Discrimination and Equality

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Added on: 10/05/2021
10/04/2021
The Gay Project has launched a new campaign “#ProudAF”, aimed at reducing racism towards gay, bisexual and trans (GBTQI+) people of colour and travellers and in Ireland….

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Added on: 10/05/2021
10/04/2021
A professor of Journalism and Mass Communication, Kwame Karikari, has said the current anti-gay bill which is being promoted by Ningo Prampram lawmaker, Sam Nartey George and…

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Added on: 10/04/2021
Three years ago the release of John Trengove’s Inxeba (The Wound) set tongues wagging in South Africa. The film, which portrays a troubled romantic relationship between two gay…

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Added on: 10/04/2021
10/03/2021
Pride flags, which were created to promote unity, are being called political and divisive in some schools across the country. A recent example: An Oregon school board…

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Added on: 10/04/2021
10/03/2021
HONG KONG — Huang Xi, the founder of mainland China’s only nonprofit organization offering psychological counseling to transgender people, is a rarity — a Chinese transgender woman…

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Added on: 10/04/2021
10/03/2021
Senior Tories are concerned that their conference will be the latest to be overshadowed by a row over trans rights, after the party said it was standing…

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Added on: 10/03/2021
Russia’s LGBT, radical feminist and child-free groups should be recognized as “extremist,” the chairman of an influential government commission said Wednesday. “LGBT ideology, radical feminism and child-free…

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Added on: 10/03/2021
10/3/21
Having lost their leader in Washington, Donald Trump-supporting Republicans appear to have settled on a new authoritarianism-curious leader to admire: Hungary’s anti-immigrant, anti-LGBT, anti-free press Viktor Orbán….

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Added on: 10/03/2021
09/30/2021
Few choices would be harder to make than coming round to accept that you are neither male nor female. Add to this the fact not much is…

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Added on: 10/02/2021
10/01/2021
Romesa Ahmed, a transgender woman from Pakistan, tells the story of her failed attempt to flee to Europe. Shunned by her family, raped and tortured by those…

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Added on: 10/02/2021
German Catholic bishops and lay leaders on Friday called for their church to bless same-sex relationships, challenging a Vatican ban on the practice. The move raised pressure…

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Added on: 10/02/2021
10/1/21
An academic and LGBT activist in Hungary is among the word’s 100 most influential people, according to Time magazine, for her work on a children’s book that…

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Added on: 10/01/2021
According to a recent UCLA study, nearly half of the LGBT renters in the United States who are behind on their payments fear the worst: eviction. In as…

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Added on: 10/01/2021
09/30/2021
After Swiss voters overwhelmingly backed same-sex marriage in a referendum on Sunday, LGBT groups in the country hailed a “historic day” for Switzerland. But the Swiss vote also…

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Added on: 09/30/2021
09/30/2021
Russia’s LGBT, radical feminist and child-free groups should be recognized as “extremist,” the chairman of an influential government commission said Wednesday. “LGBT ideology, radical feminism and child-free…

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Added on: 09/30/2021
09/29/2021
Riding support from Poland’s right-wing populist Law and Justice Party and the local Roman Catholic clergy, nearly 100 provinces and municipalities in 2019 passed symbolic resolutions declaring…

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Added on: 09/29/2021
09/29/2021
In a series of crackdowns that included big tech firms, entertainment stars, business magnets, China is now targeting the LGBTQ community. Fabien Baussart, writing in The Times…

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Added on: 09/29/2021
09/28/2021
Japan is about to get a new prime minister – and two candidates in particular have the potential to transform LGBT+ rights, including same-sex marriage. After the…

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Added on: 09/29/2021
The coup in Guinea came in early September, only a few months after a military junta seized power in neighboring Mali. That turmoil added new challenges for…

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Added on: 09/29/2021
09/28/2021
Hundreds of students walked out of a Texas high school on Wednesday, claiming discrimination against queer students and teachers. Many of those protesting at MacArthur High School…

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Added on: 09/28/2021
09/27/2021
Two German politicians made history when they were elected to the country’s parliament on Sunday. Tessa Ganserer and Nyke Slawik, both of the Greens party, are the…

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Added on: 09/28/2021
09/27/2021
WARSAW -Three Polish regional councils voted on Monday to repeal motions declaring their provinces “LGBT-free zones,” state-run news agency PAP reported, after the European Union threatened to…

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Added on: 09/28/2021
In West Africa, military juntas have seized power in Mali (May 24) and in Guinea (Sept. 5) — events that added new challenges for LGBTI citizens in…

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Added on: 09/27/2021
09/26/2021
Health secretary Sajid Javid is facing strident backlash after he said it was a “scientific fact” that only women have cervixes. Javid made his comments after Labour leader…

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Added on: 09/27/2021
09/26/2021
GEORGE TOWN (Bernama): “Mukhannath” or transgender individuals should change their appearance if they want to be in mosques or surau, says Penang Mufti Datuk Seri Dr Wan…

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Added on: 09/27/2021
WASHINGTON (AP) — Rep. Liz Cheney says she was wrong to oppose gay marriage in the past, a stand that once split her family. Cheney, R-Wyo., a…

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Added on: 09/26/2021
Kenya’s Film Classification Board (KFCB) has banned a documentary about two gay lovers. The film, I Am Samuel, is a movie about the romantic relationship between two…

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Added on: 09/26/2021
Swiss voters have decided by a clear margin to allow same-sex couples to marry, in a referendum that brings the Alpine nation into line with many others…

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Added on: 09/26/2021
9/17/21
China officially has a “male feminization” problem. That’s not some throwaway line or social media meme. It’s actual policy from the nation’s education ministry, which plans to…

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Added on: 09/26/2021
A conflict is deepening between the Seoul Metropolitan Government and organizers of the annual Seoul Queer Culture Festival (SQCF), following the city government’s recent decision to reject…