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Added on: 09/19/2020

60% of queer Iranians have been assaulted by homophobic family members

09/18/2020

More than six in 10 queer people from Iran have been assaulted by anti-LGBT+ family members, and almost half have been sexually assaulted in public, according to…

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Added on: 09/19/2020

Gay children are ‘children of God’, Pope tells parents

09/18/2020

Pope Francis has told the parents of gay children that God loves them “as they are” because they are “the children of God”. His remarks came following…

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Added on: 09/18/2020

Belize Gets Cold Feet, Withdraws Equal Opportunity Bill

09/16/2020

It seems all the blowback gave the government cold feet. In a late evening press release the Government of Belize confirmed that the Equal Opportunity bill will…

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Added on: 09/14/2020

Woman Opens 1st Mississippi Clinic Dedicated to Trans Healthcare

09/13/2020

When Gulf Coast native Stacie Pace decided to open her own clinic, the nurse practitioner carefully considered one question: Whose healthcare needs were not being met? The…

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Added on: 09/12/2020

Christian group threatens to hang gay people ‘in a loving way’ in leaked WhatsApp messages

09/11/2020

The LGBT+ community in the Cayman Islands is on high alert after leaked messages revealed a Christian group threatening to “hang one or two” gay people. The…

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Added on: 09/12/2020

Covid-19 and LGBTQ women in southern Africa – a test for universal human rights

09/11/2020

Since March 2020, governments in southern Africa have imposed lockdown measures to control the spread of Covid-19 in the sub-region. The measures include the deployment of police…

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Added on: 09/11/2020

Ugandan activists’ coalition boosts condoms as AIDS-fighting tool

09/10/2020

Condom use has declined in Uganda, especially among rural populations, according to a new assessment of condom supplies and funding gaps in Uganda. The study was commissioned…

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Added on: 09/07/2020

Blackmailed with nudes, Nigerian lesbians find safety outside the closet

09/06/2020

After swapping nude photos with Blessing on WhatsApp, Chioma set out to meet her prospective lover but was accosted on the road by a man in military…

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Added on: 09/06/2020

Mexico’s transgender community in fear after second murder

09/05/2020

The gruesome killing on Saturday of a second transgender woman in northern Mexico has unnerved the local transgender community and amplified calls for greater protections in the…

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Added on: 09/06/2020

Vietnam Has a Thriving Drag Scene, But It Still Has Ways to Go in Advancing LGBTQ Rights

09/04/220

Lil’ Daddee struts onto the stage wearing a fake mustache and a boiler suit covered in grease stains. The performer picks up a large bicycle pump and…

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Added on: 09/04/2020

Family of transgender woman slain by U.S. Marine in Philippines contests killer’s early release

09/03/2020

A U.S. Marine convicted of killing a transgender woman in the Philippines will remain behind bars while a court considers an appeal against a decision to release…

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Added on: 09/04/2020

LGBT+ activist behind ‘Polish Stonewall’ not afraid to die

09/03/2020

The LGBT+ activist whose arrest sparked protests that were dubbed the “Polish Stonewall” says she is not afraid to resume her hunger strike and die if that…

World Voices

Added on: 09/03/2020

Nasta Mantsevich – Makeout, Belarus

Ari Weinstein

Alturi Contributor

What was it like to grow up as a queer person in Belarus? My story was, to a large extent, about invisibility. When I was growing up,…

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Added on: 08/29/2020

Yurok Tribe joins federal lawsuit over data on tribal, LGBTQ foster youth

08/28/2020

The Yurok Tribe is one of more than half-a-dozen parties that sued the Department of Health and Human Services and the Administration for Children and Families on…

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Added on: 08/29/2020

Boosting LGBTIQ rights in West Africa, one grant at a time

08/28/2020

The activist-led Initiative Sankofa d’Afrique de l’Ouest (ISDAO) aims to strengthen West African movements for gender diversity and sexual rights. To accomplish that, it takes a flexible…

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Added on: 08/27/2020

New Zealand: Young queer and trans people face growing housing barriers

08/25/2020

RainbowYOUTH homelessness support worker Therese Go says they have seen an increase in referrals from social workers, nurses and school counsellors who are concerned the young Aucklanders…

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Added on: 08/26/2020

Tarek Zeidan – Helem, Lebanon

Ari Weinstein

Alturi Contributor

How did you become interested in this type of activism? When I was younger, I worked a lot with the trans sex worker community because I used…

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Added on: 08/23/2020

Beyond ‘he’ and ‘she’: 1 in 4 LGBTQ youths use nonbinary pronouns, survey finds

08/22/2020

One in 4 LGBTQ youths use pronouns other than he/him or she/hers, according to a survey released Wednesday by The Trevor Project, an LGBTQ suicide prevention and…

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Added on: 08/23/2020

Conversion therapy survivors are turning to TikTok to share their trauma and help other victims

08/22/2020

A growing number of conversion therapy survivors are sharing their trauma on TikTok amid growing efforts to outlaw the discredited practice. Nearly 700,000 Americans have undergone conversion…

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Added on: 08/23/2020

Erased From the Trump Administration’s Draft of Key Foreign Aid Policy: Any Mention of LGBT People

08/22/2020

The lead U.S. foreign aid agency has proposed a new policy on gender and women’s empowerment that eliminates any mention of transgender people or contraceptives, running counter…

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Added on: 08/23/2020

Holland, Michigan adopts anti-discrimination protections for LGBTQ, others

08/20/2020

After a seven-hour meeting that went into the night and included several hours of impassioned public comment, Holland City Council voted 8-1 early Thursday morning to approve…

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Added on: 08/22/2020

Germany plans equal rights for lesbian co-mothers

08/21/2020

A German parentage law package close to being submitted to cabinet would give a child born into a lesbian setting two mums, the biological mother and her…

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Added on: 08/22/2020

Ugandan officials summoned before court over torture of LGBT+ youth

08/21/2020

A town mayor and senior prison official in Uganda have been summoned to appear before a criminal court over allegations of torture, inhuman and degrading treatment against…

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Added on: 08/21/2020

OVER 60 INCIDENTS OF ANTI-LGBTQ VIOLENCE IN ASYLUM CENTERS; GOV’T CALLED TO DO SOMETHING

08/20/2020

More needs to be done to combat anti-LGBTQ violence in asylum centers in the Netherlands, according to foundation LGBT Asylum Support. The foundation received over 60 reports…

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Added on: 08/20/2020

‘The volume has been turned up on everything’: Pandemic places alarming pressure on transgender mental health

08/19/2020

The surgery was supposed to be a turning point. Brenda Emery spent a year preparing for the vaginoplasty. To save up for it, she took jobs in…

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Added on: 08/20/2020

Ugandans face summons over LGBT torture charges

08/19/2020

A Ugandan town councilman and a Ugandan prisons officer have been summoned to face criminal charges of torture and inhuman and degrading treatment connected to the arrest…

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Added on: 08/17/2020

UK Black Pride ‘celebrates black queer voices’ as coronavirus forces 15th anniversary event online

08/16/2020

UK Black Pride – Europe’s largest celebration for LGBTQ people of African, Asian, Caribbean, Latin American and Middle Eastern descent – didn’t let a little thing like…

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Added on: 08/17/2020

Lebanon’s oldest queer advocacy group is already back to work helping the community in the wake of the deadly Beirut blast

08/16/2020

The offices of Lebanon’s oldest LGBT+ advocacy group were almost destroyed in the devastating Beirut blast, but staff are already back providing vital support to the queer…

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Added on: 08/15/2020

First pan-African virtual Pride event takes place to share LGBT+ stories

08/14/2020

The first pan-African virtual Pride event takes place on Friday aimed at bringing together LGBT+ Africans to share their stories of challenge and success from a continent…

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Added on: 08/14/2020

Queensland becomes first Australian state to outlaw gay conversion therapy

08/13/2020

Queensland has become the first state in Australia to criminalise so-called gay conversion therapy after regional lawmakers voted on Thursday to make the practice illegal. Under the…