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Added on: 07/08/2019

Georgian LGBT community calls off Tbilisi action due to threats

Interfax
07/08/2019
An action planned by the Georgian LGBT community near the Interior Ministry’s building in Tbilisi on Monday has been called off, Tbilisi Pride co-leader Giorgi Tabagari told…
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Added on: 07/08/2019

IKEA SUED BY WORKER FIRED FOR POSTING ANTI-GAY BIBLE QUOTES

Newsweek
07/08/2019
Ikea is being sued by a former employee who claims he was fired for refusing to take down anti-gay comments from the company’s intranet. On May 16,…
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Added on: 07/07/2019

Cologne celebrates Germany’s largest LGBT+ pride parade

Deutsche Welle
07/07/2019
Hundreds of thousands of members of the LGBT+ (lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender) community and their allies flocked to Cologne on Sunday to take part in one…
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Added on: 07/07/2019

Should white members of the LGBT+ community be allowed to attend UK Black Pride?

The Independent
07/07/2019
This weekend, as part of one of the most anticipated celebrations of the summer, thousands of people have made the trek to the capital for Pride. But…
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Added on: 07/07/2019

Madrid Gay Pride parade dedicated to LGBT+ pioneers

Pulse Nigeria
07/06/2019
Thousands turned out on the streets of Madrid Saturday for a Gay Pride parade dedicated this year to pioneers of the LGBT+ cause, amid growing fears of…
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Added on: 07/06/2019

Four LGBT Syrian refugees arrive in UK in time for Pride

The Guardian
07/05/2019
Four newly arrived LGBT Syrian refugees will be able to openly express their sexual identity when they join the Pride celebrations in central London on Saturday. They…
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Added on: 07/06/2019

High heels run defies gravity, homophobia in Madrid

New York Post
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

Gay Star News
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’?

BBC
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

Novinite
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

Middle East Eye
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

The Independent
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

Erasing 76 Crimes
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

Catalan News
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’

The Sun
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

Japan Times
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

Irish Times
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

Right Wing Watch
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

BBC
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

Yahoo News
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

New York Times
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

Yahoo News
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

Interfax
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

Reuters
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

Gay Star News
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

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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

France 24
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?

EuroNews
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’

Gay Star News
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

JAM News
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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