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Added on: 06/01/2023

Anti-LGBTQ disinformation surges online in East Africa

05/31/2023

Anti-LGBTQ bills in Kenya and Uganda have unleashed an unprecedented wave of online disinformation targeting the community, with experts accusing political leaders of spreading falsehoods that put…

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Added on: 05/31/2023

Uganda’s anti-LGBTQ law spurs bipartisan uproar in US

05/30/2023

Leaders in Congress are forcefully condemning a sweeping new anti-gay law in Uganda, calling on the Biden administration to reconsider assistance to the East African nation. “Uganda’s…

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Added on: 05/31/2023

Russian legislators are targeting transgender people. It’s the latest move that copies GOP talking points from the US

05/30/2023

A new Russian bill could ban transgender healthcare in the country, a move that mirrors legislation being proposed and enacted by Republican lawmakers across the United States….

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Added on: 05/31/2023

Japanese court rules against same-sex marriage ban in major win for LGBTQ+ equality

05/30/2023

On Tuesday (30 May), Nagoya District Court became the second to rule against Japan’s banning of same-sex marriage, despite the country’s prime minister Fumio Kishida claiming the…

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Added on: 05/30/2023

LGBTQ Russians flee to Argentina seeking refuge from discrimination, Ukraine war

05/29/2023

Anastasia Domini and her wife Anna Domini walked hand in hand on a recent sunny day in Argentina’s capital Buenos Aires while their four restless children played…

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Added on: 05/30/2023

‘I feel deeply afraid’: Turkey’s LGBTQ community dreads future under Erdogan

05/29/2023

Turkey’s LGBTQ community fear being exposed to more homophobic hate after conservative President Recep Tayyip Erdogan made them into his favorite target for his bitterly divisive re-election…

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Added on: 05/30/2023

Uganda enacts harsh anti-LGBTQ law including death penalty

05/29/2023

Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni signed one of the world’s toughest anti-LGBTQ laws, including the death penalty for “aggravated homosexuality”, drawing Western condemnation and risking sanctions from aid…

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Added on: 05/29/2023

Being queer in Africa: the state of LGBTIQ+ rights across the continent

05/28/2023

In recent years several African countries have decriminalised same-sex relationships. But they’re not representative of the continent. In fact, queer rights at times appear to be eroding in much…

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Added on: 05/28/2023

Author Arinze Ifeakandu shines a light on gay Nigerian lives

05/27/2023

Nigerian author Arinze Ifeakandu has often dreamed of a society where gay people do not have to hide their love or live in fear of homophobic hate….

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Added on: 05/28/2023

When Your Sexuality Is Against the Law

05/27/2023

When Abdul was a teenager and coming to terms with being gay, he was attacked by a group of men. They mocked him with homophobic slurs and…

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Added on: 05/27/2023

Homophobia Is Part of Putin’s War Plan

05/26/2023

As Russian President Vladimir Putin announced Ukraine’s invasion on Feb. 24 last year, he digressed to talk about how the West was trying to destroy “traditional values”…

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Added on: 05/26/2023

Landmark European ruling on LGBT+ rights

05/25/2023

During 2019 and 2020, 21 gay and lesbian couples in Romania joined a complaint against the state to the European Court of Human Rights over the lack…

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Added on: 05/23/2023

Polish embassy “appalled” by German teaching material saying “Polish mother hates gays”

05/22/2023

Poland’s embassy in Berlin says it is “appalled” by training material for teachers produced by a German government office that includes a section about a fictional Polish…

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Added on: 05/21/2023

Thousands celebrate Brussels Pride with slogan ‘Protect the Protest’

05/20/2023

Thousands of people celebrated Pride on the streets of Brussels on Saturday, marching in a parade with the slogan “Protect the Protest.” “Pride is a great party…

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Added on: 05/21/2023

Ugandan LGBT activist fears reprisal over anti-gay law

05/20/2023

A Ugandan LGBT activist said on Friday they planned to return to their home country next week despite fears of reprisal after the approval of a new…

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Added on: 05/21/2023

Pakistani transgender activists will appeal Shariah court ruling against law aimed at protecting them

05/20/2023

Transgender activists in Pakistan said they plan to appeal to the highest court in the land an Islamic court’s ruling that guts a law aimed at protecting…

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Added on: 05/21/2023

Jamaica’s break from British monarchy must bring about queer liberation, activists say

05/20/2023

King Charles III’s coronation has accelerated plans for Jamaica to become a republic, and activists say it’s time for the country to take a big step forward…

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Added on: 05/20/2023

Ugandan LGBT activist fears reprisal over anti-gay law

05/19/2023

A Ugandan LGBT activist said on Friday they planned to return to their home country next week despite fears of reprisal after the approval of a new…

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Added on: 05/20/2023

Kenya: Kakuma refugee camp complex not yet safe for LGBTI refugees

05/19/2023

Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) asylum seekers and refugees living in one of Kenya’s biggest refugee camps routinely suffer hate crimes, violence, including rape, and…

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Added on: 05/20/2023

In El Salvador, transgender community struggles for rights and survival

05/19/2023

Fabricio Chicas knows exactly what will happen. As soon as he hands in his ID, the employee on the other side of the counter will look at…

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Added on: 05/20/2023

Parents of transgender kids seek to block DeSantis ban on gender-affirming care for minors

05/19/2023

The parents of three transgender children in Florida are trying to get a federal judge to block a new law that bans gender-affirming care for minors, a…

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Added on: 05/19/2023

“Together Always: United in Diversity” with Kyrgyz queer activists

05/18/2023

The EU Delegation in Kyrgyzstan hold a meeting with the Kyrgyz queer activists yesterday May 17. EU demonstrated that is a strong supporter of the rights of…

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Added on: 05/19/2023

LGBTQI+ repression in East Africa: ‘They say that Westerners are turning us gay’

05/18/2023

Koei lives in a permanent state of tension. A baby-faced young man in his early-20s, he works in an insurance agency on the outskirts of Nairobi, the…

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Added on: 05/17/2023

How do LGBTQ Zambians deal with bigotry?

05/16/2023

Mary identifies as a transgender woman, but presents to society as a gay man. “I am forced to be gay in Zambia because it isn’t as dangerous…

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Added on: 05/17/2023

Taiwan grants right of adoption to same-sex couples in latest move toward full equality

05/16/2023

Taiwan’s legislature passed a bill Tuesday that granted same-sex couples the right to jointly adopt a child neither of them are related to, clearing one of the…

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Added on: 05/16/2023

Albanian lesbian couple vow ‘fight to the end’ for parental rights

05/15/2023

A lesbian couple from Albania who are fighting to be recognised as joint parents of their twin daughters say they will take their case to the European…

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Added on: 05/16/2023

One of China’s last LGBTQ+ resources centers has closed

05/15/2023

Beijing LGBT Center — one of the country’s most prominent queer advocacy groups — is permanently closing its doors effective immediately, the group announced on Monday. “Due…

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Added on: 05/14/2023

Cuba’s LGBTQ community celebrates same-sex marriage with pride conga

05/13/2023

Around 200 Cubans marched in Havana on Saturday to the rhythm of conga, a popular dance, protesting against homophobia and transphobia, and celebrating the legalisation of same-sex…

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Added on: 05/14/2023

Moldova leaps in LGBT+ rights ranking, but Montenegro continues to lead emerging Europe

05/13/2023

In a very hostile global climate, different actors are coming together and weighing in more actively for LGBT+ rights across Europe. Moldova’s inclusion of sexual orientation and…

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Added on: 05/14/2023

UN expert concerned about increasing violence against LGBT people in UK

05/13/2023

Abusive rhetoric by politicians, the media, and social commentators has trickled down to produce increasingly abusive and hateful speech against LGBT persons in the United Kingdom (UK),…