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Added on: 06/04/2020

Ukraine and Albania urged to protect LGBT+ people from hate and discrimination

Reuters
06/03/2020
Ukraine should reform its laws to combat homophobic hate crimes and Albania should give more rights to same-sex couples and trans people, a top European rights body…
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Added on: 06/04/2020

YouTube takes down anti-gay ad after outrage in Russia

Reuters
06/03/2020
An online video suggesting Russians back constitutional reform or see gay couples win adoption rights was taken down by YouTube on Wednesday after LGBT+ groups said it…
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Added on: 06/03/2020

‘Completely Crazy’: Activists Slam Antigay Ad As Russia’s Constitutional Vote Looms

Radio Free Europe
06/02/2020
A Russian media group linked to a close associate of President Vladimir Putin has produced an antigay political ad ahead of a vote on constitutional amendments that…
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Added on: 06/02/2020

Hungary’s new anti-transgender law is threatening to set hard-won LGBT rights back decades

Euro News
06/01/2020
The Hungarian parliament has voted to strip transgender people of their current rights to legally change their gender. The new law defines gender on the basis of…
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Added on: 06/01/2020

Liberal mayor’s entry revs Polish presidential race

Democrat Gazette
05/31/2020
Childhood actor. Pro-democracy activist. Avid supporter of the European Union and LGBT rights. Warsaw’s liberal mayor, Rafal Trzaskowski, made a late entry into Poland’s presidential election and…
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Added on: 06/01/2020

Families are major source of abuse for gay women, trans people, report says

Reuters
05/31/2020
Family members are often the main perpetrators of abuse against lesbians, bisexual women and transgender people, according to a major global report published on Monday. The study…
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Added on: 05/27/2020

A Polish gay couple took their rainbow face masks to an ‘LGBT-Free Zone’

Gay Star News
05/26/2020
Polish gay couple have taken their free rainbow face masks to the heart of one of the country’s ‘LGBT-Free Zones’. Towns and districts across Poland have declared…
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Added on: 05/27/2020

Two Years in Prison for Gay Sex in Turkmenistan

Human Rights Watch
05/26/2020
In Turkmenistan, men who have sex with men continue to be arrested and imprisoned on sodomy charges. In mid-March independent media in the region reported the arrest…
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Added on: 05/26/2020

Russia ‘Ready’ for New Comedy on Gay Activists’ 1970s Soviet Visit, Producer Says

The Moscow Times
05/25/2020
Oscar-nominated Russian producer Alexander Rodnyansky has announced a new television series based on the real-life story of a group of LGBT activists who visited the Soviet Union…
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Added on: 05/26/2020

Marie Cau: First transgender mayor elected in France

BBC
05/25/2020
A trans woman in France has won election in her local commune to become the country’s first openly transgender mayor. The council in Tilloy-lez-Marchiennes in northeastern France…
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Added on: 05/25/2020

Leaked Zoom call reveals homophobia of Azerbaijan opposition politicians

Jerusalem Post
05/24/2020
A series of Zoom calls between senior members of the National Council of Democratic Forces, representing opposition parties in the Azerbaijani National Assembly, has revealed strong homophobic…
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Added on: 05/24/2020

U.K. Contact Tracing App Could Endanger LGBT Human Rights

Forbes
05/23/2020
Contact tracing is going to become an inevitable reality as the world leaves lockdown. But, the longterm human rights implications of that for LGBT people and minorities…
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Added on: 05/24/2020

‘It means that I’m not limiting myself’: Being agender means living outside the gender binary

Pink News
05/23/2020
What is agender? For this arts worker, its meaning comes down to “not limiting” yourself to the perceived gender binary. The definition of agender in the Merriam-Webster…
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Added on: 05/24/2020

Anti-LGBT+ hate crime soars by over a third in France

Gay Star News
05/21/2020
Homophobic and transphobic hate crime has risen by 36% in France last year, according to police figures. The new stats show a total of 1,870 victims of…
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Added on: 05/22/2020

No medicine, no food: Coronavirus restrictions amplify health risks to LGBT+ people with HIV

Reuteres
05/22/2020
It started with headaches then came nausea and diarrhea. Within two weeks, gay Ugandan barber Eric had became so weak without his HIV medication he could not…
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Added on: 05/22/2020

Ireland made history by emphatically saying yes to same-sex marriage five years ago today

Pink News
05/21/2020
Five years ago today, people in Ireland went out in their droves and voted in favour of same-sex marriage. Ultimately, 62 per cent of the public voted…
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Added on: 05/22/2020

Over half of LGBTQ Europeans are not out about their identities, report finds

NBC News
05/21/2020
Six in 10 gay and lesbian Europeans avoid holding hands with same-sex partners in public, and over half of LGBTQ people in Europe are almost never open…
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Added on: 05/20/2020

‘Panic’ as Hungarian parliament bans trans people from changing gender on IDs

Reuters
05/19/2020
Hungary’s parliament voted Tuesday to ban transgender people from changing their gender on identity documents, in a move that LGBT+ advocates said was creating panic among trans…
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Added on: 05/19/2020

Iraqi leader who blames coronavirus on same-sex marriage demands Islamic flag is raised across UK and EU to counter-protest Pride flag

Pink News
05/18/2020
Iraqi Shia cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, who is head of the Sadrist Movement and the Saraya al-Salam militia, said in March: “One of the most appalling things that…
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Added on: 05/19/2020

Coronavirus causing a humanitarian crisis for LGBT+ people around the world

Gay Star News
05/18/2020
LGBT+ people around the world are facing a humanitarian crisis. And COVID-19 risks decimating the organizations they rely on for support. UK-based international LGBT+ charity, the Kaleidoscope…
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Added on: 05/18/2020

The ‘gender critical’ feminist movement is a cult that grooms, controls and abuses, according to a lesbian who managed to escape

Pink News
05/17/2020
“TERF is hate speech and it’s time to condemn it,” gender-critical writer Amy Dyess announced in October 2018 – words she now regrets. “TERF is a slur…
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Added on: 05/17/2020

Albania becomes third European country to ban gay ‘conversion therapy’

France 24
05/16/2020
Albania’s psychologists have banned so-called “conversion therapy”, which tries to change the sexual orientation of young LGBT people, a move hailed on Saturday by the country’s rights…
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Added on: 05/17/2020

LGBT families in Ireland still caught in legal loophole

The Irish Times
05/16/2020
In the run-up to the marriage referendum, one of the key pieces of legislation that was on the table was the Children and Family Relationships Act 2015….
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Added on: 05/15/2020

Anti-LGBT violence and discrimination ‘remain high,’ EU report says

Japan Times
05/14/2020
Levels of “fear, violence and discrimination remain high” for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex people in Europe, according to a survey published Thursday by the EU’s…
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Added on: 05/14/2020

These queer Muslims are finding ways to stay connected, focused and safe this Ramadan – even under lockdown

Pink News
05/13/2020
Halfway through Ramadan, Sabah Choudrey, a “reluctant activist on most things trans, brown and hairy” and the co-founder of Trans Pride Brighton, says they’re still figuring things…
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Added on: 05/14/2020

LGBT+ asylum seekers are sharing bedrooms with strangers during coronavirus

Gay Star News
05/13/2020
The Covid-19 pandemic is revealing how our dysfunctional asylum and immigration system is failing to support people in need. The system prevents people from accessing health services…
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Added on: 05/12/2020

Germany becomes the fifth country in the world to ban conversion therapy

Gay Star News
05/11/2020
Germany has become the fifth country in the world to ban ‘conversion therapy’ of LGBT+ minors. The new vote in the Bundestag, Germany’s parliament, confirms a ban…
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Added on: 05/11/2020

Opinion: Little Richard’s Queer Triumph

New York Times
05/10/2020
It was during a 1966 concert in Paris when Little Richard, drenched in sweat, told a mostly white audience, “I’m ready, ready, ready teddy, I’m ready, ready,…
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Added on: 05/10/2020

Radical Russian Imperial Movement Expanding Global Outreach

Voice of America
05/09/2020
The Russian Imperial Movement (RIM), a white supremacist group based in St. Petersburg, is increasingly expanding its outreach beyond Russia through the establishment of transnational networks with…
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Added on: 05/08/2020

Activists call on Tinley Park to show support for gay rights in Polish Sister City

Chicago Tribune
05/07/2020
Activists in Europe are calling on Tinley Park residents and village officials to show support for gay rights in a Sister City community in Poland. European rights…
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