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Added on: 03/23/2019

M5S leader Di Maio distances party from ‘medieval’ anti-LGBT conference

03/20/2019

Italy’s co-deputy prime minister and governing Five Star Movement (M5S) leader Luigi Di Maio has slammed his coalition partner the League party as “medieval” for its support…

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Added on: 03/22/2019

Loud and proud at Arab summit

03/21/2019

Luxembourg’s openly gay prime minister, Xavier Bettel, has boldly condemned Arab countries’ conduct towards LGBT individuals – much to their dismay. Leaders from Arab countries were taken…

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Added on: 03/21/2019

Multiple Birmingham Schools Refuse to Teach LGBTI and Diversity Lessons After Parents Protest

03/20/2019

Another four schools in Birmingham have reportedly halted lessons on diversity and LGBT issues following complaints by parents. In a letter quoted by the BBC, Leigh Trust said it was…

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Added on: 03/20/2019

Turkish Police Officer Suspended for Being Gay – DW

03/18/2019

A Turkish police officer in the eastern city of Van has been suspended from duty because he is gay, German broadcaster Deutsche Welle (DW) reported on Sunday. It all…

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Added on: 03/20/2019

Northern Ireland Equal Marriage Activists: UK Government ‘doesn’t care’

03/18/2019

Activists have accused the UK government of “not caring” about equal marriage in Northern Ireland, after a car crash meeting with Northern Ireland secretary Karen Bradley. Karen…

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Added on: 03/19/2019

Russian court jails top Chechen rights activist for 4 years

03/18/2019

A Russian court on Monday sentenced a top Chechen rights activist to four years in a penal colony after a drugs trial that has drawn condemnation from…

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Added on: 03/18/2019

Rainbow Rage: Kyrgyz Rail Against LGBT Community After Central Asia’s ‘First’ Gay-Pride March

03/16/2019

What many consider the first gay-pride march ever held in Central Asia has unleashed a storm of controversy in Kyrgyzstan, with threats of violence against participants, counterprotests,…

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Added on: 03/18/2019

Germany pays compensation to people investigated under anti-gay laws

03/13/2019

Germany has begun offering compensation to men who faced criminal investigations under historical anti-gay laws. The country extended compensation for LGBT+ people who faced oppression under authorities…

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Added on: 03/18/2019

Poland’s Ruling Chief Speaks Strongly Against LGBT Rights

03/16/2019

The leader of Poland’s right-wing ruling party used hostile language Saturday while speaking against rights for LGBT persons, a subject that has risen to prominence in his…

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Added on: 03/17/2019

Authorities cancel activist youth festival in Russia’s Far East

03/15/2019

An activist youth arts festival in Komsomolsk-on-Amur in the Russian Far East has been cancelled after authorities raised concerns that it was promoting an LGBT agenda, apparently…

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Added on: 03/17/2019

LGBT attitudes in Wales: ‘Huge distance’ travelled in 30 years

03/15/2019

Lisa Power, who lives in Cardiff, was the first openly LGBT person to speak on gay rights at the UN and has been a campaigner for decades….

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Added on: 03/16/2019

Poland’s ruling party picks LGBT rights as election battlefront

03/15/2019

Poland’s ruling nationalist party aims to stem a decline in its popularity ahead of two key elections this year with warnings that opposition support for LGBT education…

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Added on: 03/15/2019

Dutch priest who petitioned for pro-LGBT ‘rainbow crossing’ in front of basilica withdraws petition

03/12/2019

Fr. Maickel Prasing, the Dutch priest who launched an online petition for a rainbow crossing to be placed in front of the Catholic Basilica of Oudenbosch, Brabant,…

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Added on: 03/13/2019

Poland’s ruling party launches attack on LGBT community at party convention

03/11/2019

Poland’s ruling Law and Justice Party (PiS) has launched an attack on gay rights as part of its election strategy ahead of European elections in May and…

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Added on: 03/11/2019

Queer women in Russia’s North Caucasus ‘face sexual violence, forced marriage, and murder’

03/07/2019

Queer women in Russia’s North Caucasus face attempts to ‘cure’ them, beatings, rape, forced marriages, and murder, according to a recent report interviewing a number of queer…

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Added on: 03/11/2019

Italian lesbian reveals years of corrective rape by father

03/08/2019

A 23-year-old Italian woman has spoken out about the years of sexual assault she suffered at the hands of her father, who attempted to “correct” her sexuality….

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Added on: 03/09/2019

71% of LGBT voters would choose Remain in a second Brexit referendum

03/06/2019

LGBT voters could decide the outcome of a second Brexit referendum, a YouGov poll found. A January 2019 survey showed that, if there is a new public…

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Added on: 03/07/2019

Chechnya’s Gay Purge: A Timeline of the Atrocities

03/04/2019

The world has been aware for the last couple of years that LGBT people in Chechnya face arrest and persecution. But what exactly is happening in the…

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Added on: 03/06/2019

London HIV Patient Becomes World’s Second AIDS Cure Hope

03/05/2019

An HIV-positive man in Britain has become the second known adult worldwide to be cleared of the AIDS virus after he received a bone marrow transplant from…

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Added on: 03/06/2019

Turkish TV Station Pulls the Plug On Show After Interview Defending LGBTI Rights

03/05/2019

A Turkish Islamist television station said it would take a show off air following an interview with an opposition party mayoral candidate who spoke of the need…

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Added on: 03/06/2019

British Female Olympians Argue Against ‘unfair’ Trans Women Athletes

03/05/2019

British female Olympians lined up to criticize the inclusion of transgender women in women’s sport on Tuesday, as debate rages over whether male-to-female athletes retain unfair physical…

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Added on: 03/06/2019

Two Arrested for Alleged Murder of Trans Woman Found Dead in Spanish Orchard

03/04/2019

Two arrested for alleged murder of trans woman found dead in Spanish orchard. The woman was found in a church in Castelló de la Plana, Spain. Two…

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Added on: 03/06/2019

Rafał Trzaskowski: Warsaw Mayor Faces Backlash for Protecting LGBTI Rights

03/04/2019

Rafał Trzaskowski, the Mayor of Poland’s capital city, Warsaw, has received backlash after signing a declaration to protect LGBT+ rights. The declaration is the first ever LGBT+…

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Added on: 03/05/2019

Parents urged to stop Birmingham LGBT-row school protests

03/03/2019

A school at the centre of an LGBT rights teaching row has written to parents to urge them to stop holding “disruptive” and “upsetting” protests. Parkfield Community…

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Added on: 03/04/2019

Merkel successor Kramp-Karrenbauer under fire for anti-LGBT joke

03/03/2019

The CDU leader mocked the idea of gender-neutral bathrooms during a Carnival-themed program on public broadcaster SWR. Politicians and activists called the incident a “travesty.” Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer,…

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Added on: 03/03/2019

Gay conversion therapy ban in Germany gains support

03/01/2019

LGBT people continue to face prejudice and discrimination in Germany as well. A 2017 study by the Federal Anti-Discrimination Agency showed that 18.3 percent of Germans still…

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Added on: 03/01/2019

Cardiff University criticised over student support services after deaths of two LGBT group members

02/28/2019

Cardiff University has been criticised over an alleged lack of support for students with mental health issues after two members of an LGBT group took their own…

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Added on: 03/01/2019

This is what it’s like to be tortured in a Chechnya gay concentration camp

02/28/2019

LGBTI people have been kidnapped, tortured and killed inside concentration camps in Chechnya. The ‘purge’ was first revealed in 2016. Hundreds of men and women are suffering…

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Added on: 03/01/2019

Luxembourg PM stuns EU-Arab summit into ‘icy silence’ after LGBT comments

02/28/2019

As state leaders addressed the EU-Arab League summit in Egypt earlier this week, it was comments made by the Luxembourg prime minister about his sexuality that drew…

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Added on: 02/28/2019

Younger pupils will not be taught about gay relationships, minister insists

02/25/2019

Schoolchildren as young as four will not be taught about gay and transgender relationships as part of new compulsory lessons, ministers have insisted. New curriculum guidelines announced…