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Added on: 10/14/2024

Attacks on Gay Rights Push Russia’s LGBTQ Community Into the Shadows

10/13/2024

A decade ago, Russian publisher Leo Veles says, he could hang out in gay bars and clubs in Moscow and St. Petersburg. The scene wasn’t as vibrant…

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Added on: 10/14/2024

German Soccer Player Punished For Not Signing Fan’s Gay Pride Shirt: ‘Not Signing That’

10/13/2024

VfL Wolfsburg, a soccer club in Germany’s Bundesliga, has disciplined player Kevin Behrens after he reportedly refused to autograph a gay pride shirt and making comments toward the…

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Added on: 10/14/2024

New Marie Equi Center opens in Portland for low-income and homeless LGBTQ residents

10/13/2024

On National Coming Out Day, dozens gathered in Southeast Portland to celebrate the opening of Portland’s first center dedicated to supporting low-income and homeless LGBTQ people. The Marie Equi…

Alturi Blog

Added on: 10/13/2024

DISABILITY, ACCESSIBILITY, AND VOTING

JAMES HUNT

Alturi Contributor

Many states in the USA have laws that prevent individuals deemed “mentally incompetent” and other disabled citizens from voting. However, the criteria for determining someone to be…

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Added on: 10/12/2024

Bangladesh’s transgender community ready to shatter boundaries with education

10/12/2024

In Bangladesh, where traditional gender roles are deeply entrenched, transgender people face extraordinary challenges in achieving educational and economic success. A study conducted by researchers from Dhaka…

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Added on: 10/12/2024

Top Jesuit supports ‘LGBTQ Catholics’ event held at order’s headquarters in Rome

10/12/2024

Father Johan Verschueren, the general counsellor and delegate for the Interprovincial Houses and Works of the Society of Jesus in Rome, expressed his support for the “LGBTQ…

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Added on: 10/12/2024

Ghana Supreme Court defends its slow pace on anti-LGBTQ bill

10/11/2024

Ghana’s Supreme Court is under fire from anti-LGBTQ legislators for not issuing a ruling on a harsh anti-LGBTQ bill that Parliament passed in February. But the court…

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Added on: 10/11/2024

Nepali-US national wed in first such same-sex marriage in Kathmandu

10/10/2024

Two young men, a Nepali and a US citizen, married here on Thursday, the first such instance involving a foreigner in the Himalayan nation after its Supreme…

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Added on: 10/11/2024

German government plans to reform adoption law

10/10/2024

Patchwork and rainbow families have long become a part of everyday life for many people in Germany. But, according to Federal Justice Minister Marco Buschmann of the…

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Added on: 10/09/2024

Sport NZ asked to update Transgender Inclusion Guiding Principles

10/09/2024

Sport & Recreation Minister Chris Bishop has asked Sport NZ to review and update its Guiding Principles for the Inclusion of Transgender People in Community Sport. “The…

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Added on: 10/09/2024

Ugandan LGBTQI activist Clare Byarugaba wins prestigious human rights award

10/08/2024

Clare Byarugaba, a renowned Ugandan LGBTQI rights activist whose recent photo with Pope Francis went viral online, has been named by Human Rights First as the winner…

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Added on: 10/09/2024

Speed up judgment on court case against anti-LGBTQ bill – groups mount pressure on chief justice of Ghana

10/08/2024

One group wey dey call dem Arise Ghana togeda wit some religious groups don hit di streets to protest against di delay by di supreme court to…

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Added on: 10/09/2024

Here’s how Palestinian and queer organizers in Utah are working together

10/08/2024

Over the last year of Israel’s military campaign in Gaza, Palestinian and queer groups in Utah have made collaboration a key part of their work. Organizers in…

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Added on: 10/08/2024

Hopes for LGBTQ+ asylum fade as Kenya snubs ‘those letters’

10/08/2024

The man in charge of processing hundreds of thousands of asylum applications in Kenya says sexual minorities have no special rights on his watch, heightening anxiety among…

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Added on: 10/08/2024

Fact Check: Hurricane Disaster Leads to Misleading LGBTQ Social Media Posts

10/07/2024

The devastation of Hurricane Helene and the anticipation of Hurricane Milton have led to concern that the Federal Emergency Management Agency may face a funding shortage. The…

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Added on: 10/08/2024

Moscow Arrests Man for ‘LGBT Propaganda’ and ‘Satanism’

10/07/2024

Russia on Monday arrested a medic for “Satanism” and “promoting same-sex relationships,” as Moscow intensifies a legal crackdown on LGBTQ+ rights in defense of what it calls…

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Added on: 10/08/2024

Queering the Map: A year of defiant existence for Gaza’s LGBTQ community

10/07/2024

Throughout Israel’s bombing of Gaza over the past year, LGBTQ Palestinians have continued to seek refuge for their stories of love and identity on the digital hub,…

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Added on: 10/07/2024

Russian-style laws on rise in former Eastern Bloc countries eager to follow Georgia’s lead

10/06/2024

With Georgia passing yet another controversial law, this time against LGBTQ rights, a growing number of post-socialist EU states, such as Slovakia, Bulgaria and Hungary, appear eager…

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Added on: 10/07/2024

Ablakwa dares NAPO to prove LGBTQ curriculum claims

10/07/2024

North Tongu MP Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa has challenged to Dr Matthew Opoku Prempeh (Napo) over recent claims regarding his involvement in promoting LGBTQ-related content. Mr Ablakwa, in a…

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Added on: 10/07/2024

Pope’s Next Consistory Will Have a Number of LGBTQ-Positive New Cardinals

10/06/2024

Pope Francis has named 21 new cardinals, a number of whom have LGBTQ-positive records, to be elevated at a December consistory. The pope announced the cardinals-designate at Sunday’s Angelus, drawing…

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Added on: 10/07/2024

Two Ukrainian women in love were torn apart by Putin’s war. They never stopped fighting to reunite.

10/06/2024

Polina Muzhychkova and Sofia Malina fell in love fast. At 17 and 19, respectively, they met in Mariupol, Ukraine, and began dating. But a month later, the…

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Added on: 10/06/2024

Russia Is Forcing Gay Chechen Men To Become Soldiers In Ukraine War, Says LGBT Group

10/05/2024

SK SOS, a human rights group in Chechnya, say that Russian authorities are “blackmailing” imprisoned gay Chechen men to become soldiers, and fight for Russia in the…

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Added on: 10/06/2024

EU Court Hands Down Landmark Victory For Transgender Rights

10/05/2024

The European Union’s top court has ruled that member states must accept changes of first name and gender obtained in other countries in the bloc, a landmark…

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Added on: 10/06/2024

Falsehoods about LGBT circulated to distort discussions about accession to EU

10/04/2024

Falsehoods about the LGBT people are often disseminated in the public space to distort discussions about Moldova’s accession to the European Union, according to representatives of the…

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Added on: 10/05/2024

E.U. nations must recognize legal gender changes across bloc, top court rules

10/04/2024

The European Union’s top court ruled Friday that member states must recognize legal changes to gender identity processed elsewhere within the E.U., in a case with far-reaching…

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Added on: 10/05/2024

Spain’s first transgender soccer team makes debut in regional men’s league

10/04/2024

A soccer team consisting entirely of transgender men has made its debut in a regional league in Spain, overcoming administrative challenges and prejudice to become the first…

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Added on: 10/05/2024

JK Rowling declares that her religion is now transphobia

10/04/2024

In census data released Thursday in Scotland, there were a number of interesting findings about LGBTQ+ and gender identity, the trans population in Scotland, and religion. One…

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Added on: 10/05/2024

Supreme Court’s new term takes on ghost guns, porn access and trans care bans

10/04/2024

The U.S. Supreme Court, at once a major flashpoint in the 2024 campaign and potential presidential election referee, gavels open a new term on Monday with the…

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Added on: 10/04/2024

US ‘Welcome Corps’ helps resettle LGBTQ+ refugees fleeing crackdowns against gay people

10/03/2024

A crowd surrounded his boyfriend’s house and beat him. Ngounou’s family learned of the relationship and kicked him out. So Ngounou fled — alone and with little…

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Added on: 10/04/2024

How a social media ban will harm LGBTQIA+ teenagers like me

10/03/2024

Hi – I’m Maggie Perry, a 15-year-old trans girl who lives in Central Queensland, and I work for 6NewsAU, a news channel run entirely by teenagers like me. I’m…