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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

LGBTQ pride groups in northwestern Ontario call out Kenora MP’s silent treatment

06/29/2023

LGBTQ pride groups in northwestern Ontario are calling for an urgent meeting with Conservative MP Eric Melillo over what they’re calling transphobic policy resolutions passed by the…

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Added on: 09/30/2023

Appeals court upholds Tennessee and Kentucky bans on trans care for minors

06/29/2023

A federal appeals court on Thursday allowed Tennessee and Kentucky to enforce laws banning gender-affirming medical care for minors, such as puberty blockers, hormones and surgery. By…

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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

Uganda’s anti-LGBTQ law causing wave of rights abuses, activists say

09/28/2023

The passage of one of the world’s harshest anti-gay laws by Uganda’s government has unleashed a torrent of abuse against LGBTQ people, mostly committed by private individuals,…

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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: 09/29/2023

LGBTQ+ family asking for £12,000 to flee ‘hostile’ state ‘before it’s too late’

09/28/2023

A family are desperately trying to raise $15,000 to leave Texas as they claim it becomes “more hostile” to the LGBT+ community. They say they hate to…

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Added on: 09/29/2023

One magazine secretly built community in the ’50s. Now it’s celebrated in L.A.’s queer history festival

09/28/2023

When One magazine published its first issue in January 1953, it became the first widely distributed gay publication in the United States. Created by One Inc., the…

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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: 09/28/2023

Pan-Africanism: West African gathering will push for rights of LGBT French-speakers

09/27/2023

Defenders of the human rights of French-speaking African sexual and gender minorities will meet in Ivory Coast in November to coordinate and strengthen efforts on behalf of…

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Added on: 09/28/2023

Uganda’s anti-gay law has turned camps into prisons for LGBTQ+ asylum seekers

09/27/2023

Uganda is home to the largest refugee population in Africa – and the third largest in the world – and has been widely praised for its progressive…

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Added on: 09/28/2023

US judge throws out Texas ban on drag acts, calls it unconstitutional

09/26/2023

Sept 26 (Reuters) – A federal judge in Texas ruled on Tuesday that the state’s new law limiting public drag performances was an unconstitutional restriction on speech…

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Added on: 09/27/2023

Queer film in Africa is rising – even in countries with the harshest anti-LGBTIQ+ laws

09/26/2023

A recent book, Queer Bodies in African Films, studies the growing LGBTIQ+ output from film-makers around the continent, from Morocco to South Africa. In the process it…

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Added on: 09/27/2023

Court demands answers on chief rabbi’s hate speech against LGBTQ, Reform Jews

09/26/2023

The Supreme Court ordered the government on Tuesday to explain why it has not taken disciplinary action against Jerusalem Sephardi Chief Rabbi Shlomo Amar for comments he…

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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: 09/26/2023

Australian Human Rights Committee Set to Deny Lesbian Group’s Request to Hold Event for ‘Lesbian-Born-Females’ Only

09/25/2023

The Australian Human Rights Commission appears set to bar a lesbian group from hosting an event exclusively for “lesbians born female” after at least 14 activist organizations…

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Added on: 09/26/2023

Nadra resumes registration of transgender persons

09/25/2023

The National Database and Registration Authority (Nadra) on Monday resumed the registration of transgender persons, almost three months after it had halted the process. Following the May…

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Added on: 09/26/2023

California Gov. Gavin Newsom signs bills to bolster protections for LGBTQ people

09/25/2023

California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed several bills over the weekend aimed at bolstering the state’s protections for LGBTQ people, after issuing a controversial veto that was criticized…

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Added on: 09/25/2023

Appellate court bans gay book again after govt appeal

09/25/2023

PUTRAJAYA (Sept 25): The Court of Appeal on Monday (Sept 25) reimposed the ban on a 2013 publication titled “Gay is Okay! A Christian Perspective” that was…

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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: 09/25/2023

An annual survey from the Census Bureau aims for better data on the LGBTQ+ population

09/24/2023

AYESHA RASCOE, HOST: What is your current gender? And what best represents how you think of yourself? Gay, lesbian, straight, bisexual – or do you prefer a different…

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Added on: 09/25/2023

No harassment of LGBT community will be allowed, says Anwar

09/24/2023

PETALING JAYA: The government will not condone excessive action or harassment against those who are lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT), says Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar…

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Added on: 09/24/2023

OPINION: Protecting undocumented immigrants and Dreamers is a queer rights issue

09/22/2023

In 2012, an undocumented immigrant from Indonesia named Rio Djiwandana began his studies at Georgetown University. During his first semester, he enrolled in the Deferred Action for…

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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

Attendees of march against LGBTQ education don’t represent all Muslims, says professor

09/22/2023

Some of the protesters at this week’s march against LGBTQ-inclusive education in Halifax were noted to be wearing visible signs of their Muslim faith. But Syed Adnan…

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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

Uganda LGBT crackdown: enforcement of new law begins

09/22/2023

Uganda has begun charging people under its draconian new anti-LGBT law, including two men accused of “aggravated homosexuality”, which can carry the death penalty. Human rights activists…