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Added on: 04/27/2021

Cameroonian LGBT activist champions imprisoned transgender women

04/26/2021

Coming from Cameroon where letting it be known that she was a lesbian could lead to prison time, activist and social media influencer Bandy Kiki struggled to…

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Added on: 04/27/2021

Long road to motherhood: Lesbians fight for IVF in Europe

04/26/2021

LONDON, April 26 (Openly) – It took Leonie Plastina and her wife Sonja years of careful research – poring over LGBT+ rights laws and private medical costs…

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Added on: 04/27/2021

Project lifts the voices of Eswatini’s LGBT people

04/26/2021

Voices of Eswatini, a new project from Eswatini Sexual and Gender Minorities (ESGM) and All Out, amplifies the voices of the small but strong LGBT community in…

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Added on: 04/27/2021

UK government disbands LGBT advisory panel after members quit in protest

04/26/2021

The UK government has disbanded an LGBTQ advisory panel after three of its members resigned in protest. Established under former Prime Minister Theresa May as part of…

Alturi Blog

Added on: 04/26/2021

Turkish Protests: Students, LGBTI, Women, and Democracy in Turkey

Alexander Champeau

Alturi Contributor

Four Months of Protests: LGBTI Protesters, From Bogazici to Now Starting in early January, students at Bogazici University went out into the streets to protest a new…

World Voices

Added on: 04/26/2021

Mima Simic, Croatia

Ryan Eakins

Alturi Contributor

As an individual growing up in Croatian society where LGBTQ issues are silenced and made invisible, Mima found that the most powerful tool for creating change that…

World Voices

Added on: 04/26/2021

Lilit Martirosyan – RighT Side: Human Rights Defender, Armenia

Alturi Contributor

How did you become involved in activism? My mission in this world is to help people live safely and to help them have a good life. I…

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Added on: 04/26/2021

Sagi Berman to come out as Israeli top-flight soccer’s first transgender referee

04/24/2021

Israeli Premier League soccer referee Sagi Berman will come out publicly as transgender at a Tuesday press conference. She is the league’s first-ever transgender referee. Berman, 27,…

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Added on: 04/26/2021

CGE VOWS TO USE LEGAL POWERS TO PROTECT MEMBERS OF LGBTQIA+ COMMUNITY

04/24/2021

The Commission For Gender Equality is promising to use its legal powers to protect the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Intersex, Asexual (LGBTQIA+) community, following a recent…

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Added on: 04/26/2021

LGBT+ Travellers: ‘A lot of the community are ignorant towards the trans issue

04/25/2021

Imagine a world where you live in fear, and with each waking hour that fear grows to a point where the only escape comes from the promise…

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Added on: 04/25/2021

Exorcisms and ‘corrective’ rape: inside Indonesia’s controversial LGBT ‘conversion’ therapies

4/25/21

Growing up as someone who does not conform to traditional gender norms is not easy in Indonesia. Just ask Christine*, a 35 year-old transgender woman in West…

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Added on: 04/25/2021

LGBT activists not excited by Jenner’s campaign for governor

4/25/21

Though Caitlyn Jenner is one of the most famous transgender people in America, the announcement of her candidacy for California governor was greeted hostilely by one of…

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Added on: 04/25/2021

LGBT pioneer’s spectacular painting returns to Monte Verità

4/25/21

After a lengthy restoration, visitors can once again admire the 26-metre circular painting Il Chiaro Mondo dei Beati [The clear world of the blessed] by Estonian artist…

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Added on: 04/25/2021

LGBTQ migration on the rise in Poland as homophobia deepens

4/24/21

For months, government ministers spewed vicious rhetoric about gay people. Trucks blasted anti-gay hate messages from loudspeakers on the streets of Poland’s cities. Finally fed up with…

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Added on: 04/24/2021

Singapore man jailed for threatening ‘torture’ and ‘death curses’ against judges who upheld anti-gay law

4/23/21

A man has been jailed for threatening a High Court judge and the Singapore judiciary on social media after they upheld a discriminatory anti-gay law. Muhammad Hanif…

Global News

Added on: 04/24/2021

SOUTH AFRICAN LGBTI+ COMMUNITY AND ORGANISATIONS SPEAK UP AGAINTS HATE CRIMES

4/23/21

Several LGBTI+ and human rights organizations came together this week and released a joint press statement condemning the hate crimes that have been rocked South Africa over…

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Added on: 04/24/2021

What’s in Canada’s budget for LGBTQ2S+ people?

4/23/21

After the pandemic wiped out decades of progress for gender equality in Canada, most especially in terms of women’s participation in the workforce, the Liberal government’s budget…

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Added on: 04/24/2021

What is conversion therapy and will it be banned?

04/23/2021

According to NHS England, conversion therapy, sometimes called “reparative therapy” or “gay cure therapy”, is based on attempts to change someone’s sexual orientation or gender identity. It…

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Added on: 04/24/2021

Plans for DUP leader Arlene Foster to meet with LGBT groups ‘belatedly welcome’ say campaigners

04/22/2021

Plans for First Minister Arlene Foster to meet with LGBT organisations have been described by campaigners as “belatedly welcome”. The DUP leader is set to meet with…

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Added on: 04/24/2021

Kansas Governor Laura Kelly Vetoes Transgender Sports Ban

04/22/2021

Kansas Governor Laura Kelly, a Democrat, on Thursday vetoed a bill that seeks to prohibit transgender women and girls from participating on sports teams. In announcing her…

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Added on: 04/24/2021

Together for 50 years, a lawsuit reminds China that love and marriage are very different things

04/22/2021

After more than 50 years of living with her partner, a Chinese lesbian woman in her late 70s faced a lawsuit from her partner’s family to return…

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Added on: 04/22/2021

LGBT Couples Not Entitled to Full Property Rights, Court Rules

05/21/2021

A court’s recent ruling that same-sex couples aren’t entitled to the same property rights as married heterosexual couples has once again highlighted the legal predicaments many LGBT…

Global News

Added on: 04/22/2021

World reacts to murderer Derek Chauvin’s guilty verdict: ‘Victory would be George Floyd being alive’

04/21/2021

The 12-member jury in Minneapolis, Minnesota, announced their verdict on Tuesday (20 April) after less than a day of deliberation. Chauvin was found guilty on three charges…

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Added on: 04/22/2021

Turkish prosecutors seek jail terms for anti-government student protesters

04/21/2021

Turkish prosecutors are seeking prison sentences for 97 people for taking part in one of the country’s biggest anti-government protest movements in years, sparked by the state…

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Added on: 04/22/2021

Hate sign put up against lesbian kindergarten teacher in Be’er Ya’acov

04/21/2021

A sign which says “[this kindergarten] is run by lesbians” was hung on a short railing near Moatza square in Be’er Ya’acov on Wednesday, as part of…

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Added on: 04/21/2021

Namibia denies residency to infant daughters of gay citizen

04/20/2021

A Namibian court ruled Monday against a gay couple demanding the right to bring their infant daughters home after being born to a surrogate in South Africa….

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Added on: 04/21/2021

Owner of China’s biggest gay dating app enters online healthcare business focusing on men’s health

04/21/2021

BlueCity Holdings, owner of China’s biggest gay dating app, Blued, announced on Tuesday that He Health, the brand’s health service platform for men, has officially obtained an…

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Added on: 04/21/2021

NYC Launches First-of-Its-Kind Program to Help Homeless LGBTQ+ Youth Find Jobs

04/20/2021

Although attacks on LGBTQ+ young people, especially trans children, persist across the nation, some hope materialized today for New York City’s homeless LGBTQ+ population. On Tuesday, Mayor…

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Added on: 04/20/2021

Blocked by YouTube over ‘curing’ gays, Nigerian pastor speaks up

04/20/2021

A popular Nigerian evangelical preacher, TB Joshua, has called on his followers to “pray for YouTube” after the platform blocked his channel over allegations of hate speech…

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Added on: 04/20/2021

Immigrant Detention For Profit Faces Resistance After Big Expansion Under Trump

04/20/2021

A dozen Central Americans in T-shirts that read Mujeres Luchadores — Fighting Women — marched through a small Texas town last month toward the gates of an…