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Added on: 02/04/2022

Putin Meets Chechen Leader Amid Outcry Over Threats Against Activist’s Family

02/03/2022

Russian President Vladimir Putin has met with Ramzan Kadyrov, the authoritarian, Kremlin-backed leader of the North Caucasus region of Chechnya, amid a public outcry over open threats…

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Added on: 02/04/2022

Amanda Stoker walks back on Morrison pledge to protect LGBTQ+ students in religious discrimination bill

02/04/2022

The assistant attorney general, Amanda Stoker, has muddied the waters about whether LGBTQ+ students will be protected at the same time as the religious discrimination bill potentially…

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Added on: 02/04/2022

Bishops in Ghana condemn harrowing anti-LGBT+ bill for being too severe: ‘We must show love’

02/04/2022

The House of Bishops of the Anglican Church in Ghana said Friday (28 January) that the draft Promotion of Proper Human Sexual Rights and Ghanaian Family Values Bill…

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Added on: 02/03/2022

‘It gives me joy’: the LGBT Colombians embracing visibility in town with a legacy of abuse

02/03/2022

In a mountain town near the north coast of Colombia, three drag queens strike poses in the blazing sun. Wearing extravagant Caribbean carnival costumes, they place each…

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Added on: 02/03/2022

One Trans Woman’s Fight Against a Bill That Would Criminalise Ghana’s LGBT+ Community

02/03/2022

In a dimly-lit room with racks of women’s clothing, Ghanaian artist and LGBT+ activist Va-Bene Elikem Fiatsi flipped through photo self-portraits illustrating her transition to womanhood. Transitioning…

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Added on: 02/02/2022

LGBTQ people in Afghanistan face violence, rape and extortion, say human rights watchdogs.

02/01/2022

A recent report by a pair of human rights organizations is warning of the plight of LGBTQ people in Afghanistan, who frequently face threats of violence against…

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Added on: 01/31/2022

Activists warn against loophole in UK ban on conversion practices

01/30/2022

Campaigners are urging ministers to ensure any forthcoming UK-wide ban on conversion practices does not contain a loophole allowing those who received “informed consent” from their victims…

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Added on: 01/30/2022

Uzbek Blogger Jailed for Facebook Post

1/29/22

A court in Uzbekistan has sentenced a Muslim blogger to seven and a half years in prison for something many people do every day: posting an innocuous…

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Added on: 01/29/2022

Canada’s Immigration and Refugee Board updates guidelines for LGBTQ2S+ claimants—but there’s more work to be done

1/28/22

A queer man is turned away from a refugee claim because the term for his same-sex partner in his native language translates to “girlfriend”; a bisexual person…

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Added on: 01/28/2022

Holocaust Remembrance Day: How are Nazi Germany’s LGBT+ victims commemorated across Europe?

01/27/2022

Today (27 January) marks the International Day of Holocaust Remembrance, an occasion to commemorate the victims — especially European Jews, the main targets of Nazi oppression —…

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Added on: 01/27/2022

LGBTQ+ Afghans Struggle for Work and Food as Taliban Threats Grow

01/26/2021

Jan. 26 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) — LGBTQ+ Afghans face increasing threats and violence five months since the Taliban seized power, with many forced into hiding and unable…

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Added on: 01/27/2022

UK equalities watchdog urges Scotland to pause gender recognition reforms

01/26/2022

The UK’s equalities watchdog has written to the Scottish government asking it to pause plans to simplify the legal requirements for gender recognition. LGBT+ equality campaigners hit back…

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Added on: 01/26/2022

Amnesty urges Iran to free ‘arbitrarily detained’ LGBTI activist.

01/25/2022

Amnesty International on Tuesday urged Iran to free an Iranian LGBTI activist held for the last three months on charges linked to an appearance in a BBC…

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Added on: 01/25/2022

Guatemala: Anti-Trans Bill Threatens Rights.

01/24/2022

A group of lawmakers in Guatemala has advanced a bill that would stigmatize transgender people and curtail children’s and adolescents’ rights to education, information, and health, Human…

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Added on: 01/25/2022

Botswana president vows to honour gay rights judgment.

01/24/2022

Botswana’s president vowed Monday to fully implement a 2019 court ruling decriminalising homosexuality, two months after losing an appeal that sought to overturn it. President Mokgweetsi Masisi…

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Added on: 01/24/2022

Covid takes a toll on transgender entertainers in Indonesia, where even the term LGBT is seen as a threat

01/23/2022

It was almost 2pm in one of the outer western suburbs of Surabaya, Indonesia’s second largest city of more than three million inhabitants. Merry, 50, a transwoman, had just…

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Added on: 01/24/2022

‘Cars had stickers of DMK leaders’: Pro-Hindutva LGBTQ activist Gopi Shankar Madurai survives fourth attack, appeals to PM Modi for help

01/23/2022

Well-known LGBTQ activist Gopi Shankar Madurai has recently survived the fourth attack in Mahabalipuram of Tamilnadu. Gopi Shankar Madurai was obstructed in the road by six goons…

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Added on: 01/23/2022

Stella Nyanzi, Ugandan LGBT ally, flees for safety to Germany

1/22/22

Ugandan LGBT ally and academic scholar Dr Stella Nyanzi has fled to Germany with her children over fears of government persecution, arrest and torture. “I refuse to…

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Added on: 01/23/2022

Rightify Ghana launches fundraising appeal to expand advocacy for LGBTQI+ people

1/22/22

A leading LGBT advocacy group in Ghana that has put a spotlight on what it calls the “worst anti-LGBTQ bill ever” is seeking donations from LGBTQ rights…

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Added on: 01/22/2022

We Can No Longer Ignore the Murders of LGBTQ+ People in Jamaica

1/21/22

Jasmyne Cannick, the journalist who brought national attention to the killings committed by Ed Buck in West Hollywood, is releasing a new podcast series exploring the many…

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Added on: 01/21/2022

Lesbian couple’s killing, dismemberment sparks protest in Juarez

01/20/2022

JUAREZ, Mexico (Border Report) – Women’s rights and LGBT activists took to the streets of Juarez on Thursday, demanding answers in the murder and dismemberment of a lesbian…

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Added on: 01/21/2022

A Brotherhood of Bears Flourishes Despite Russia’s Anti-LGBT Agenda

01/20/2022

ST. PETERSBURG — If you didn’t know Club Malevich existed you would never find it. There are no signs, windows, grand entrances or bouncers at the back…

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Added on: 01/20/2022

LGBT veterans who served during ban on gay troops to share experiences in government review

01/19/2022

LGBT veterans will be asked about how they were treated when serving in the British military while there was a ban on gay personnel. About 5,000 ex-service…

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Added on: 01/18/2022

LGBT ACTIVIST DETAINED IN LEBANON, FINALLY ARRIVES IN AUSTRALIA

01/17/2022

After fleeing to Turkey from their home country of Jordan in July 2020, LGBTQI activist Alshaima Omama Alzubi has finally arrived in Australia. The 25-year-old Jordanian refugee…

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Added on: 01/18/2022

LGBTQ Groups Push for Voting Rights, Gun Control on MLK Day

01/17/2022

On what would have been Martin Luther King Jr.’s 93rd birthday, national LGBTQ groups echoed growing calls for federal voting rights legislation and queer activists held a…

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Added on: 01/16/2022

Tunisian LGBT activists fight back after alleged police assault

1/15/22

On October 21, 2021, prominent LGBTQ activist Badr Baabou was brutally assaulted in downtown Tunis by two men, one wearing a police uniform, who left him bruised…

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Added on: 01/15/2022

Tripura Cops Deny Allegations Of Transgender Harassment

1/14/22

The Tripura Police have refuted the allegations made by atleast four transgender persons, who asserted that personnel from Tripura Police stripped them on Saturday in a bid…

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Added on: 01/14/2022

Polish lawmakers pass disputed bill increasing govt control of schools

01/13/2022

WARSAW, Jan 13 (Reuters) – Poland’s lower house of parliament on Thursday passed a bill by the ruling nationalist Law and Justice (PiS) party which will step…

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Added on: 01/14/2022

Kenyan LGBT Students Protest Suggestion They be Banned from Boarding Schools

01/13/2022

NAIROBI — A group of Kenyan LGBT students protested Thursday against a Cabinet minister’s recent suggestion they be banned from boarding schools. The schools are common in Kenya…

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Added on: 01/14/2022

Latin America: Alarming Reversal of Basic Freedoms

01/13/2022

(New York) – Latin America is facing some of its gravest human rights challenges in decades, Human Rights Watch said today in releasing its World Report 2022. “Latin America…