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Added on: 09/15/2024

New Malta LGBTIQ+ Sports Association Hosts International Tennis Tournament

09/14/2024

A new LGBTIQ+ friendly NGO has hit the streets. Meet The Malta LGBTIQ+ Sports Association! “Our mission is to create a diverse, supportive sporting community that welcomes…

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Added on: 09/13/2024

Russian Streaming Website Kinopoisk Fined $110K for ‘LGBT Propaganda’

09/12/2024

A Moscow court fined the popular Russian movie streaming website Kinopoisk 10 million rubles ($110,000) on Tuesday for charges related to “propaganda” of LGBTQ+ lifestyles and pedophilia. The…

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Added on: 09/10/2024

France’s new prime minister twice voted against gay rights and critics won’t let him forget it

09/09/2024

As soon as Michel Barnier was named France’s new prime minister, critics found a skeleton in his closet. Back in 1981, the 30-year-old lawmaker joined more than…

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Added on: 09/08/2024

Critics blast new French PM Barnier for having twice voted against gay rights

09/07/2024

As soon as Michel Barnier was named France’s new prime minister, critics found a skeleton in his closet. Back in 1981, the 30-year-old lawmaker joined more than…

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Added on: 09/08/2024

Georgian lawmakers inch closer to final approval of anti-LGBTQ+ law

09/07/2024

On September 4, a controversial anti-LGBTQ+ bill passed its second reading in the Georgian Parliament. The bill “On family values and protection of minors” starkly resembles the…

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Added on: 09/07/2024

Russia bans piracy websites from streaming Brokeback Mountain over ‘gay propaganda’

09/06/2024

Russia has blocked the streaming of Brokeback Mountain, a 2005 American film exploring a love affair between two men, from three piracy websites, Roskomsvoboda, a Russian nonprofit…

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Added on: 09/07/2024

France’s new prime minister twice voted against gay rights and critics won’t let him forget it

09/06/2024

As soon as Michel Barnier was named France’s new prime minister, critics found a skeleton in his closet. Back in 1981, the 30-year-old lawmaker joined more than…

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Added on: 09/06/2024

Georgian Parliament passes amnesty, anti-”LGBT Propaganda” bills in second reading

09/05/2024

The Georgian Parliament on Wednesday passed a bill of amnesty of thousands of prisoners and a legislative package against “LGBT propaganda” in their second reading, with the…

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Added on: 09/05/2024

New Bulgarian LGBT+ Law Marginalizes Communities, Rights Groups Warn

09/04/2024

A law banning the portrayal of LGBT+ identities in Bulgarian educational institutions is just the latest piece of repressive legislation in a wider assault on minorities and…

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Added on: 09/04/2024

Britain’s first gay anthem? Why the UK’s pioneering LGBTQ+ protest band reunited

09/03/2024

There is a little bit of gay in everyone today,” sing Michael Klein and Gillian Bartlam, the lead singers of Everyone Involved, a collective of musicians formed…

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Added on: 09/03/2024

Enoch Burke: Irish teacher in transgender row jailed for third time

09/02/2024

A teacher at the centre of a row over a transgender student has been sent to prison for a third time by a Dublin court. Enoch Burke…

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Added on: 09/01/2024

Parliament of Georgia returns to the discussion of the package of legislative amendments prepared against the so-called LGBT propaganda

09/01/2024

Parliament of Georgia returns to the discussion of the package of legislative amendments prepared against the so-called LGBT propaganda. On September 2, the legal issues committee will…

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Added on: 09/01/2024

Behind the limbo of Viktor Orbán’s queer censorship

08/31/2024

Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orbán and his Fidesz government are seen as outliers in the European Union because of their gender-phobic and homophobic ideology. The European Commission…

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Added on: 08/30/2024

Among other things, Georgia follows in Moscow’s footsteps on LGBT+ rights

08/29/2024

Georgia’s path to European Union membership seems to be going downhill: the country’s aspirations to finally free itself from Russian influence, and anchor itself to the West,…

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Added on: 08/30/2024

Gay Paralympic athlete and musician Már Gunnarsson is making waves both in and out of the pool

08/29/2024

Már Gunnarsson is one of the LGBTQ+ competitors to keep your eye on at the Paris Paralympic Games, in and out of the pool. The world-record-breaking Icelandic swimmer is one of…

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Added on: 08/27/2024

Pope welcomed Ugandan LGBTQ+ activist to Rome

08/26/2024

A Ugandan LGBTQ+ activist revealed she met with Pope Francis in Rome earlier this month. Clare Byarugaba, the diversity, equity, and inclusion officer for Chapter Four Uganda,…

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Added on: 08/26/2024

It’s clear LGBT education is needed after my time in a Scottish school

08/25/2024

FIVE years ago, I graduated from the same Scottish state secondary school where my mother still works as a teacher. Despite having since finished an undergraduate degree,…

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Added on: 08/25/2024

Bulgarian Teachers Say They Face Threats For Opposing Anti-LGBT ‘Propaganda In School’ Law

08/24/2024

Teachers in Bulgaria say they are facing threats for signing a petition opposing recently passed legislation banning “LGBT propaganda” in schools and point the finger of blame…

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Added on: 08/20/2024

East London bookshop and cafe described as a queer ‘haven’ fundraising to stay open

08/19/2024

A bookshop and cafe in East London, seen as a “haven” for the LGBTQ+ community, has launched a fund-raiser to help the venue to keep going. The…

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Added on: 08/19/2024

Outrage as librarians reveal UK schools are banning LGBT+ books after complaints from parents

08/18/2024

LGBT+ books are being banned from UK schools after complaints from parents, librarians have revealed. A six-month investigation by Index on Censorship, the results of which have been shared exclusively with The…

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Added on: 08/19/2024

Has Power Moderated Italy’s Leader? Not to Same-Sex Parents.

08/18/2024

While their curly-haired rescue dog napped on the floor, an Italian couple logged on to a late-night video call with their American surrogate, sunbathing in her garden…

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Added on: 08/18/2024

Bulgaria’s new anti-LGBTQ+ law is official. Opponents beg EU to take action.

08/17/2024

Bulgaria on Friday officially published the text of a controversial law banning LGBTQ+ “propaganda” in schools after the country’s President Ruman Rudev failed to veto the bill…

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Added on: 08/17/2024

Bulgaria’s new anti-LGBTQ+ law is official. Opponents beg EU to take action.

08/16/2024

Bulgaria on Friday officially published the text of a controversial law banning LGBTQ+ “propaganda” in schools after the country’s President Ruman Rudev failed to veto the bill…

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Added on: 08/16/2024

LGBT envoy heads to Leipzig after neo-Nazis spoil Pride march nearby

08/15/2024

Berlin’s commissioner for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transsexual rights, Alfonso Pantisano, said on Friday that he plans to support Leipzig’s Pride event after neo-Nazis marched at a…

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Added on: 08/16/2024

Activists sound alarm as gay exorcism cult seeks foothold in Scotland

08/15/2024

As the Scottish government seeks to ban conversion therapy, it is granting charity status to a notorious cult that believes in witchcraft, advocates gay exorcism, and extolls…

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Added on: 08/15/2024

Pope Meets Ugandan LGBTIQ Activist in Rome

08/14/2024

In a historic moment, a Ugandan LGBTIQ activist has met with Pope Francis at the Vatican, reportedly receiving his support in the fight for equal rights. In a…

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Added on: 08/15/2024

Ukraine’s Other Revolution: Embracing the Rights Russia Would Deny

08/14/2024

Putin’s Russia has become the poster child in the fight against the global LGBTQ movement, labeling any activists “extremists” and criminalizing any associated activities within its borders….

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Added on: 08/14/2024

‘Worse than business as usual’: EU overlooks Uganda’s attack on human rights

08/13/2024

The European Union claims to stand up for human rights, the rule of law, transparency in government and peaceful, democratic elections. Yet in recent years it has…

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Added on: 08/14/2024

Notorious cult that carry out “gay exorcisms” expanding in Scotland

08/14/2024

A church body that enables “gay exorcism” as conversion therapy and believes in witchcraft is conducting a major expansion in Scotland. The attitudes of the Forward In…

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Added on: 08/13/2024

Council Of Europe Urges Bulgaria To Scrap LGBTQ ‘Promotion’ Ban

08/12/2024

The Council of Europe’s human rights commissioner on Monday said he was “deeply concerned” by an LGBTQ “promotion” ban passed by Bulgaria’s parliament, urging President Rumen Radev…