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Added on: 05/08/2023

Polish Activists Win Cases Against ‘LGBT-Free Zones’

Human Rights Watch
05/06/2023
On April 21, an appeals court in the Polish city of Białystok threw out a case brought by Przasnysz county authorities against four lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT)…
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Added on: 05/06/2023

Czech Republic considers removing ‘barbaric’ trans sterilisation law, but prejudices persist

Euronews
05/05/2023
Czech lawmakers have launched a proposal to remove the sterilisation requirement for legal gender transition, but progress to lift society-wide prejudices is slow. The Czech Republic is…
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Added on: 05/06/2023

Artists take aim at Italy’s attack on same-sex parents’ rights

The Art Newspaper
05/05/2023
Street art in Italy championing LGBTQ+ rights has sparked controversy as the country’s hard-right government has appeared to clamp down on same-sex parents in recent months. Right-wing…
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Added on: 05/05/2023

Orbán again preaches against migrant and gay rights as CPAC returns to Hungary

MarketWatch
05/05/2023
BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Hungary’s populist prime minister likened liberalism to a “virus” in an opening speech at the Conservative Political Action Conference in the Hungarian capital…
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Added on: 05/04/2023

Greece Bans Convicted Neo-Nazi and His Party From May 21 Election

Voice of America
05/03/2023
Greece’s Supreme Court has barred a convicted neo-Nazi from competing in upcoming national elections. But despite that decision, the court has allowed another extreme-right, nationalist party to…
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Added on: 05/02/2023

Turkey’s president Erdoğan claims ‘LGBT will not emerge in this country’ at re-election rally

Pink News
05/01/2023
Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has continued his re-election campaign by giving an anti-LGBTQ+ speech. Erdoğan returned to campaigning on Saturday (29 April) after stepping back for…
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Added on: 05/02/2023

Copenhagen mayor to California’s ‘Danish Capital’: Stop acting homophobic

Los Angeles Times
05/01/2023
This little tourist town in the Santa Ynez Valley is best known for its Danish windmills, aebleskivers and Viking-themed tchotchkes. In the self-described Danish Capital of America,…
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Added on: 04/30/2023

Third Attack On A Shop Has Manchester’s LGBT Community Fearing For Safety

Star Observer
04/29/2023
A shop in Manchester’s gay village has had its windows smashed for a third time in just over a month, which now has sparked safety fears within…
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Added on: 04/26/2023

LGBT charter adopted in 60% of Scotland secondary schools. Why is it important?

The Hindustan Times
04/25/2023
In Scotland, about 60 per cent of the secondary schools have adopted the ‘LGBT charter’ which aims to promote acceptance among teachers and students The Herald reported….
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Added on: 04/26/2023

The LGBTQ rights debate is testing Ukraine’s commitment to Europe

.coda
04/25/2023
When Russian troops swarmed Kyiv in early 2022, Andrii Kravchuk was summoned to serve. As he approached the military office to enlist, his heart raced. He wasn’t…
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Added on: 04/25/2023

Hungarian president vetoes controversial anti-LGBT law

intellinews
04/24/2023
In a surprising move, Hungarian President Katalin Novak rejected the new law that restricts the rights of homosexual and transsexual people on April 21. It marks the…
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Added on: 04/25/2023

Russia Wants to Ban Transgender People Changing Gender on Passport

Newsweek
04/24/2023
Russia’s Justice Ministry is gearing up to make it tougher for transgender people to change their gender markers in their passports, which will make gender transition tougher…
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Added on: 04/25/2023

Bolshoi pulls Nureyev ballet citing ban on LGBT ‘propaganda’

Herald-Standard
04/24/2023
Russia’s Bolshoi Theater has removed a ballet dedicated to dancer Rudolf Nureyev from its repertoire, citing a new Russian law that expands restrictions on activities seen as…
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Added on: 04/25/2023

Gay marriage brought equality to France while giving rise to homophobia

RFI
04/24/2023
A decade after France legalised same-sex marriage, it remains the law of the land – providing equal rights to thousands of people. But the debates and demonstrations…
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Added on: 04/23/2023

Erdoğan and Soylu attack LGBTI+ community during election campaigns

Duvar English
04/22/2023
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on April 22 targeted the opposition over the LGBTI+ community and stated “the Republican People’s Party (CHP), the Worker’s Party of Turkey (TİP)…
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Added on: 04/22/2023

Welsh schools to get guidance on supporting transgender pupils

BBC
04/21/2023
National guidance for schools in Wales on how to support transgender pupils will be published during the next academic year. The Welsh government said it required “extensive…
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Added on: 04/22/2023

How Putin Inadvertently Boosted Support for LGBT Rights in Ukraine

Time Magazine
04/21/2023
When Vladimir Putin announced Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine on Feb. 24, 2022, he framed the move in part as a means of defending traditional values from…
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Added on: 04/21/2023

Hungary’s Christian LGBT community hopes Pope visit will heal social wounds

Reuters
04/20/2023
Hungary’s Christian LGBT community hopes a visit by Pope Francis to Budapest next week can help heal wounds in a deeply divided society amid an intensifying anti-LGBT…
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Added on: 04/20/2023

Gay Rwandan woman says government can’t protect LGBTQ+ refugees: ‘They won’t be safe’

Pink News
04/19/2023
Like many in Rwanda, Maria was raised Christian, which made it even harder for her to accept her sexuality. She recalls spending “a lot of time in churches…
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Added on: 04/17/2023

As Ukraine’s LGBTQ soldiers fight on the front line, acceptance grows in the conservative country

NBC News
04/16/2023
KYIV, Ukraine — On a riotous Instagram profile featuring pole-dancing, cross-dressing and fierce makeup, a picture of Ivan Honzyk in high heels and stockings next to an…
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Added on: 04/17/2023

Transgender-related protesters divided by police in Belfast

BBC
04/16/2023
Police have been keeping two opposing groups apart at separate transgender-related events in Belfast city centre. Hundreds of people have attended the events near Donegall Quay. A…
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Added on: 04/16/2023

EU warns against unilateral steps after Poland, Hungary ban Ukrainian grain

Reuters
04/16/2023
Unilateral action on trade by European Union member states is unacceptable, a European Commission spokesperson said on Sunday, after Poland and Hungary announced bans on grain and…
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Added on: 04/16/2023

Ban conversion therapy in Norway delayed

CNE News
04/15/2023
Last week Friday, the Minister of Culture and Equality announced that a new law banning conversion therapy was delayed. Trettebergstuen pointed out that the delay is not…
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Added on: 04/16/2023

Russia may deport Chinese man for ‘LGBT propaganda’

Big News Network
04/15/2023
The Supreme Court in the Russian region of Tatarstan has rejected an appeal against an order to deport Chinese citizen Haoyang Xu over “LGBT propaganda.” The 21-year-old,…
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Added on: 04/15/2023

Young Queer People Are Being Put on Trial For Fighting Hate

Vice
04/14/2023
A Polish activist who faces up to five years in jail for allegedly attacking a van covered with anti-LGBTQ phrases says the case has left them “deeply…
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Added on: 04/15/2023

Are LGBT Rights Under Fire In Italy?

The Organization for World Peace
04/14/2023
At the beginning of March, the Municipality of Milan was forced to stop registering children born to homo-parental couples in Italy, also known as rainbow families. This…
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Added on: 04/15/2023

Hungary passes law allowing citizens to report same-sex parents to law enforcement

LGBTQ Nation
04/14/2023
Hungary has just passed a law empowering citizens to report same-sex families with kids to local authorities for violating the “constitutionally recognized role of marriage and the…
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Added on: 04/14/2023

OPINION: Six months after the brutal terrorist attack on a gay bar, nothing has changed in the Czech Republic or Slovakia

Openly News
04/12/2023
Krystof Stupka is a member of the Czech Government’s Committee on LGBTQ+ Rights – Every time I go back to that tragic night, my hands tremble with a…
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Added on: 04/14/2023

They’re calling for our extinction’: Uganda activists call on EU to cut aid over anti-gay law

EuroNews
04/13/2023
Uganda’s LGBT community are living “in total fear” after a new bill was passed last month making it illegal to identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender….
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Added on: 04/13/2023

People spew hate at me for being an LGBT Muslim – but I know they don’t represent my community

Birmingham Live
04/12/2023
“I find the hate quite funny to be honest,” says Hafsa Qureshi. As a loud and proud queer person of faith, Hafsa has developed thick skin to…
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