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Added on: 10/11/2023

NHS report reveals no change in blood safety since allowing gay and bi men to donate

10/10/2023

There has been no impact on safety since UK rules changed to permit gay and bisexual men to donate blood, a NHS report has revealed. Findings from…

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Added on: 10/11/2023

Syriza’s gay leader plans surrogacy baby

10/10/2023

Stefanos Kasselakis, 35, caused a stir recently when he was elected as leader of Syriza, becoming Greece’s first openly gay political leader. He has since caused further…

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Added on: 10/08/2023

Normalising Extremism: How Far-Right Narratives Spread in the Balkans

10/07/2023

Hate-filled comments about migrants, Roma people and the LGBT community. Praise for authoritarian regimes like Vladimir Putin’s Russia. Misogynistic and sexist abuse. Conspiracy theories about George Soros,…

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Added on: 10/08/2023

Greece’s gay Syriza leader says he told of plans to become parent to ‘stir’ debate

10/07/2023

Greece’s first openly gay political party leader says he was deliberately trying to “stir stagnant waters” and tackle the taboo subject of same-sex couples having children when…

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Added on: 10/08/2023

Queer defiance at a festival in Hungary

10/06/2023

One of the largest festivals in Europe, Sziget takes place on a beach-lined island in the middle of the Danube River, a short journey from the city…

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Added on: 10/08/2023

Turkey’s Erdogan tells supporters he does not ‘recognise’ LGBT

10/07/2023

Turkey’s President Tayyip Erdogan said on Saturday he did not “recognise LGBT” and vowed to combat “perverse” trends which he said aimed to destroy the institution of…

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Added on: 10/07/2023

Belgian transgender deputy PM urges Sunak not to join ‘the real bullies’

10/06/2023

Belgium’s deputy prime minister, who ranks as one of Europe’s most senior transgender politicians, has urged Rishi Sunak not to join “the real bullies” after remarks made…

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Added on: 10/05/2023

Swiss LGBTQ groups praise jail sentence for commentator who called journalist a ‘fat lesbian’

10/04/2023

GENEVA — LGBTQ groups hailed the 60-day jail sentence a court in Switzerland gave to a writer and commentator for deriding a journalist as a “fat lesbian,” among…

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Added on: 10/05/2023

Pope Francis suggests blessings for gay unions possible in response to conservative cardinals

10/04/2023

Pope Francis has suggested there could be ways to bless same-sex unions, responding to five conservative cardinals who challenged him to affirm church teaching on homosexuality ahead…

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Added on: 10/04/2023

UK NHS to change transgender policies in the name of women’s rights

10/03/2023

The United Kingdom’s National Health Service announced plans to bring back sex-specific language and spaces to the nationalized health system in an effort to bolster women’s rights…

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Added on: 10/03/2023

Pope Francis opens possibility for blessing same-sex unions

10/02/2023

Pope Francis suggested it may be possible to bless same-sex unions in a newly public response to cardinals who questioned the pope’s affirmation of the LGBTQ community…

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Added on: 10/02/2023

Donatella Versace slams Italian government’s anti-gay policies from La Scala stage

10/01/2023

MILAN (AP) — Donatella Versace slammed the Italian government for what she described as anti-gay policies in a heartfelt and personal speech that referenced her late brother, Gianni…

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Added on: 10/01/2023

‘A demonic agenda’: How sex ed became the target of anti-LGBT groups at the National Stadium

09/30/2023

CONSERVATIVE COMMENTATORS AND anti-LGBT campaigners reacted angrily to reports that the Irish Athletic Boxing Association (IABA) is investigating the use of the National Stadium by a Christian…

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Added on: 10/01/2023

Opposition leader has “wedding” with partner in call for same-sex marriage to be legalised in Poland

09/30/2023

One of the leaders of The Left (Lewica), Poland’s second-largest opposition group, has symbolically married his partner during a theatrical performance. They expressed hope that they will…

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Added on: 10/01/2023

‘I get to be this forever’: How a trans artist found ‘home’ in the drag king scene

09/30/2023

For drag king Percy Non Grata, the stage isn’t just where he loves performing and doing “ridiculous” things, it’s also where he found a “beautiful” community and…

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Added on: 09/30/2023

‘Nature embraces queer people’: inside the Kew show about the LGBTQ+ side of plants

09/29/2023

The Ruizia mauritiana is a large green shrub with cascading leaves shaped like lovehearts. There’s one just off the main walkway through the magnificent Temperate House in…

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Added on: 09/30/2023

Russia: Trans woman forced into conversion therapy camp for nine months ‘had to castrate a pig’

06/29/2023

As Russia continues to crack down on LGBTQ+ lives, one transgender woman has told PinkNews how she was forced to undergo conversion therapy, which involved “masculinity training”,…

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Added on: 09/29/2023

Integrating LGBTI citizens could add $360mn to economies of Serbia and North Macedonia

09/28/2023

New reports from the World Bank released on September 26 suggest that implementing policies to enhance the social inclusion of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and intersex (LGBTI)…

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Added on: 09/28/2023

UN refugee agency slams Braverman’s LGBTQ+ asylum comments

09/27/2023

The UN refugee agency (UNHCR) has hit back at UK Home Secretary Suella Braverman’s highly controversial comments on the international asylum system. Braverman faced heavy backlash this week…

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Added on: 09/27/2023

Slovakia Campaign Rhetoric Raises LGBTQ Concern

09/26/2023

A year after a homophobic double murder, Slovakia’s LGBTQ community is concerned about the increase in hate speech ahead of elections on Saturday in a country where…

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Added on: 09/27/2023

Stefanos Kasselakis wants to become Greece’s first openly LGBTQ+ prime minister

09/26/2023

Greek-American entrepreneur Stefanos Kasselakis has become the leader of Greece’s opposition left-wing party – and has his sights set on becoming the country’s first openly LGBTQ+ prime…

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Added on: 09/26/2023

France vows ‘firm response’ to homophobic chants at Ligue 1 football match

09/25/2023

During Sunday’s match between bitter rivals Paris Saint-Germain and Marseille groups of fans chanted lines such as “Marseille are faggots” and “we will hang them by the…

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Added on: 09/25/2023

Poland: Donald Tusk promises new laws for ‘victimised’ LGBTQ+ community

09/24/2023

During a meeting in the northwest town of Pia, Tusk said that his party has two bills prepared that would benefit LGBTQ+ Poles – one to make…

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Added on: 09/24/2023

Turkey Targets LGBTQ Community as Erdogan Touts Family Values

09/23/2023

As the Turkish government has stepped up its pledges to protect family values, members of the LGBTQ community in the country say they increasingly feel targeted. During…

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Added on: 09/24/2023

‘The state says our kids don’t exist’ – how LGBT life is changing in Italy

09/23/2023

Italian authorities are bringing in new measures targeting LGBT families and making it harder for them to have children. Many same-sex parents feel that a new law,…

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Added on: 09/23/2023

Transgender athletes are STILL being allowed to run in UK women’s races, six months after being banned, through a loophole in the rules… as rival runners ‘fear death threats’ if they speak out

09/22/2023

Transgender athletes are still able to run in the female category of UK women’s races almost six months after a ban was introduced to prevent them from…

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Added on: 09/23/2023

Ukraine’s transgender spokeswoman dismisses ‘Russian haters’

09/22/2023

If you are an English speaker keeping up with the news of the Ukraine war, you have probably heard of Sarah Ashton-Cirillo. The US national arrived in…

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Added on: 09/22/2023

Turkey President Erdogan ‘bothered by LGBT colours’ at UN headquarters

09/22/2023

Turkey’s leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan has complained about the display of what he described as as “LGBT colours” at the United Nations, which was brightly decorated to…

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Added on: 09/22/2023

Romania Govt Proposes to Recognise Same-Sex Marriages Conducted in EU

09/22/2023

The Romanian government has approved a draft law that states that certificates of marriage between people of the same sex concluded in a European Union state will…

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Added on: 09/21/2023

Hungarian president Katalin Novak uses UN General Assembly to go on ‘anti-family’ tirade

09/20/2023

The country’s first female, and youngest-ever, president was in the LGBTQ+ community’s good books earlier this year when she vetoed an inhumane bill that would have allowed citizens to…