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Global News

Added on: 05/28/2023

Campaigners’ fury at ‘delay’ to LGBT veterans report that’s ‘a shame upon the UK’

05/27/2023

Campaigners are fuming after the government apparently shelved a long-awaited report into the historic treatment of LBGT+ people in the military. As many as 20,000 were jailed…

Global News

Added on: 05/27/2023

Abdellah Taïa: Morocco’s first gay writer reimagines Islam, queer

05/26/2023

Abdellah Taïa is Morocco’s first gay writer in history living in Paris who reimagines being muslim, queer and African. Abdellah Taïa was born in 1973 in Rabat,…

Global News

Added on: 05/27/2023

Homophobia Is Part of Putin’s War Plan

05/26/2023

As Russian President Vladimir Putin announced Ukraine’s invasion on Feb. 24 last year, he digressed to talk about how the West was trying to destroy “traditional values”…

Global News

Added on: 05/27/2023

Italian government’s anti-LGBT rhetoric blamed for brutal beating of trans woman in Milan

05/26/2023

A video of a trans woman in Milan being pepper sprayed, kicked and beaten by three police officers has caused a stir in Italy, with many drawing…

Global News

Added on: 05/26/2023

Landmark European ruling on LGBT+ rights

05/25/2023

During 2019 and 2020, 21 gay and lesbian couples in Romania joined a complaint against the state to the European Court of Human Rights over the lack…

Global News

Added on: 05/24/2023

Hungary Strips ‘Anti-LGBTQ’ Section From Whistleblower Law

05/23/2023

Hungary on Tuesday modified a new whistleblower law, following outcry by human rights groups, by removing a section that had allowed citizens to report anonymously against perceived…

Global News

Added on: 05/24/2023

Historic decision’: 21 same-sex couples win biggest LGBTQ rights trial at ECHR

05/23/2023

The largest case ever heard on same-sex unions closed at the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) on Tuesday, with the court deeming the lack of legal…

Global News

Added on: 05/23/2023

Polish embassy “appalled” by German teaching material saying “Polish mother hates gays”

05/22/2023

Poland’s embassy in Berlin says it is “appalled” by training material for teachers produced by a German government office that includes a section about a fictional Polish…

Global News

Added on: 05/22/2023

Belgium launches call for projects to increase LGBTQ visibility

05/22/2023

Belgium’s State Secretary for Equal Opportunities Marie-Colline Leroy launched on Friday a call for projects – titled “À nous les droits” –aiming to increase the visibility of…

Global News

Added on: 05/21/2023

Thousands celebrate Brussels Pride with slogan ‘Protect the Protest’

05/20/2023

Thousands of people celebrated Pride on the streets of Brussels on Saturday, marching in a parade with the slogan “Protect the Protest.” “Pride is a great party…

Global News

Added on: 05/21/2023

Jamaica’s break from British monarchy must bring about queer liberation, activists say

05/20/2023

King Charles III’s coronation has accelerated plans for Jamaica to become a republic, and activists say it’s time for the country to take a big step forward…

Global News

Added on: 05/19/2023

Brutal assault caught on video exposes ‘increasingly unsafe’ Ireland for LGBTQ+ youth

05/18/2023

Video of a brutal attack on a schoolboy in Ireland, which went viral on social media, has exposed the “increasingly unsafe” situation for LGBTQ+ young people in…

Global News

Added on: 05/18/2023

Slovakia on brink of blocking legal recognition for trans people

05/17/2023

Slovakian MPs are under mounting international pressure to reject a bill that would see the country follow Hungary in effectively putting a stop to decades of legal gender…

Global News

Added on: 05/17/2023

Homophobic attacks in France rose almost 30 percent last year, LGBTQ group says

05/16/2023

Last year saw an increase in gay and trans people reporting physical attacks in France, an activist group said on Tuesday, warning that anti-LGBTQ sentiment remains “anchored”…

Global News

Added on: 05/16/2023

Albanian lesbian couple vow ‘fight to the end’ for parental rights

05/15/2023

A lesbian couple from Albania who are fighting to be recognised as joint parents of their twin daughters say they will take their case to the European…

Global News

Added on: 05/16/2023

Over 40% of Italy’s LGBTQ workers say careers have been hit by discrimination

05/15/2023

Four out of 10 LGBTQ people in Italy believe discrimination has damaged them at work, a survey by national statistics bureau ISTAT and state anti-discrimination office UNAR…

Global News

Added on: 05/14/2023

Moldova leaps in LGBT+ rights ranking, but Montenegro continues to lead emerging Europe

05/13/2023

In a very hostile global climate, different actors are coming together and weighing in more actively for LGBT+ rights across Europe. Moldova’s inclusion of sexual orientation and…

Global News

Added on: 05/14/2023

UN expert concerned about increasing violence against LGBT people in UK

05/13/2023

Abusive rhetoric by politicians, the media, and social commentators has trickled down to produce increasingly abusive and hateful speech against LGBT persons in the United Kingdom (UK),…

Global News

Added on: 05/14/2023

‘We’re against LGBT’: Erdoğan targets gay and trans people ahead of critical Turkish election

05/13/2023

At campaign rallies across Turkey, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has missed no opportunity to attack gay and trans people. “We are against the LGBT,” he told one…

Global News

Added on: 05/13/2023

Spain: New employer obligations to ensure equality for LGBTI and trans employees

05/12/2023

Companies with more than 50 employees have one year in which to comply with the Transgender Law by putting in place an action plan and measures to……

Global News

Added on: 05/13/2023

Handful of LGBTQ candidates square off with President Erdogan ahead of Turkey’s election

05/12/2023

Esmeray Zeynep Ozadikti says she may land in jail for running as an openly trans woman in Turkey’s election. Still, she believes it’s worth it. Turkish President…

World Voices

Added on: 05/13/2023

Olga Doletskaya — LGBTQ+ Studies at Risk Conference

Alturi Contributor

Can you start by describing the recent LGBTQ+ Studies at Risk conference? What was the program, and who attended? Talia Kollek, my co-organizer, and I came up…

Global News

Added on: 05/13/2023

Russia fines Google for refusing to remove LGBTQ+ content

05/12/2023

Google has been fined three million rubles (£31,000) by Russia after it refused to remove content which the country said promoted same-sex relationships. The penalty was also…

Global News

Added on: 05/12/2023

LGBT Watchdog Chides Balkan, Central Europe Countries for Rights Setbacks

05/11/2023

Europe’s leading LGBT rights organisation, ILGA-Europe has criticised Serbia and Turkey for their handling of LGBT community rights in its latest Rainbow Map and Index. The report says the…

Global News

Added on: 05/11/2023

Trans rights gain ground despite rising European rhetoric

05/10/2023

LONDON, May 11 (Openly) – Europeans are moving ever closer to embracing equal rights for all despite a rise in anti-transgender rhetoric by many of their politicians,…

Global News

Added on: 05/10/2023

Top Spanish court considers far-right challenge to LGBT law

05/09/2023

Spain’s Constitutional Court said Tuesday it would consider a legal challenge lodged by the far-right Vox party against a new law extending rights for transgender teenagers and…

Global News

Added on: 05/10/2023

Germany proposes ‘self-determination law’ to ease legal changes of gender

05/09/2023

The German government on Tuesday presented a proposal for a law that will make it easier for people to legally change their name and gender, ending decades-old…

Global News

Added on: 05/09/2023

King Charles unlikely to ‘support LGBTQ+ community’, activist warns: ‘He’s never been our ally’

05/08/2023

Veteran activist Peter Tatchell has warned that Britain’s newly-crowned King Charles III is not a friend of the LGBTQ+ community, saying Charles “acquiesces with our tormentors” through…

Global News

Added on: 05/08/2023

Russia adds LGBTQ+ human rights group to controversial list

05/07/2023

Russian authorities added LGBTQ+ human rights defenders NC SOS Crisis Group to the country’s controversial ‘foreign agents’ registry. The group was put on the list on Friday (5…

Global News

Added on: 05/08/2023

Erdogan calls opposition ‘pro-LGBT’ at election rally

05/06/2023

ANKARA, May 7 (Reuters) – Turkey’s President Tayyip Erdogan accused the opposition of being “pro-LGBT” at a rally in Istanbul on Sunday, as he stepped up his…