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Added on: 01/09/2024

LGBTQ+ advocates’ lawsuit says Louisiana transgender care ban violates the state constitution

01/08/2024

A lawsuit to block enforcement of Louisiana’s new ban on transgender health care procedures for anyone under 18 was announced Monday by LGBTQ+ advocates. The lawsuit was…

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Added on: 01/09/2024

Israeli LGBTQ soldiers hope the war in Gaza will bolster their fight for equal rights at home

01/08/2024

Before the war broke out, LGBTQ rights were at the heart of fierce debate over the government’s campaign to weaken Israel’s courts. One month after his fiancee…

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Added on: 01/09/2024

Walkout in Prestatyn sparked ‘vile’ and ‘horrific’ abuse, says transgender pool player

01/08/2024

A transgender pool champion says she received “vile” and “horrific” abuse online after her opponent refused to play her in a final. Lynne Pinches conceded the Women’s…

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Added on: 01/08/2024

Uganda stabbing victim Steven Kabuye blames LGBTQ+ attacks on politicians

01/08/2024

Kabuye, who is the executive director of the advocacy group Colored Voice Truth to LGBTQ was left in a critical condition in hospital after he was “stabbed to…

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Added on: 01/08/2024

Osage singer-songwriter’s new album seeks to inspire two-spirit resilience

01/07/2024

The Osage singer-songwriter Marx Cassity released their new album, “2Sacred,” on Nov. 5 as a response to a 3-year-old statistic of 33% of Native queer youth attempting…

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Added on: 01/08/2024

Vietnam soccer star and girlfriend celebrate wedding in LGBTQ sports first

01/07/2024

Last year saw Vietnam feature at the FIFA Women’s World Cup for the first time in the national team’s history. The first weekend of 2024 has given the players…

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Added on: 01/08/2024

Govt is committed to provide all fundamental rights to trans community: Mushaal

01/08/2024

ISLAMABAD – Special Assistant to Prime Minister for Human Rights and Women Empowerment, Mushaal Hussain Mullick here on Sunday said that the government was committed to provide…

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Added on: 01/07/2024

US expresses concern after Burundi president says gay people should be stoned

01/06/2024

The United States said on Friday it was troubled by comments from Burundian President Evariste Ndayishimiye, who last week called on citizens of the small African country…

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Added on: 01/07/2024

Two single friends, one radical plan: why I’m having a child with my gay best mate

01/06/2024

I held my breath as the sonographer pressed the probe into my belly. I could see something promising on the screen but needed to hear the expert…

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Added on: 01/07/2024

Aunties and ‘othermothers’ play huge part in supporting LGBTQ+ youth, new study finds

01/06/2024

Aunts and ‘othermothers’, who care for children who are not biologically their own, provide significant support to LGBTQ+ youth, new research has found. The new finding is…

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Added on: 01/07/2024

St Just Sisters’ drag shows raise awareness, funds for regional and rural SA communities

01/06/2024

When veteran drag queen KymmBerlei takes to the stage in her floor-length sequin gown, glamorous wig, and sky-high heels, she in many ways embodies the enormous transformation…

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Added on: 01/06/2024

Ecumenical Patriarchy Denies Ban of Archbishop Who Baptised Gay Couple’s Children

01/05/2024

Monasteries on Mount Athos, an important Orthodox Christian spiritual centre for centuries, have denied that the Archbishop Elpidophoros of America’s visit to the monestaries was canceled because…

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Added on: 01/06/2024

Ohio’s governor just made life a lot harder for transgender people

01/05/2024

Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine (R) has signed an executive order banning hospitals in the state from performing gender-affirming surgeries on minors. The ban went into effect immediately,…

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Added on: 01/06/2024

Rosie Duffield cleared of transphobia and antisemitism by Labour

01/05/2024

Labour MP Rosie Duffield has been cleared of allegations of transphobia and antisemitism by her party, saying she has been “completely exonerated”. The Canterbury politician, whose views…

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Added on: 01/06/2024

Trans activist endures gang hell in Port-au-Prince, Haiti

01/05/2024

Trans activist Dominique Rebel Saint-Vil of OTRAH (Organisation Trans d’Haïti) is surviving — barely — in her beleaguered, impoverished gang-controlled nation. In the following interview, she describes…

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Added on: 01/05/2024

Scottish Government funds mental health project for LGBTQ youth Scottish Government funds mental health project for LGBTQ youth

01/05/2024

The Scottish Government has announced funding for a project to support the mental health of LGBTQ youth. £50,000 will be given to LGBT Youth Scotland to establish…

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Added on: 01/05/2024

Vatican moves to calm bishops over same-sex blessings approval

01/04/2024

VATICAN CITY, Jan 4 (Reuters) – The Vatican on Thursday moved to calm Catholic bishops in some countries who have balked over last month’s approval of blessings…

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Added on: 01/05/2024

Celebration for gay community if Estonia brings same-sex marriage to Eastern Europe

01/04/2024

The Estonian parliament decided on a “gender-neutral” marriage legislation in June. The law no longer mentions “a man and a woman” but “two natural persons” who can…

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Added on: 01/05/2024

Out in the World: Democracy, LGBTQ rights were threatened around the world in 2023

01/04/2024

The year 2023 was marked by a severe global assault on LGBTQ rights and unexpected challenges and progress. Despite the hard shove backward, LGBTQ communities stood up…

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Added on: 01/04/2024

What will the world do on LGBTQ+ rights in 2024?

01/04/2024

LONDON, Dec 21 (Openly) – There were huge milestones and setbacks for LGBTQ+ rights around the world during 2023. Same-sex marriage was legalised in nations including Slovenia and Andorra,…

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Added on: 01/04/2024

Record number of anti-LGBTQ bills were introduced in 2023

01/03/2024

At least 510 anti-LGBTQ bills were introduced in state legislatures across the United States last year — a new record, according to American Civil Liberties Union data as…

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Added on: 01/04/2024

Ugandan LGBT activist in critical condition after stabbing

01/03/2024

KAMPALA, Jan 3 (Reuters) – A prominent LGBT rights activist in Uganda, where sexual minorities say they have faced a wave of abuse since a harsh anti-gay…

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Added on: 01/04/2024

2023 World Same-Sex Marriage and LGBT Rights Progress – Part 4: Africa and Oceania

01/03/2024

It was an unusually busy year for LGBT news in Africa in 2023, with one country decriminalizing sodomy, one slowly opening the door to equal marriage, several…

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Added on: 01/03/2024

Israeli Supreme Court rules LGBTQ+ couples can adopt children

01/02/2024

Six years since the state pledged to change adoption law so that discrimination against same-sex couples would be eliminated, the Israeli Supreme Court on Dec. 29 unanimously…

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Added on: 01/03/2024

Uganda kicked out of Agoa following controversial anti-gay law

01/02/2024

United States President Joe Biden has officially removed Uganda and three other African countries from the beneficiaries of the African Growth and Opportunity Act (Agoa), effectively ending…

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Added on: 01/03/2024

Russia’s War on Woke Putin Is Trying to Unite the Far Right and Undermine the West

01/02/2024

In March of this year, Russia will hold presidential elections. The contest, like ones past, will be highly choreographed, and its outcome is preordained. President Vladimir Putin,…

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Added on: 01/03/2024

Kentucky homophobe Kim Davis, who denied gay couples marriage licenses, must pay over $360,000

01/02/2024

Former Kentucky clerk Kim Davis refused to issue marriage licenses to LGBTQ+ couples in 2015. Nearly a decade later, she’s facing $360,000 in damages and attorney fees….

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Added on: 01/02/2024

Gender-affirming care has a long history in the US – and not just for transgender people

01/01/2024

Enforcement of binary gender norms has led to unwanted medical interventions on intersex and cisgender children. In 1976, a woman from Roanoke, Virginia, named Rhoda received a…

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Added on: 01/02/2024

Same-sex couples able to marry in Estonia from New Year’s Day

01/01/2024

Same-sex couples in Estonia are able to marry from New Year’s Day, in a milestone move people say brings the Baltic nation closer to its Nordic neighbours….

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Added on: 01/02/2024

Stigma against gay men could worsen Congo’s biggest mpox outbreak, scientists warn

01/01/2024

As Congo copes with its biggest outbreak of mpox, scientists warn discrimination against gay and bisexual men on the continent could make it worse. In November, the…