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Added on: 06/14/2024

Kyiv Pride march planned for June 16 with tightened security measures

06/13/2024

The KyivPride march will occur on June 16 in the streets of Kyiv. Around 500 participants, including activists, diplomats, and international community representatives, will participate. The event will…

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Added on: 06/14/2024

LGBTQ+ Poles push for swift action to combat rise of homophobia

06/13/2024

WARSAW – Mateusz Czyczerski always feared he would be attacked for being gay in Poland and after his worst fears were realised six years ago, the 35-year-old…

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Added on: 06/14/2024

Happy Pride month to everyone! Except the landlords and asset managers bleeding dry queer culture

06/13/2024

I remember the first time I went to Heaven. I had only moved to London a few months before and I made plans to meet up with my friend…

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Added on: 06/13/2024

With New Bills, LGBTQ Georgians Fear Russia-style Crackdown

05/12/2024

On 4 June, Georgia’s ruling party outlined a package of draft laws that would ban what it calls “LGBT propaganda”, mirroring similar legislation used to crack down…

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Added on: 06/12/2024

Bisexual risks death in Nigeria, seeks asylum in the U.K.

06/11/2024

Chukwuebuka, a pseudonym for his safety, is a bisexual Nigerian student residing in the U.K. He finds himself at a critical juncture, torn between fear and hope,…

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Added on: 06/11/2024

This is why Marine Le Pen’s 2024 EU elections win is terrifying to LGBTQ+ people

06/10/2024

The Financial Times reports that Le Pen’s Rassemblement National (National Rally) received 31.5 per cent of the vote in the elections for the European Parliament which took…

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Added on: 06/10/2024

Non-binary Saudi influencer denied asylum in UK because officials ‘don’t believe they are really LGBT+’

06/09/2024

A non-binary social media influencer fleeing persecution in Saudi Arabia has been denied asylum in the UK because officials allegedly don’t believe they are really LGBT+. Ali Saad…

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Added on: 06/09/2024

LGBTQ+ activists warn against normalizing Europe’s far right

06/08/2024

Monika Magashazi is a fighter. The 52-year old trans woman lives in Hungary — a country that has been ruled by Viktor Orban’s nationalist Fidesz party since…

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Added on: 06/09/2024

In Georgia, LGBTQ community fears Russia-style crackdown in ‘existential fight’

06/08/2024

In Georgia’s oldest gay bar, Tato Londaridze carefully stepped around construction materials as he set out his ambitious plan to put a stage for drag queens on…

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Added on: 06/08/2024

Kyiv shoots down clever idea for a safe Pride March during Russia’s war

06/07/2024

More than two years after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the LGBTQ+ community there is anxious to march for their rights in the face of Russian President Vladimir…

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Added on: 06/08/2024

Far-right party leader defends appointment of man convicted of hate crime

06/07/2024

The head of the far-right National Rebirth Party has defended the appointment of a branch leader who was convicted of a hate crime last year sending malicious…

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Added on: 06/07/2024

Discrimination persists against LGBTQ+ refugees – both at home and in host countries

06/06/2024

As countries around the globe mark Pride month, the plight of members of the LGBTQ+ community around the world continues to worsen. Gay, lesbian and trans people…

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Added on: 06/07/2024

Russian adult content provider forced to entrap gay men online by Dagestan police

06/06/2024

A Russian male adult content provider was detained in the North Caucasus republic of Dagestan for the second time in two weeks on Wednesday after reportedly being…

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Added on: 06/07/2024

Non-binary Saudi influencer denied asylum in UK because officials ‘don’t believe they are really LGBT+’

06/06/2024

A non-binary social media influencer fleeing persecution in Saudi Arabia has been denied asylum in the UK because officials allegedly don’t believe they are really LGBT+. Ali Saad Muthyib,…

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Added on: 06/06/2024

Duolingo deletes LGBT references in Russia after warning from Moscow

06/05/2024

June 5 (Reuters) – Language learning app Duolingo (DUOL.O), opens new tab has deleted references in Russia to what Moscow calls “non-traditional sexual relations” after being warned by…

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Added on: 06/06/2024

Man arrested in Qatar Grindr ‘sting’ sentenced

06/05/2024

A British-Mexican man who was arrested in Qatar in what his family called a “honeytrap operation” on gay dating app Grindr has been given a six-month suspended…

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Added on: 06/05/2024

Georgia introduces Russian-style crackdown on LGBTQ+ rights

06/04/2024

Same-sex couples would be stripped of their rights under terms of a new draft law put forward by Georgia’s ruling party. The move marks yet another major…

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Added on: 06/04/2024

Turkey’s top court rules in favor of LGBT activist in landmark hate speech case

06/04/2024

Turkey’s Constitutional Court has ruled in favor of a LGBT activist, declaring that a lower court’s refusal to block homophobic content targeting her was a violation of…

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Added on: 06/04/2024

My life as an LGBTQ asylum seeker in the UK

06/03/2024

Back in my home country I was persecuted and tortured. They not only attacked my identity as an LGBTQIA+ person, but my very existence as a human…

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Added on: 06/03/2024

The Independent Pride List 2024: the LGBT+ people making change happen

06/01/2024

Britain is proud to be viewed as an accepting and inclusive nation, never better seen than during its annual Pride celebrations. Yet support must be year round…

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Added on: 06/02/2024

The Independent Pride List 2024: the LGBT+ people making change happen

06/01/2024

Britain is proud to be viewed as an accepting and inclusive nation, never better seen than during its annual Pride celebrations. Yet support must be year round…

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Added on: 06/01/2024

Biden State Department Spending Millions on Foreign LGBTQ Events as ‘Pride Month’ Approaches

05/31/2024

The State Department is funding an array of LGBTQI+ pride events across the globe ahead of June, some of which include events focused on children, federal grant…

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Added on: 05/31/2024

The moral victory of Georgians against ‘Russian law’

05/30/2024

Tbilisi (AsiaNews) – Young activists and students opposed to the law on the ‘transparency of foreign influences’, definitively approved by the Tbilisi parliament over President Salome Zurabišvili’s…

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Added on: 05/30/2024

Head of Russian LGBT group detained for leading an ‘extremist organisation’

05/29/2024

Police have raided the home of an LGBT activist in the city of Samara in Russia’s Volga region after opening a case into his involvement with an…

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Added on: 05/30/2024

Pope apologises over reported homophobic slur

05/30/2024

Pope Francis has apologised following reports that he used extremely derogatory language towards gay men. A statement from the Vatican said the Pope did not mean to offend…

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Added on: 05/29/2024

Where do the UK’s political parties stand on self-ID for trans people?

05/28/2024

As campaigning for the UK general election hots up, concerns are being raised by the trans community on several key issues, including conversion therapy, self-ID and the…

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Added on: 05/29/2024

Gay men in France are facing wave of attacks after being lured into hook-ups

05/28/2024

A new report details a wave of attacks on gay men in France carried out by young perpetrators using hook-up apps to lure their victims before assaulting…

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Added on: 05/29/2024

Pope Francis apologizes for using a homophobic slur during a meeting with bishops

05/28/2024

Pope Francis has apologized for using an anti-gay slur during a meeting with bishops. The 87-year-old pontiff reportedly made the homophobic remark in a closed-door meeting last…

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Added on: 05/28/2024

Pope Francis used gay slur in meeting with Italian bishops-media

05/28/2024

Pope Francis used an offensive gay slang word during a meeting with Italian bishops, where he joked about the number of gay men in seminaries, media reports…

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Added on: 05/26/2024

LGBTQ+ Poles call for action to boost rights at Pride march

05/25/2024

Thousands of Poles gathered in Gdansk on Saturday for the northern port city’s annual Pride event, with many calling on the government to do more to boost…