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Added on: 11/25/2020

The House Drops a Bill That Will Require Indonesians to Turn in Gay Family Members

11/24/2020

Jakarta. A controversial bill proposed by an Islamic political party that will dictate how husbands, wives, and family members behave has stalled at the House of Representatives…

Global News

Added on: 11/25/2020

Kenya’s LGBTQ Community Faces Increased Abuse During Pandemic

11/24/2020

NAIROBI – Kenya has acknowledged that COVID-19 restrictions are fueling cases of gender-based-violence but has been less open on abuses against the LGBTQ community. Homosexuality is illegal…

Global News

Added on: 11/25/2020

This Digital Posada Is All About Helping The LGBTQ Migrant Community, Who Face A Uniquely Challenging Reality

11/23/2020

With homosexuality still illegal in more than 60 countries around the world and attitudes towards transgendered people often even less welcoming, it’s obvious why so many people…

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Added on: 11/24/2020

Trump’s ban on transgender troops hurt the military, former service surgeons general say

11/22/2020

President Trump’s order banning many transgender people from serving has eroded the military’s ability to fight and win wars by narrowing its recruiting pool and lowering morale…

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Added on: 11/24/2020

Gay couple risk 100 lashes after being attacked and dragged out of their home by mob

11/22/2020

A gay couple in Banda Aceh, Indonesia, was forcibly dragged out of their homes to a police station and now run the risk of being lashed 100…

Global News

Added on: 11/22/2020

The brutal institutions ‘transforming’ China’s LGBT, nonconformist youth

11/21/2020

In March 2018, when Huang Xiaodi turned 17, her family told her to return home to Jiangyin, in eastern China’s Jiangsu province, so they could throw a…

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Added on: 11/19/2020

Trans People at Risk in Honduras

11/18/2020

William Alejandro Martínez, a trans man from Honduras, stood up for his rights when military police officers stopped him in Comayagüela in May 2019 and asked to…

Global News

Added on: 11/19/2020

What Brazil’s local elections could mean for Bolsonaro’s political future

11/18/2020

On Sunday, in the midst of a pandemic, Brazil voted to choose city councilors and mayors. The results show a confusing electoral scenario in which the so-called…

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Added on: 11/18/2020

“LGBT people still tend to hide”

11/17/2020

Homophobia haunts many African countries, including Uganda. The civil-society organisations Queer Youth Uganda is making efforts to improve things for LGBT people. The four letters stand for…

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Added on: 11/18/2020

First NYC housing complex bought by and for the LGBTQ+ community opens

11/17/2020

New York City’s first LGBTQ+ owned and run housing complex opened in Queens on Friday, 30 years after the owner said she first conceived the idea. Ceyenne…

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Added on: 11/16/2020

Draft laws impacting children’s and transgender rights in Russia withdrawn from State Duma

11/16/2020

The authors behind two separate packages of amendments to Russia’s Family Code have withdrawn their initiatives from the State Duma following backlash over proposed changes that would…

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Added on: 11/16/2020

Poles apart: the Polish activists in Scotland fighting for equality back home

11/15/2020

Remigiusz Jabłecki had never organised a protest before. During the four years he had lived in Scotland he had never felt much need to become involved in…

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Added on: 11/14/2020

St. Petersburg authorities disrupt LGBT film fest opening

11/13/2020

St. Petersburg police and officials from Russia’s consumer safety watchdog Rospotrebnadzor disrupted the opening night of Russia’s only annual LGBT film festival, its organizers said. The Side…

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Added on: 11/13/2020

Angola: New penal code adds protections for sexual orientation

11/12/2020

Angola’s National Assembly approved a final reading of the new Penal Code which will go into effect in February 2021. The code removes the phrase “vices against…

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Added on: 11/13/2020

Instead of controlling the pandemic, Hungarian government launches crusade against LGBTQI people

11/10/2020

Tuesday was an eventful day at Parliament. The Judicial Committee of the Parliament initiated the abolishment of the Equal Treatment Authority (ETA), Hungary’s most important equality body…

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Added on: 11/13/2020

Biden rekindles American Dream for Africa’s LGBT+ refugees

11/12/2020

Joe Biden’s electoral victory has revived the American Dream for scores of African LGBT+ refugees who fled persecution at home only to languish in Kenya when President…

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Added on: 11/13/2020

EU launches LGBT protection strategy as homophobia rises in east

11/12/2020

The European Union’s executive Commission launched its first strategy to protect the rights of LGBT people on Thursday, a challenge to right-wing governments in Poland and Hungary…

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Added on: 11/12/2020

Hungarian government mounts new assault on LGBT rights

11/11/2020

Moments before Hungary entered a second coronavirus lockdown on Wednesday, the far-right government signalled its intention to pass a range of new legislation, including to make it…

World Voices

Added on: 11/12/2020

June Chua – The T Project, Singapore

Ari Weinstein

Alturi Contributor

Can you tell me about how you decided to start The T Project? I’d been a sex worker for many years. Sex work is very mundane and…

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Added on: 11/10/2020

Rainbow Railroad launches #60in60 campaign to help save at-risk LGBTQ people

11/10/2020

Rainbow Railroad, the Canadian-based international organization that helps LGBTQI people around the globe escape violence and persecution, has launched its #60in60 campaign, which aims to raise $600,000…

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Added on: 11/10/2020

Norway outlaws hate speech against trans and bisexual people

11/10/2020

LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Norway’s parliament outlawed hate speech against transgender and bisexual people on Tuesday, expanding its penal code which has protected gay and lesbian…

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Added on: 11/09/2020

Senegal: Prison for 8 men arrested at supposed ‘gay wedding’

11/08/2020

A total of 24 people were arrested at the party in the Keur Gorgui section of Dakar. Of the 24, five were sentenced to six months in…

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Added on: 11/07/2020

#EndSARS is a huge moment in Nigeria’s queer history

11/05/2020

If there is one thing that unites a lot of Nigerians, it is hatred toward queer people. Religion is the basis for a good amount of this….

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Added on: 11/05/2020

Conservative U.S. Supreme Court justices lean toward Catholic agency in LGBT dispute

11/04/2020

Conservative U.S. Supreme Court justices on Wednesday appeared sympathetic to religious rights claims against Philadelphia brought by a Catholic Church-affiliated agency after the city refused to use…

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Added on: 11/05/2020

Activists hail bill to make violence against LGBT people a hate crime in Italy

11/04/2020

Activists in Italy have hailed a vote in the lower house of parliament to pass a bill that would make violence against LGBT people and disabled people,…

World Voices

Added on: 11/04/2020

Alex Kofi Donkor – LGBT+ Rights Ghana

Ari Weinstein

Alturi Contributor

What is it like in terms of self-expression in Ghana? How does that affect LGBT people? There are quite a number of inequalities here, and it streams…

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Added on: 11/03/2020

Egypt detains two men on ‘suspicion’ over their sexual orientation: HRW

11/02/2020

Egyptian authorities have unlawfully detained two men, citing “suspicion” over their sexual orientation and under the pretext of investigation into a high-profile gang-rape case, Human Rights Watch…

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Added on: 10/30/2020

Poland’s ‘LGBT-free zones’ energize some activists, prompt others to leave

10/29/2020

When he took up a yearlong writing residency in Berlin earlier this year, novelist Jacek Dehnel judged the chances he’d return to Poland afterward as 50-50. His…

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Added on: 10/29/2020

Advocates fear Barrett will strip away gay rights. It could begin next week.

10/29/2020

Amy Coney Barrett has been fueling the fears of LGBTQ advocacy groups since President Donald Trump first nominated her to the federal bench in 2017. Now, with…

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Added on: 10/28/2020

Nigerian judge throws out case against 47 men facing homosexuality charge

10/27/2020

A judge in a Nigerian court on Tuesday threw out a case against 47 men charged with public displays of affection with members of same sex, ending…