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Added on: 10/15/2024

How could the U.S. election affect LGBTQ+ aid funding?

10/14/2024

Democrats and Republicans have had completely different stances on funding LGBTQ+ rights around the world through development aid. Since 2011, Democratic presidents have supported LGBTQ+ rights through…

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Added on: 10/14/2024

Attacks on Gay Rights Push Russia’s LGBTQ Community Into the Shadows

10/13/2024

A decade ago, Russian publisher Leo Veles says, he could hang out in gay bars and clubs in Moscow and St. Petersburg. The scene wasn’t as vibrant…

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Added on: 10/13/2024

Pope urged at LGBTQ meeting to reverse Catholic Church’s ban on gender-affirming care

10/12/2024

Pope Francis faced calls to overturn the Catholic Church’s ban on gender-affirming care for transgender people on Oct 12 when he held talks with LGBTQ activists at…

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Added on: 10/12/2024

Bangladesh’s transgender community ready to shatter boundaries with education

10/12/2024

In Bangladesh, where traditional gender roles are deeply entrenched, transgender people face extraordinary challenges in achieving educational and economic success. A study conducted by researchers from Dhaka…

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Added on: 10/12/2024

Ghana Supreme Court defends its slow pace on anti-LGBTQ bill

10/11/2024

Ghana’s Supreme Court is under fire from anti-LGBTQ legislators for not issuing a ruling on a harsh anti-LGBTQ bill that Parliament passed in February. But the court…

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Added on: 10/09/2024

Ugandan LGBTQI activist Clare Byarugaba wins prestigious human rights award

10/08/2024

Clare Byarugaba, a renowned Ugandan LGBTQI rights activist whose recent photo with Pope Francis went viral online, has been named by Human Rights First as the winner…

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Added on: 10/09/2024

Speed up judgment on court case against anti-LGBTQ bill – groups mount pressure on chief justice of Ghana

10/08/2024

One group wey dey call dem Arise Ghana togeda wit some religious groups don hit di streets to protest against di delay by di supreme court to…

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Added on: 10/09/2024

Here’s how Palestinian and queer organizers in Utah are working together

10/08/2024

Over the last year of Israel’s military campaign in Gaza, Palestinian and queer groups in Utah have made collaboration a key part of their work. Organizers in…

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Added on: 10/08/2024

Hopes for LGBTQ+ asylum fade as Kenya snubs ‘those letters’

10/08/2024

The man in charge of processing hundreds of thousands of asylum applications in Kenya says sexual minorities have no special rights on his watch, heightening anxiety among…

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Added on: 10/08/2024

Moscow Arrests Man for ‘LGBT Propaganda’ and ‘Satanism’

10/07/2024

Russia on Monday arrested a medic for “Satanism” and “promoting same-sex relationships,” as Moscow intensifies a legal crackdown on LGBTQ+ rights in defense of what it calls…

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Added on: 10/07/2024

Russian-style laws on rise in former Eastern Bloc countries eager to follow Georgia’s lead

10/06/2024

With Georgia passing yet another controversial law, this time against LGBTQ rights, a growing number of post-socialist EU states, such as Slovakia, Bulgaria and Hungary, appear eager…

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Added on: 10/07/2024

Ablakwa dares NAPO to prove LGBTQ curriculum claims

10/07/2024

North Tongu MP Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa has challenged to Dr Matthew Opoku Prempeh (Napo) over recent claims regarding his involvement in promoting LGBTQ-related content. Mr Ablakwa, in a…

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Added on: 10/07/2024

Two Ukrainian women in love were torn apart by Putin’s war. They never stopped fighting to reunite.

10/06/2024

Polina Muzhychkova and Sofia Malina fell in love fast. At 17 and 19, respectively, they met in Mariupol, Ukraine, and began dating. But a month later, the…

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Added on: 10/06/2024

Russia Is Forcing Gay Chechen Men To Become Soldiers In Ukraine War, Says LGBT Group

10/05/2024

SK SOS, a human rights group in Chechnya, say that Russian authorities are “blackmailing” imprisoned gay Chechen men to become soldiers, and fight for Russia in the…

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Added on: 10/04/2024

US ‘Welcome Corps’ helps resettle LGBTQ+ refugees fleeing crackdowns against gay people

10/03/2024

A crowd surrounded his boyfriend’s house and beat him. Ngounou’s family learned of the relationship and kicked him out. So Ngounou fled — alone and with little…

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Added on: 10/04/2024

Georgian Speaker Signs Law Curbing LGBT Rights After President Refuses To

10/03/2024

Georgian parliament speaker Shalva Papuashvili on October 3 signed into law a bill that rights groups, the opposition, and the international community say drastically curbs the rights…

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Added on: 10/02/2024

“US ‘Welcome Corps’ helps resettle LGBTQ+ refugees fleeing crackdowns against gay people

10/02/2024

Cabrel Ngounou’s life in Cameroon quickly unraveled after neighbors caught the teenager with his boyfriend. A crowd surrounded his boyfriend’s house and beat him. Ngounou’s family learned…

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Added on: 10/02/2024

Trans Man & Passionate Refugee Advocate: The Story of Thomars Shamuyarira

10/01/2024

Thomars Shamuyarira is proudly out trans man from Harare, Zimbabwe. Despite enduring immense adversity—including being disowned by his family and forced to flee his home country due…

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Added on: 10/01/2024

First Ugandan who faced death penalty for gay sex is out on bail

09/30/2024

The first man arrested under Uganda’s new Anti-Homosexuality Act is out on bail awaiting trial. Micheal (also known as Michael) Opolot was held for 350 days of…

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Added on: 09/30/2024

Ukraine’s LGBTQ+ soldiers call for more rights – as Russia forces minorities into active service

09/29/2024

Russian authorities have been rounding up gay men and coercing them to fight in Ukraine, according to some recent reports. The Russian leader has long vilified the gay community…

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Added on: 09/29/2024

A U.S. activist allegedly accepted $300K from Russia to push anti-gay laws in Africa

09/28/2024

A wide-ranging investigation by the Wall Street Journal has uncovered evidence linking Russian cash to an anti-LGBTQ+ U.S. activist who helped promote “Kill the Gays” laws in…

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Added on: 09/28/2024

LGBTQ advocates struggle for visibility in Eswatini

09/27/2024

Eswatini Sexual and Gender Minorities, an LGBTQ advocacy group, was denied registration by authorities in 2019, and even after seeking relief from the Supreme Court, which had…

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Added on: 09/28/2024

More transgender teens attempted suicide after states passed anti-trans laws

09/27/2024

Half of all states, including Texas, have passed some kind of law impacting transgender youth, from outlawing minors from accessing gender-affirming health care to banning transgender athletes…

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Added on: 09/27/2024

Russian parliament backs ban on adoptions from countries that allow gender change

09/25/2024

MOSCOW, Sept 25 (Reuters) – The Russian parliament on Wednesday gave its initial backing to legislation that would ban nationals from countries that allow people to change…

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Added on: 09/27/2024

Wave Of Arrests Targets LGBT Community In Belarus

09/26/2024

At least eight transgender people have been arrested and around a dozen others were detained in Belarus since August, the transgender support organization TG House Belarus told…

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Added on: 09/27/2024

World Bank Imposes Measures to Counter Uganda’s Anti-Gay Legislation Impact

09/27/2024

The World Bank announced on Thursday new measures to ensure that recipients of fresh loans to Uganda will not face discrimination due to the country’s stringent anti-gay…

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Added on: 09/25/2024

LGBTQI+ people face increasing violence in Bangladesh

09/24/2024

Anti-LGBTQI+ violence is rising in Bangladesh as conservative Islamists gain power, according to human rights organization Justice Makers Bangladesh in France (JMBF). After the fall of the…

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Added on: 09/21/2024

Nelson Mandela Bay Murders Reflect National Crisis of Deadly Anti-LGBTIQ+ Violence

09/20/2024

The murders of five queer individuals in less than a month in the Nelson Mandela Bay area represents a shocking surge in anti-LGBTIQ+ violence in South Africa…

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Added on: 09/21/2024

The False Idea Behind Project 2025’s Plans for LGBTQ Rights

09/20/2024

On Aug. 8, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) launched a new push against Project 2025, the 900-plus-page conservative wish-list for a second Trump Administration. The HRC warned…

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Added on: 09/20/2024

Georgian trans model murdered after parliament passes ‘anti-LGBTQ+’ law

09/19/2024

A well-known Georgian transgender model has been murdered, local officials said, a day after the government passed legislation that will impose sweeping curbs on LGBTQ+ rights in…