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Global News

Added on: 07/31/2021

Ukraine LGBTQ activists hold rave to demand govt punish attacks

7/30/21

Dozens of people took part in a rave party outside the Ukrainian president’s office Friday to demand the authorities protect LGBTQ rights, sparking scuffles between police and…

Global News

Added on: 07/30/2021

Hungarian election panel clears questions of LGBT referendum

07/29/2021

BUDAPEST (Reuters) – Hungary’s National Election Committee (NEC) approved on Friday the government’s list of questions on LGBT issues it wants to put on a referendum as…

Global News

Added on: 07/29/2021

LGBT Turks Take Stock After Disrupted Pride Celebrations

07/28/2021

ISTANBUL – More than a month after Turkish authorities crushed Pride-themed events in Istanbul, emotions still run raw for members of the country’s embattled LGBT community. “There…

Global News

Added on: 07/29/2021

LGBT+ campaigners demand inclusion at first UK ‘Reclaim Pride’ march

07/24/2021

LONDON, July 24 (Openly) – Holding banners and shouting slogans of defiance, thousands of LGBT+ people took to the streets of London on Saturday to protest against…

Global News

Added on: 07/27/2021

Georgia’s LGBT+ community living in fear after violence

07/26/2021

TBILISI, July 26 (Openly) – Nino, a 25-year-old lesbian from Georgia, no longer feels at ease when she leaves the house. Since violence forced a Pride march…

Global News

Added on: 07/27/2021

Poland’s heinous ‘LGBT-free zones’ sue the defiant activists fighting back against their hate

07/26/2021

In late 2019, Polish activists began compiling an interactive map of the country’s ‘LGBT-free zones’. Within these towns and cities, the promotion of so-called ‘LGBT+ ideology’ is…

Global News

Added on: 07/26/2021

Berlin parade raises concerns over increase in LGBT+ hate crimes

07/25/2021

Thousands of people took to the streets of Berlin on Saturday as revelers marched for LGBT+ rights on Christopher Street Day. The day commemorates riots that broke…

Global News

Added on: 07/26/2021

Finns Turn against Puberty Blockers for Gender Dysphoria

07/25/2021

First, it was the Brits and then the Swedes. Now, the transgender moral panic is receiving more pushback from the Finns. Finnish medical guidelines are now opposed…

Global News

Added on: 07/26/2021

Tensions amid Budapest Pride parade

07/26/2021

Thousands of Hungarians marched in Budapest’s biggest Pride parade on Saturday, amid tension sparked by a series of anti-LGBTQ steps by Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban. After…

Global News

Added on: 07/25/2021

Georgian Condom Company Wins Freedom Of Expression Case At European Rights Court

7/24/21

A Georgian condom company that uses creative advertising on its packaging has won a freedom of expression case at the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR). The…

Global News

Added on: 07/25/2021

Taxi-driving gay Catholic priest subjected to vile homophobic abuse

7/24/21

A gay Catholic priest in Liverpool has been left “petrified” after he was subjected to homophobic abuse in a “disgusting” hate crime. Father Paul Newbery is a…

Global News

Added on: 07/25/2021

Budapest Pride stands up for LGBT rights in Hungary

7/24/21

LGBT people and their supporters have marched through the capital city of Hungary to defend their rights. It comes as the government tries to limit discussion of…

Global News

Added on: 07/24/2021

Hungary’s LGBTQ community: ‘We are afraid of losing everything’

7/23/21

Over the past months, Boldizsar Nagy has had to grapple with things he never expected. He was never anyone “special,” the journalist and children’s book editor said…

Global News

Added on: 07/23/2021

Budapest Pride march is a protest against anti-gay laws, say organisers

07/23/2021

Saturday’s Pride march in Budapest will be “a celebration, but also a protest”, organisers have said, as Hungary’s LGBT community prepares to rally in defiance of an…

Global News

Added on: 07/22/2021

Hungary to hold referendum on LGBT issues by early 2022

07/22/2021

BUDAPEST, July 22 (Reuters) – Hungary plans to hold a referendum on legislation that limits schools’ teaching about homosexuality and transgender issues late this year or early…

Global News

Added on: 07/22/2021

UK to engage Guyana on LGBT rights, abolishing death penalty and decriminalising suicide

07/21/2021

The United Kingdom (UK), through its High Commission in Guyana, intends to engage the Irfaan Ali led government on major human rights issues in the coming months….

World Voices

Added on: 07/21/2021

ARBËR KODRA – OPEN MIND SPECTRUM ALBANIA (OMSA)

Dorian Coleman

Alturi Contributor

Arbër surprised himself by becoming an activist. “I would have never thought I would become an activist,” he said with a smile. His path to activism began…

Global News

Added on: 07/21/2021

Embassies from across the world demand ‘freedom from violence’ for queer Hungarians

07/21/2021

Ahead of Budapest Pride, 30 embassies from across the world have demanded “freedom from violence” for queer people in Hungary. The open letter, published Monday (19 July)…

Global News

Added on: 07/20/2021

Gay rugby player wins five-year battle against deportation to Kenya

07/19/2021

A gay rugby player is celebrating after winning a five-year battle against deportation to Kenya, where he feared he would be persecuted because of his sexuality. Kenneth…

Global News

Added on: 07/20/2021

Polish LGBTQ activists refuse to be silenced by lawsuits

07/19/2021

Our family charters are not against any group,” Nikodem Bernaciak told DW from the offices of the Ordo Iuris Institute in Warsaw. On July 20, in Ostroleka,…

Global News

Added on: 07/20/2021

HUNGARIAN PM VIKTOR ORBÁN CALLS EU ACTION OVER ANTI-LGBTQ LAW ‘LEGALISED HOOLIGANISM’

07/20/2021

Hungarian leader Viktor Orbán has called European Union action against his country’s new anti-LGBTQ law “legalised hooliganism.” The prime minister’s conservative Fidesz party introduced the controversial legislation,…

Global News

Added on: 07/18/2021

Church in Norway marks name change for transgender person

7/18/21

A Lutheran church in Norway has held a name change ceremony for a 49-year-old transgender person in what officials said marked the first such event in a…

Global News

Added on: 07/18/2021

K-pop cafe ‘told BTS banners are gay propaganda’ by Russian print shop

7/18/21

A print shop in Russia reportedly refused to print BTS banners for a K-pop-themed café, insisting they were “gay propaganda” that would turn children into “perverts”. According…

Global News

Added on: 07/17/2021

E.U. takes action against Hungary, Poland over anti-LGBTQ measures

7/16/21

The European Commission has started legal action against Hungary after the country passed a law that bans sharing content in schools that seemingly endorses gay and transgender…

Global News

Added on: 07/16/2021

Here are 3 Olympic couples who will be competing on the same team in Tokyo

07/15/2021

A record number of out LGBTQ athletes are heading to Tokyo, and naturally, that means several Olympic couples will be making the trip together. We’ve seen same-sex…

Global News

Added on: 07/16/2021

These 15 Historical Examples Of LGBTQ Culture Around The World You Might Not Have Known About

07/13/2021

Nonbinary Vikings – Viking imagery in contemporary culture is heavily associated with stereotypes surrounding masculinity; long-haired, heavily muscled warriors are used to sell everything from beer to…

Global News

Added on: 07/15/2021

How a fearless activist forced Isle of Man to end its gay sex ban – and why his fight isn’t over

07/14/2021

On 10 July, 1991, local gay rights campaigner Alan Shea, supported by activists from LGBT+ group OutRage! In London, demanded the end of the Isle of Man’s…

Global News

Added on: 07/15/2021

Erdogan fires university rector after 6 months of student protests

07/14/2021

ISTANBUL: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Thursday replaced a top Istanbul university rector whose controversial appointment led to months of student-led protests against his rule. Erdogan…

Global News

Added on: 07/15/2021

Four Georgian TV stations go off air in protest over journalist’s death

07/14/2021

TBILISI, July 14 (Reuters) – Four television channels in Georgia went off the air on Wednesday in protest at the death of a cameraman who was beaten…

Global News

Added on: 07/14/2021

Russia: European Court of Human Rights rules ban on same-sex unions violates human rights

07/13/2021

Reacting to the news that the European Court of Human Rights has ruled that Russia is in violation of the European Convention on Human Rights by not…