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Added on: 07/06/2019

High heels run defies gravity, homophobia in Madrid

07/05/2019

Dozens of men and a few women in stiletto heels raced through the center of the Spanish capital on Thursday, defying gravity, the heat and attempts by…

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Added on: 07/05/2019

UK government defends failing to pass equal marriage in Northern Ireland

07/05/2019

The UK’s capital is about to host its biggest Pride weekend tomorrow (6 July), but same-sex couples do not have the right to marry in Northern Ireland….

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Added on: 07/04/2019

Is lesbian kiss in Crimean play ‘gay propaganda’?

07/01/2019

A play in Crimea has created a stir on Russian social media after a video clip emerged of a scene which featured women kissing. The production was…

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Added on: 07/03/2019

First Gay Parade in North Macedonia

06/29/2019

A rainbow of colors filled the streets of Skopje on Saturday when North Macedonia held its first gay parade. Demonstrators in the largely conservative Balkan region have…

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Added on: 07/02/2019

Turkish opposition sparks debate with pro-LGBTQ Pride campaign

07/01/2019

In an unprecedented move, dozens of Turkish opposition-run municipalities celebrated LGBTQ Pride Day on Sunday, triggering rebukes and strongly worded statements from ruling party officials and their…

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Added on: 07/01/2019

Turkish police fire tear gas at crowds gathered for banned Istanbul Pride march

06/30/2019

Police in Turkey used tear gas to break up a banned Pride rally calling for rights for gay and transgender people. Several hundred activists had gathered in…

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Added on: 06/30/2019

Pioneers launching Pride in Bermuda, St. Lucia, Uganda, India

06/29/2019

Activists in Bermuda and St. Lucia are planning those nations’ first Pride celebrations, while a fund drive is under way for Uganda’s seventh Pride, which is held…

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Added on: 06/30/2019

As Pride celebrates Stonewall, Catalonia remembers its own LGBT breakthrough

06/28/2019

Franco’s Spain dismissed queer people as a “danger to society.” Then, they staged an unprecedented protest in Barcelona. Pride is back in Barcelona this weekend as the…

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Added on: 06/28/2019

London Zoo celebrates LGBT couple Ronnie and Reggie with banner telling visitors ‘some penguins are gay, get over it’

06/26/2019

LONDON Zoo is celebrating Gay Pride and it’s famous same-sex penguin couple with a penguin-size banner entitled ‘Some penguins are gay. Get over it’. Gay residents, Humboldt…

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Added on: 06/26/2019

War veterans join biggest gay pride march in Ukraine

06/24/2019

War veterans in fatigues joined more than 8,000 people marching in Kiev’s Gay Pride parade amid tight security on Sunday, the biggest-ever annual celebration of diversity in…

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Added on: 06/26/2019

Madrid accused of whitewashing Gay Pride

06/25/2019

The new right-wing government of Madrid is being accused of censoring pro-LGBT publicity ahead of the city’s Gay Pride festivities. The Madrid Gay Pride, which takes place…

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Added on: 06/25/2019

Far-Right TFP Funded Launch of Conservative Catholic Activist Group in Netherlands

06/24/2019

In another example of cross-fertilization between right-wing movements in the Americas and Europe, Tradition, Family and Property helped fund and train activists in the Netherlands who created…

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Added on: 06/24/2019

Ukraine holds largest gay pride event to date in Kiev

06/23/2019

Thousands have marched through the Ukrainian capital for its annual gay pride event, the largest and most peaceful the country has seen. Ukrainian politicians joined the celebration…

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Added on: 06/24/2019

Thousands march in Romanian capital’s pride parade

06/23/2019

Thousands of people joined a LGBT pride march in Bucharest on Saturday, nearly a year after Romania held a failed referendum to ban same sex marriage. Socially…

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Added on: 06/23/2019

Struggle among progress as countries restrict LGBTQ rights

06/23/2019

The world has been transformed in many ways in the 50 years since the uprising at the Stonewall Inn, with major shifts in the past decade alone…

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Added on: 06/23/2019

Watch: Fleeing persecution, LGBT+ Brazilians find refuge in Portugal

06/22/2019

Since the election of Brazil’s far-right president Jair Bolsonaro, homophobic or transphobic attacks have multiplied. Advocates say a member of the LGBT+ community is now murdered every…

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Added on: 06/23/2019

Georgia’s LGBT community postpones march due to tensions

06/22/2019

Georgia’s LGBT community has posted the Dignity March planned in Tbilisi for June 23 due to the tense situation in the country. “Given the events on Rustaveli…

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Added on: 06/22/2019

Ukrainian gay couple hope Danish wedding will change mindsets at home

06/21/2019

Before Kiev celebrates Pride on Sunday, Roman Ivasiy and Anton Pozdnyakov want to speak publicly about their wedding in the hope it will help change hostile attitudes…

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Added on: 06/21/2019

Iceland passes identification law dismissing lengthy medical process for trans people

06/20/2019

Iceland passed a law on Tuesday (18 June) making it easier for transgender and non-binary individuals to change their personal identification. The Icelandic Parliament passed the Gender…

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Added on: 06/20/2019

LGBT-community attacked in Kyiv

06/20/2019

On June 16-23 a week in support of LGBT-community is held in Kyiv. On June 19, a group of perpetrators committed an attack at the participants of…

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Added on: 06/17/2019

Young people key to combatting homophobia: LGBT rugby chief

06/17/2019

Educating young people about the evils of homophobia was a key message from Europe’s largest LGBT+ inclusive rugby tournament, the biennial Union Cup, held in Dublin last…

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Added on: 06/16/2019

Legalising homosexuality: Germany did it 25 years ago – what about other European countries?

06/14/2019

This week Germany celebrated legalising homosexuality twenty-five years ago. Until June 11, 1994, it was still considered a crime in Germany even though since 1969 homosexuals were…

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Added on: 06/15/2019

Same-sex couple on viral London bus attack: ‘We were just sexual objects’

06/15/2019

A same-sex couple have opened up about the homophobic and misogynistic attack they suffered on a bus in north London. A picture of a bloody and crying…

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Added on: 06/15/2019

Supporters and opponents of LGBT pride march clash in Tbilisi

06/14/2019

Participants of a protest demonstration of LGBT activists in the center of Tbilisi in front of the government office building clashed with Orthodox activists last evening. The…

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Added on: 06/13/2019

With the help of his boyfriend, a German reporter asked Iran’s foreign minister why the country executes people for being gay

11/12/2019

When Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif faced questions from foreign journalists on Monday in Tehran after a meeting with his German counterpart, Heiko Maas, he may…

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Added on: 06/12/2019

How L.G.B.T. Couples in Russia Decide Whether to Leave the Country

06/11/2019

In March, a member of the Russian senate asked the prosecutor general to look into the issue of yoga in pretrial detention. Yoga classes, organized on the…

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Added on: 06/11/2019

Vatican issues guidance questioning modern gender identity

06/11/2019

The Vatican has released a new document challenging modern conceptions of gender identity. The 31-page teaching guidance, released on Monday, is titled Male and Female He Created…

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Added on: 06/11/2019

Germany: Gay conversion ‘therapy’ ban presented

06/11/2019

German Health Minister Jens Spahn announced his plan on Tuesday to ban so-called gay conversion therapy nationwide. Although the practice is not as common in Germany as…

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Added on: 06/10/2019

Munroe Bergdorf: NSPCC cuts ties with transgender activist

06/09/2019

Transgender activist Munroe Bergdorf says she is “unbelievably sad” that the NSPCC has cut ties with her, days after she revealed she was Childline’s “first LGBT+ campaigner”….

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Added on: 06/08/2019

Warsaw to Hold Gay Pride Parade Amid Fears and Threats in Poland

06/07/2019

The largest pride parade in central and Eastern Europe was expected to bring thousands of people to the streets of Warsaw on Saturday, at a time when…