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Added on: 01/05/2024

Out in the World: Democracy, LGBTQ rights were threatened around the world in 2023

01/04/2024

The year 2023 was marked by a severe global assault on LGBTQ rights and unexpected challenges and progress. Despite the hard shove backward, LGBTQ communities stood up…

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Added on: 01/04/2024

What will the world do on LGBTQ+ rights in 2024?

01/04/2024

LONDON, Dec 21 (Openly) – There were huge milestones and setbacks for LGBTQ+ rights around the world during 2023. Same-sex marriage was legalised in nations including Slovenia and Andorra,…

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Added on: 01/04/2024

Record number of anti-LGBTQ bills were introduced in 2023

01/03/2024

At least 510 anti-LGBTQ bills were introduced in state legislatures across the United States last year — a new record, according to American Civil Liberties Union data as…

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Added on: 01/03/2024

Russia’s War on Woke Putin Is Trying to Unite the Far Right and Undermine the West

01/02/2024

In March of this year, Russia will hold presidential elections. The contest, like ones past, will be highly choreographed, and its outcome is preordained. President Vladimir Putin,…

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Added on: 01/02/2024

Gender-affirming care has a long history in the US – and not just for transgender people

01/01/2024

Enforcement of binary gender norms has led to unwanted medical interventions on intersex and cisgender children. In 1976, a woman from Roanoke, Virginia, named Rhoda received a…

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Added on: 12/31/2023

Transgender ex-RAF navigator honoured by King for contribution to LGBT+ inclusion

12/31/2023

Caroline Paige, who was the first transgender Officer to serve openly in the UK Armed Forces, has been appointed a Member of the Order of the British…

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Added on: 12/30/2023

Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine vetoes bill banning gender-affirming care for transgender minors

12/29/2023

Ohio’s Republican governor has vetoed legislation that would have barred transgender youth from receiving gender-affirming care, he said Friday. Signing the bill would “be saying that the…

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Added on: 12/28/2023

Nepal is the First South Asian Country to Register a Same-Sex Marriage

12/27/2023

A battle six years in the making was finally won as Maya Gurung and Surendra Pandley’s marriage was officially registered with the government of Nepal in late…

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Added on: 12/27/2023

Thousands of trans people waiting months for IDs in India

12/26/2023

Thousands of transgender people in India are reportedly waiting months to obtain a certificate that will allow them to receive gender-affirming care. Statistics reported by the country’s…

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Added on: 12/26/2023

Ron DeSantis is Asked How He’d React if One of His Kids Came Out

12/25/2023

A journalist asked Florida Governor Ron DeSantis directly how he would feel if one of his kids came out as gay or trans. The question came up…

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Added on: 12/26/2023

Transcending Boundaries: Saima Shaukat Joins Transgender Trailblazer Sobia Khan In KP Election Fray

12/25/2023

After the groundbreaking entry of Sobia Khan into the political arena, another prominent transgender figure, Saima Shaukat, has stepped into the spotlight by submitting her nomination papers…

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Added on: 12/26/2023

Fact check: Did Sweden ‘shut down’ gender-affirming surgical care for minors?

12/25/2023

The claim: Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said parents who seek gender-affirming care for their children subject those children to abuse — so much so that other nations…

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Added on: 12/25/2023

Kentucky’s ‘Don’t say gay’ law miserable for LGBTQ students

12/24/2023

Kentucky’s version of a “Don’t say gay” law is creating many problems for LGBTQ+ students — and the parents and teachers who want to support them, numerous…

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Added on: 12/25/2023

‘No, that’s fascism’: the librarian who defied Russia’s purge of LGBTQ+ books

11/24/2023

As a gay man growing up in Russia, books were Vladimir Kosarevsky’s refuge, offering him a precious glimpse into lives that in some way echoed his own….

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Added on: 12/24/2023

Seattle hospital says Ken Paxton asked for records about transgender care for children

12/23/2023

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton asked a Seattle hospital to hand over records regarding gender-affirming treatment potentially given to children from Texas, according to court filings that…

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Added on: 12/23/2023

Madrid partially revokes trans and LGBTQ rights laws

12/22/2023

Protections for transgender people will be stripped back in Madrid after a proposal was passed by the Spanish capital’s conservative People’s Party (PP). Under the reform, discriminating…

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Added on: 12/22/2023

LGBTQ+ Russians ask: Should I stay or should I go?

12/21/2023

LONDON – Gay and transgender Russians say they fear further attacks on their rights following a Supreme Court ruling that designated LGBTQ+ activists as “extremists,” with some in…

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Added on: 12/21/2023

The New “Lavender Scare” in America’s Schools

12/20/2023

It has been 70 years since the Lavender Scare, when thousands of gay people in the US government were fired or forced to resign from their jobs….

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Added on: 12/21/2023

Thailand’s LGBTQ+ community hopeful as marriage equality bill is set to be discussed in Parliament

12/20/2023

BANGKOK (AP) — Naphat Krutthai and Rasithaya Jindasri have been in a committed relationship for eight years, but only now can they consider getting married. In a clothing…

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Added on: 12/21/2023

What does the trans guidance for England’s schools say?

12/20/2023

The UK government finally published its long-delayed guidance for England’s schools on youth transition. The document promises a clear set of principles for teachers and staff as they…

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Added on: 12/20/2023

England’s schools must be involved in new transgender guidance, union warns

12/19/2023

Schools in England must be involved “properly” in developing new transgender guidance that needs to work alongside their existing safeguarding duties, the UK’s largest education union has…

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Added on: 12/19/2023

Indonesian transgender models shine spotlight on pollution with plastic fashion

12/18/2023

Deep in the slums of Jakarta, a transgender community is using fashion to raise awareness about their lives and the environment in this densely populated, polluted city….

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Added on: 12/18/2023

Cricket Australia isn’t bowing to anti-trans pressure: ‘Inclusion is the priority’

12/17/2023

Cricket Australia has confirmed that it has no plans to bow to anti-trans rhetoric and exclude transgender athletes from competing in the division that aligns with their…

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Added on: 12/16/2023

Anti-trans raid in Malaysia: ‘a worrying disregard for human rights’

12/15/2023

Religious police in Malaysia arrested five trans women in an anti-trans raid on a massage parlor in the city of Ipoh in northwestern Malaysia in early December….

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Added on: 12/15/2023

Ghana parliament might prohibit people from marrying their cars

12/14/2023

The parliament of Ghana has begun debate on provisions of the bill formerly known as “the worst anti-LGBTQ bill ever”. The debate has ranged through a variety of…

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Added on: 12/15/2023

Did Nepal Achieve Marriage Equality? Not Quite Yet

12/14/2023

At the end of November, Nepal’s government recognized a marriage between Nepalis of the same legal gender for the first time. But while the jubilant celebration undoubtedly deserves…

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Added on: 12/13/2023

Neale Hanvey criticised for comparing self-ID for trans people to Section 28

12/12/2023

House of Commons Alba Party leader Neale Hanvey has been condemned for an opinion piece in which he compared self-ID for trans people to Section 28. In…

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Added on: 12/12/2023

Discord Now Explicitly Bans Misgendering and Deadnaming Transgender People on the Platform

12/11/2023

Discord has expanded its Hateful Conduct Policy to explicitly include prohibitions against misgendering and deadnaming in a policy update. Accompanying this policy update, Discord has also implemented…

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Added on: 12/11/2023

GOP Defense Bill Stripped of Anti-LGBTQ+ and Anti-Abortion Measures

12/10/2023

The National Defense Authorization Act for 2024, encompassing an $886 billion defense policy, has marked a pivotal moment in Congress, particularly regarding LGBTQ-related issues, as most of Republicans’…

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Added on: 12/11/2023

LGBTQ+ Russians are “ordinary people” in new photo book working to combat rising hate in the country

12/10/2023

Photographer Ksenia Kuleshova calls the subjects in her new book, Ordinary People, her “heroes.” That’s how she described them even before the Russian Supreme Court declared the “international…