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Added on: 06/02/2020

Hungary’s new anti-transgender law is threatening to set hard-won LGBT rights back decades

Euro News
06/01/2020
The Hungarian parliament has voted to strip transgender people of their current rights to legally change their gender. The new law defines gender on the basis of…
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Added on: 06/01/2020

Families are major source of abuse for gay women, trans people, report says

Reuters
05/31/2020
Family members are often the main perpetrators of abuse against lesbians, bisexual women and transgender people, according to a major global report published on Monday. The study…
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Added on: 05/31/2020

Brazil’s crisis deepens as Bolsonaro holds on to the military for support

CGTN
05/30/2020
Brazil has kicked political drama to the curb. Between scandals, powerplay episodes, and a slew of surprising statements, the South American country has been a mainstay in…
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Added on: 05/31/2020

Davao City Mayor recruits LGBT+ for COVID food distribution

QN
05/30/2020
Faced with corrupt officials giving away emergency rice supplies, Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte called on the local LGBT+ community to help. Davao City is on the…
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Added on: 05/30/2020

The Coronavirus Thrives on Hate

The Nation
05/29/2020
On May 1, just before social distancing rules were officially relaxed, a man went out to a few gay clubs in Seoul. He was later confirmed to…
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Added on: 05/29/2020

Gay people in Myanmar have adopted a secret language

The Economist
05/28/2020
Wednesday has just turned into Thursday in Yangon, Myanmar’s biggest city, and pleasure-seekers are on the prowl in a glitzy neighbourhood. Drivers slow down to inspect sex…
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Added on: 05/28/2020

Larry Kramer, Pioneering AIDS Activist And Writer, Dies At 84

NPR
05/27/2020
Larry Kramer was one of the first activists against AIDS, back when the disease didn’t even have a name. In the early 1980s, Kramer witnessed hundreds, then…
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Added on: 05/27/2020

‘We were so ready’: LGBT refugees in Kenya live in fear as global resettlement is put on hold

Washington Post
05/26/2020
After four years of waiting, he had the ticket booked: Nairobi, Frankfurt, Toronto. He had fled Uganda’s violent homophobia, survived in neighboring Kenya, where it’s only a…
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Added on: 05/25/2020

Anti-LGBT+ church sued over historic child sex abuse and ‘protecting abusers’

Pink News
05/24/2020
An anti-LGBT+ California church is being sued for allegedly failing to protect two young boys from sexual abuse more than 30 years ago. Carl Epperson and Larry…
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Added on: 05/24/2020

K-Quarantine: The Condemnation or Resurgence of LGBTQ Rights in South Korea

The Diplomat
05/23/2020
The United States and South Korea sit on opposite ends of the spectrum when it comes to the successful containment of COVID-19. As South Korea enters its…
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Added on: 05/23/2020

Mexico City’s Casa Frida Offers Refuge to the LGBTQ Community During the Pandemic

Remezcla
05/22/2020
Shelter-in-place measures limit coronavirus numbers, but they also expose the ugly side of staying at home. Calls to domestic violence hotlines have been up across the globe…
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Added on: 05/23/2020

Christian Activist Calls For Violence Against Those Who Use Pandemic To Impose Socialism

Patheos
05/22/2020
Trump-loving radical right-wing activist Scott Lively warned listeners during an online Bible study yesterday that they need to establish a modern-day Underground Railroad for Christians to escape…
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Added on: 05/23/2020

Australia: Grant to help LGBT conversion survivors

National Tribune
05/22/2020
Researchers from La Trobe University have been awarded an Australian Research Council Linkage grant to improve the support provided to survivors of LGBT conversion practices. Dr Timothy…
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Added on: 05/22/2020

No medicine, no food: Coronavirus restrictions amplify health risks to LGBT+ people with HIV

Reuteres
05/22/2020
It started with headaches then came nausea and diarrhea. Within two weeks, gay Ugandan barber Eric had became so weak without his HIV medication he could not…
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Added on: 05/21/2020

‘If I don’t have sex I’ll die of hunger’: Covid-19 crisis for Rio’s trans sex workers

The Guardian
02/20/2020
Social distancing is keeping people off the streets of central Rio de Janeiro. And that has created serious challenges for its trans sex workers, who have seen…
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Added on: 05/21/2020

Virus pushes Pakistan’s transgender dancers out of their homes

CTV News
02/20/2020
Before the virus shutdown, dancer Adnan Ali had carved out a comfortable living performing at parties for newlyweds and newborns, avoiding the financial hardship faced by many…
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Added on: 05/21/2020

Health care for SA’s LGBT+ community needs boost

IOL
05/20/2020
South Africa’s LGBTI community continues to face extreme discrimination and inadequate health care. Every day, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) people face violence, exclusion and…
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Added on: 05/20/2020

Supreme Court Strikes Down Bigotry in Brazil’s Schools

Human Rights Watch
05/19/2020
Amid the public health crisis in the country, Brazil has recently achieved two significant victories for the right to education and the rights of women and lesbian,…
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Added on: 05/19/2020

FINALLY FREE: ORDER FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE ISSUED FOR #COSF19

Kuchu Times
05/18/2020
Uganda’s LGBTIQ community has reason to jubilate amidst the COVID-19 hardships as an order for immediate release has this afternoon been issued for the #COSF19. This comes…
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Added on: 05/19/2020

Iraqi leader who blames coronavirus on same-sex marriage demands Islamic flag is raised across UK and EU to counter-protest Pride flag

Pink News
05/18/2020
Iraqi Shia cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, who is head of the Sadrist Movement and the Saraya al-Salam militia, said in March: “One of the most appalling things that…
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Added on: 05/19/2020

Coronavirus causing a humanitarian crisis for LGBT+ people around the world

Gay Star News
05/18/2020
LGBT+ people around the world are facing a humanitarian crisis. And COVID-19 risks decimating the organizations they rely on for support. UK-based international LGBT+ charity, the Kaleidoscope…
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Added on: 05/18/2020

Map Shows Where It’s Illegal To Be Gay – 30 Years Since WHO Declassified Homosexuality As Disease

Forbes
05/17/2020
It’s still illegal to be LGBT+ in 70 countries, and you could be given the death penalty in 12, as the world marks 30 years since “homosexuality”…
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Added on: 05/17/2020

May 17 Is International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia, Biphobia

Voice of America
05/16/2020
May 17 is International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia. First observed in 2004, the day was designed to focus “attention on the violence and discrimination experienced…
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Added on: 05/17/2020

Albania becomes third European country to ban gay ‘conversion therapy’

France 24
05/16/2020
Albania’s psychologists have banned so-called “conversion therapy”, which tries to change the sexual orientation of young LGBT people, a move hailed on Saturday by the country’s rights…
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Added on: 05/17/2020

LGBT families in Ireland still caught in legal loophole

The Irish Times
05/16/2020
In the run-up to the marriage referendum, one of the key pieces of legislation that was on the table was the Children and Family Relationships Act 2015….
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Added on: 05/16/2020

Gay Korea: homophobia sparked by Seoul coronavirus cluster driven by Protestant right

The Conversation
05/15/2020
The Korean LGBTQ+ community knew to prepare for an anti-gay onslaught after it emerged that a person with an asymptomatic COVID-19 infection had been partying in Itaewon,…
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Added on: 05/15/2020

Why banning anti-LGBT ‘conversion therapy’ isn’t enough

Open Democracy
05/14/2020
Lawmakers around the world have proposed new legislation to ban ‘conversion therapy’ – attempts to change a person’s sexual orientation or gender identity. In Canada, for example,…
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Added on: 05/14/2020

These queer Muslims are finding ways to stay connected, focused and safe this Ramadan – even under lockdown

Pink News
05/13/2020
Halfway through Ramadan, Sabah Choudrey, a “reluctant activist on most things trans, brown and hairy” and the co-founder of Trans Pride Brighton, says they’re still figuring things…
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Added on: 05/14/2020

LGBT+ asylum seekers are sharing bedrooms with strangers during coronavirus

Gay Star News
05/13/2020
The Covid-19 pandemic is revealing how our dysfunctional asylum and immigration system is failing to support people in need. The system prevents people from accessing health services…
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Added on: 05/13/2020

Contact tracing South Korea’s latest coronavirus outbreak exposes LGBT+ people to hate

Gay Star News
05/13/2020
A new coronavirus outbreak in the South Korean capital, Seoul, has also seen a rise in homophobic hate speech. The southeast Asian nation has achieved enviable results…
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