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Added on: 06/02/2020

Hungary’s new anti-transgender law is threatening to set hard-won LGBT rights back decades

Euro News
06/01/2020
The Hungarian parliament has voted to strip transgender people of their current rights to legally change their gender. The new law defines gender on the basis of…
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Added on: 06/01/2020

Families are major source of abuse for gay women, trans people, report says

Reuters
05/31/2020
Family members are often the main perpetrators of abuse against lesbians, bisexual women and transgender people, according to a major global report published on Monday. The study…
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Added on: 06/01/2020

Minneapolis Queer Business Owners Watch Protests And Worry

Forbes
05/31/2020
As the world watches live television coverage of night after night of demonstrations in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and in dozens of cities across the U.S., so have the…
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Added on: 05/31/2020

Brazil’s crisis deepens as Bolsonaro holds on to the military for support

CGTN
05/30/2020
Brazil has kicked political drama to the curb. Between scandals, powerplay episodes, and a slew of surprising statements, the South American country has been a mainstay in…
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Added on: 05/30/2020

Fact check: The LGBTQ community is not adding “P” to their acronym

Reuters
05/29/2020
Social media users have been sharing posts online that falsely imply the LGBTQ community is accepting of “pedosexuals”. There are different versions of the posts, but most…
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Added on: 05/30/2020

The Coronavirus Thrives on Hate

The Nation
05/29/2020
On May 1, just before social distancing rules were officially relaxed, a man went out to a few gay clubs in Seoul. He was later confirmed to…
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Added on: 05/30/2020

Dozens of LGBTQ Groups Denounce Racist Violence

Gay City News
05/29/2020
Following a series of racist incidents and fatal police shootings targeting Black individuals, a coalition of leaders representing at least 75 LGBTQ organizations signed a joint statement…
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Added on: 05/29/2020

Gay people in Myanmar have adopted a secret language

The Economist
05/28/2020
Wednesday has just turned into Thursday in Yangon, Myanmar’s biggest city, and pleasure-seekers are on the prowl in a glitzy neighbourhood. Drivers slow down to inspect sex…
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Added on: 05/28/2020

Malaysian wins landmark right to challenge Muslim gay sex ban

Reuters
05/27/2020
Malaysia’s top court has given the go-ahead for a man to challenge an Islamic ban on sex “against the order of nature”, his lawyer said on Wednesday,…
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Added on: 05/28/2020

Larry Kramer, Pioneering AIDS Activist And Writer, Dies At 84

NPR
05/27/2020
Larry Kramer was one of the first activists against AIDS, back when the disease didn’t even have a name. In the early 1980s, Kramer witnessed hundreds, then…
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Added on: 05/27/2020

‘We were so ready’: LGBT refugees in Kenya live in fear as global resettlement is put on hold

Washington Post
05/26/2020
After four years of waiting, he had the ticket booked: Nairobi, Frankfurt, Toronto. He had fled Uganda’s violent homophobia, survived in neighboring Kenya, where it’s only a…
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Added on: 05/27/2020

Two Years in Prison for Gay Sex in Turkmenistan

Human Rights Watch
05/26/2020
In Turkmenistan, men who have sex with men continue to be arrested and imprisoned on sodomy charges. In mid-March independent media in the region reported the arrest…
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Added on: 05/27/2020

Zambian president pardons gay couple jailed for 15 years

Reuters
05/26/2020
Zambia’s president has pardoned a gay couple sentenced to 15 years in prison in November under colonial-era sodomy laws in a case that caused a diplomatic row…
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Added on: 05/25/2020

Anti-LGBT+ church sued over historic child sex abuse and ‘protecting abusers’

Pink News
05/24/2020
An anti-LGBT+ California church is being sued for allegedly failing to protect two young boys from sexual abuse more than 30 years ago. Carl Epperson and Larry…
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Added on: 05/24/2020

U.K. Contact Tracing App Could Endanger LGBT Human Rights

Forbes
05/23/2020
Contact tracing is going to become an inevitable reality as the world leaves lockdown. But, the longterm human rights implications of that for LGBT people and minorities…
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Added on: 05/24/2020

Anti-LGBT+ hate crime soars by over a third in France

Gay Star News
05/21/2020
Homophobic and transphobic hate crime has risen by 36% in France last year, according to police figures. The new stats show a total of 1,870 victims of…
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Added on: 05/24/2020

K-Quarantine: The Condemnation or Resurgence of LGBTQ Rights in South Korea

The Diplomat
05/23/2020
The United States and South Korea sit on opposite ends of the spectrum when it comes to the successful containment of COVID-19. As South Korea enters its…
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Added on: 05/23/2020

Tanzania Opens To (Non-Gay) Tourists Without Conditions*

One Mile at a Time
05/22/2020
There are huge restrictions on international travel at the moment. Many countries have closed their borders altogether, other countries are restricting visitors from some countries, others are…
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Added on: 05/21/2020

‘If I don’t have sex I’ll die of hunger’: Covid-19 crisis for Rio’s trans sex workers

The Guardian
02/20/2020
Social distancing is keeping people off the streets of central Rio de Janeiro. And that has created serious challenges for its trans sex workers, who have seen…
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Added on: 05/21/2020

Virus pushes Pakistan’s transgender dancers out of their homes

CTV News
02/20/2020
Before the virus shutdown, dancer Adnan Ali had carved out a comfortable living performing at parties for newlyweds and newborns, avoiding the financial hardship faced by many…
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Added on: 05/20/2020

‘Panic’ as Hungarian parliament bans trans people from changing gender on IDs

Reuters
05/19/2020
Hungary’s parliament voted Tuesday to ban transgender people from changing their gender on identity documents, in a move that LGBT+ advocates said was creating panic among trans…
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Added on: 05/19/2020

FINALLY FREE: ORDER FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE ISSUED FOR #COSF19

Kuchu Times
05/18/2020
Uganda’s LGBTIQ community has reason to jubilate amidst the COVID-19 hardships as an order for immediate release has this afternoon been issued for the #COSF19. This comes…
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Added on: 05/19/2020

Iraqi leader who blames coronavirus on same-sex marriage demands Islamic flag is raised across UK and EU to counter-protest Pride flag

Pink News
05/18/2020
Iraqi Shia cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, who is head of the Sadrist Movement and the Saraya al-Salam militia, said in March: “One of the most appalling things that…
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Added on: 05/19/2020

Coronavirus causing a humanitarian crisis for LGBT+ people around the world

Gay Star News
05/18/2020
LGBT+ people around the world are facing a humanitarian crisis. And COVID-19 risks decimating the organizations they rely on for support. UK-based international LGBT+ charity, the Kaleidoscope…
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Added on: 05/18/2020

Map Shows Where It’s Illegal To Be Gay – 30 Years Since WHO Declassified Homosexuality As Disease

Forbes
05/17/2020
It’s still illegal to be LGBT+ in 70 countries, and you could be given the death penalty in 12, as the world marks 30 years since “homosexuality”…
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Added on: 05/17/2020

May 17 Is International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia, Biphobia

Voice of America
05/16/2020
May 17 is International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia. First observed in 2004, the day was designed to focus “attention on the violence and discrimination experienced…
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Added on: 05/16/2020

Mexico sees deadliest year for LGBT+ people in five years

Reuters
05/15/2020
Mexico is seeing a surge of extreme violence toward LGBT+ people in its deadliest year in half a decade, a leading rights group said on Friday, citing…
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Added on: 05/15/2020

Why banning anti-LGBT ‘conversion therapy’ isn’t enough

Open Democracy
05/14/2020
Lawmakers around the world have proposed new legislation to ban ‘conversion therapy’ – attempts to change a person’s sexual orientation or gender identity. In Canada, for example,…
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Added on: 05/15/2020

Anti-LGBT violence and discrimination ‘remain high,’ EU report says

Japan Times
05/14/2020
Levels of “fear, violence and discrimination remain high” for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex people in Europe, according to a survey published Thursday by the EU’s…
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Added on: 05/14/2020

Morocco Instagram influencer apologises for role in outing of gay men

Reuters
05/13/2020
A transgender Instagram influencer blamed for a wave of homophobic attacks in Morocco apologised on Wednesday for encouraging her followers to download dating apps that were then…
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