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Added on: 12/25/2021

Sri Lanka court OKs case seeking to ban anti-LGBTI police training

12/24/21

At a training session for police officers in July 2021, a counsellor was recorded making homophobic remarks, including alleging that homosexuals prey on youth to lure them…

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Added on: 12/25/2021

Russian Justice Ministry includes two LGBT organizations in foreign agents list

12/24/21

The Russian Ministry of Justice has included the Coming Out LGBT initiative group from St. Petersburg and the Revers LGBT+ initiative group from Krasnodar in the list…

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Added on: 12/24/2021

Senegalese parliament to debate bill criminalising homosexuality

12/23/2021

A group of MPs in Senegal tabled a bill on Wednesday to strengthen the repression of homosexuality in the Muslim-majority West African country. The bill was tabled by…

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Added on: 12/24/2021

Psychologists investigated for practising ‘conversion therapy’ in Costa Rica

12/21/2021

In response to an openDemocracy investigation into anti-gay ‘conversion therapy’ in Costa Rica, the country’s professional association of psychologists – the Colegio de Profesionales en Psicología de…

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Added on: 12/24/2021

The Worrying Regression Of LGBT Rights In Eastern Europe

12/23/2021

From physical attacks to online abuse and legislative setbacks, the LBGT community in Central and Eastern Europe had little to cheer about in 2021. Populist governments in Poland,…

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Added on: 12/23/2021

Mauritius: Workshop Focuses On Equality-Reducing Inequalities and Advancing Human Rights

12/22/2021

A half-day workshop on the theme ‘Equality-Reducing Inequalities and Advancing Human Rights’, organised by the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) in collaboration with the Delegation of the…

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Added on: 12/21/2021

European Court of Human Rights finds Georgia complicit in violence against LGBT demonstrators

12/20/2021

The European Court of Human Rights Thursday held against Georgia in a case concerning an attack on LGBT protestors in the capital city Tbilisi. Amidst threats of…

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Added on: 12/20/2021

Hungary anti-LGBTQ blitz meets backlash as election looms

12/19/2021

Budapest (AFP) – For independent bookshop manager Janos Szakacs, Hungary’s new law banning the “promotion and display” of homosexuality to minors just makes for pointless, extra work. “This…

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Added on: 12/19/2021

Treatment of LGBTQ people across Middle East examined in new report

12/18/21

The International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association (ILGA) published a report on Tuesday covering the criminalization of consensual same-sex relations, stating that the Islamic Republic…

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Added on: 12/18/2021

Malaysia’s human rights commission crucified over conservative view on apostasy, LGBTQ

12/17/21

Malaysia’s Human Rights Commission, or SUHAKAM, has drawn criticism over its recent statement targeting apostate individuals and those in the LGBTQ community. Two days after the commission…

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Added on: 12/18/2021

LGBTI activists live in fear amid renewed Sudan protests

12/17/21

Queer activists in Sudan say they’re living in fear after police on Monday fired tear gas at protesters during renewed pro-democracy protests seeking an end to the…

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Added on: 12/18/2021

Senegalese lawmakers draw up chilling new law for LGBT+ people and allies: ‘Democracy is in danger’

12/17/21

Anti-LGBT+ lawmakers in Senegal are seeking to toughen the west African nation’s already horrific repression of queer citizens. A bloc of National Assembly members have drafted a…

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Added on: 12/17/2021

Rights group says protection for transgender Thais lacking

12/16/2021

BANGKOK — Puncharat Taloet underwent a sex change operation several years ago, but her Thai state identification card still identifies her as a man, causing her serious…

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Added on: 12/17/2021

Thousands in Madrid protest anti-LGBT proposal

12/16/2021

The regional government of Isabel Diaz Ayuso has said that the People’s Party will abstain in Thursday’s voting at Madrid’s regional parliament. But people took to the…

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Added on: 12/17/2021

This Gay Man Escaped From Afghanistan. America Has Abandoned Him in a ‘Terrifying’ Limbo.

12/16/2021

C says all he can see are tall buildings surrounding him. “It feels like I have escaped death, but now I am in a prison,” he told…

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Added on: 12/14/2021

Senegalese lawmakers draft tougher laws against LGBT

12/13/2021

A group of Senegalese lawmakers has drafted a law that would tighten already repressive laws against same-sex relations, lengthening potential jail terms for those convicted of LGBT+…

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Added on: 12/13/2021

Inclusion and Criminalisation – the two sides of the LGBTQ+ debate in Ghana

12/12/2021

Kofi is a respectable, married man with two children. He also describes himself, however, as a “man having sex with a man” (MSM). No one in his…

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Added on: 12/13/2021

Al-Azhar rhetoric alarms LGBTQ community

12/12/2021

Al-Azhar, Sunni Islam’s highest religious authority, has warned against media content that “normalizes” homosexuality. The warning came in a Dec. 5 tweet on Al-Azhar’s official Twitter account that condemned…

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Added on: 12/13/2021

Iran arrests lesbian for ‘supporting homosexuality’

12/12/2021

The 6G Iranian and Lesbian and Transgender Network reported Tuesday on its website that an Iranian lesbian named Sarah was arrested in the province of West Azerbaijan while…

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Added on: 12/12/2021

Tunisia: LGBT activist’s assault seen as a pattern by police

12/11/21

A prominent LGBTQ activist in Tunisia has reported that two men, one dressed in police uniform, threw him to the ground, beat and kicked him during an…

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Added on: 12/12/2021

How dismantling Roe v Wade could imperil other ‘core, basic human rights’

12/11/2021

Constitutional scholars in the US said a litany of rights, from same-sex marriage and sex to birth control and in vitro fertilization, could come into question if…

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Added on: 12/11/2021

LGBTQ Community in Tunisia Forcibly Outed to Public, Face Police Brutality: Activists

12/10/21

Tunisian LGBTQ activists are demanding change after a series of brutal attacks and harassment campaigns. The Associated Press interviewed activists in the North African country, including Tunisian…

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Added on: 12/11/2021

Transgender and intersex rights are human rights

12/10/21

As South Africa marked International Human Rights Day on 10 December, activists called on the government to escalate efforts to promote legal gender recognition and end intersex…

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Added on: 12/11/2021

LGBTQ+ Iranians Are Suffering and Dying While the World Yawns

12/10/2021

Observing Human Rights Day every year on December 10 may pass people by without a moment’s thought — another unnecessary day which no one is aware of…

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Added on: 12/10/2021

Tunisia: LGBT activist’s assault by police seen as a pattern

12/09/2021

TUNIS, Tunisia — A prominent LGBTQ activist in Tunisia has reported that two men, one dressed in police uniform, threw him to the ground, beat and kicked…

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Added on: 12/09/2021

There is nothing to cure’: Senators back ban on LGBT ‘conversion therapy’

12/08/2021

France’s Senate has overwhelmingly voted in favour of a ban on so-called LGBT conversion therapy. The bill was approved at its first reading on Tuesday, with 305…

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Added on: 12/09/2021

“Depression rising among LGBT people in conservative-ruled Poland, survey finds “

12/08/2021

WARSAW, Dec 8 (Reuters) – The number of Polish LGBT people with depression rose by more than half between 2017 and 2020, according to a new study,…

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Added on: 12/05/2021

Watch Botswana’s queer community rejoice as cruel bid to re-criminalise gay sex fails

12/5/21

The LGBT+ community in Botswana, and indeed around the world, breathed a huge sigh of relief on Monday (29 November) after the country’s Court of Appeal upheld…

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Added on: 12/05/2021

Lewis Hamilton condemns ‘terrifying’ LGBTQ+ laws before Saudi Arabian GP

12/2/21

Lewis Hamilton has said he is not comfortable competing in Saudi Arabia given its repressive laws regarding the LGBTQ+ community. Speaking before this weekend’s grand prix in…

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Added on: 12/04/2021

As anti-LGBTI abuses worsen in Cameroon, even the government admits it

12/3/21

Cameroon says lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex people are increasingly becoming victims of violence and brutality. The central African state’s government made the comment this week…