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ADDED ON: 06/08/2023

Norway police could have prevented last year’s gay bar shooting, report says

Norwegian police could have prevented a deadly rampage at a gay bar last year if they had acted on a tip-off from the foreign intelligence agency, seven experts said Thursday in a…

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ADDED ON: 06/08/2023

Oxfam Pride advert branded ‘hateful’ by anti-trans activists

“Gender critical” activists – some of whom proudly brand themselves a ‘terf’ (short for trans-exclusionary radical feminist) in their Twitter bios – are now upset at the anti-poverty organisation Oxfam for an…

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ADDED ON: 06/07/2023

Historians are learning more about how the Nazis targeted trans people

In the fall of 2022, a German court heard an unusual case. It was a civil lawsuit that grew out of a feud on Twitter about whether transgender people were victims of…

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ADDED ON: 06/06/2023

War brings urgency to fight for LGBT rights in Ukraine

The Ukrainian MP Andrii Kozhemiakin is a wiry, conservative ex-spy who likes to emphasise his Christian faith and large family. He is also an unlikely new recruit in the fight for LGBT…

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ADDED ON: 06/06/2023

Italy rightist ruling party pulls support from LGBT event, sparking anger

The right-wing government of Italy's Lazio region around Rome said on Monday it was withdrawing its backing from the capital's annual LGBT parade, drawing an angry response from rights activists and opposition…

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ADDED ON: 06/03/2023

There’s a new gay president on the world stage

Latvia, a former Soviet republic, has selected an out gay man as president. Edgars Rinkēvičs will be the first LGBTQ+ leader of a Baltic nation. The Latvian Parliament selected Rinkēvičs to serve…

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ADDED ON: 06/02/2023

European rights court rules against Ukraine in same-sex union case

PARIS, June 1 (Reuters) - A same-sex couple who tried unsuccessfully to get married at seven different register offices in Ukraine suffered discrimination, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) ruled on…

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ADDED ON: 06/02/2023

Estonia considers moving towards same-sex marriage

Estonia might become the first post-Soviet Union country that has same-sex marriage. Prime Minister Kaja Kallas has tabled a bill to legislate marriage for gay couples. The parliament will debate the content…

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ADDED ON: 06/01/2023

Latvian Parliament elects first openly gay president of a Baltic nation

HELSINKI — Latvian lawmakers on Wednesday picked the country’s long-serving popular foreign minister, a strong backer of Ukraine, as its new head of state in a tight vote. The 100-seat Saeima legislature elected…

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ADDED ON: 05/31/2023

Russian legislators are targeting transgender people. It’s the latest move that copies GOP talking points from the US

A new Russian bill could ban transgender healthcare in the country, a move that mirrors legislation being proposed and enacted by Republican lawmakers across the United States. The bill, put forward on…

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ADDED ON: 05/30/2023

LGBTQ Russians flee to Argentina seeking refuge from discrimination, Ukraine war

Anastasia Domini and her wife Anna Domini walked hand in hand on a recent sunny day in Argentina’s capital Buenos Aires while their four restless children played nearby. Same-sex couples are a…

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ADDED ON: 05/30/2023

‘I feel deeply afraid’: Turkey’s LGBTQ community dreads future under Erdogan

Turkey’s LGBTQ community fear being exposed to more homophobic hate after conservative President Recep Tayyip Erdogan made them into his favorite target for his bitterly divisive re-election campaign. The Islamic-rooted leader constantly…

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