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Added on: 09/30/2022

UN experts demand stay of execution for two women activists sentenced to death in Iran

09/28/2022

UN experts are demanding a stay of execution for two women LGBT rights activists in Iran, Zahra Sedighi-Hamadani and Elham Choubdar, who have been sentenced to death…

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Added on: 09/30/2022

Dominica High Court accepts challenge to sodomy laws

09/27/2022

A constitutional challenge against laws that criminalize same-sex intimacy in the Caribbean country Dominica was to be heard today at the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court, acting as…

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Added on: 09/30/2022

Pakistan’s Progressive Transgender Law Faces Opposition 4 Years Later

09/28/2022

Pakistan is considering amending a landmark transgender rights bill passed in 2018 that some legislators and clerics argue contradicts Islamic teachings on gender identity. Rights activists, however,…

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Added on: 09/30/2022

‘Lift this country up’: Trans pioneer Erika Hilton seeks Brazil election win

09/28/2022

No one does political rags to riches stories quite like Brazil, but even in a nation where the most celebrated president in decades once shined shoes to…

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Added on: 09/29/2022

The Anti-LGBTQ+ Views of Italy’s Likely New Leader, Giorgia Meloni

09/29/2022

LGBTQ+ Italians are concerned about the views of the country’s presumptive new prime minister, Giorgia Meloni. Meloni is leader of the Fratelli d’Italia (Brothers of Italy), a…

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Added on: 09/29/2022

Russians Are Fleeing Putin’s Draft. But in Georgia, Few Are Happy About a Fresh Influx

09/29/2022

It’s not hard to understand why Nikolai Shushpan, who is gay, made the decision to become one of the thousands of Russians to flee to Georgia after…

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Added on: 09/29/2022

Qatar UN ambassador calls on God to ‘curse’ gay people in resurfaced tweet

09/29/2022

Qatar’s ambassador to the United Nations (UN) has deleted her Twitter account after it was revealed she had published numerous homophobic and antisemitic comments online. Hend Al-Muftah…

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Added on: 09/28/2022

Situation in UAE increasingly worrying for international LGBTQ community

09/27/2022

A kiss, a hug or holding hands — acts of fondness by same sex couples in public have always been out of the question in the United…

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Added on: 09/28/2022

Cardinals Cupich, Dolan blast HHS plan to require transgender procedures over religious objections

09/27/2022

Two of America’s most prominent Roman Catholic leaders — Chicago’s Cardinal Blase Cupich and New York’s Cardinal Timothy Dolan — said Tuesday that a Biden administration proposal…

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Added on: 09/28/2022

Nigeria’s Queer Population is Facing an Impossible Decision

09/27/2022

Two years ago, during the Endsars peaceful protests in Nigeria, the younger generation did something that shocked the whole country and Nigerians everywhere. They walked and worked…

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Added on: 09/28/2022

Transgender rights’ bill referred to Senate standing committee

09/26/2022

Senate Chairman Sadiq Sanjrani on Monday referred the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) (Amendment) Bill, 2022, to the relevant standing committee for debate in order to reach…

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Added on: 09/28/2022

Alex Meszaros — Identity.Education, Romania

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Can you tell me a bit about yourself and what led you to join Identity.Education? In 2018, I was studying psychology, and for my Bachelor’s degree, I…

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Added on: 09/27/2022

“Love Is Love” — Meet The Trailblazer Who Broke The Mould For LGBTQ+ Rights In Malaysia

09/26/2022

What does it truly mean to live a life worth living? Is it the clothes you wear or the food you eat? Or is it standing for…

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Added on: 09/27/2022

Cancellation of Taiwan Pride event shows China’s influence extends far beyond its borders

09/26/2022

WorldPride 2025 would have been the first time a global lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ+) event was held in Asia. Originally scheduled to be held…

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Added on: 09/27/2022

Italy’s ‘next PM’ Giorgia Meloni is a far-right leader who rallied against ‘LGBT lobbies’

09/26/2022

Far-right leader Giorgia Meloni, who has rallied against “LBGT lobbies” and so-called “gender ideology”, is set to become Italy’s first female prime minister. Projections based on the…

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Added on: 09/27/2022

Cubans approve gay marriage by large margin in referendum

09/26/2022

Cubans approved gay marriage and adoption overwhelmingly in a Sunday referendum backed by the government that also boosted rights for women, the national election commission said on…

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Added on: 09/26/2022

Cuba holds unusual vote on law allowing same-sex marriage

09/25/2022

HAVANA (AP) — Cuba held a rare referendum Sunday on an unusually contentious law — a government-backed “family law” code that would allow same-sex couples to marry…

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Added on: 09/26/2022

New Netflix documentary follows life of Australian trans teen who challenged laws to affirm gender

09/25/2022

When she was 10, Georgie Stone became the youngest person in Australia to receive hormone blockers. Stone is transgender and had to go to court to fight for…

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Added on: 09/26/2022

Cyprus LGBT+ pride marchers seek equal family rights

09/25/2022

NICOSIA, Sept 25 (Reuters) – Hundreds of activists turned streets of the Cypriot capital into a sea of rainbows on Sunday on a pride march in a…

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Added on: 09/26/2022

Serbia’s Conservatives Seek Textbook Ban Over ‘LGBT Ideology’

09/25/2022

BELGRADE — Staunch religious and political conservatives have teamed up to challenge Serbia’s recently revamped school curriculum over descriptions of gender and sexual identity, sparking a formal…

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Added on: 09/25/2022

Serbia’s Conservatives Seek Textbook Ban Over ‘LGBT Ideology’

09/25/2022

Staunch religious and political conservatives have teamed up to challenge Serbia’s recently revamped school curriculum over descriptions of gender and sexual identity, sparking a formal review that…

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Added on: 09/25/2022

LGBT+ Conservatives urged to pull branded condoms ‘as a favour’ to Liz Truss

09/23/2022

Internal emails from LGBT+ Conservatives suggest the group was told to pull its branded condoms from conference by the prime minister. The party’s LGBTQ+ group announced on…

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Added on: 09/25/2022

The Most Dominant Toxic Election Narratives Online

09/24/2022

Ballot mules. Poll watch parties. Groomers. These topics are now among the most dominant divisive and misleading narratives online about November’s midterm elections, according to researchers and…

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Added on: 09/25/2022

Same-sex parenting not normal, says aide to Italy’s Meloni

09/24/2022

Same-sex parenting is not normal, a senior member of the far-right party expected to win Italy’s election on Sunday has suggested, casting a fresh spotlight on its…

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Added on: 09/24/2022

Pakistan: Transgender rights in focus amid religious complaints

09/23/2022

A religious party in Pakistan has filed a petition against a law that protects the rights of transgender people. Opponents say the legislation could act as a…

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Added on: 09/24/2022

Turkey’s Anti-LGBTQ Display Reflects Nation’s Political Shift

09/23/2022

The 25-year-old translator by day and trans drag performer by night felt overwhelming panic and anxiety when several thousand demonstrators gathered and marched Sunday in Turkey to…

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Added on: 09/24/2022

Cuba uses media blitz to promote ‘yes’ vote on new LGBT-friendly laws

09/23/2022

Cubans will cast ballots this Sunday on whether to approve a new ‘family code’ that would legalize gay marriage and boost women’s rights, with the government urging…

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Added on: 09/23/2022

In a political first, two gay candidates face off in congressional election

09/22/2022

A historic number of LGBTQ candidates will appear on ballots across the country in November. At least 1,095 lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer people have run…

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Added on: 09/23/2022

Italian politics has been in trouble for decades. Now it’s heading for a new low

09/19/2022

Earlier this month, Alessio Di Giulio, a Florentine councillor with rightwing populist party the League, posted a 17-second video that, to my mind, marks the nadir of…

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Added on: 09/23/2022

In divisive election, Brazil’s trans candidates face threats, intimidation

09/22/2022

At her campaign headquarters, Brazilian congressional hopeful Duda Salabert gently lays out the newspaper clippings sent to her in August. Her photo is on many of the…