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Added on: 10/27/2021

Intersex people have been challenging ‘gender-normalizing surgery.’ Doctors are starting to listen

10/26/2021

Bria Brown-King, 29, a Pennsylvania native, was raised as a girl. As Brown-King got older, however, they realized they were developing differently. “I didn’t have the feminizing…

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Added on: 10/26/2021

Restrictions on transgender student athletes’ participation in school sports signed into law by Gov. Greg Abbott

10/25/2021

Texas’ transgender student athletes will be restricted from playing on K-12 school sports teams that align with their gender identity under a bill Gov. Greg Abbott signed…

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Added on: 10/26/2021

Sudan coup adds uncertainties for LGBTQ+ community

10/25/2021

Queer people have long been excluded from Sudans’ political life and social mainstream, but some believe the country’s currently tumultuous transition to democracy presents an opportunity to…

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Added on: 10/26/2021

Plight of transgender community in Kashmir appears to be going from bad to worse!

10/25/2021

As one walks through the lanes of the old city (Downtown) to meet the transgender people, the locals point at their homes in a very cynical way….

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Added on: 10/25/2021

Watch: Nigerian LGBTQ+ activists campaigning and demanding to be seen and heard

10/24/2021

Now despite the strides towards equality around the world, homosexuality remains a crime in some 69 countries, almost half of them in Africa. But in Nigeria, Africa’s cultural…

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Added on: 10/25/2021

Second protest held in Birmingham after homophobic attacks

10/24/2021

Dozens of people have staged a second protest in Birmingham following a series of homophobic attacks. Crowds gathered close to the scene of an assault in the…

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Added on: 10/23/2021

Gay Afghan Says the Taliban Burned Him, Lives ‘Like a Prisoner’ Now

10/22/21

A gay man from Afghanistan said he was burned by the Taliban. He now lives in hiding out of concern for his safety and said he’s been…

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Added on: 10/22/2021

NGOs scramble to dampen COVID-19’s impact on people living with HIV

10/18/2021

NEW YORK/PIETERMARITZBURG, South Africa, Oct 18 (Openly) – South African domestic worker Mabuyi Dlamini always dreaded the bumpy, day-long minibus journey she had to make each month…

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Added on: 10/22/2021

Report Details Anti-LGBT Discrimination, Violence in Kenya Refugee Camp

10/21/2021

(WB) A new report released on Wednesday indicates nearly all of the LGBT people who live in a Kenya refugee camp have experienced discrimination and violence because…

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Added on: 10/22/2021

Ghana president calls for tolerance as parliament considers anti-LGBT+ law

10/22/2021

ACCRA, Oct 21 (Reuters) – Ghanaian President Nana Akufo-Addo on Thursday emphasised the need for civil debate and tolerance as parliament works towards a vote on a…

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Added on: 10/21/2021

Across Africa, major churches strongly oppose LGBTQ rights

10/20/2021

In Ghana, home to a diverse array of religions, leaders of major churches have united in denouncing homosexuality as a “perversion” and endorsing legislation that would, if…

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Added on: 10/20/2021

‘I have accepted my fate’: the hidden abuse in Uganda’s LGBT community – in pictures

10/19/2021

In a country where gay sex is against the law, it can be almost impossible for the LGBT community to access services tackling domestic violence – and…

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Added on: 10/19/2021

LGBT+: Indian medical institutions are asked to amend textbooks with unscientific content

Medical institutions in India should not teach from books that contain content that discriminates against LGBT+ people, the Indian National Medical Commission (NMC) has said. The NMC—India’s…

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Added on: 10/18/2021

HRW calls on Kuwait to stop punitive acts towards transgender Kuwaitis

10/17/2021

Human Rights Watch (HRW) called on Kuwait to end its suppression of the LGBTQ community in a report published on Thursday, following the conviction and imprisonment of…

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Added on: 10/18/2021

Bullying and queerphobia literally change queer people’s genetics, affecting their offspring

10/17/2021

Numerous studies have shown how bullying and queerphobia affect LGBTQ people’s physical health, emotional well-being and social functioning. But scientific research on the effects of ongoing trauma…

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Added on: 10/15/2021

Ghana’s parliament to vote on what could be world’s toughest anti-gay laws

10/14/2021

A video has emerged in Ghana of a gay man being beaten by a mob and doused in animal blood, as the country’s MPs prepare to vote…

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Added on: 10/14/2021

‘Enraged’ allies plan powerful show of solidarity with under-attack LGBT+ community in Birmingham

10/13/2021

There was an outpouring of anger on social media over the weekend when John-Paul Kesseler, 38, posted a photo of himself with blood pouring down his face…

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Added on: 10/14/2021

Ghanaian chief threatens to storm parliament to force through anti-LGBT+ bill

10/13/2021

The “Promotion of Proper Human Sexual Rights and Ghanaian Family Values Bill 2021”, leaked in July this year, would criminalise everything from sex toys, to trans medical…

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Added on: 10/13/2021

Botswana appeals ruling allowing gay sex, court delays judgment

10/12/2021

Botswanan judges on Tuesday postponed ruling on a case in which the government is seeking to overturn a 2019 ruling that decriminalised gay sex, saying the matter…

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Added on: 10/12/2021

Wyoming librarians may face criminal charges for stocking LGBTQ books

10/11/2021

Local prosecutors in Wyoming may consider charging librarians for having books in the library’s collection that include information about reproduction, sex, or being gay. The books were…

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Added on: 10/12/2021

Ghana church leaders intensify pressure on parliament to pass anti-gay bill

10/11/2021

Dis move dey follow from recent calls by some academics and lawyers who start dey criticize de anti-LGBTQ Bill. Pentecost, Anglican Church state dema position. House of…

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Added on: 10/10/2021

Tom Daley calls for Olympic ban on countries where being gay is punishable by death

10/8/21

British Olympic diver Tom Daley said that he will make it his “mission” to stop countries where homosexuality is punishable by death from competing in the Olympics….

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Added on: 10/09/2021

Turkish court acquits students of organising 2019 gay pride march

10/8/21

Turkey has acquitted 19 people who had been prosecuted for organising and participating in a Pride march. A Turkish court had ruled that the students and academic…

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Added on: 10/08/2021

France moves closer to banning so-called gay conversion therapy

10/06/2021

France’s parliament has unanimously backed proposed legislation that would ban so-called gay conversion therapy. The new law would introduce prison sentences and fines for people who attempt…

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Added on: 10/08/2021

How a US group with links to the far-right may have influenced a crackdown on Ghana’s LGBTQ community

10/08/2021

Accra, Ghana (CNN)A safe house was the only place Joe felt protected enough to meet. Tucked away in a neighborhood of Accra, off Aflao Road, a group…

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Added on: 10/06/2021

Cameroon: Law enforcement officials join workshop on protecting LGBTI people

10/06/2021

The workshop was organized in response to a recommendation that Cameroon should “protect women, girls and all other vulnerable persons from all forms of violence”. That recommendation,…

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Added on: 10/05/2021

Ghana Anti-gay bill dangerous, proponents seek to promote hate

10/04/2021

A professor of Journalism and Mass Communication, Kwame Karikari, has said the current anti-gay bill which is being promoted by Ningo Prampram lawmaker, Sam Nartey George and…

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Added on: 09/29/2021

LGBTI citizens on edge in West Africa (Part 2: Guinea after the coup)

09/28/2021

The coup in Guinea came in early September, only a few months after a military junta seized power in neighboring Mali. That turmoil added new challenges for…

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Added on: 09/28/2021

Three Polish regions repeal ‘LGBT-free zone’ declarations

09/27/2021

WARSAW -Three Polish regional councils voted on Monday to repeal motions declaring their provinces “LGBT-free zones,” state-run news agency PAP reported, after the European Union threatened to…

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Added on: 09/28/2021

Risks multiply for LGBTI citizens of West Africa. (Part 1: Senegal)

09/27/21

In West Africa, military juntas have seized power in Mali (May 24) and in Guinea (Sept. 5) — events that added new challenges for LGBTI citizens in…