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Added on: 12/31/2021

Anti-Trans Violence and Rhetoric Reached Record Highs Across America in 2021

12/30/2021

2021 was the deadliest year for transgender and gender non-conforming people in the U.S. on record. At least 50 trans and gender non-conforming people were killed this year alone,…

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Added on: 12/30/2021

Lesbian pop star Denise Ho arrested amid growing crackdown against China’s critics.

12/30/2021

Lesbian pop star and regionally famous pro-democracy activist Denise Ho was one of seven people arrested on Wednesday morning by national security police in Hong Kong. She…

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Added on: 12/30/2021

Out in the World: Mixed record on LGBTQ rights across the world in 2021

12/29/2021

The year started out on a hopeful note. The world was looking forward to getting past a dark period in America’s leadership and the global COVID-19 pandemic….

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Added on: 12/30/2021

“Tutu’s advocacy for LGBTQ rights did not sway most of Africa “

12/29/2021

Desmond Tutu is being remembered for his passionate advocacy on behalf of LGBTQ people as well as his fight for racial justice. But the South African archbishop’s…

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Added on: 12/29/2021

Court case seeks to legalize homosexuality in Tunisia

12/28/2021

A group of lawyers, human rights activists and the LGBT community filed an appeal on Thursday, December 16, to overturn two convictions for homosexuality, in a country…

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Added on: 12/28/2021

LEBANON ARRESTS 25-YEAR-OLD LESBIAN REFUGEE ON THEIR WAY TO AUSTRALIA

12/27/2021

A Jordanian LGBTQI+ ‘rights defender’ and refugee on their way to Australia has been detained in Lebanon. According to Amnesty International Australia, AOA, a 25-year-old lesbian, non-binary…

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Added on: 12/28/2021

Lesbian risks life and flees Afghanistan to escape forced marriage to cruel Taliban brute

12/27/2021

Rabia was just 15-years-old when she became engaged to a Taliban officer against her will in a small village in Afghanistan. Now 22-years-old, Rabia has fled Afghanistan…

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Added on: 12/27/2021

GAY BROTHERS DETAINED IN CHECHNYA GO ON HUNGER STRIKE

12/27/2021

Brothers Salekh Magamadov (20) and Ismail Isaev (17), detained by authorities in Chechnya for the past 10 months, have announced that they would go on a hunger…

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Added on: 12/26/2021

SAUDI ARABIA’S TOP RELIGIOUS BODY SAYS HOMOSEXUALITY IS ‘ONE OF THE MOST HEINOUS CRIMES’

12/26/2021

Saudi Arabia’s top religious body has declared homosexuality to be ‘one of the most heinous crimes’. According to a statement by the official Saudi Press Agency, Grand…

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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: 12/24/2021

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

Colombia’s Ombudsman calls for protection of sexually diverse individuals

12/20/2021

The Office of Colombia’s Ombudsman Monday launched an appeal for the authorities to look after the integrity of LGBTQ people after 35 transgender women have been murdered…

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Added on: 12/21/2021

‘You’ll be destroyed’: LGBTQ Israelis receive hate texts allegedly sent by rabbi

12/20/2021

Thousands of members of Israel’s LGBTQ community have recently received disturbing hateful text messages, which were allegedly sent by a yeshiva rabbi, police revealed Monday. The Aguda…

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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: 12/19/2021

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: 12/15/2021

Barbados can ‘wipe the slate’ on LGBT+ rights as a newly-christened republic, campaigners say

12/14/2021

In November, Barbados removed Queen Elizabeth II as its head of state and welcomed in president Sandra Mason in a historic ceremony which broke the nation’s ties…

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Added on: 12/15/2021

France’s parliament has voted to ban gay ‘conversion’ practices

12/14/2021

France’s parliament has voted to ban so-called conversion therapy, joining a handful of countries that have taken steps to outlaw practices that seek to change a person’s…

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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: 12/14/2021

Vatican office apologises for hurting Catholic LGBTQ community

12/13/2021

A Vatican department has apologised for “causing pain to the entire LGBTQ community” by removing from its website a link to resource material from a Catholic gay…

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Added on: 12/14/2021

‘A safe place.’ For LGBT asylum seekers, a new shot at life

12/13/2021

The church volunteers assembled furniture and hung decorations in the newly renovated apartment building. They laid out nearly every necessity, down to the bath towels, bed linens,…

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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…