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Added on: 01/21/2019

How Chester’s first LGBT+ choir are taking the city by storm

01/20/2019

Chester’s only LGBT+ choir is looking for new members of all ages and diversities to complete their ensemble. Proud Marys, who formed in November 2017, already have…

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Added on: 01/21/2019

Court Decisions on LGBT Rights Echo ‘A Wild Wish’

01/17/2019

More than two centuries ago Mary Wollstonecraft laid the foundations for feminist thought with a simple premise: lack of equal opportunity diminished individual self-worth and hobbled social…

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Added on: 01/20/2019

Activists: Chechen Authorities Order Families to Kill LGBT Family Members

01/18/2019

Russian campaigners have told The Daily Beast that Chechen authorities have ordered people to kill LGBT members of their own families, and have demanded ransoms for the release of detained LGBT…

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Added on: 01/20/2019

EP resolution another example of hostility towards Azerbaijan

01/19/2019

The resolution of the European Parliament regarding the case of Mehman Huseynov in Azerbaijan is another example of hostility towards Azerbaijan as a whole. The resolution is…

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Added on: 01/19/2019

Murdered’ transgender woman from Droitwich was LGBT hero

01/17/2019

Amy Griffiths was discovered dead at her flat in Chalverton Court, Droitwich, on Monday. Police said she had suffered head and throat injuries. Martin Saberi, aged 53,…

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Added on: 01/18/2019

Kyrgyzstan man has ‘gay’ carved into stomach in homophobic attack

01/16/2019

A bisexual man from Kyrgyzstan was forced to leave the country after suffering two homophobic attacks within the same month. The man, who is in his 20s,…

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Added on: 01/18/2019

Everyone in Armenia has the right to protection: MP on LGBT rights

01/16/2019

Everyone, including sexual minorities, have rights, and if they turn to the relevant Commission, we will discuss any issue, member of the Prosperous Armenia Party, candidate for…

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Added on: 01/18/2019

Watch: Former volunteer Ukrainian soldier challenges LGBT taboos

01/17/2019

The LGBT community in Ukraine is often under attack but one volunteer soldier has gone public about his sexuality. Viktor Pylypenko, 31, decided to come out after…

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Added on: 01/17/2019

LGBTI Families Protest Over Lack of Legal Recognition as Parents

01/16/2019

A number of LGBTI families have held a protest outside Leinster House calling for same-sex couples to be given legal recognition as parents. The provision allowing for the…

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Added on: 01/17/2019

Chechnya Resumes its Anti-gay Purge

01/16/2019

“Widespread detentions, torture and killings of gay people have resumed in Chechnya,” said Igor Kochetkov, program director for the Russian LGBT Network. He added, “Persecution of men…

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Added on: 01/16/2019

Over 100 Anglican clergy, critical of their bishops’ LGBT guidance, threaten to go elsewhere

01/16/2019

More than 100 Anglican priests in the Diocese of Oxford signed a letter critical of their bishops’ advice permitting active homosexuals to receive communion and to be…

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Added on: 01/16/2019

The murder of Gdansk mayor Paweł Adamowicz reflects Poland’s increasingly toxic political climate

01/15/2019

In 2017, a far-right youth organisation called All-Polish Youth issued a series of “political death certificates” announcing the demise of high-profile pro-European politicians. Among them was Paweł…

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Added on: 01/15/2019

New details emerge about what one source calls an anti-LGBTQ ‘genocide’

01/13/2019

On Friday, January 11, Novaya Gazeta reported that persecution of individuals thought to be LGBTQ has drastically increased since late December in the Russian republic of Chechnya. Since then, Meduza has…

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Added on: 01/15/2019

Countries that allow gay people to serve in army

01/12/2019

Months after Supreme Court decriminalised consensual gay sex between adults, Army chief Gen Bipin Rawat has reignited the debate around gay rights by insisting that homosexuality is…

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Added on: 01/14/2019

Lithuania’s top court grants residence permits for same-sex foreign spouses

01/12/2019

Lithuania’s top court has ruled that foreign spouses of gay citizens must be granted residence permits. The Constitutional Court ruled that denying residency permits to the spouses…

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Added on: 01/14/2019

Royal British Legion launches LGBT branch

01/11/2019

The Royal British Legion has launched an official branch for LGBT+ people serving in the Armed Forces. The charity, which provides financial, social and emotional support to…

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Added on: 01/13/2019

First-time father reveals his baby will have two mummies and two daddies

01/12/2019

A first-time father has revealed his baby will have two mummies and two daddies. Carl Austin-Behan and husband Simon are expecting a girl in March after conceiving with a lesbian couple who are…

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Added on: 01/12/2019

Reports surface of fresh anti-gay purge in Chechnya

01/11/2019

Activists in Russia’s North Caucasus republic of Chechnya are warning of a new gay purge even as Chelyabinsk celebrated a small victory. The Associated Press on Friday cited activist…

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Added on: 01/11/2019

Trans people flock to Malta’s new gender clinic

01/09/2019

About 35 people have accessed the services at Malta’s new gender clinic since it opened in mid-November. Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Health Chris Fearne, said…

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Added on: 01/10/2019

Two Thirds of Teachers Have No Training on LGBTI Issues, Says Survey

01/09/2019

More than two thirds of teachers in Scotland have no recent grounding in LGBT+ issues, according to a new survey. The results of the research, released by Scotland’s…

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Added on: 01/09/2019

Out gay Nigerian prepares online help for others

01/06/2019

Nigerian gay man Dan Yomi is gearing up to launch an online project that he hopes will help other gay people deal with issues relating to their…

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Added on: 01/09/2019

Bisexual poverty is overlooked by the LGBT+ community

01/07/2019

Poverty is one of the main issues facing bisexual people. Yet it is a problem that is seriously overlooked. Bisexual people are the “invisible majority” of the…

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Added on: 01/09/2019

Marriage equality campaigners urge UK govt. to extend rights to Northern Ireland

01/06/2019

Campaigners said they will increase the pressure on Westminster to spread marriage equality to all parts of the UK. Stephen Donnan, a campaigner with LGBTI rights group…

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Added on: 01/08/2019

Judge rules that UK magistrates’ “intolerant views” must be respected

01/05/2019

The ruling came after a magistrate lost his job following him expressing anti-LGBTQ views on adoption. A UK judge, Her Honour Judge Katherine Tucker, has ruled that…

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Added on: 01/07/2019

HUNDREDS OF DUTCH PROTESTANT PASTORS SIGN ANTI-LGBTQ MANIFESTO

01/07/2019

Hundreds of Dutch Protestant pastors, prominent people in the church, as well as the party leader and a senator of Christian party SGP, signed a manifesto against…

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Added on: 01/07/2019

Iceland urged to partially end its ban on gay men donating blood

01/05/2019

Despite being one of the more socially liberal countries, Iceland still has a ban on gay men donating blood. One of the chief epidemiologists in Iceland has urged…

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Added on: 01/07/2019

Ombudsman rejects reports about attacked LGBT person in Artsakh

01/06/2019

The Human Rights Defender of the Artsakh Republic Artak Beglaryan has rejected the reports about gay person attacked in Artsakh. “Moments ago, an explicit fake page on…

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Added on: 01/06/2019

In this UK city, new sex education lessons are a victory for trans rights

01/05/2019

The city of Brighton and Hove in the United Kingdom will be teaching a more inclusive sex education curriculum. School children in the city’s schools will now…

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Added on: 01/06/2019

Raising awareness of LGBT issues in Asian community

01/04/2019

Syeda Sarwat came to Britain as a student in 2010 in a bid to escape the violence, abuse and social isolation that she says she suffered as…

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Added on: 01/05/2019

Life of a gay migrant: Racism exists in the LGBT community too

01/05/2019

Ireland may be known as the land of céad míle fáilte, but a report in the last months of 2018 suggests more needs to be done to…