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Added on: 03/28/2023

Far-right group outnumbered by LGBTQ+ protesters in sad attempt to shut down London drag event

03/27/2023

A far-right anti-drag rally in the UK was met with overwhelming backlash from anti-fascist, pro-LGBTQ+ activists. The anti-drag rally, planned by Turning Point UK, was held at…

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Added on: 03/27/2023

GERMANY UNVEILS PLANS TO SIMPLIFY GENDER CHANGE PROCESS

03/26/2023

BERLIN – Germany’s government agreed to simplify the administrative procedure for people wanting to change genders, a move long demanded by the LGBTQ community, a spokesman for…

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Added on: 03/27/2023

Lesbian Project’s first meeting met with joyful pro-trans protest: ‘We are one community’

03/26/2023

Members of The Dyke Project partied to protest the inaugural event of the The Lesbian Project – a trans-exclusionary initiative created by Julie Bindel and Kathleen Stock. The…

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Added on: 03/22/2023

Austria to Join LGBTQ Lawsuit Against Hungary While Facing Homophobic Crime Epidemic at Home

03/21/2023

Austria will join the Commission’s infringement case against Hungary over the so-called “anti-LGBT propaganda law,” EU and Constitutional Affairs Minister Karoline Edtstadler (ÖVP) said Monday evening in…

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Added on: 03/21/2023

Italy orders cities to stop recognizing children of same-sex couples

03/20/2023

A move by Italy’s new right-wing government to restrict the rights of same-sex parents led hundreds to take to the streets over the weekend. Protesters gathered in…

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Added on: 03/20/2023

Bosnia: rights activists assaulted following LGBT event ban

03/19/2023

SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina — Rights activists in the Serb-run part of Bosnia were assaulted late Saturday, hours after police banned an LGBT event planned there over the weekend,…

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Added on: 03/19/2023

Italy’s gay opposition leader blasts bureaucratic crackdown on rights of LGBTQ parents as ideological, cruel and discriminatory as thousands protest in Milan

3/18/2023

The head of Italy’s opposition party blasted a bureaucratic crackdown on LGBTQ families as ‘ideological’, ‘cruel’ and ‘discriminatory’. The Interior Ministry this week forced Milan to limit…

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Added on: 03/19/2023

Petition for progressive sex education in Ukraine

3/18/2023

Members of the LGBT community in Ukraine have gathered signatures for a petition to introduce mandatory sex education in Ukrainian schools. It gathered thousands of votes. The…

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Added on: 03/18/2023

In Estonia, backing Ukraine isn’t controversial … but gay marriage is

03/17/2023

Over the past year, Kaja Kallas has developed an image as a strong supporter of Ukraine in its war against Russia. The next battlefield for the Estonian…

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Added on: 03/16/2023

Italian government tells Milan to stop registering same-sex couples’ children

03/15/2023

MILAN, March 14 (Reuters) – Italy’s right-wing government has told Milan’s city council to stop registering same-sex parents’ children, re-igniting a debate around Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s…

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Added on: 03/15/2023

Italian government limits parental rights of gay couples

03/14/2023

Gay rights activists on Tuesday denounced as homophobic moves by Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s far-right-led government to limit recognition of parental rights to the biological parent…

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Added on: 03/14/2023

Tory immigration bill could condemn LGBTQ+ refugees to death: ‘Immoral, disgraceful and indefensible’

03/13/2023

The UK government is facing fierce condemnation from opposition MPs and senior Tories over its “immoral, ineffective and incredibly expensive” Illegal Migration Bill. The bill has been…

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Added on: 03/13/2023

Meet the Ukrainian activist providing hormone therapy to the trans community from her Kyiv apartment

03/12/2023

Anastasiia Yeva Domani has lived in Kyiv for her entire life and never plans to move. She is familiar face to many in the trans community in…

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Added on: 03/11/2023

German Catholic bishops back blessings for same-sex couples

03/10/2023

The Synodal Assembly — which is focused on reforming the Church — adopted a paper in Frankfurt on Friday to allow for same-sex couples to have their…

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Added on: 03/10/2023

Bosnia Women Rights Marchers Attacked in Banja Luka Over LGBT Flag

03/09/2023

Participants in the 12th annual women’s right protest on March 8 in the Bosnian city of Banja Luka, the administrative centre of Bosnia’s Serb-dominated Republika Srpska entity,…

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Added on: 03/10/2023

Hungary vows to fight in EU court to defend anti-LGBT law

03/09/2023

BUDAPEST, March 9 (Reuters) – Hungary’s Justice Minister said late on Wednesday that Budapest would fight in the Court of Justice of the EU to defend an…

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Added on: 03/09/2023

Hungary vows to defend its cruel anti-LGBTQ+ law after EU legal challenge: ‘We will not surrender’

03/08/2023

Hungary plans to fight the Court of Justice of the European Union to defend its controversial anti-LGBTQ+ law. The country’s Child Protection Act, which was passed with just…

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Added on: 03/08/2023

Russia won’t play ‘dangerous gender games’ – parliamentary head

03/07/2023

Russia will not play “dangerous gender games”, the head of its upper house of parliament said in a vehement attack on sexual minorities in a message marking…

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Added on: 03/06/2023

Islamic schools trust praised for promoting British values ‘described gay people as evil’

03/05/2023

An Islamic schools trust that was praised for promoting British values is allegedly facing watchdog questions after describing gay people as ‘evil’. The Charity Commission has launched a…

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Added on: 03/05/2023

Serbia’s LGBTQ groups rally after spate of attacks on gays

03/03/2023

Serbia’s beleaguered LGBTQ activists on Friday rallied to demand state action following a spate of violence against gays, including a stabbing that injured a young man. The…

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Added on: 03/04/2023

Serbia’s LGBTQ groups rally after spate of attacks on gays

03/03/2023

Serbia’s beleaguered LGBTQ activists on Friday rallied to demand state action following a spate of violence against gays, including a stabbing that injured a young man. The…

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Added on: 03/04/2023

EU’s top court to rule on Romania’s refusal to accept transgender man’s identity

03/03/2023

The European Union’s top court will hear a case brought by a British-Romanian transgender man against Romanian authorities over their refusal to recognize his gender identity, Romanian…

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Added on: 03/03/2023

Russia may be weaponising homophobia, but the war has strengthened Ukraine’s fight for LGBT rights

03/02/2023

In Kherson, two Russian occupiers used the same insult – “pinks” – when they burst into the hide-out of a lesbian couple. The men then violently raped the…

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Added on: 03/02/2023

LGBT rights in the Balkans: Assessing two decades of change and nationalist challenges

03/01/2023

Some progress has been made on strengthening LGBT rights in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, and Serbia over the last two decades, in part due to the requirements…

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Added on: 03/01/2023

LGBT rights in the Balkans: Assessing two decades of change and nationalist challenges

02/28/2023

After a turbulent post-war period, the three largest countries of the former Yugoslavia – Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, and Serbia – shifted toward greater democracy and Europeanisation in the…

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Added on: 02/27/2023

In Cantal, A Rural Reception Center Allows Young LGBT+ People To Come And “Recharge Their Batteries”

02/25/2023

It is nicknamed the Lourdes of Cantal. A small village of three hundred inhabitants, Quézac is home to a Marian sanctuary which, from the 14th century, became…

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Added on: 02/26/2023

In Cantal, A Rural Reception Center Allows Young LGBT+ People To Come And “Recharge Their Batteries”

02/25/2023

It is nicknamed the Lourdes of Cantal. A small village of three hundred inhabitants, Quézac is home to a Marian sanctuary which, from the 14th century, became…

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Added on: 02/22/2023

Bulgarian Supreme Court Rules Against Transgender People’s Rights

02/21/2023

Rights activists predicted more cases being brought against Bulgaria at the European Court of Human Rights after the Supreme Court of Cassation in Sofia ruled on Monday…

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Added on: 02/21/2023

Lithuania’s Romas Zabarauskas Opens Screen Doors for LGBT Storytelling in Eastern Europe

02/20/2023

Breaking into the world of filmmaking is never an easy prospect. And when you are a queer filmmaker who wants to focus on LGBTQ subjects, and lives…

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Added on: 02/19/2023

Spain approves controversial LGBT and abortion laws

02/17/2023

Spain’s parliament on Thursday passed legislation which makes it easier for trans people to change their gender, expands access to abortion procedures and grants menstrual leave to…