on: 01/24/2022

Covid takes a toll on transgender entertainers in Indonesia, where even the term LGBT is seen as a threat

01/23/2022

It was almost 2pm in one of the outer western suburbs of Surabaya, Indonesia’s second largest city of more than three million inhabitants. Merry, 50, a transwoman, had just…

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Added on: 01/24/2022

Samsung pulls ad featuring heartfelt moments between loved ones including a drag performer

01/23/2022

Samsung decided to remove an advertisement from airing in Singapore and deleted it from online channels, shortly after posting it, because it “may be perceived as insensitive…

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Added on: 01/24/2022

‘Cars had stickers of DMK leaders’: Pro-Hindutva LGBTQ activist Gopi Shankar Madurai survives fourth attack, appeals to PM Modi for help

01/23/2022

Well-known LGBTQ activist Gopi Shankar Madurai has recently survived the fourth attack in Mahabalipuram of Tamilnadu. Gopi Shankar Madurai was obstructed in the road by six goons…

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Added on: 01/23/2022

Overturning Roe would also devastate LGBTQIA+ community

1/23/22

This year marks the 49th anniversary of Roe v. Wade and it is no coincidence that there is currently much discourse about the potential for the Supreme…

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Added on: 01/23/2022

Rightify Ghana launches fundraising appeal to expand advocacy for LGBTQI+ people

1/22/22

A leading LGBT advocacy group in Ghana that has put a spotlight on what it calls the “worst anti-LGBTQ bill ever” is seeking donations from LGBTQ rights…

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Added on: 01/23/2022

In Venezuela, a soldier can be sent to prison for being gay. The courts could change that.

1/22/22

On an early morning in 2013, a soldier alerted a supervisor that a comrade had left his post. He had seen him getting into a red car…

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Added on: 01/22/2022

We Can No Longer Ignore the Murders of LGBTQ+ People in Jamaica

1/21/22

Jasmyne Cannick, the journalist who brought national attention to the killings committed by Ed Buck in West Hollywood, is releasing a new podcast series exploring the many…

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Added on: 01/22/2022

House committee in Florida passes ‘Don’t Say Gay’ bill

1/21/22

A Florida House committee on Thursday passed a bill seeking to ban discussions of sexuality and gender identity in school classrooms, which LGBTQ+ advocates say will effectively…

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Added on: 01/21/2022

Lesbian couple’s killing, dismemberment sparks protest in Juarez

01/20/2022

JUAREZ, Mexico (Border Report) – Women’s rights and LGBT activists took to the streets of Juarez on Thursday, demanding answers in the murder and dismemberment of a lesbian…

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Added on: 01/21/2022

A Brotherhood of Bears Flourishes Despite Russia’s Anti-LGBT Agenda

01/20/2022

ST. PETERSBURG — If you didn’t know Club Malevich existed you would never find it. There are no signs, windows, grand entrances or bouncers at the back…

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Added on: 01/21/2022

Second-class citizens’? Namibia rules against gay couples

01/20/2022

WINDHOEK, Jan 20 (Reuters) – Namibia’s High Court ruled on Thursday against two gay couples fighting for recognition of their marriages, with the judge saying she agreed…

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Added on: 01/20/2022

LGBT veterans who served during ban on gay troops to share experiences in government review

01/19/2022

LGBT veterans will be asked about how they were treated when serving in the British military while there was a ban on gay personnel. About 5,000 ex-service…

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Added on: 01/20/2022

Hearing on Polish judges could deepen standoff with Europe

01/19/2022

A top Polish court adjourned on Wednesday a sitting on whether a continent-wide human rights court had the power to question local judges’ legitimacy in a case…

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Added on: 01/20/2022

LGBTQ athletes in China: Tolerated at best

01/19/2022

Li Ying is back with the Steel Roses. New national team coach Shui Qingxia, the first woman at the helm of the Chinese women’s national footall team,…

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Added on: 01/19/2022

Dorottya Redai — A Fairy Tale for Everyone, Hungary

Sarah Leistico

Alturi Contributor

How did you initially become involved in activism? In 2004 I began to make connections to the Labrisz Lesbian Association. It was an intensive year when I…

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Added on: 01/19/2022

American L.G.B.T.Q.+ Museum Names First Executive Director

01/18/2022

Almost five years exactly after its conception, the American L.G.B.T.Q.+ Museum — which aims to open its doors in 2024 — has found its first executive director….

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Added on: 01/19/2022

We are your sons and daughters

01/18/2022

TART accepting that transgender people are your daughters and sons, says Namibia’s first Miss Trans Ambassador 2021, Penelope Tatiana Delapoirto (24). “What we can do is to…

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Added on: 01/19/2022

Peter Tatchell at 70: why the fight goes on – after Netflix stardom and 30 years of gay rights victories

01/18/2022

On a gloweringly grey January afternoon, Peter Tatchell arrives on time, bearing gifts. “Happy New Year!” he says, and hands me the latest issue of the New…

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Added on: 01/19/2022

Mexico threatens fans with 5-year bans for homophobic chant

01/18/2022

The Mexican Football Federation says any fan caught screaming a homophobic chant at its matches will face a five-year ban from national team games. Federation President Yon…

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Added on: 01/18/2022

Gay couple become first in Taiwan to adopt after legal battle – but victory is bittersweet

01/17/2022

A married gay couple has become the first in Taiwan to adopt a child together – but their legal victory hasn’t been extended to other couples like…

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Added on: 01/18/2022

LGBT ACTIVIST DETAINED IN LEBANON, FINALLY ARRIVES IN AUSTRALIA

01/17/2022

After fleeing to Turkey from their home country of Jordan in July 2020, LGBTQI activist Alshaima Omama Alzubi has finally arrived in Australia. The 25-year-old Jordanian refugee…

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Added on: 01/17/2022

Tom Cotton Senate bill would separate prison inmates by birth gender, not identity

01/16/2022

A prisoner’s gender at birth, not their gender identity, would determine where they would be housed, under a U.S. Senate bill proposed last week by Republican Tom Cotton of Arkansas. The…