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Added on: 09/22/2021

Ghana: LGBT Activists Face Hardships After Detention

09/20/2021

Arbitrary arrests and detention of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people in Ghana, and a proposed draconian anti-LGBT bill are causing serious economic hardship and psychological…

Global News

Added on: 09/22/2021

‘The Taliban will have no mercy’: LGBTQ+ Afghans go into hiding

09/20/2021

Laila, a transgender woman in Afghanistan, rubs her eyes to wipe tears away. “I am terrified. It’s like a nightmare. I don’t feel safe even in my…

Global News

Added on: 09/19/2021

Salvadoran president rules out allowing abortion, same-sex marriage

9/17/21

Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele said on Friday a raft of constitutional reforms the government will send soon to Congress will not contain decriminalization of abortion, legalization of…

Global News

Added on: 09/18/2021

Appeal court overturns UK puberty blockers ruling for under-16s

9/17/21

The court of appeal has overturned a controversial judgment that children under the age of 16 considering gender reassignment are unlikely to be mature enough to give…

Global News

Added on: 09/16/2021

New Zealand locals send record 100,000 submissions to ban LGBT conversion practices

09/15/2021

New Zealand is on its way to become the land of conquering the impossible, and adding another feather to this cap of victories is its new record…

Global News

Added on: 09/15/2021

Trailblazer in transgender treatment: Professor Hwang Na-Hyun of KUAH

09/14/2021

People who have a gender identity that differs from the sex assigned at birth are known as transgender. While the term was something many avoided addressing, transgender…

Global News

Added on: 09/15/2021

Anti-trans legislation will have drastic effects on intersex people & their healthcare

09/14/2021

For months, a conservative-backed wave of anti-transgender legislation has taken the country by storm, leading this year to have the most anti-LGBTQ laws enacted in American history….

Global News

Added on: 09/15/2021

Harassment led transgender nurse to develop health issues

09/13/2021

A labor ministry office in Ibaraki, Osaka Prefecture, concluded that a transgender hospital worker’s mental health issues were the result of months of being misgendered by other…

Global News

Added on: 09/12/2021

UCT vice-chancellor apologises to LGBTQIA+ community

9/12/21

Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cape Town (UCT) Professor Mamokgethi Phakeng apologised to the LGBTQIA+ community for a seminar she co-hosted on Sunday, September 4. The seminar,…

Global News

Added on: 09/11/2021

Could Texas abortion ban strategy be double-edged sword?

9/11/21

The unusual legal strategy used to ban most abortions in Texas is already increasingly being employed in Republican-led states to target pornography, LGBT rights and other hot-button…

Global News

Added on: 09/09/2021

Anger over UCT Vice Chancellor’s “harmful” webinar on LGBTIQA+ community

09/07/2021

Gender diversity organisations have slammed UCT Vice-Chancellor Mamokgethi Phakeng for hosting a social media seminar described as “harmful and hurtful” to the LGBTIQA+ community. Titled, What does…

Global News

Added on: 09/09/2021

Tory MP demands government act on ‘cruel and unusual’ trans healthcare crisis

09/07/2021

Tory MP Crispin Blunt has condemned the “unacceptable crisis in trans healthcare” and demanded the government pay for trans patients to have gender-affirming surgeries abroad. Blunt, who…

World Voices

Added on: 09/08/2021

Masen Davis – Transgender Europe

Dorian Coleman

Alturi Contributor

Masen began his path in activism college and by going to antiwar and pro-choice marches. He also found inspiration in his mother, a feminist. “I have always…

Global News

Added on: 09/08/2021

Misinterpretation of conversion therapy ban bill causing confusion in some churches

09/07/2021

Concerns have been raised about how far the proposed legislation goes, and whether parents could be criminalised for having conversations with their children about their sexuality or…

Global News

Added on: 08/28/2021

Catholic Medical Association joins lawsuit over HHS ‘transgender mandate’

8/27/21

The Philadelphia-based Catholic Medical Association Aug. 26 joined in a lawsuit challenging the Biden administration’s mandate that doctors and hospitals perform gender-transition procedures on any patient despite…

Alturi Blog

Added on: 08/26/2021

Canada: True North for LGBTI Afghan Refugees

Alturi Project Strategist

Canada leads with a perfect 10.0 sexual orientation gender identity legal index (SOGI-LI) SOGI-LI ranks countries by the recognition and protection their laws offer LGBTI people. Canada…

Global News

Added on: 08/24/2021

Israel Will Now Let Gay Men Donate Blood

08/23/2021

Israel has ended a restriction on blood donation that effectively prohibited gay men from donating blood. Until now, Israel had prohibited any man who had had same-sex…

Global News

Added on: 08/23/2021

LGBTQ leader cries foul vs homophobic acts in Zambo

08/22/2021

The President of the Lesbian Gay Bisexuals and Transgenders Federation of Zamboanga (LGBTFZ) cried foul against homophobic acts in the city as he called for increased advocacy…

Global News

Added on: 08/21/2021

The ban on the practice of ‘curing queer sexuality’ in India

08/20/2021

The Madras High Court in its June 2021 judgement banned the practice of ‘conversion therapy’ in India, bringing protective measures for LGBTQIA+ individuals in the country. The…

Global News

Added on: 08/20/2021

This brave charity is helping desperate LGBT+ Afghans escape the brutal Taliban

08/19/2021

The Rainbow Railroad is a global NGO providing aid and asylum to LGBT+ people around the world. Since its founding it’s helped more than 1,600 LGBT+ people…

Global News

Added on: 08/20/2021

LGBT in Afghanistan: ‘I could be killed on the spot’

08/19/2021

Before the Taliban uprising in Afghanistan, life for gay man Abdul (his name has been changed) was already dangerous. If he’d spoken about his sexuality to the…

Global News

Added on: 08/19/2021

‘Everything is gone’ for LGBT+ Afghans, says bisexual man who escaped before Taliban took over

08/19/2021

Afghanistan wasn’t a welcoming place for LGBT+ people prior to the Taliban takeover that shocked the world – but human rights activists are expecting things to get…

Global News

Added on: 08/17/2021

Moderna starts human trials for its revolutionary HIV vaccine this week

08/16/2021

This week, the biotech company Moderna will start human trials for its HIV vaccine. Its HIV vaccine will be the first of its kind to use messenger…

Global News

Added on: 08/15/2021

92% Of LGBT Adults Have Received At Least One COVID-19 Vaccine Shot

8/14/21

LGBT adults have nearly universally adopted the COVID-19 vaccine. According to a report released Thursday by the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) Foundation, the education arm of the…

Global News

Added on: 08/13/2021

LGBTQ Adults Are Facing Hunger At Almost Twice The Rate As Others, New Data Shows

08/12/2021

LGBT adults living in the U.S. are nearly twice as likely to be experiencing food insecurity during the pandemic than non-LGBT adults, according to new survey data…

Global News

Added on: 08/13/2021

Ghana’s president in tight spot over anti-LGBT law

08/12/2021

Opposition lawmakers in Ghana are pushing President Nana Akufo-Addo into a tight spot by promoting an anti-LGBT law widely condemned by critics for undermining rights but applauded…

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Added on: 08/13/2021

Homophobic Ghanaian ‘Family Values’ Bill is Odious and Beggars Belief

08/10/2021

Sometimes the human capacity for cruelty takes my breath away. A recently proposed bill on “sexual rights” and “family values” in Ghana is a case study in…

Global News

Added on: 08/13/2021

Amid continued criminalisation, Uganda endorses LGBT access for HIV treatment

08/11/2021

Despite ongoing criminalization of men who have sex with men and transgender people, the government of Uganda is attempting to include them in national plans for the…

Global News

Added on: 08/07/2021

How A Gay Community Helped The CDC Spot A COVID Outbreak — And Learn More About Delta

8/6/21

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has a lot of ways to pick up on COVID-19 outbreaks, but those methods often take awhile to bear fruit….

Global News

Added on: 08/07/2021

American Medical Association says sex should be removed from birth certificates

8/6/21

The American Medical Association (AMA) says that sex should be removed as a legal designation on the public part of birth certificates. The group says including the…