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Added on: 11/05/2024

The story of India’s 1st gay prince and his husband proves love can break barriers—and change minds

11/04/2024

Many of us, as children, often imagined royals as living happily ever after in a faraway castle. For those of us who enjoyed shows and movies like…

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Added on: 11/04/2024

Anti-LGBT surge in West Africa as Mali’s ruling council votes to make gay sex illegal

11/03/2024

The West African nation of Mali, which has been ruled by a military junta for more than three years, has voted for a new penal code that…

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Added on: 11/03/2024

Korea’s first lesbian parents on fighting for same-sex marriage, and why it’s long overdue

11/02/2024

Kim Kyu-jin, 33, and Kim Sae-yeon, 36, first met each other in January 2019 and wed that year, twice – once in New York where tourists can…

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Added on: 11/03/2024

Argentine LGBTQ march targets Milei’s ‘discriminatory’ laws

11/02/2024

Members of Argentina’s LGBTQ community hold their annual Pride march Saturday afternoon, with speeches, banners and floats targeting what the group sees as discriminatory policies by President…

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Added on: 11/02/2024

Mali Transition Council Passes Anti-gay Law

11/01/2024

Mali’s de facto parliament has passed a law criminalising same-sex acts in the junta-led country, the latest in Africa to adopt legislation targeting LGBTQ rights. Until now…

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Added on: 11/01/2024

Russia Stirs Up Anti-LGBTQ Prejudice In Moldova ‘Information War’

10/31/2024

When two false bomb alerts targeted an LGBTQ festival in Chisinau this month, organiser Angelica Frolov was left scrambling to find an alternative venue at the last…

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Added on: 10/31/2024

As homophobic influencers peddle lies and hatred, wave of assaults hits Ivory Coast

10/30/2024

Anti-LGBT hatred is surging in the formerly somewhat safe West African nation of Ivory Coast, as this news site reported last month in the article “Ivory Coast:…

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Added on: 10/31/2024

Brazil Trial Begins Over Murder Of Iconic Activist Franco

10/30/2024

Two ex-police officers went on trial in Brazil on Wednesday over the 2018 assassination of charismatic black LGBT activist Marielle Franco, a Rio de Janeiro councilor who…

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Added on: 10/31/2024

Uganda’s anti-LGBTQ+ law forces climate activist into exile: ‘I can’t stop now’

10/30/2024

Climate activist Nyombi Morris became outspoken about LGBTQ+ rights after his sister was outed as a lesbian and expelled from school. Last year, Uganda passed a new…

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Added on: 10/29/2024

2.1M Korean Christians attend joint worship service for repentance, resist LGBT ideology

10/28/2024

In the afternoon of Reformation Sunday, some 2.1 million Christians gathered for a joint worship service to “unite for repentance, revival and restoration of holiness in our…

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Added on: 10/29/2024

Owner of Siberian gay club charged with ‘extremism’ and placed under house arrest

10/28/2024

An unnamed 22-year-old woman who owns a gay club that was raided by police in the Siberian city of Chita has been placed under house arrest after…

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Added on: 10/29/2024

Academic in Bangladesh barred from teaching in response to anti-gay protesters

10/28/2024

An assistant professor at Islamic University in Kushtia, Bangladesh, has been barred from teaching classes in response to pro-Islamist students’ protests that he is gay. Protesting students…

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Added on: 10/28/2024

Georgia’s Parliament Enacts Controversial LGBTQ Rights Law Amid Growing Tensions

10/27/2024

In a move echoing Russia’s restrictive legislation, the speaker of Georgia’s parliament signed into law a bill that severely limits the rights of LGBTQ individuals, igniting backlash…

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Added on: 10/26/2024

Denis Leontovich landed a government job in Russia, despite being openly gay. Then online harassment forced him to flee the country.

10/25/2024

Twenty-three-year-old Denis Leontovich lived openly as a gay man in Russia. After discovering a passion for environmental education in college, he took a position in youth policy…

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Added on: 10/26/2024

Gay People Are Hunted Down and Beaten in a Country Once a Refuge

10/25/2024

Ivory Coast had long been a haven for L.G.B.T.Q. people, even as they faced discrimination or persecution elsewhere in West Africa. But over the past two months,…

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Added on: 10/25/2024

LGBTQ+ Georgians say health crisis looms as new laws hit services

10/24/2024

BUCHAREST- Georgia could be on the verge of a health crisis if recent legislation targeting the LGBTQ+ community is not rolled back, activists say, adding that they…

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Added on: 10/25/2024

Nobody to each other

10/24/2024

When Alexey Bachinsky completed his journalism degree in 2011, he was already well aware that he could never work for Russian state television. Thankfully, at that time…

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Added on: 10/23/2024

Uganda: Criminalization shrinks online civic space for LGBTQ people – report

10/23/2024

Online attacks against Uganda’s LGBTQ communities have drastically increased, owing to overly broad laws that criminalize various aspects of the lives of LGBTQ people and entrench discrimination,…

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Added on: 10/23/2024

LGBTQ+ aid workers reflect on a year in Gaza, working with queer Palestinians

10/22/2024

Gaza was different. Over the past two years, Rain Dove Dubilewski has been on the ground helping evacuate conflict areas such as Ukraine, Uganda, and Venezuela. But…

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Added on: 10/23/2024

‘This Is Coming to This Country’: Kara Swisher Warns Italy’s Anti-LGBTQ Parenting And Surrogacy Law Will Come to U.S.

10/22/2024

Tech journalist Kara Swisher made an ominous prediction recently on her Pivot podcast regarding the future of LGBTQ rights in the U.S. Swisher and co-host Scott Galloway…

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Added on: 10/22/2024

LGBTQ+ Support Group in Russia’s Yekaterinburg Closes Amid ‘Anti-Queer Pressure’

10/21/2024

A non-profit organization providing mental health and legal support services to LGBTQ+ people in the Russian city of Yekaterinburg announced Monday that it would shut down after…

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Added on: 10/22/2024

Andorra Should Combat Racism, LGBTI-Phobia, and Expand Voting Rights

10/21/2024

A new report from the European Commission against Racism and Intolerance (ECRI) calls on Andorra to adopt a national programme to combat racism and LGBTI-phobia. As a…

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Added on: 10/21/2024

Moscow police detained over 50 people in raid on LGBTQ+ venues

10/20/2024

Police in Moscow raided two gay clubs last weekend, detaining over 50 people, in what Novaya Gazeta Europe described as the continued escalation of the Russian government’s crackdown…

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Added on: 10/19/2024

Poland publishes civil partnership bill in boost for LGBT couples

10/18/2024

Poland moved a step closer to legalising civil partnerships with the publication of a draft law on Friday that the minister responsible for the legislation hailed as…

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Added on: 10/19/2024

Italy’s LGBTQ community fears international surrogacy ban could trigger ‘witch hunt’

10/18/2024

LGBTQ activists and legal experts in Italy fear a new law criminalizing international surrogacy could have a chilling effect on the country’s same-sex families and their children….

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Added on: 10/19/2024

Bangladesh activists demand justice for murdered trans woman

10/18/2024

Below is an edited and trimmed statement from Mosa Jannatul Ferdaus, Chief Coordinator of the Paris-based human rights group JusticeMakers Bangladesh in France (JMBF), about the recent…

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Added on: 10/18/2024

Kazakh artists challenge government’s anti-LGBT crackdown

10/17/2024

When Kazakh choreographer Alisher Sultanbekuly went viral for a video of himself dancing inside a traditional Kazakh yurt (or tent), the backlash was almost immediate. Wearing stiletto shoes,…

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Added on: 10/17/2024

Liberia: Legislator seeks supporters for his harsh anti-homosexuality bill

10/16/024

A legislator in Liberia is seeking support for a harsh anti-homosexuality bill that he filed in the summer. So far, he hasn’t announced any success in attracting…

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Added on: 10/16/2024

Don’t flee from Ghana for fear of harsh anti-LGBTQ bill, human rights boss says

10/15/2024

Ghana human rights Commissioner Joseph Whittal encourages LGBTQ Ghanaians not to flee the country, despite the possibility that Parliament’s harsh anti-LGBTQ+ bill might survive a review by…

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Added on: 10/15/2024

Gay doctor’s ordeal: Struggle of queer professionals in Kenya

10/15/2024

Martin Nyambura, not his real name, is an accomplished medical doctor at a major hospital in Nairobi. He is also a gay man struggling for acceptance in…