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Added on: 04/06/2021

Sexual minorities are often invisible’: meet Seoul’s only LGBT mayoral candidate

04/05/2021

Oh Tae-yang was spurred to run for mayor by the deaths of high-profile LGBT figures, and has upset some in conservative South Korea Steven Borowiec in Seoul…

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Added on: 04/06/2021

Jail time for transgender women in Cameroon extended after trial delay

04/05/2021

April 5 (Reuters) – Two transgender women facing charges of “attempted homosexuality” in a high profile case in Cameroon will spend more than two months behind bars…

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Added on: 04/06/2021

California Stalls Bill Banning Intersex Surgery For Children

04/05/2021

First-of-its-kind California legislation to ban some medically unnecessary surgeries on intersex children stalled Monday for the third straight year in the same committee, with the author saying…

World Voices

Added on: 04/06/2021

Yi Yang: Judicial Activist, Program Officer – LGBT Rights Advocacy, China

Xong Xhang

Alturi Contributor

What is it like to be LGBTIQ+ in China? Reflecting on the LGBTIQ+ situation in China, Yi outlined his personal experiences as a gay man, and the…

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Added on: 04/05/2021

Nearly 60% of Japan municipalities say current LGBT system inadequate

04/05/2021

Fifty-nine percent of 87 local governments that have introduced, or plan to introduce, a same-sex partnership system feel that Japan’s current system for sexual minorities is inadequate,…

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Added on: 04/05/2021

Austrian Catholics fly rainbow flag after same-sex blessing ban

04/04/2021

The Catholic church of the parish of Hard is one of many in Austria which decided to fly the rainbow flag in solidarity with the LGBT community…

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Added on: 04/05/2021

Far right puts brakes on a new law that aims to stamp out homophobia in Italy

04/04/2021

Daniela Lourdes Falanga has had her fair share of battles. The first was to survive a brutal upbringing as the firstborn son of a mafia boss in…

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Added on: 04/05/2021

Transgender immigrants find a safe place in Portugal

05/05/2021

Lisbon’s immigrant community already face discrimination in all areas of life – from work to housing: amid the pandemic some now face eviction after falling behind on…

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Added on: 04/04/2021

Support group shows Hong Kong parents struggling to accept that their children are LGBTQ, they are not alone

4/3/21

Eric* recalls the day in 2009 when he received the long-distance phone call from his son as if it were yesterday. James*, in his early 20s and…

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Added on: 04/04/2021

Defiant Russian LGBT+ alliance silenced by authorities vows to ‘change this shameful reality’

4/3/21

An LGBT+ social media page followed by tens of thousands of queer Russians and allies blocked by authorities has vowed to continue fighting for equality. The Alliance…

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Added on: 04/04/2021

Albanian Police Receive Guidance on How to Investigate LGBTI Hate Crimes

4/3/21

Albanian police are being trained on how to identify and investigate hate crimes against LGBTI people, through a joint EU and Council of European action called “Promotion…

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Added on: 04/04/2021

Dr. Rachel Levine defends trans youth who are losing healthcare in GOP-led states

4/3/21

Dr. Rachel Levine, the first openly transgender person to be confirmed to a federal position by the United States Senate, is speaking out on the effort by…

Global News

Added on: 04/03/2021

‘Lesbian wedding’ arrestees freed; Ghana’s anti-LGBTQ furor continues

4/1/21

Ghana police have freed the people they arrested last weekend at a party that police believed was a “lesbian wedding”. Meanwhile, homophobic campaigns against Ghana’s LGBTQ citizens…

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Added on: 04/03/2021

Study could end blood donor restrictions on gay and bisexual men

4/2/21

A new study funded by the Food and Drug Administration is seeking to develop donor screening questions to determine risk of transmission of blood-borne diseases, in the…

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Added on: 04/03/2021

Anti-LGBTQ laws in Uzbekistan fuel hostility and violence

4/2/21

Uzbekistan’s LGBTQ+ community says it is facing increasing threats and repression after anti-LGBTQ+ protests turned violent and new laws were passed this week banning the publication of…

Global News

Added on: 04/03/2021

Gender fluidity and children’s books

4/2/21

We recently watched The Queen’s Gambit with the kids. (This was after my sister breezily replied ‘Sure!’, when I asked if it was appropriate for children. I…

Global News

Added on: 04/02/2021

20,000 couples have tied the knot in 20 years of gay marriage in NL

03/30/2021

Twenty years after gay marriage became legal in the Netherlands, 19,000 men and 21,000 women have tied the knot with someone of the same sex, national statistics…

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Added on: 04/02/2021

Japan granted 93 foreigners permission to bring their same-sex spouse

03/26/2021

At least 93 foreigners residing in Japan were granted permission to bring their same-sex spouses to the country under a special visa between 2013 and 2020, the…

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Added on: 04/02/2021

Turkey detains students and supporters over LGBT flags

03/26/2021

Police in Turkey detained dozens of people who assembled outside a courthouse Friday in a show of solidarity with 12 students who were taken into custody for…

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Added on: 04/02/2021

Chechnya’s Horrific ‘Gay Purge’: A 4-Year Timeline of Abduction, Torture and Murder

04/01/2021

April 1, 2021, marks four years since the world at large was first made aware of Chechnya’s gay purge — atrocities committed against LGBTQ people within the…

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Added on: 04/01/2021

From Rights To Jobs—LBGTQ+ Liberation In The Arab World

03/31/2021

Before the Beirut Port blast last August that killed hundreds and destroyed entire neighborhoods, Lebanon’s economy was already under enormous pressure due to long-standing political challenges and…

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Added on: 04/01/2021

‘Beautiful and fierce’: Voguing balls let LGBT Chinese shine

03/31/2021

Leather, glitter, stilettos and a strut — voguing, the underground dance phenomenon, has seized Beijing and given China’s LGBT community a “playground” to celebrate their identities. Sashaying…

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Added on: 04/01/2021

Lil Nas X’s satanic music video ‘liberating’ for Black gay men

03/30/2021

Lil Nas X may have angered Nike by selling “Satan Shoes” to promote his latest song, but many gay Black people see the video where the rapper…

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Added on: 04/01/2021

Defiant MP skewers LGB Alliance for spewing ‘nonsense, fake news and misinformation’ around conversion therapy

03/31/2021

Jamie Stone, a Scottish Liberal Democrat MP, lambasted the high-decibel anti-trans lobbying group for “masquerading as LGBT+ allies”, a sentiment similarly expressed by top Pride organisers and…

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Added on: 03/31/2021

GHANA POLICE ARRESTS 22 LGBT+ IDENTIFYING INDIVIDUALS

03/30/2021

LGBT Rights Ghana, an organization that recently sparked a storm after opening a shelter and safe space for gender and sexual minorities in the West African nation…

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Added on: 03/31/2021

LGBTQ students file class-action lawsuit against Department of Education

03/30/2021

Lucas Wilson said he received conversion therapy from a student club called Band of Brothers at Liberty University from 2008 to 2012, when he was an undergraduate…

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Added on: 03/31/2021

“Still labelled ‘others’, Nepal’s LGBTQIA+ people pin hopes on census “

03/30/2021

“Who are you?” is probably the easiest and the most difficult question to answer, depending on how one chooses to explain. For always, society has shaped individuals…

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Added on: 03/30/2021

Popular young Chinese internet celebrity announces she is transgender

03/29/2021

Abbily, a popular 19-year-old internet celebrity has attracted attention and support – by announcing that she is transgender. “Now, I’m officially a girl…” the star wrote on…

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Added on: 03/30/2021

Uzbekistan police blame victim in violent attack on pro-LGBT activist

03/29/2021

Police in Uzbekistan say they are investigating the savage beating of an activist who has been advocating for the decriminalization of same-sex relationships. It is not likely…

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Added on: 03/30/2021

Vatican’s gay blessing ban stokes fear among African LGBT Catholics

03/29/2021

The Vatican’s recent decree banning Catholic priests from blessing same-sex marriages has stoked fear among the LGBT community in countries across Africa, where gay people are routinely…