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Added on: 09/19/2019

Photojournalist Rescues Victim Of Anti-LGBT Mob

Petapixel
09/18/2019
On September 15, around 2,000 LGBT rights activists marched through Kharkiv in the first event of its kind in the eastern Ukrainian city. When the march ended,…
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Added on: 09/18/2019

Transgender sex workers feel under attack. These women are working to protect their own.

The Washington Post
09/16/2019
With a bag of condoms and a stack of business cards, Tamika Spellman began a route she knew by heart, peering out the window of her Lincoln…
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Added on: 09/17/2019

Jamaica tops Caribbean countries for human rights violation, Guyana comes second

Stabroek Times
09/16/2019
Jamaica has recorded the most incidents of human rights violation when compared to its Caribbean neighbours. According to the regional civil society-led human rights reporting mechanism, the…
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Added on: 09/16/2019

‘We are seeing a push back on human rights’

Euro News
09/16/2019
LGBTQ and women’s rights are particularly targeted in the current proliferation of hate speech and backsliding on human rights in the world, including in some EU countries….
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Added on: 09/15/2019

Transgender Woman Found Burned Beyond Recognition in Florida, Officials Say

New York Times
09/14/2019
The body of a black transgender woman, said by the authorities to have been burned beyond recognition, was found inside an abandoned car in Florida. The victim,…
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Added on: 09/15/2019

Conservative Christians, feminists unite to fight transgender rights in Australia

Global News Canada
09/14/2019
Conservative Christians and feminist campaigners may seem unlikely bed fellows – but the two groups have found common cause when it comes to blocking transgender rights in…
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Added on: 09/15/2019

Death threats ‘broke my heart’ says popular Lebanese band singer

Reuters
09/12/2019
The lead singer of one of the Middle East’s most popular bands said on Thursday he was heartbroken by rising homophobia in Lebanon, after death threats stopped…
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Added on: 09/13/2019

NYC Council wants to repeal a ban on LGBT conversion therapy

New York Daily News
09/11/2019
The City Council is moving to repeal a ban on conversion therapy to avoid fallout from a pending lawsuit that advocates and lawmakers fear could curtail LGBT…
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Added on: 09/13/2019

US citizen sues Japanese government for denying him long-term visa to be with husband

The Independent
09/13/2019
US citizen barred from receiving a long-term visa to live with his husband in Japan has sued the country’s government, claiming he is being denied a family…
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Added on: 09/12/2019

Opposition in Brazil blame political tone for anti-LGBT+ violence

Reuters
09/11/2019
The political opposition in Brazil on Wednesday said the government of President Jair Bolsonaro was failing to stop violent attacks on women and LGBT+ people that have…
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Added on: 09/12/2019

Homophobic hate crime reports soar but charges fall

The Guardian
09/11/2019
The number of homophobic hate crimes reported to police have more than doubled in the past five years – yet only 8% result in prosecutions, figures show….
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Added on: 09/12/2019

Indian city encouraged trans people to apply for police force. Instead of being given jobs, they were outed

Pink News
09/11/2019
Forty young transgender folk in Chhattisgarh, a state in central India, left their jobs and homes when the local government announced a recruitment drive for trans police…
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Added on: 09/12/2019

The first same-sex weddings in Northern Ireland will take place on Valentine’s Day

Pink News
09/10/2019
Campaigners for marriage equality in Northern Ireland have confirmed that same-sex marriage will be legal from January 13 2020, with the first weddings taking place on Valentine’s…
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Added on: 09/11/2019

Brazil report charts surge in racial abuse and violence against women, LGBT

The Guardian
09/10/2019
Brazil saw an alarming rise in racial abuse, sexual assault, femicide and violence against women and LGBT people in 2018, according to new figures released on Tuesday….
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Added on: 09/10/2019

Racism, intolerance ‘escalating’ in Finland: Council of Europe

Straits Times
09/09/2019
Racist and abusive language is “commonplace” online in Finland and is on the rise in political discourse, a report by the Council of Europe warned on Tuesday…
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Added on: 09/10/2019

Mexico trans women fight for justice as killings go unpunished

Los Angeles Times
09/09/2019
Months after Kenya Cuevas’ friend was killed in front of her, a funeral wreath with Cuevas’ name on it arrived at her doorstep. The implication was clear:…
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Added on: 09/09/2019

Ethiopian church-affiliated group urges action against gays

Boston 25 News
09/08/2019
A group affiliated with Ethiopia’s Orthodox Church is condemning what it calls the government’s silence on homosexuality in the country. Speaking at a conference Sunday in Addis…
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Added on: 09/09/2019

Transgender woman healing after beaten in Oregon over bathroom use

Seattle Times
09/08/2019
The attack broke Lauren Jackson’s bones but not her spirit. “Thankfully, I’m still alive. Thankfully, the injuries weren’t worse,” she told The Oregonian/OregonLive. Jackson, a transgender woman,…
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Added on: 09/08/2019

Hundreds march against Bosnia’s first LGBT pride parade

Associated Press
09/07/2019
Several hundred people marched in Bosnia’s capital Saturday to show their disapproval of a weekend LGBT pride parade that will be the country’s first. A pride parade…
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Added on: 09/08/2019

Trans Chinese teens forced into ‘conversion therapy’: study

Reuters
09/06/2019
Trans teenagers in China face abuse at home and bullying at school, with almost one in five forced into conversion therapies, according to a survey released on…
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Added on: 09/07/2019

Norway issues rightwing terror warning for year ahead

The Guardian
09/06/2019
Norway’s domestic security agency has warned about the possibility of a terror attack from rightwing extremists “in the coming year”. In a statement, the PST said its…
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Added on: 09/07/2019

The ex-gay Christianity movement is making a quiet comeback. The effects on LGBTQ youth could be devastating.

Washington Post
09/06/2019
For two decades, McKrae Game was a top-tier figure among ex-gay Christians and a leading advocate for conversion therapy, a counseling practice with the goal of helping…
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Added on: 09/06/2019

Judge has a lawyer arrested for defending the ‘Straight Pride’ protestors

LGBTQ Nation
09/06/2019
A judge had a lawyer arrested who was trying to defend her clients who were protesting against Straight Pride. 36 demonstrators were arrested while protesting the Straight Pride…
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Added on: 09/05/2019

Groundbreaking report reveals reach of conversion therapy

Bay Area Reporter
09/04/2019
A first-of-its-kind report documenting conversion therapy around the world highlights the pervasiveness of the practice. The 73-page report, “Harmful Treatment: The Global Reach of So-Called Conversion Therapy,”…
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Added on: 09/04/2019

Lebanon: End Systemic Violence Against Transgender Women

Human Rights Watch
09/03/2019
Transgender women in Lebanon face systemic violence and discrimination, Human Rights Watch, Helem, and MOSAIC said in a report and video released today. Transgender women face discrimination…
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Added on: 09/03/2019

New campaign raises awareness of dangers faced by LGBTQ people in UK immigration detention

Gay Times
08/03/2019
UK Lesbian and Gay Immigration Group have launched an important new campaign. The organisation’s first national social media campaign #LendYourVoice aims to raise awareness around the discrimination…
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Added on: 08/31/2019

The (queer) year that was

Hindustan Times
08/31/2019
If you’re a queer Indian, the reading down of Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code (a colonial-era law that criminalised consensual adult same sex relationships) on…
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Added on: 08/30/2019

Indian State Bans Unnecessary Surgery for Intersex Children

Human Rights Watch
08/29/2019
India’s Tamil Nadu state government has issued an executive order banning medically unnecessary surgeries on children born with intersex variations. The order comes in response to an April…
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Added on: 08/30/2019

SOGIE bill won’t spoil rights of non-LGBTQ, says former DSWD chief

Inquirer.net
08/30/2019
Rights are not rice cakes that should be divided. This was the case posed by former Social Welfare Secretary Judy Taguiwalo on Friday, as she took up…
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Added on: 08/30/2019

Principal Who Banned a Book With LGBTQ Themes Arrested for Child Porn

The Advocate
08/298/2019
Phillip Todd Wilson had removed books parents objected to because of gay characters and controversial content. A high school principal who once banned books with LGBTQ content…
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