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Added on: 03/04/2021

The growing calls for a boycott of the Qatar World Cup

03/04/2021

In December, Danish caretaker Casper Fischer did something he had never done before. The 32 year old decided to petition Denmark’s parliament – the Folketing – to…

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Added on: 03/04/2021

The Trailer: Why Republicans keep running against trans rights

03/04/2021

In this edition: The GOP’s transgender politics, lessons from CPAC and a sit-down with a Republican running for Congress against Trump. We don’t have the Kraken anymore,…

World Voices

Added on: 03/03/2021

Kevin Mwachiro: Author-Podcaster-Journalist, Kenya

Savita Sukul

Alturi Contributor

Kevin is passionate about social justice and human rights issues, and he volunteers as a board member for the Gay and Lesbian Coalition of Kenya and the…

Global News

Added on: 03/03/2021

Actor Idris Elba, Naomi Campbell call for Ghana to protect LGBT+ community

03/01/2021

LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Actor Idris Elba and model Naomi Campbell have joined 65 other British celebrities, designers and politicians in calling for Ghana’s president to…

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Added on: 03/03/2021

Homosexuality can still be called a mental disorder in China, court rules

03/02/2021

A court in China‘s eastern Jiangsu province has ruled in favour of a publisher that described homosexuality as a “psychological disorder” in a university textbook. The Suyu…

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Added on: 03/03/2021

Polish court acquits LGBT activists in rainbow Virgin Mary case

03/02/2021

A Polish court on Tuesday acquitted three activists who were accused of desecration and offending religious sentiment for altering, producing and distributing images of a revered Roman…

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Added on: 03/03/2021

UK’s first LGBT+ retirement community given green light to open in 2021

03/02/2021

Tonic Housing has been awarded a £5.7m loan from the mayor of London to purchase 19 properties in Vauxhall, Lambeth. This will become the UK‘s first provider…

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Added on: 03/03/2021

IN A FIRST, SRI LANKAN PRESIDENT ACKNOWLEDGES LGBT RIGHTS

03/02/2021

In probably a first for a South Asian head of state, Sri Lankan President in a post on Twitter acknowledged the rights of LGBTQI Sri Lankans. Human…

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Added on: 03/03/2021

United Methodist conservatives detail breakaway plans over gay inclusion

03/02/2021

Conservative leaders within the United Methodist Church unveiled plans Monday to form a new denomination, the Global Methodist Church, with a doctrine that does not recognize same-sex…

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Added on: 03/02/2021

Nigerian church to anti-gay Americans: You’re not anti-gay enough

03/01/2021

Henry C. Ndukuba, archbishop of the Anglican Church of Nigeria, has declared there’s “no such thing as a ‘gay Christian’ “. In a statement, Ndukuba criticized the…

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Added on: 03/02/2021

Crowd in Mexico stops gay couple from being arrested as they chant ‘I’m gay too’ at cops

03/01/2021

A gay couple were handcuffed by armed police “for kissing” on a beach in Mexico. A series of videos of the incident, posted to Facebook, appear to…

Global News

Added on: 03/02/2021

In Colombian port town, LGBTQ community faces increasing threats

03/01/2021

A main Afro-Colombian port city on Colombia’s western coast, Buenaventura has long been considered one of the most violent places in the country. It was here the…

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Added on: 03/02/2021

Homosexuality can be called a mental disorder, Chinese court rules; LGBT community disappointed

03/01/2021

A Chinese court has upheld a ruling that a textbook description of homosexuality as “a psychological disorder” was not a factual error but merely an “academic view”….

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Added on: 03/01/2021

LGBTQI office in Ghana: President Nana Akufo-Addo say he no go legalize same-sex marriage

02/28/2021

“For same-sex marriage to dey legal for Ghana, e no go happun for my time as president” Akufo-Addo tok dis during di installation of di Second Archbishop…

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Added on: 03/01/2021

BIHAR GOVT TO PATNA HIGH COURT : WILL SET UP SPECIAL TRANS POLICE UNITS IN EACH DISTRICT

03/01/2021

In an affidavit submitted to the Patna High Court, Bihar Government has said that it is committed to “respectful representation” of transgender people in public employment, and…

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Added on: 03/01/2021

Different fight, ‘same goal’: How the Black freedom movement inspired early gay activists

02/28/2021

On April 25, 1965, three teenagers refused to leave Dewey’s Restaurant in Philadelphia after employees repeatedly denied service to “homosexuals and persons wearing nonconformist clothing,” according to…

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Added on: 03/01/2021

Malaysian man wins landmark challenge against Muslim gay sex ban

02/26/2021

The Federal Court of Malaysia has ruled that the state of Selangor has no power to uphold a shariah law that declares it an offense to engage…

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Added on: 02/28/2021

Different fight, ‘same goal’: How the Black freedom movement inspired early gay activists

2/28/21

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Added on: 02/28/2021

The inclusion of LGBT+ people in the census is long overdue’

2/28/21

The new national census will be conducted this year, and for the first time, it will include questions about LGBTQ+ identity. This is a great stride towards…

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Added on: 02/28/2021

The Untold Story of Queer Foster Families

2/28/21

When Don Ward was a child, in Seattle, in the nineteen-sixties, his mother, each December, would hand him the Sears catalogue and ask him to pick Christmas…

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Added on: 02/28/2021

Beach erupts in protest as armed police arrest gay couple ‘for kissing’

02/28/21

Two gay men were arrested after kissing on a public Mexico beach but were freed after fellow sunbathers charged after the police vehicle and demanded their release….

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Added on: 02/28/2021

Global Trends in LGBT Rights During the Covid-19 Pandemic

02/24/21

It’s impossible to evaluate what the year 2020 looked like from the perspective of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people’s rights without recognizing how Covid-19 put a…

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Added on: 02/27/2021

Chechen Court Rules Police Abduction of Two Gay Refugees Is Legal

2/26/21

A court ruled this week that it was legal for Russian police to kidnap two gay men who escaped Chechnya after facing persecution under its anti-LGBTQ+ crackdown….

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Added on: 02/27/2021

Students in Turkey face three years in jail for LGBT rainbow picture of Islam’s holiest site during protests

2/26/21

STUDENTS who unveiled a banner showing Islam’s holiest site adorned with the LGBT rainbow colours face up to three years prison in Turkey after prosecutors charged them…

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Added on: 02/27/2021

LGBTQ+: Wales’ first bilingual magazine launched in lockdown

2/26/21

What is believed to be Wales’ first national LGBTQ+ bilingual magazine has been launched. LGBTQymru will “celebrate, connect and support the communities of Wales – not just…

Global News

Added on: 02/27/2021

More young people identify as LGBTQ+ than ever before, poll finds

2/26/21

More young people are out than ever before, and most people who identify as LGBTQ+ are attracted to more than one gender, according to new data. A…

Global News

Added on: 02/27/2021

The difficulties of being gay in Iran

2/26/21

Police in Iran enter a young man’s apartment looking for signs of “misconduct.” They rummage through his laundry and check his computer. The young man, who goes…

Alturi Blog

Added on: 02/26/2021

Two Gay Chechens: Torture, Escape, and a Forced Return

Alexander Champeau

Alturi Contributor

The Early Story: Torture and Escape Per a joint statement by Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, and a few other human rights NGOs, Ismail and Salekh had been detained…

Global News

Added on: 02/26/2021

LGBT+ Americans inch closer to ‘freedom’ as House passes Equality Act

02/25/2021

By a vote of 224 to 206, the House passed the landmark Equality Act, which amends the 1964 Civil Rights Act to include sexual orientation and gender…

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Added on: 02/26/2021

Malaysian man wins landmark challenge against Muslim gay sex ban

02/25/2021

KUALA LUMPUR (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – A Malaysian man on Thursday won a landmark court challenge against an Islamic ban on sex “against the order of nature”,…