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Added on: 03/22/2021

Attack on kissing men fuels push for Italy hate crime law

ABC News
03/21/2021
A recent attack in a Rome train station on two men who were kissing fueled calls by Italian political leaders Sunday for quick passage of a hate…
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Added on: 03/22/2021

Wave Of Bills To Block Trans Athletes Has No Basis In Science, Researcher Says

KCUR
03/21/2021
Legislation in several states — Including Kansas and Missouri — would limit or prohibit transgender women from competing in women’s athletics. An expert on sex differences in…
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Added on: 03/22/2021

A transgender Islamic school in Pakistan breaks barriers

Reuters
03/21/2021
A long white shawl on her head, Rani Khan gives daily Koran lessons at Pakistan’s first transgender-only madrasa, or Islamic religious school, which she set up herself…
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Added on: 03/21/2021

In Pope’s homeland, ex-priest leaves church over gay unions

Associated Press
3/20/21
A former priest and LGBTQ activist who has blessed same-sex unions in Pope Francis’ home country, Argentina, is leaving the Roman Catholic Church after the Vatican issued…
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Added on: 03/21/2021

North Korea’s ‘only openly gay defector’ finds love

BBC
3/20/21
Jang Yeong-jin’s remarkable story as North Korea’s only openly gay defector was covered by the international media after he published his autobiography. Now, almost a quarter of…
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Added on: 03/21/2021

Pathetic right-wing cranks think the new gay Captain America will ‘contract AIDS’

Pink News
3/20/21
Right-wing YouTuber Steven Crowder’s controversial podcast is in hot water for suggesting the new gay Captain American will contract AIDS. Dave Landau hosted the Wednesday (17 March)…
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Added on: 03/21/2021

3 transexual women attacked in one week as violence against LGBT+ community increases in Turkey

Stockholm Center for Freedom
3/18/21
The LGBT+ community in Turkey witnessed multiple acts of violence against its members last week with at least three transexual women suffering injuries or death, Deutsche Welle…
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Added on: 03/20/2021

Uzbekistan’s law reforms still criminalize homosexuality

Coda
3/19/21
On March 14, Rasul Kusherbayev — a young member of Uzbekistan’s parliament who considers himself an advocate for “positive change in the country” — posted on Telegram…
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Added on: 03/20/2021

Nation mourns Zulu King accused of homophobia

Mamba
3/19/21
For many in South Africa’s LGBTQ community, the late King Goodwill Zwelithini will be remembered for perpetuating cultural homophobia. On Thursday, the country said its final goodbye…
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Added on: 03/20/2021

Amazon no longer sells books framing LGBTQIA identity as mental illness

Outrage Magazine
3/19/21
Amazon is no longer selling books that paint LGBTQIA identities as mental illnesses. This was stated in a letter from the company’s Vice President of Public Policy,…
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Added on: 03/20/2021

Entire Pride in London advisory board resigns citing ‘hostile environment’

The Guardian
3/19/21
Every member of Pride in London’s community advisory board has resigned citing an alleged culture of bullying and a “hostile environment” for people of colour volunteers. The…
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Added on: 03/19/2021

Court releases 2 Boğaziçi students from pre-trial detention in case involving Kaaba poster

Stockholm Center for Freedom
03/18/2021
An İstanbul court has released two Boğaziçi University students from pre-trial detention in the first hearing of a case in which they, along with five other defendants,…
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Added on: 03/19/2021

After international protest, Tunisian court releases LGBT rights activist

erasing 76 Crimes
03/18/2021
Following an international protest, a Tunisia court ordered the release Wednesday of Rania Amdouni, the women’s rights defender and LGBTI activist who had been jailed for shouting…
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Added on: 03/19/2021

A Boost to Same-Sex Marriage in Japan

Human Rights Watch
03/18/2021
It was quite something to see a district court judge break into tears as she read her verdict declaring the denial of marriage registration to same-sex couples…
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Added on: 03/19/2021

Poll Shows 70 Percent Of Voters Support LGBT Protections Bill Equality Act

On Top Magazine
03/18/2021
A new poll released Tuesday found overwhelming support for the Equality Act. The legislation cleared the House last month and is currently being considered in the Senate….
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Added on: 03/19/2021

‘Deal with it’, school in China tells gay high school student bullied and sexually assaulted for months

Asia One
03/18/2021
A gay teenager was subjected to months of emotional and physical bullying, including repeated instances of sexual assault, at a school in China. In the most severe…
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Added on: 03/18/2021

Bhutan drops its law against sodomy

Erasing 76 Crimes
03/11/2021
The tiny Himalayan nation of Bhutan became the latest country to decriminalize gay sex as its Penal Code Amendment Act came into force on Feb. 17, 2021….
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Added on: 03/18/2021

In landmark ruling, Japan court says it is ‘unconstitutional’ to bar same-sex marriage

Reuters
03/16/2021
A Japanese court ruled on Wednesday that not allowing same-sex couples to get married is “unconstitutional,” setting a precedent in the only G7 nation not to fully…
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Added on: 03/18/2021

Mississippi governor signs bill banning trans athletes from school sports

NBC News
03/11/2021
On Thursday, Gov. Tate Reeves signed “the Mississippi Fairness Act” into law, requiring the state’s schools to designate teams by sex assigned at birth and prohibiting transgender…
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Added on: 03/17/2021

Equality Act is creating a historic face-off between religious exemptions and LGBTQ rights

Washington Post
03/16/2021
In some ways, full LGBTQ rights has never seemed more within reach. First came the Supreme Court’s 2015 decision legalizing same-sex marriage. Then its decision last year…
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Added on: 03/17/2021

LGBTQ Catholics Are Stung by the Vatican’s Rebuff of Same-Sex Unions

Time
03/16/2021
The Vatican’s declaration that same-sex unions are a sin the Roman Catholic Church cannot bless was no surprise for LGBTQ Catholics in the United States — yet…
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Added on: 03/17/2021

Turkey’s LGBT+ endure brutal attacks amid Erdogan reign

Deutche Welle
03/16/2021
When Miras Günes body was found a few days ago, her face was disfigured beyond recognition. The preliminary autopsy report revealed she was beaten to death with…
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Added on: 03/17/2021

Marriage between two women — a longstanding Kenyan tradition

Erasing 76 Crimes
03/15/2021
Woman-to-woman marriage is one of the many forms of cultural practice recognised by some communities in Africa. Although this form of marriage is recognised by some communities…
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Added on: 03/17/2021

POLAND’S REPLACEMENT FOR ISTANBUL CONVENTION WOULD BAN ABORTION AND GAY MARRIAGE

Balkan Insight
03/15/2021
The Polish government’s alternative to the Convention on Preventing and Combating Violence Against Women and Domestic Violence, which it has asked other CEE governments to support, would…
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Added on: 03/17/2021

LGBT+groups from eight parties call for legislation to ban conversion therapy

Evening Standard
03/15/2021
L GBT+ groups from eight political parties have called on the Government to introduce a legislative ban on conversion therapy. They have written to the Government Equalities…
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Added on: 03/16/2021

“Ex-gay” pastor loses lawsuit against Vimeo for taking down videos promoting conversion therapy

LGBTQ Nation
03/14/2021
A pastor who identifies as a “former homosexual” has officially lost his lawsuit attempting to force the video streaming service to host his videos promoting so-called conversion…
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Added on: 03/16/2021

Israel Elections: Voters must take stock of LGBTQ-phobia in parties

Jerusalem Post
03/14/2021
Fighting for its political survival, with the polls pointing to it precariously hovering around the 3.25% electoral threshold, the last thing Meretz needed last week was for…
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Added on: 03/16/2021

Indonesia’s LGBTQ community angry at rise of conversion therapies

NIkkei Asia
03/14/2021
Kai Mata found herself at the center of a homophobic storm last year when she posted a video of herself online denouncing a draft of bill that…
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Added on: 03/16/2021

Polish MEP complains of ‘psychological warfare’ after Europe is declared an LGBT+ freedom zone

Pink News
03/14/2021
Polish MEPs were up in arms after the European Union proclaimed itself an “LGBT+ freedom zone” in response to Poland‘s heinous “LGBT-free zones”. All 27 representatives from…
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Added on: 03/14/2021

HOW SECTION 28’S PAINFUL LEGACY IS STILL BEING FELT THREE DECADES ON

Attitude Magazine
11/18/20
In May 1988, Section 28, the most anti-gay piece of legislation of modern times, became law amid a tsunami of fear and hatred. By the mid 1980s,…
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