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Added on: 08/31/2021

Finland to consider conversion therapy ban after overwhelming public demand

08/31/2021

A citizens’ initiative to ban sexual orientation and gender identification conversion therapy is moving forward to being considered by parliament after it gathered the needed 50,000 signatures…

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Added on: 08/31/2021

No End to Chechnya’s Violent Anti-Gay Campaign

08/31/2021

The Russian LGBT Network has reported that in May 2021, Chechen-speaking men abducted Ibragim Selimkhanov in Moscow and forcibly returned him to Chechnya’s capital Grozny, where authorities…

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Added on: 08/31/2021

6 Sentenced to Death in Bangladesh for Killing of Gay Rights Activist

08/31/2021

The activist Xulhaz Mannan, who had started a gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender magazine, was hacked to death in a machete attack in 2016. DHAKA, Bangladesh —…

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Added on: 08/31/2021

LGBTQ Students Find Hope In New Affirming School: The Magic City Acceptance Academy

08/31/2021

For back-to-school shopping, Elliot likes to hit up one of his favorite thrift stores with his mom. They often go thrifting together, and so far, the rising…

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Added on: 08/31/2021

Attacks on LGBTQ+ community across UK spark fear

08/30/2021

The government data for England, Wales and Scotland has revealed that since 2015, hate crimes related to sexual orientation and gender identity have increased. In the year…

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Added on: 08/31/2021

Colonial Williamsburg adds gay and transgender reenactments

08/30/2021

Colonial Williamsburg is bringing a slice of gay and transgender history to life this Fall. Starting in October, a new musical called Ladies of Llangollen will be…

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Added on: 08/30/2021

‘Love is not divisive’ – Vigil celebrates BYU’s LGBTQ community

08/29/2021

More than 150 people gathered for a candlelit vigil in support of BYU’s LGBTQ community in Salt Lake City on Saturday night. The “Bury Your Weapons” vigil…

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Added on: 08/30/2021

Motsoaledi frees gay Ugandan couple after arrest in KZN

08/29/2021

Durban – Home Affairs Minister Dr. Aaron Motsoaledi and the department’s director-general Livhuwani Makhode have released a Ugandan couple detained for being in South Africa illegally due…

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Added on: 08/30/2021

Pro-Bejing Lawmakes Target Hong Kong Gay Gamers

08/29/2021

Several pro-Beijing members of the Hong Kong Legislative Council are once again raising a furore over the upcoming Hong Kong Gay Games in November 2022, the first…

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Added on: 08/30/2021

Chinese school targets LGBTQ students with probe

08/29/2021

A Chinese university appears to have asked its colleges to make lists of their LGBTQ+ students and report on their “state of mind,” a purported internal directive…

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Added on: 08/29/2021

Conservative Christians genuinely believe that LGBT+ progress is a personal attack, study shows

8/28/21

Anti-LGBT+ conservative Christians in America genuinely believe that progress for LGBT+ rights and representation is an attack on their religion, a study has shown. Researchers at Washington…

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Added on: 08/29/2021

Saturday begins with an anti-hate event; ends with 2 arrests at ‘straight pride’ rally

8/28/21

Modesto’s third straight pride rally was preceded Saturday morning with an anti-hate event and ended when a fight led to disbursement, road closures and two arrests. About…

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Added on: 08/29/2021

‘A virtual death sentence’: Gay Afghans brace for uncertain future under Taliban

8/28/21

N, a 20-year-old student living in Afghanistan, is in hiding as she hopes for news that she and her family can leave the country. As a lesbian,…

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Added on: 08/29/2021

Ukrainian Police Clash With Far-Right Group At Odesa Pride March

8/28/21

Violent clashes broke out on August 28 between Ukrainian police and a far-right nationalist group trying to disrupt an annual LGBT Pride march in the port city…

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Added on: 08/28/2021

The social media influencer as LGBTQ advocate

8/28/21

The diverse surfaces of the social media platforms have never been as eye-catching, intriguing and addictive as it is now in the convergent hands of the millennials…

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Added on: 08/28/2021

Indian-American gay couples find new forms of union amid stigma

8/27/21

Excluded by traditional marriage ceremonies, Indian-American gay couples in the US are finding new and unique ways to solemnise their unions, reports Savita Patel. When Sameer Samudra…

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Added on: 08/28/2021

Catholic Medical Association joins lawsuit over HHS ‘transgender mandate’

8/27/21

The Philadelphia-based Catholic Medical Association Aug. 26 joined in a lawsuit challenging the Biden administration’s mandate that doctors and hospitals perform gender-transition procedures on any patient despite…

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Added on: 08/27/2021

Lithuania’s second city continues court row around first LGBTQ+ pride

08/27/2021

A court in Lithuania has ordered Kaunas municipality to allow holding the first LGBTQ+ pride event in the city. The municipality has appealed against the ruling adding…

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Added on: 08/27/2021

UK HOME OFFICE TELLS GAY AFGHAN THAT HE COULD BE SENT BACK TO AFGHANISTAN

08/27/2021

An undocumented Afghan man living in the United Kingdom has been reportedly told by the Home Office that he may have to go back to Afghanistan. Ahmad,…

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Added on: 08/27/2021

Brazil’s first transgender pastor: ‘All humans have flaws, being trans isn’t one of them’

08/19/2021

Desperate calls from LGBTQ+ youths contemplating suicide or from their parents after they have made an attempt on their lives often punctuate Alexya Salvador’s day. When they…

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Added on: 08/27/2021

Moscow man abducted, taken to Chechnya and pressed for information on LGBTQ people, says Russian rights group

08/26/2021

A man was abducted in Moscow, taken to Chechnya and then pressed for information on LGBTQ people in the region earlier this year, according to the Russian…

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Added on: 08/26/2021

Canada: True North for LGBTI Afghan Refugees

Alturi Project Strategist

Canada leads with a perfect 10.0 sexual orientation gender identity legal index (SOGI-LI) SOGI-LI ranks countries by the recognition and protection their laws offer LGBTI people. Canada…

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Added on: 08/26/2021

On Her Last Stop In Southeast Asia, VP Harris Emphasizes Human And Worker Rights

08/25/2021

HANOI — U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris turned her attention to issues surrounding worker rights and civil liberties Thursday as she closed out her visit to Southeast…

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Added on: 08/26/2021

People ‘anxious to go home’ to Poland amid anti-LGBT regime

08/25/2021

Polish people living in Merseyside have revealed they are anxious about returning to their home country. Maciej, who lives in Southport, and Wiktoria, who lives in Liverpool,…

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Added on: 08/26/2021

School refusing to teach kids about LGBT+ lives should not be allowed to expand, says Ofsted

08/25/2021

Talmud Torah London, a fee-paying boys primary school in North London that primarily serves the Orthodox Jewish community, applied to the Department for Education (DfE) for permission…

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Added on: 08/26/2021

Uruguay starts to dance again as pandemic subsides

08/25/2021

MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay (AP) — After long months of illness, Uruguay is once again starting to dance. The government last week authorized ballrooms and event halls to open…

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Added on: 08/25/2021

Iran president Raisi said homosexuality is ‘nothing but savagery’

08/24/2021

The US-based Center for Human Rights in Iran noted in its Tuesday published fact sheet that “Iranian government officials engage in hate speech against the LGBTQ community,…

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Added on: 08/25/2021

Majority of Swiss support gay marriage ahead of vote

08/24/2021

According to a survey by Tamedia, 64% of the population said they plan to vote in favour of accepting the government’s amendment to Switzerland’s civil code allowing…

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Added on: 08/24/2021

LGBTQ community of Nepal demand recognition

08/23/2021

Kathmandu [Nepal], August 24 (ANI): Members of the LGBTQ community in Nepal gathered at Basantapur Durbar Square in Kathmandu to observe Pride Day on Monday. Celebrated annually…

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Added on: 08/24/2021

UK: Police to now use ‘rainbow coloured’ patrol cars to help the LGBT community

08/23/2021

In a bid to encourage the LGBTQ+ community to lodge complaints of online hate crimes, the police in the United Kingdom have decided to paint their patrol…