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Added on: 05/25/2020

Leaked Zoom call reveals homophobia of Azerbaijan opposition politicians

05/24/2020

A series of Zoom calls between senior members of the National Council of Democratic Forces, representing opposition parties in the Azerbaijani National Assembly, has revealed strong homophobic…

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Added on: 05/25/2020

China’s LGBT activists step up push for gay marriage after official rejects change

05/24/2020

China’s LGBT activists have stepped up their campaign to have same-sex unions legalised after a parliamentary official said the country “insisted on heterosexual marriage” only and dismissed…

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Added on: 05/24/2020

U.K. Contact Tracing App Could Endanger LGBT Human Rights

05/23/2020

Contact tracing is going to become an inevitable reality as the world leaves lockdown. But, the longterm human rights implications of that for LGBT people and minorities…

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Added on: 05/24/2020

‘It means that I’m not limiting myself’: Being agender means living outside the gender binary

05/23/2020

What is agender? For this arts worker, its meaning comes down to “not limiting” yourself to the perceived gender binary. The definition of agender in the Merriam-Webster…

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Added on: 05/24/2020

Anti-LGBT+ hate crime soars by over a third in France

05/21/2020

Homophobic and transphobic hate crime has risen by 36% in France last year, according to police figures. The new stats show a total of 1,870 victims of…

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Added on: 05/24/2020

K-Quarantine: The Condemnation or Resurgence of LGBTQ Rights in South Korea

05/23/2020

The United States and South Korea sit on opposite ends of the spectrum when it comes to the successful containment of COVID-19. As South Korea enters its…

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Added on: 05/23/2020

Mexico City’s Casa Frida Offers Refuge to the LGBTQ Community During the Pandemic

05/22/2020

Shelter-in-place measures limit coronavirus numbers, but they also expose the ugly side of staying at home. Calls to domestic violence hotlines have been up across the globe…

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Added on: 05/23/2020

Christian Activist Calls For Violence Against Those Who Use Pandemic To Impose Socialism

05/22/2020

Trump-loving radical right-wing activist Scott Lively warned listeners during an online Bible study yesterday that they need to establish a modern-day Underground Railroad for Christians to escape…

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Added on: 05/23/2020

Tanzania Opens To (Non-Gay) Tourists Without Conditions*

05/22/2020

There are huge restrictions on international travel at the moment. Many countries have closed their borders altogether, other countries are restricting visitors from some countries, others are…

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Added on: 05/23/2020

Australia: Grant to help LGBT conversion survivors

05/22/2020

Researchers from La Trobe University have been awarded an Australian Research Council Linkage grant to improve the support provided to survivors of LGBT conversion practices. Dr Timothy…

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Added on: 05/22/2020

No medicine, no food: Coronavirus restrictions amplify health risks to LGBT+ people with HIV

05/22/2020

It started with headaches then came nausea and diarrhea. Within two weeks, gay Ugandan barber Eric had became so weak without his HIV medication he could not…

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Added on: 05/22/2020

Ireland made history by emphatically saying yes to same-sex marriage five years ago today

05/21/2020

Five years ago today, people in Ireland went out in their droves and voted in favour of same-sex marriage. Ultimately, 62 per cent of the public voted…

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Added on: 05/22/2020

Coronavirus claims San Francisco’s oldest gay bar

05/21/2020

San Francisco’s oldest gay bar, The Stud, has fallen victim to the coronavirus. “We want to let you know that we are not reopening our location at…

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Added on: 05/22/2020

Over half of LGBTQ Europeans are not out about their identities, report finds

05/21/2020

Six in 10 gay and lesbian Europeans avoid holding hands with same-sex partners in public, and over half of LGBTQ people in Europe are almost never open…

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Added on: 05/21/2020

COVID-19 delayed a United Methodist schism. But it has left LGBT members in limbo.

02/20/2020

Rebecca Bernstein says she wants to go to a United Methodist seminary. But her dreams of becoming an ordained Methodist minister are on hold for now. That’s…

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Added on: 05/21/2020

‘If I don’t have sex I’ll die of hunger’: Covid-19 crisis for Rio’s trans sex workers

02/20/2020

Social distancing is keeping people off the streets of central Rio de Janeiro. And that has created serious challenges for its trans sex workers, who have seen…

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Added on: 05/21/2020

Virus pushes Pakistan’s transgender dancers out of their homes

02/20/2020

Before the virus shutdown, dancer Adnan Ali had carved out a comfortable living performing at parties for newlyweds and newborns, avoiding the financial hardship faced by many…

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Added on: 05/21/2020

Health care for SA’s LGBT+ community needs boost

05/20/2020

South Africa’s LGBTI community continues to face extreme discrimination and inadequate health care. Every day, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) people face violence, exclusion and…

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Added on: 05/20/2020

‘Panic’ as Hungarian parliament bans trans people from changing gender on IDs

05/19/2020

Hungary’s parliament voted Tuesday to ban transgender people from changing their gender on identity documents, in a move that LGBT+ advocates said was creating panic among trans…

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Added on: 05/20/2020

Supreme Court Strikes Down Bigotry in Brazil’s Schools

05/19/2020

Amid the public health crisis in the country, Brazil has recently achieved two significant victories for the right to education and the rights of women and lesbian,…

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Added on: 05/20/2020

Iraqi politicians call for expulsions after embassies fly LGBT flag

05/19/2020

Iraqi political leaders have issued condemnations and called for the expulsion of diplomats following a decision by a number of foreign embassies in the country to fly…

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Added on: 05/20/2020

Top Iranian aide apologises for ‘homosexual propaganda’ after sharing cartoon of loving lesbian and gay parents

05/19/2020

On May 15 Shahindokht Molaverdi shared a poster to mark the International Day of Families on her Telegram account. Produced by the UN, the simple illustration depicted…

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Added on: 05/19/2020

How Mexico Can Keep LGBT Rights On Track

05/18/2020

Mexico officially recognized the International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia for the first time last year. On May 17, 2019, I spoke at President Andrés Manuel…

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Added on: 05/19/2020

FINALLY FREE: ORDER FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE ISSUED FOR #COSF19

05/18/2020

Uganda’s LGBTIQ community has reason to jubilate amidst the COVID-19 hardships as an order for immediate release has this afternoon been issued for the #COSF19. This comes…

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Added on: 05/19/2020

Iraqi leader who blames coronavirus on same-sex marriage demands Islamic flag is raised across UK and EU to counter-protest Pride flag

05/18/2020

Iraqi Shia cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, who is head of the Sadrist Movement and the Saraya al-Salam militia, said in March: “One of the most appalling things that…

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Added on: 05/19/2020

Coronavirus causing a humanitarian crisis for LGBT+ people around the world

05/18/2020

LGBT+ people around the world are facing a humanitarian crisis. And COVID-19 risks decimating the organizations they rely on for support. UK-based international LGBT+ charity, the Kaleidoscope…

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Added on: 05/18/2020

Freelance, LGBT wary of Japan’s new anti-harassment law

05/17/2020

With a new law aimed at stopping harassment in the workplace set to enter into force in Japan in June, freelance workers and sexual minorities are casting…

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Added on: 05/18/2020

The ‘gender critical’ feminist movement is a cult that grooms, controls and abuses, according to a lesbian who managed to escape

05/17/2020

“TERF is hate speech and it’s time to condemn it,” gender-critical writer Amy Dyess announced in October 2018 – words she now regrets. “TERF is a slur…

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Added on: 05/18/2020

‘Safe But Not Safe’: Life As a Gay Man Between China and New Zealand

05/17/2020

Arriving in New Zealand to start my doctorate in 2017, I immediately sensed it was a more welcoming environment for LGBT people than my home country. On…

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Added on: 05/18/2020

Map Shows Where It’s Illegal To Be Gay – 30 Years Since WHO Declassified Homosexuality As Disease

05/17/2020

It’s still illegal to be LGBT+ in 70 countries, and you could be given the death penalty in 12, as the world marks 30 years since “homosexuality”…