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Added on: 11/24/2018

LGBT+ people’s health ‘seen as less important to NHS’, equalities committee warns

11/23/2018

The NHS has been accused of treating the health needs of gay, transgender and other LGBT+ people as “less important” than the wider population by the head of parliament’s Women and Equalities Committee. After receiving evidence…

Global News

Added on: 11/23/2018

Turkey: Top religious body uses hate speech

11/22/2018

Turkish LGBT rights organisation Kaos GL said on Wednesday that Turkey’s Directorate of Religious Affairs had used hate speech against LGBT people while answering questions on homosexuality on Turkey’s official…

Global News

Added on: 11/23/2018

Activists Want Same-Sex Couples to Be Considered for LGBTI Foster Parenting

11/20/2018

The civil society association called “Rainbow Families”, which brings together LGBTIQ activists, called on Tuesday on member of the Croatian parliament to amend the final foster care…

Global News

Added on: 11/21/2018

Rugby team rallies against deportation of gay player to Kenya

11/20/2018

An English rugby team is fighting to save a gay teammate from being deported to Kenya, where they fear he will face persecution or imprisonment. Kenneth Macharia, who…

Global News

Added on: 11/20/2018

Russia: LGBT Conference Attacked, Disrupted

11/20/2018

A prominent Russian lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) support group had to cancel an annual Inclusive Family conference in Moscow after homophobic threats and an attack with pepper…

Global News

Added on: 11/19/2018

How the Catholic ‘Alt-Right’ Aims to Purge LGBTQ Members from the Church

11/18/2018

Websites like Church Militant, LifeSite News and the Lepanto Institute are ratcheting up the rhetoric with personal attacks on supporters of gay Catholics. The call for action against…

Global News

Added on: 11/19/2018

Ukraine Transgender Rally Disrupted by Far-Right Militants

11/18/2018

Far-right militants in Ukraine have disrupted a march by transgender activists in the capital Kiev. Reports say two young women were attacked and mocked as they received…

Global News

Added on: 11/16/2018

Denmark Withholds Aid to Tanzania after Anti-Gay Comments

11/15/2018

Denmark is withholding 65m krone (£7.5m; $9.8m) in aid to Tanzania after “unacceptable homophobic comments” from a senior politician, a minister says. Development Minister Ulla Tornaes did…

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Added on: 11/15/2018

Birmingham University Warned of Risk to LGBT Rights at Dubai Campus

11/14/2018

Staff and students at the University of Birmingham have warned that LGBT rights are not adequately protected at its new campus in Dubai where being gay or transgender risks imprisonment, flogging…

Global News

Added on: 11/15/2018

Calls from LGBT Youth Groups for Increased Education in Schools

11/15/2018

New research has shown that more than three-quarters of LGBT+ young people have disclosed that anti-LGBT+ bullying is a major source of anxiety in their lives. The new…

Global News

Added on: 11/14/2018

Gay ‘cure’ Therapy Exposed in UK Churches, with Claim LGBTI Equality is ‘Like Nazi propaganda’

11/12/2018

An ITV News investigation has exposed gay conversion therapy taking place in UK churches, with one pastor comparing society’s acceptance of LGBT+ people to Nazi propaganda. The broadcaster also…

Global News

Added on: 11/14/2018

Is Poland About to Issue a Russian-style ‘gay propaganda’ Ban?

11/12/2018

Polish president Andrzej Duda has said he would consider issuing a Russian-style “gay propaganda” law that would ban LGBTQ media, literature, and gatherings like Pride. The authoritarian leader told…

Global News

Added on: 11/13/2018

Doncaster ‘Gay Pride’ Poppy Divides Opinion on Remembrance Sunday

11/12/2018

A ‘gay pride’ poppy decorated with LGBT rainbow colours has divided opinion after being shared by Doncaster Pride on Remembrance Sunday. The organisation shared the image –…

Global News

Added on: 11/13/2018

Young Ukrainian Campers Learn Lessons in War, LGBT Hate

11/13/2018

The campers, some clad in combat fatigues, carefully aim their assault rifles. Their instructor offers advice: Don’t think of your target as a human being. So when…

Global News

Added on: 08/20/2018

LGBTQ+ Germans Reveal Life of Insults with #MeQueer

08/19/2018

LGBTQ+ people in Germany are sweeping Twitter with the hashtag #MeQueer, exposing how difficult life can still be in the country. Lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, intersex, pansexual…

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Added on: 08/20/2018

Ukraine: Police Called on to Guard Odessa Pride Marchers

08/18/2018

A small 100-people strong, mostly successful LGBT march, was held in the Ukraine under the watchful eyes of the police amid contrasting events elsewhere. Several anti-LGBT marchers…

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Added on: 08/20/2018

Russian LGBT Pride Parade Finally Approved and Immediately Banned in Village of Seven People

08/18/2018

Russian activists announced the first government-permitted Gay Pride march, but less than 24-hours later, local officials said they would not let the event go ahead, even in a town…

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Added on: 08/16/2018

Germany has Approved Plans to Legally Recognise a Third Gender

08/15/2018

Germany’s government has approved plans to introduce a third gender on official forms. In November, the highest court in the country ruled in favour of an intersex person and…

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Added on: 08/16/2018

Austria Rejects ‘gay Afghan’s’ Asylum Claim Telling Him he Doesn’t ‘walk, talk or dress like a homosexual’

08/15/2018

Austria has rejected the asylum application of an Afghan claiming to be gay because he did not ‘act’ or ‘dress’ like a homosexual, according to a media report. An official in…

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Added on: 08/16/2018

‘She Insulted My Manhood’: Murder Underlines Turkey’s LGBT Backlash

08/16/2018

In a country where anti-gay violence is often excused as unjust provocation, a fatal shooting has raised fresh fears. Simge Avcı loved practical jokes, says her roommate Bahar,…

World Voices

Added on: 07/18/2018

Háttér Society Seizes Opportunity as Hungary Closes

Robert Blackmon

Alturi Project Director

“The government’s threats against civil society are also possibilities to make our work more well known. That is what we are doing.” –Bea Sándor Háttér Society Executive…

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Added on: 07/09/2018

Pride in London Sorry After Anti-Trans Protest

07/08/2018

Pride in London organizers have apologized after anti-trans protesters “forced their way to the front of the parade”. Members of lesbian and feminist group Get The L…

Global News

Added on: 07/09/2018

Spain Offers Free Fertility Treatment for Lesbians and Single Women

07/08/2018

Spain’s new Socialist government has agreed to offer free reproductive treatment to lesbians and single women on Friday, restoring a benefit cancelled by the conservative administration it…

Global News

Added on: 07/09/2018

LGBT Issues Are of Huge Interest to People Not Just from Those Communities – the Data Proves It

07/08/2018

When the prototype version of Pride London took place in 1972, it was sneered at by a media that was “universally hostile”, according to veteran LGBT activist…

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Added on: 07/09/2018

Activists Sneak Pride into Russia

07/09/2018

Six activists made Moscow a little gayer using some creativity. The activists from Spain, The Netherlands, Brazil, Mexico, Argentina and Colombia joined together using soccer shirts, standing…

Global News

Added on: 07/07/2018

Royal Marines March At London Pride For First Time

07/07/2018

For the first time, the Royal Marines have marched through London as part of the city’s Pride celebrations this year. Members of the British armed forces have attended…

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Added on: 07/07/2018

International Support for Budapest Pride March

07/06/2018

More than 100 CEOs will march together at Budapest Pride Saturday. Meanwhile, the embassies of 34 countries around the world expressed their support for the rights of…

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Added on: 07/07/2018

Britain Cannot Stay Silent as LGBT Rights Are Rolled Back Across the World

07/06/2018

From Poland to Egypt to Trump’s USA, independent judges are the last bulwark against governments who threaten gay rights. When I was starting out as a barrister…

Global News

Added on: 07/07/2018

Black Pride: Why We Need an Event to Celebrate Being Black and Gay

07/06/2018

Hundreds of thousands of people will line the streets on Saturday to celebrate the LGBT community at Pride in London. But many LGBT black people say they…

Global News

Added on: 07/06/2018

Only Two Thirds of Generation Z Identify as ‘Exclusively Heterosexual’

07/05/2018

Homosexuality is no longer the taboo it once was. But figures suggest that young people are even more open to experimentation than previously thought. Only two thirds…