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Added on: 05/17/2022

DRC queer rights activist forced to go into hiding.

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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Added on: 05/14/2022

LGBTI rights in Ukraine conflict in focus at Cyprus conference

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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Added on: 05/13/2022

Greece bans LGBTQ conversion therapy

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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Added on: 05/12/2022

Cameroon: Rising Violence Against LGBTI People

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

Home Office admits LGBTQI+ refugees could be persecuted if sent to Rwanda

05/10/2022

The Home Office has admitted that lesbian, gay and bisexual refugees could be persecuted if sent to Rwanda – but still plans to fly them 4,000 miles to…

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Added on: 05/11/2022

Cameroon: Rising Violence Against LGBTI People.

05/11/2022

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: 05/10/2022

Polish Court Rejects Case Against ‘LGBT-Free Zones’ Activist.

05/09/2022

A court in the Polish city of Rzeszów has thrown out a case against Bartosz Staszewski, an LGBT rights activist who was being sued by the Niebylec…

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Added on: 05/08/2022

Queer Nigerians protest proposed anti-trans ‘cross-dressing’ ban

5/5/22

Dozens of LGBTQ protesters gathered Sunday in the capital of Nigeria to oppose anti-trans legislators’ proposal to ban “cross-dressing”. The bill, which seeks to amend a 2013…

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Added on: 05/07/2022

Appeals Court Rejects Ruling That Gay Nigerian Didn’t Prove He’s Gay

5/6/22

A Nigerian man’s asylum bid has been revived after a ruling by a U.S. appeals court Wednesday. The man said he was applying for asylum because of…

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Added on: 05/06/2022

Trans Ukrainians being forced back into closet as cruel despot Putin’s bloodthirsty war rages on

05/06/2022

LGBT+ Ukrainians have been living in fear and uncertainty ever since Russia launched its full scale invasion in February. Now, some are retreating into the closet in the face…

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Added on: 05/05/2022

LGBT Community Under Increased Threat In Colombian Port Town

05/05/2022

Buenaventura, a major Afro-Colombian port city on Colombia’s western coast, has long been regarded as one of the country’s most dangerous cities. Armed groups would dismember victims…

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Added on: 05/04/2022

Australian sentenced to 12 years in prison for 1988 cliff-top murder of gay American Scott Johnson.

05/03/2022

An Australian court sentenced a man to 12 years behind bars Tuesday over the murder of a gay American in Sydney three decades ago, in a case…

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Added on: 05/04/2022

Greece: Letting police officers involved in brutal death of LGBTI activist off the hook sends chilling sign of impunity.

05/03/2022

Reacting to today’s decision by the Athens Mixed Jury Court acquitting four police officers of involvement in the death of LGBTI activist Zak Kostopoulos, Glykeria Arapi, Director…

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Added on: 05/04/2022

Queer Nigerians stage defiant protest as government tries to ban ‘crossdressing’.

05/03/2022

Around 50 LGBT+ activists took to the streets of Abuja, Nigeria, to protest a reviled bill that would make “crossdressing” illegal. The bill, which seeks to amend…

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Added on: 05/04/2022

LGBTQ Agenda: 19 states plan laws to support trans kids.

05/03/2022

LGBTQ lawmakers from 19 states have or will introduce laws to protect trans kids from civil and criminal penalties when seeking gender-affirming care. At a virtual press…

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Added on: 05/03/2022

Young queer people in regional SA find their voice through costume program.

05/02/2022

Like many young queer people in regional South Australia, Levi Button has sometimes found it hard to express themself to friends and family. But a new program…

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Added on: 05/03/2022

Bosnia’s LGBT Community Hails ‘Historic’ Ruling Against Discrimination, Hate.

05/02/2022

For all of Dina Bajraktarevic’s adult life, Bosnia-Herzegovina has had a law in place banning discrimination, including based on sexual orientation or gender identity. But the 25-year-old…

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Added on: 05/01/2022

Brave Ukrainian student flees to Edinburgh after LGBT+ safe spaces disappear due to war

4/30/22

A brave Ukrainian student has fled to Edinburgh after his country became extremely unsafe for the LGBT+ community. Nick, a 22-year-old journalism student from Kyiv says he…

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Added on: 05/01/2022

It’s only 25 years since being gay stopped being illegal in Australia

5/1/22

When Tasmania decriminalised homosexuality on 1 May 1997, it became the last Australian state to do so. Today, LGBTIQ+ advocates there say there’s still work to be…

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Added on: 04/30/2022

Release of the First Annual Interagency Report on Advancing LGBTQI+ Human Rights

4/29/22

Today we released the first-ever public report on the U.S. government’s implementation of the 2021 Presidential Memorandum on Advancing the Human Rights of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender,…

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Added on: 04/28/2022

How LGBTQ Life in China Has Gotten Tougher Under Xi

04/27/2022

China’s LGBTQ community has long had to deal with not only societal prejudice but also pressure from the state: censorship, surveillance and intimidation, at times even detention…

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Added on: 04/27/2022

Life in Scotland is getting worse, say young LGBT+ people.

04/26/2022

Life for LGBT+ young people in Scotland is “worse now than it has been for a long time”, according to a report that highlights growing concerns about…

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Added on: 04/26/2022

‘Are You Ok?’ project gives voice to transgender kids in South Dakota.

04/25/2022

In the first half of 2022, bills in state legislatures targeting transgender individuals are already outpacing 2021 legislation according to the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU). The…

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Added on: 04/26/2022

Anti-LGBTQ Attacks Increase Dramatically In Ireland.

04/25/2022

In Ireland, the slew of unsettling news for LGBTQ people continues to mount. Most recently, a gay man was assaulted in the capital city of Dublin. Twenty-three-year-old…

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Added on: 04/26/2022

French Guiana: “500 euros, the price of my life!”.

04/25/2022

The 76crimes editorial staff is looking back at a homophobic attack suffered almost a year ago by our colleague, Moïse Manoël-Florisse, in Saint-Laurent du Maroni, French Guiana,…

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Added on: 04/24/2022

America is drowning in anti-LGBTQ attacks. Where is the Left’s lifeboat?

4/22/22

This week, Democratic state Sen. Mallory McMorrow gave a powerful floor speech in response to a colleague who in a fund raising email to supporters accused McMorrow…

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Added on: 04/23/2022

#JusticeForSheila: Kenyan anger after lesbian’s murder

4/22/22

Rights groups are calling on Kenyan authorities to investigate the murder of a non-binary lesbian, which has sparked the trending hashtag #JusticeForSheila. “No one deserves such cruel…

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Added on: 04/22/2022

Rare Syrian NGO formed to defend LGBT community

04/21/2022

Homophobia remains prevalent in the Middle East and North Africa regions. Most countries in these regions do not recognize the rights of the LGBT community, and homosexual…

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Added on: 04/22/2022

Nations with anti-LGBT laws: 49% Muslim, 44% Christian

04/20/2022

Almost half of the world’s 71 countries that have anti-LGBT laws are nations where a majority of the citizens are Muslims. By comparison, Christian-majority countries account for slightly…

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Added on: 04/21/2022

South Korea’s top court overturns convictions of gay soldiers

04/21/2022

SEOUL, South Korea — South Korea’s Supreme Court on Thursday threw out a military court ruling that convicted two gay soldiers for having sex outside their military…