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Added on: 12/28/2024

Advocates, health providers brace for changes to transgender health care under Trump

12/27/2024

After the presidential election, Nathaniel Gray saw an increase in worried callers phoning in to the Pride Center of the Capital Region, an advocacy group for the…

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Added on: 12/25/2024

Cameroon tries to shut down LGBTI-friendly human rights group

12/24/2024

Cameroon has ordered the suspension of four non-governmental organizations (NGOs) for alleged financial misconduct, including the LGBTI-friendly Network of Human Rights Defenders in Central Africa (REDHAC). REDHAC…

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Added on: 12/24/2024

Cameroon court has released 12 of 13 arrested in Sept. 30 raid

12/23/2024

The court in Douala, Cameroon, has now released all but one of the 13 people who were arrested on homosexuality-related charges after a Sept. 30 police raid…

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Added on: 12/23/2024

Sign anti-gay bill before your term ends – Presby Church Moderator to Akufo-Addo

12/23/2024

The Moderator of the Presbyterian Church of Ghana, Rt. Rev Dr. Abraham Nana Opare Kwakye, has called on President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to assent to the…

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Added on: 12/23/2024

‘I was tortured in Syria for being gay — now I’m terrified what the future will bring’

12/22/2024

Francois Zankih was forced to flee Syria in 2020 after Hayʼat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) twice kidnapped him and eventually issued a death notice against him. Despite this, the human rights campaigner says…

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Added on: 12/22/2024

Political Homophobia In Russia: How Unsafe Is The LGBT Community In The Country?

12/21/2024

Is it the worst time to be gay in Russia? How unsafe is the LGBTQIA+ community under President Vladimir Putin? How has the political homophobia in Russia…

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Added on: 12/21/2024

RUSSIA: Fined for citing Vatican, Scottish Episcopal texts

12/20/2024

A court in Moscow fined a Russian Anglican Christian three weeks’ average local wage on 18 November under Russia’s “gay propaganda” law for sharing materials from the…

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Added on: 12/19/2024

Ghana Supreme Court rejects legal challenges to anti-LGBT bill

12/18/2024

Ghana’s Supreme Court on Wednesday dismissed two separate cases challenging the legality of one of Africa’s most restrictive pieces of anti-LGBT legislation, paving the way for the…

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Added on: 12/16/2024

Georgia’s New President Opposes EU, LGBTQ Rights

12/16/2024

Pro-EU protesters took to the streets in Georgia as an electoral college dominated by the ruling party chose a new president known for his vehement anti-West views…

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Added on: 12/15/2024

Comoros Women Released After Jail Term for Homosexuality

12/13/2024

Two women in Comoros have been released after serving prison sentences for homosexuality, their lawyer confirmed on Thursday. The women, aged 20 and 25, were detained in…

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Added on: 12/15/2024

Targeted by the far right, Bulgaria’s LGBTQI+ community are in deep distress

12/14/2024

On one of the main boulevards in the Bulgarian capital of Sofia, the building housing LGBTQI+ advocacy organisation Bilitis shows no outward signs of the group’s presence….

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Added on: 12/14/2024

Saudi Arabia kills its gay citizens. It will host the FIFA World Cup in 2034

12/13/2024

On Wednesday, FIFA, the international soccer federation responsible for organizing the quadrennial men’s World Cup, formally awarded the 2034 tournament to Saudi Arabia, the lone nation to…

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Added on: 12/11/2024

India’s first queer film is a thirsty love triangle drama from 1971 & was once thought to be lost forever

12/10/2024

Gay characters have long existed in Indian cinema, though Bollywood—not unlike its American counterpart— often made them the butt of the joke. The country didn’t overturn its…

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Added on: 12/10/2024

Warsaw Non-Profit Opens First Museum of Queer History in Poland

12/09/2024

On Friday, Poland inaugurated its first museum dedicated to LGBTQ history, a milestone in a country where legal recognition for gay rights remains limited. Located in Warsaw…

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Added on: 12/10/2024

Traditional people worry Ghana anti-gay bill will target their Indigenous identities

12/09/2024

Traditional healer Naa Busuafi used to feel empowered when leaving tribal ceremonies held on the outskirts of Accra, proud to be living out practices that colonists sought…

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Added on: 12/09/2024

Winner of Ghana’s presidential election will scrutinize anti-LGBTQ bill, might sign it

12/08/2024

John Mahama, former president of Ghana and the apparent victor in today’s presidential election, has said he will scrutinize the harsh anti-LGBTQ+ bill that Parliament passed in…

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Added on: 12/08/2024

LGBTQ+ refugees languish as Kenyan government blocks Canadians from resettling them

12/07/2024

In a low-income neighbourhood on the outskirts of Nairobi, seven people gather in an air-conditioned home around a dinner table for a Ugandan stew of matoke bananas…

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Added on: 12/08/2024

Belarus seeks to copy neighboring Russia’s repressive LGBTQ+ policies, activists say

12/07/2024

As police raided the home of a gay couple in the Belarusian capital of Minsk and brutally beat them, the officers didn’t hide that the crackdown was…

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Added on: 12/07/2024

Congo: Activist attacked and hospitalized as he opposes homophobic Minister of Justice

12/06/2024

Congolese LGBTQI+ rights activist Alphonse Mihigo was hospitalized after a mid-November attack that interrupted his campaign against the nation’s homophobic Minister of Justice, who has urged that…

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Added on: 12/07/2024

Russian LGBTQ+ activists describe a climate of fear amid new laws, court rulings

12/06/2024

In the year since Russia’s Supreme Court effectively outlawed any promotion of LGBTQ+ rights, activists say they are experiencing a climate of fear and intimidation in the…

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Added on: 12/07/2024

CNN takes ‘giant leap forward’ by featuring transgender contributors on popular news shows, GLAAD says

12/06/2024

It is not every day that transgender voices shape the national media narrative on transgender issues. Yet this week, CNN broke new ground with its coverage of…

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Added on: 12/06/2024

Georgia’s opposition comes under attack as leader is dragged from HQ

12/05/2024

A Georgian opposition leader has been dragged from his party office by police and others have been physically attacked, after the prime minister vowed that organisers of…

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Added on: 12/03/2024

Anti-gay bill targets promotion, not LGBTQ+ people — Former Justice Minister

12/03/2024

Ghana’s Promotion of Proper Human Sexual Rights and Ghanaian Family Values Bill, 2021, is not intended to target LGBTQ individuals but seeks to prevent the promotion of…

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Added on: 12/02/2024

Georgian Dream’s Oppressive Anti-LGBT Law Comes into Effect

12/02/2024

Georgian Dream’s homophobic and transphobic law “On the Protection of Family Values and Minors,” adopted in September, comes into force on December 2. The repressive law, introduced as part of…

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Added on: 12/01/2024

Ghana parties stoke anti-LGBTQ+ sentiment ahead of election

11/30/2024

Ghana’s LGBTQ+ community faces an impossible choice in next month’s general elections after the leading presidential candidates all promised to crack down on gay rights to tap…

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Added on: 12/01/2024

Moscow Police Raid Clubs Overnight Under “LGBT Propaganda” Law

11/30/2024

Police in Moscow raided multiple bars early Saturday and arrested the director of a travel agency serving LGBTQ+ customers under laws criminalizing “LGBT propaganda,” state media reported….

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Added on: 11/29/2024

LGBTQ+ people in Mombasa recount anti-gay protests

11/28/2024

MOMBASA — Astraeus O’Levin is tired of strangers telling her they want to kill her. In 2015, as a transgender woman, she left the scrutiny of her family…

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Added on: 11/27/2024

Madalitso’s story: The persecution of LGBTI people in Zambia

11/26/2024

Yesterday, 25 November, was Madalitso* Zulu’s 36th birthday and his third one behind bars at a Zambian Prison. Madalitso, a health professional, did nothing wrong, but is…

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Added on: 11/26/2024

In new constitution, Gabon rejects appeals to criminalize homosexuality

11/25/2024

On November 16, Gabonese voters ratified a referendum on a new constitution, the fruit of bitter discussions between the transitional military authorities who deposed Ali Bongo’s regime…

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Added on: 11/26/2024

Putin bans adoption of Russian children by citizens of countries permitting gender-affirming care

11/25/2024

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday signed into law separate bills targeting the LGBTQ+ community both in Russia and abroad. The new laws outlaw the promotion of…