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Added on: 06/03/2022

Indonesia’s LGBTQ community fears crackdown under legal reforms

Deutsche Welle
06/02/2022
Indonesia’s lawmakers are working on reforming the country’s criminal code under a draft bill, known in the country by the acronoym RKUHP. The reforms are an attempt to…
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Global News

Added on: 06/03/2022

After years fighting for the ‘little guy’, Hong Kong crackdown forces UK lawyer to flee

The Guardian
06/02/2022
Michael Vidler has built his legal career on fighting for the “little guy” in Hong Kong, from high-profile street protesters such as Joshua Wong to little-known LGBT activists. But…
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Global News

Added on: 06/01/2022

“Fully embraced”? Bostwana’s queer struggles since decriminalisation.

African Arguments
05/31/2022
In November 2021, Botswana’s Court of Appeal upheld a landmark 2019 ruling that had decriminalised gay sex. Before the original verdict, same-sex sexual activity had been punishable…
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Global News

Added on: 06/01/2022

Kerala Lesbian Couple Reunited by High Court in Big Win After Being Separated by Parents.

News 18
05/31/2022
The Kerala High Court set a strong precedent on Tuesday by allowing a lesbian couple, Adhila Nasarin and Fathima Noora, to live together after they were forcefully…
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Global News

Added on: 06/01/2022

Activist reporter tells why he promotes LGBTI rights in the French Caribbean.

Erasing 76 Crimes
05/31/2022
More than 12 million people live in the Francophone Caribbean, from the independent nation of Haiti to the French territories of Guadeloupe, Martinique, St. Martin, St. Barthélemy,…
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Global News

Added on: 05/31/2022

Anti-gay mob of 100 people beat American man bloody & parade him through the streets.

LGBTQ Nation
05/30/2022
Three men have been arrested in the West African country of Senegal after video emerged of a suspected homophobic attack that left its American victim bloodied, robbed…
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World Voices

Added on: 05/30/2022

The Kisumu Feminists Society Wants Justice For Sheila Lumumba

Jo Moses
Alturi Contributor
When a Kenyan lesbian is murdered, who avenges their death? Feminists? LGBT activists? Anti-violence campaigners? All of these, argues the Kisumu Feminists Society of Kisumu, Kenya, should…
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Global News

Added on: 05/30/2022

LGBTQ Ukrainians and Russians find solidarity in Berlin

Al Jazeera
05/29/2022
Berlin, Germany – Having visited the German capital twice before, Polina Punegova, from the Russian port city of St Petersburg, had often told her Ukrainian partner Yulia…
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Global News

Added on: 05/30/2022

Gay Conversion Therapies Continue To Take Their Toll In Switzerland

MENAFN
05/29/2022
(MENAFN– Swissinfo) – Unlike many countries, Switzerland has refused to ban conversion therapies, often practised by evangelical churches, which claim to“cure” homosexuality. Several victims explain how they…
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Global News

Added on: 05/27/2022

LGBTQI people on the continent are ‘children of the Africa soil’, says activist

Cape Talk
05/26/2022
LGBTI activist groups and their allies are gathering in Cape Town this week to discuss the progress being made to advance equality, freedom, and social inclusion for…
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Global News

Added on: 05/27/2022

Not even Russian bombs can silence queer Ukrainian journalist Maksym Eristavi

Queerty
05/26/2022
A queer Ukrainian journalist. A writer. A public speaker. A self-proclaimed bridge builder and “Russian colonialism storyteller-in-chief.” Maksym Eristavi was born to amplify voices! For only being in…
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Global News

Added on: 05/26/2022

Tunisia’s first LGBTQ play lifts curtain on hidden violence

Africa News
05/25/2022
The first queer play to be staged in Tunisia has premiered in the capital, Tunis. Director Essia Jaibi’s latest work aims to challenge conservative attitudes in a country…
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Global News

Added on: 05/25/2022

Indonesia may outlaw gay sex amid growing anti-LGBTQ sentiment.

Benar News
05/24/2022
Indonesia’s parliament is debating a bill that would outlaw so-called deviant sexual behavior, raising alarm among human rights activists about a possible increase in violence against LGBTQ…
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Global News

Added on: 05/24/2022

Qatar’s Emir welcomes gay couples to World Cup but asks them to ‘respect our culture’.

Inside World Football
05/24/2022
The Emir of Qatar Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani has said that gay fans will be welcome at the 2022 World Cup, but demanded that visitors “respect…
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Added on: 05/23/2022

Gay man killed in Cape Town as Parliament considers Hate Crimes Bill

IOL
05/22/2022
The family of a man allegedly murdered for being gay is calling for justice as Parliament continues to ponder the Prevention and Combating of Hate Crimes and…
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Global News

Added on: 05/23/2022

UK plummets further down ranking of LGBTQ-friendly countries in Europe

Pink News
05/22/2022
ILGA Europe’s Rainbow Map and Index has ranked European countries on the basis of their “legal and policy situation” for LGBTQ+ people each year since 2009. It…
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Global News

Added on: 05/22/2022

Turkish police break up LGBTQ pride parade

The New Arab
5/20/22
Police in Turkey broke up an LGBTQ pride parade at one the country’s top public universities and detained all of the participants Friday. Riot police entered Bogazici…
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Global News

Added on: 05/21/2022

Nigeria’s LGBTQ Community Fights Restrictive Cross-Dressing Bill

Voice of America
5/19/22
Dressed in rainbow-colored vests, members of the LGBTQ community marched in a risky demonstration in Nigeria’s capital, Abuja, to protest a bill introduced by lawmakers in Nigeria’s…
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Global News

Added on: 05/20/2022

DR Congo: Dejected LGBTI activist returns, despite dangers

Erasing 76 Crimes
05/19/2022
Congolese LGBTI rights activist Jeremie Safari thought he was out of the woods after he fled west in March to the anonymity of the capital city, Kinshasa,…
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Global News

Added on: 05/20/2022

‘I do not wish to be anonymous’: Doctor becomes ‘first’ Qatari to publicly come out as gay

The Independent
05/19/2022
The moment Nas Mohamed knew for certain he was gay, he panicked. “I walked into a gay club and I knew I was 100 percent gay,” he tells The…
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Global News

Added on: 05/19/2022

Chile’s LGBTQ+ street artists see work defaced with homophobic slurs

Openly News
05/17/2022
SANTIAGO, May 17 (Openly) – It was meant to be an open-air museum dedicated to Chile’s LGBTQ+ community, but days after the 40-meter (131-foot) mural was completed,…
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Global News

Added on: 05/19/2022

Chinese company makes ‘coming out’ kits for queer people

Screenshot
05/18/2022
In the early 2000s, queer activism had finally started flourishing in China—with more and more NGOs advocating for gay rights. This, however, has gotten harder ever since Xi Jinping…
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Global News

Added on: 05/17/2022

DRC queer rights activist forced to go into hiding.

New Frame
05/17/2022
Crammed into a boat with more than 100 people, Cherie* prayed nobody would recognise her. “I wore a hat and a balaclava,” the transgender woman, 33, says…
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Global News

Added on: 05/17/2022

Rwanda: LGBT rights are protected on paper, but discrimination and homophobia persist.

The Conversation
05/16/2022
“From today, I no longer want to be called your mother, if you don’t want to change you can leave my house and come back when you…
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Global News

Added on: 05/14/2022

LGBTI rights in Ukraine conflict in focus at Cyprus conference

Council of Europe
5/13/22
The IDAHOT + Forum 2022 is taking place in Limassol, Cyprus, on 12-13 May, ahead of the International Day against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia on Tuesday 17…
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Global News

Added on: 05/13/2022

Marking International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia 2022 in Albania

Council of Europe
05/11/2022
To mark IDAHOT 2022 in Albania, the action on “Promotion of Diversity and Equality in Albania” under the joint European Union and Council of Europe “Horizontal Facility…
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Global News

Added on: 05/13/2022

Greece bans LGBTQ conversion therapy

Thomson Reuters Foundation
05/12/2022
ATHENS (Reuters) – Greece on Wednesday banned conversion therapy for minors, a practice aimed at suppressing a person’s sexual orientation or gender identity and which the lesbian,…
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Global News

Added on: 05/13/2022

Brazil: Attacks on Gender and Sexuality Education

Human Rights Watch
05/12/2022
(São Paulo) – Lawmakers and other public officials at the federal, state, and municipal levels in Brazil have used pernicious legal and political tactics to undermine and even…
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Global News

Added on: 05/12/2022

Cameroon: Rising Violence Against LGBTI People

Human Rights Watch
05/11/2022
(Nairobi) – Security forces in Cameroon are failing to protect lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) people from violent attacks and instead are arresting the victims, Human Rights…
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Added on: 05/12/2022

Out in the World: 60 LGBTQ Afghan refugees arrive in Canada

Bay Area Reporter
05/11/2022
The Canadian government has quietly relocated 60 LGBTQ Afghan refugees from Pakistan to the North American country.  Afghan refugees flew out of Islamabad to Nova Scotia around…
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