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Added on: 05/25/2021

Hong Kong’s Transgender Community Speaks Out Against Stigma

05/24/2021

In Hong Kong, transgender people are far from accepted. Members of the community spoke out against discrimination after a survey published ahead of the International Day Against…

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Added on: 05/25/2021

Japanese politicians refuse to pass LGBTQ rights bill as Olympics approach

05/24/2021

Advocates around the world are calling foul on Japan, worrying that the country won’t meet their pledge to pass a LGBTQ rights law before hosting the Olympics…

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Added on: 05/24/2021

SENEGALESE RALLY TO CRIMINALISE HOMOSEXUALITY

05/23/2021

Several hundred protesters rallied Sunday in Dakar to demand that homosexuality be made a crime in Senegal, according to AFP journalists. It is not illegal to identify…

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Added on: 05/24/2021

SOUTH AFRICA HIT BY A WAVE OF GAY AND TRANS HATE MURDERS

05/23/2021

A wave of brutal murders of gay men and trans women has hit South Africa. The death toll over the last three months has now reached at…

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Added on: 05/24/2021

Germany’s quiet Catholic rebellion on gay blessings and women preachers

05/23/2021

The church bells fade away, the organ starts playing and Father Jan Korditschke walks up to the altar to say Mass. It all looks like a very…

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Added on: 05/24/2021

Most Taiwanese support same-sex marriage two years after legalization: survey

05/23/2021

A government survey released on Sunday shows that Taiwanese people’s acceptance of same-sex marriage has significantly increased to 60.4 percent in 2021 from 37.4 percent in 2018…

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Added on: 05/23/2021

Japanese Lawmaker Says LGBT Rights Go Against Preservation of Species Amid Record-Low Birth Rates

5/22/21

Japanese lawmaker Kazuo Yana of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) has said that LGBT rights go against the preservation of species amid record-low birth rates in…

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Added on: 05/23/2021

Ghana LGBT: Police explain why dem arrest 21 suspected gay, Lesbians, Transgender & odas

5/22/21

Police say dem arrest these pipo for unlawful Assembly as dem dey promote LGBTQI activities during one conference for di Nurses and midwives Hotel, for di South-eastern…

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Added on: 05/23/2021

Ukraine march in support of more transgender rights

5/22/21

Scores of people rallied in Ukraine on Saturday in support of the Trangender and LGBT community. Crowds gathered in the capital Kyiv, waving flags and chanting as…

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Added on: 05/23/2021

Ted Cruz thinks US military are ’emasculated pansies’ for including LGBT+ folk in recruitment ad

5/22/21

Last week, the US Army released a saccharine new recruitment video that uses the tale of a queer family to tug at your heartstrings. Titled “The Calling”,…

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Added on: 05/22/2021

German authorities accused of revealing sexual orientation of asylum seekers

5/21/21

Lawyers working with the German Foreign Office have allegedly revealed the sexual identity of gay, lesbian and bisexual refugees to their home countries. The Lesbian and Gay…

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Added on: 05/22/2021

Vietnam’s first openly gay candidate seeks change with parliament run

5/21/21

As an LGBTQ activist, legal whizz-kid and Vietnam’s first openly gay candidate running for a seat in its rubber-stamp parliament, Luong The Huy is determined to lead…

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Added on: 05/22/2021

Singapore Rebukes US Embassy Over LGBT Rights Event

5/21/21

Singapore’s government has told the U.S. Embassy “not to interfere” in local matters after it hosted a webinar with local LGBT advocates earlier this week. The invitation-only…

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Added on: 05/21/2021

Outcast to icon: Peter Tatchell’s 50 years of LGBT+ activism

05/20/2021

Driven by passion and motivated by justice, veteran activist Peter Tatchell says LGBT+ equality remains elusive despite his 50-year campaign for gay rights in Britain and beyond….

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Added on: 05/21/2021

Serbia Mulls Sacking Ambassador for Supporting Poland’s LGBT community

05/20/2021

Serbian Foreign Minister Nikola Selakovic stated that the Belgrade government is considering the recall of its Warsaw Ambassador, Nikola Zurovac, who signed a letter of support to…

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Added on: 05/20/2021

Japan LDP Puts Off LGBT Bill Approval amid Cautious View

05/20/2021

Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party on Thursday postponed approving a draft bill to promote understanding of sexual minorities as conservative members grew cautious about it. Their cautious…

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Added on: 05/20/2021

Welsh town seats world’s first known nonbinary mayor

05/13/2021

Owen Hurcum took office Monday as the world’s first known nonbinary mayor. Hurcum, 23, is genderqueer and agender, and was elected unanimously last year by the City…

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Added on: 05/20/2021

Indonesian LGBT+ magazines find a second life online

05/18/2021

Two men embracing on a magazine cover was more than risqué for Indonesia, thought LGBT+ researcher Ais, when he first discovered a trove of retro LGBT+ zines…

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Added on: 05/20/2021

Ikea flies rainbow flag in Belgrade in support of LGBTQ rights

05/18/2021

Ikea is reportedly flying a rainbow flag in front of its store in Belgrade to show support for the LGBTQ community in Serbia, where the furniture giant…

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Added on: 05/20/2021

Namibia issues travel documents to gay couple’s children

05/18/2021

Namibia on Tuesday issued emergency travel documents to the twin daughters of a gay couple who have been battling to take them home following their birth to…

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Added on: 05/20/2021

Finding My Voice as a Gay Asian Immigrant Filmmaker – and Giving Voice to Others

05/18/2021

When our plane from Taiwan touched down at LAX in 1975, my mother, my father, my two older brothers and I stepped into the hot, dry sunshine…

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Added on: 05/20/2021

Rights Court OKs Iceland’s Denial of Parental Rights in Lesbian Adoption Case

05/18/2021

STRASBOURG, France (CN) — Iceland wasn’t wrong to deny parental rights to a lesbian couple who had a child via surrogacy, Europe’s top rights court held Tuesday….

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Added on: 05/19/2021

Daniel Martinovic – Rainbow Families, Croatia

Ryan Eakins

Alturi Contributor

Daniel Martinovic is an individual that shows the true fundamental qualities of friendship and advocacy. During 2015, he dove into LGBTI work when two of his friends,…

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Added on: 05/19/2021

LGBT activists urge Italian government to approve anti-homophobia law

05/18/2021

Unlike many of its EU partners, Italy still does not have laws to punish homophobic hate crimes. But now a law proposed by Alessandro Zan, an MP…

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Added on: 05/19/2021

Transgender women allowed to play women’s rugby in France

06/18/2021

The French rugby federation (FFR) has voted unanimously in favor of allowing transgender women to play women’s rugby as of next season. The decision goes against advice…

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Added on: 05/19/2021

Giant Rainbow Flags Fly In Havana

05/18/2021

Cuba draped its health ministry with a giant rainbow flag on Monday to mark International Day against Homophobia, in a key year for LGBT+ rights as the…

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Added on: 05/19/2021

Singer Rufus Wainwright urges Americans to fight global LGBT+ threats

05/18/2021

As conservative states seek to limit transgender rights in the United States, double Grammy Award-nominated singer Rufus Wainwright said Americans should not forget the hardships faced by…

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Added on: 05/18/2021

Croatian archbishop seeks pardon from gay people

05/17/2021

A Croatian archbishop today asked for a pardon from gay people who felt rejected by the Church, an unprecedented move in the staunchly Catholic country. Archbishop Mate…

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Added on: 05/18/2021

Lithuanian Gay League head calls for partnership law, special plan for LGBT people

05/17/2021

VILNIUS – Vladimir Simonko, head of the Lithuanian Gay League (LGL), said on Monday that he expects the parliament to have the political will to pass a…

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Added on: 05/18/2021

Veteran lawyer Alice Nkom on fighting for LGBT rights in Cameroon

05/17/2021

To mark the International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia, we speak to Alice Nkom. She became Cameroon’s first female lawyer in her early 20s and now…