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Added on: 09/17/2024

SheDrives: Pakistan’s first ride-share service exclusively for women and the transgender community

Hindustan Times
09/16/2024
A new service by the name of SheDrives was launched in Lahore, Pakistan recently and the most interesting thing about it is that it exclusively serves transgender…
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Added on: 09/17/2024

Canada expels Uganda’s homophobic envoy

Erasing 76 Crimes
09/16/2024
Canada has expelled Uganda’s High Commissioner Joy Ruth Acheng, accusing her of breaching the diplomatic code of conduct. Acheng has served as Uganda’s High Commissioner to Canada…
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Added on: 09/17/2024

LGBTQ ally Democrat announces run for Texas House Speaker

The Dallas Voice
09/16/2024
Texas state Rep. Ana-María Rodríguez Ramos, a Democrat from Richardson, announced Sunday night, Sept. 15, that she is running for Speaker of the House. “When it comes…
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Added on: 09/16/2024

Queers for Palestine? Group offers $1 million for LGBTQ advocacy org to hosts Pride parade in Gaza, West Bank

Fox News
09/16/2024
A watchdog group that aims to expose hypocrisy announced Monday that it would donate $1 million to “Queers for Palestine” or any U.S. LGBTQ advocacy organization to…
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Added on: 09/16/2024

LGBTQ+ are ‘disgusting,’ says incoming Police Chief Daniel Levi in a recording published by N12

The Jerusalem Post
09/15/2024
Israel’s incoming Police Commissioner, Daniel Levi, is under fire after N12 exposed homophobic remarks from earlier this year on Sunday. Levi, who was serving as Coastal District commander…
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Added on: 09/16/2024

NSW’s first openly transgender woman elected into office in Newy

Newcastle Weekly
09/15/2024
History has been made again in Newcastle, with the election of the first openly transgender councillor Paige Johnson into office. The Labor candidate was voted top of the…
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Added on: 09/16/2024

How this Phoenix festival inspires Latino pride for LGBTQ business owners

Arizona Republic
09/15/2024
When Jimmie Muñoz started his business Passport Destilados, he aimed to distribute craft spirits from Mexican beverage makers in the United States, focusing on showcasing businesses owned…
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Added on: 09/15/2024

New Malta LGBTIQ+ Sports Association Hosts International Tennis Tournament

Lovin Malta
09/14/2024
A new LGBTIQ+ friendly NGO has hit the streets. Meet The Malta LGBTIQ+ Sports Association! “Our mission is to create a diverse, supportive sporting community that welcomes…
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Added on: 09/15/2024

Ghana: As anti-LGBTQ+ bill remains stalled, man marches against it in Accra

AfricaNews
09/14/2024
Ghanaian Texas Kadir Moro concluded a series of solo demonstrations for LGBTQ+ rights in Accra on Thursday (Sep. 12). “Justice begins where inequality ends” or “judging others…
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Added on: 09/15/2024

Uruguay’s LGBTQ+ community pushes for greater political representation ahead of October elections

Watermark
09/14/2024
Uruguay’s LGBTQ+ community finds itself in a moment of strategic reflection and coordinated action in this crucial election year. With presidential elections on the horizon, diverse voices…
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Added on: 09/15/2024

Nation’s first financial redress scheme passed for people convicted under Tasmanian laws against homosexuality

ABC Australia
09/14/2024
Tasmania may become the first state or territory in Australia to introduce a financial compensation scheme for people convicted of the past criminal offences of homosexuality and…
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Added on: 09/14/2024

Meet the straight ally who is protesting Ghana’s anti-LGBTQ bill

Associated Press
09/13/2024
Texas Kadiri Moro stood in the middle of the hustle and bustle of Accra on Thursday, dressed in short pink Speedos and a pink polo shirt. Accompanied…
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Added on: 09/14/2024

LGBTQ Group Endorses Straight Democrat Over Gay Republican

Metro Weekly
09/13/2024
Garden State Equality Action Fund, the political arm of the LGBTQ advocacy group Garden State Equality, has endorsed a straight Democrat for New Jersey’s U.S. Senate race…
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Added on: 09/14/2024

Same-sex marriage was on a roll in Asia. Not anymore

CNN
09/13/2024
Rainbow flags rippled in the wind as gay and lesbian couples walked hand in hand down a makeshift aisle in Bangkok’s busy Siam shopping district. Thailand’s Senate…
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Added on: 09/14/2024

Telangana announces transgender traffic troops under new recruitment program

India Today
09/13/2024
The Telangana government has announced India’s first-ever transgender-specific government recruitment and social welfare program, under which transgender persons will be trained and recruited for traffic management. As…
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Added on: 09/13/2024

Zimbabwe: Two Men Face Jail on Sodomy Charges After Approaching Police

Mamba Online
09/12/2024
Two men in Zimbabwe have been arrested on sodomy charges after seeking police assistance to resolve a domestic dispute. According to the country’s National Prosecuting Authority (NPA), Tavimbanashe…
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Added on: 09/13/2024

Russian Streaming Website Kinopoisk Fined $110K for ‘LGBT Propaganda’

MSN
09/12/2024
A Moscow court fined the popular Russian movie streaming website Kinopoisk 10 million rubles ($110,000) on Tuesday for charges related to “propaganda” of LGBTQ+ lifestyles and pedophilia. The…
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Added on: 09/13/2024

Kenyan and queer: how going public as gay and non-binary has led to a life of activism and optimism

The Guardian
09/12/2024
When Chris Muriithi (they/them) woke up to a stream of messages and missed calls one morning six years ago, their blood ran cold. Their foreboding grew into…
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Added on: 09/13/2024

What Donald Trump was referring to with his ‘transgender operations on illegal immigrants’ claim

San Francisco Chronicle
09/12/2024
It was only one of many bromides from former President Donald Trump in Tuesday night’s debate — that Vice President Kamala Harris “wants to do transgender operations…
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Added on: 09/11/2024

Kiwi athletes voice concerns about transgender guidelines for sports in open letter

Newstalk ZB
09/11/2024
Over 50 high-profile sporting identities and former Olympians have signed an open letter urging the Government to rethink the guiding principles for transgender athletes participating in sports….
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Added on: 09/11/2024

Delaware Democrats back Sarah McBride’s bid to become first openly transgender person in US Congress

Associated Press
09/10/2024
Delaware in November could elect the first openly transgender member of Congress and the state’s first Black U.S. senator. On Tuesday, voters in the Blue Hen State…
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Added on: 09/11/2024

In Thailand, Locals Are Expanding on the Country’s Queer Legacy

Conde Nast Traveler
09/10/2024
Daytime Bangkok is an industrial opera—flashing tuks-tuks, hectic motorbikes, and dogged taxis whizz by the end of a side street, creating a soundtrack of car horns and…
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Added on: 09/11/2024

Kenyan and queer: how going public as gay and non-binary has led to a life of activism and optimism

The Guardian
09/10/2024
When Chris Muriithi (they/them) woke up to a stream of messages and missed calls one morning six years ago, their blood ran cold. Their foreboding grew into…
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Added on: 09/10/2024

France’s new prime minister twice voted against gay rights and critics won’t let him forget it

ABC News
09/09/2024
As soon as Michel Barnier was named France’s new prime minister, critics found a skeleton in his closet. Back in 1981, the 30-year-old lawmaker joined more than…
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Added on: 09/10/2024

More than 160 Democrats urge Supreme Court to support transgender people’s rights to health care

Advocate
09/09/2024
More than 160 members of Congress have filed a brief with the U.S. Supreme Court in support of defending transgender rights in America. The case, U.S. v….
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Added on: 09/10/2024

‘We have listened’: gender identity question added to Australia’s 2026 census after federal government backflip

The Guardian
09/09/2024
The government is adding a second new question to the 2026 census, restoring a proposed question on gender identity along with one on sexuality after a backlash…
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Added on: 09/10/2024

Yan Daudu: Traditional femme man confronts Nigeria’s modern homophobia

Erasing 76 Crimes
09/09/2024
After years of openly presenting as a woman, 32-year-old Adamu finds himself at a pivotal moment as he prepares to marry a woman. “I believe it is…
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Added on: 09/09/2024

Tonga Law Society members launch petition to remove Kingdom’s first openly gay chief justice

Radio New Zealand
09/08/2024
A petition circulating in Tonga is calling for the newly appointed chief justice, Malcolm Bishop from Wales, to have his position revoked because he is openly gay. The…
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Added on: 09/09/2024

Transgender Student Proudly Wears Male Uniform in Havana School

Cuba Headlines
09/08/2024
Yumisleidi Rodríguez, a transgender student in  Cuba, proudly shared on social media their ability to choose and wear the male school uniform at their educational center in Havana,…
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Added on: 09/09/2024

Two men in Zimbabwe face 14 years in prison after accidentally telling cops they’re a gay couple

LGBTQ Nation
09/08/2024
A young gay couple in Zimbabwe inadvertently got themselves arrested when one called the police on the other over a money dispute. The two men – one aged…
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