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Added on: 03/12/2024

Australian soccer embraces Pride round despite teenage player’s anti-gay screed

03/11/2024

The Pride Celebrations in Australia’s A-Leagues at the weekend were certainly colorful. They were also meaningful to many of the country’s top-flight soccer stars. The controversy surrounding…

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Added on: 03/12/2024

Florida ‘Don’t Say Gay’ law upheld after settlement in federal court

03/11/2024

The state of Florida settled a multi-year suit Monday against the so-called “Don’t Say Gay” law, which limits how LGBTQ topics can be discussed and presented in…

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Added on: 03/11/2024

California City Passes Ban Preventing Government from Flying ‘Pride’ Flags

03/10/2024

Voters in Huntington Beach, California voted on Thursday to only allow a list of acceptable flags the city can fly, effectively banning the “pride” flag from being…

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Added on: 03/11/2024

Panamanian LGBTQ Groups Urge Presidential Candidates to Support Same-Sex Marriage

03/10/2024

Several LGBTQ groups in Panama asked presidential candidates on Thursday to commit to recognizing same-sex marriage, which was rejected a year ago by the Panamanian justice system. About…

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Added on: 03/11/2024

Thousands Rally After Shocking Attack on Trans Couple Rattles Thessaloniki Documentary Festival, Greek LGBTQ Community Defiant: ‘We Are Not Afraid’

03/10/2024

UPDATED: A crowd that swelled into the thousands took to the streets of Thessaloniki Sunday night, one day after a shocking attack on a transgender couple rocked Greece’s…

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Added on: 03/11/2024

China’s sexual minorities suffering violence in “conversion therapy”

03/10/2024

As gender diversity spreads around the world, the position of sexual minorities in Chinese society is deteriorating, with many sent to correctional facilities where they undergo brutal…

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Added on: 03/10/2024

Spotlight on Bangladeshi politicians’ anti-trans, anti-gay remarks

03/09/2024

LGBTQ rights activists have denounced Bangladeshi politicians for their anti-gay and anti-trans hate speech in recent months along with their opposition to inclusion of references to transgender…

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Added on: 03/10/2024

U.S. expands crackdown on Ugandan homophobes seeking visas

03/09/2024

The United States has expanded the number of Ugandan officials who are denied visas because of their anti-LGBTQ stance. The Guardian reported: US denies visa to Ugandan…

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Added on: 03/10/2024

Coptic Church cuts theological dialogue with Catholics; says blessing gays ‘unacceptable’

03/09/2024

One of the most influential Oriental Orthodox Churches has suspended theological dialogue with the Catholic Church and reaffirmed its opposition to “all forms of homosexual relationships,” in…

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Added on: 03/10/2024

In Argentina, feminists and LGBT groups challenge Javier Milei

03/09/2024

Around a hundred women, transgender, and non-binary people gathered on Wednesday, March 6 on the patio of the Hotel Hector Quagliaro in Buenos Aires, loaned by the…

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Added on: 03/09/2024

In Argentina, feminists and LGBT groups challenge Javier Milei

04/08/2024

Around a hundred women, transgender, and non-binary people gathered on Wednesday, March 6 on the patio of the Hotel Hector Quagliaro in Buenos Aires, loaned by the…

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Added on: 03/09/2024

Pronoun button party brings together members of Lawrence’s Indigenous, queer communities

03/08/2024

Dozens of community members gathered at Art Love Collective Friday evening for a pronoun button party. The event, originally planned to be held at the Lawrence Public…

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Added on: 03/09/2024

‘Love wins’ say Greek lesbian couple as they wed at last

03/08/2024

A calendar reminder shone up on Danai Deligeorges’ phone on Thursday evening: “Wedding”, the message said. She turned, smiling, to her partner Alexia Beziki. “Are you ready?”…

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Added on: 03/09/2024

Angola: Carlos Fernandes, LGBTQI+ Pioneer, Believed Murdered

03/08/2024

The queer community in Angola is reeling from the loss of Carlos Fernandes, founder and director of Associação Íris Angola (Íris), the country’s first registered LGBTQI+ group,…

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Added on: 03/08/2024

Ghana’s President Vows No Action on Anti-LGBTQ+ Bill Until Supreme Court Rules on a Challenge to it

03/07/2024

Ghana’s president said Tuesday his government will wait for a Supreme Court ruling before taking action on a bill that would further criminalize members of the LGBTQ+…

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Added on: 03/08/2024

California beach town votes for Pride flag ban

03/07/2024

Elections were held in California on Tuesday (5 March), with results from the Orange County Registrar of Voters showing more than 58 per cent of voters had said “yes”…

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Added on: 03/08/2024

Love wins’ say Greek lesbian couple as they wed at last

03/07/2024

ATHENS, March 7 (Reuters) – A calendar reminder shone up on Danai Deligeorges’ phone on Thursday evening: “Wedding”, the message said. She turned, smiling, to her partner…

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Added on: 03/08/2024

Serbian LGBT Activists, Supporters Protest Alleged Police Brutality In Belgrade

03/07/2024

BELGRADE — Several hundred Serbian LGBT activists and their supporters protested in central Belgrade against alleged police brutality on March 6 following reports of abuse against two LGBT persons…

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Added on: 03/07/2024

US denies visa to Ugandan MP who called for homosexual castration

03/06/2024

The Ugandan MP Sarah Achieng Opendi, who called for homosexuals to be castrated during a parliamentary debate on the world’s harshest anti-LGBTQ+ laws has been denied a visa to attend…

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Added on: 03/07/2024

Queer in Gaza’ campaign aims to raise awareness about Hamas LGBTQ+ persecution

03/06/2024

A new campaign launched a website to raise awareness about the Hamas terrorist movement’s lethal actions targeting the persecuted LGBTQ+ community in the Gaza Strip. The Equality Campaign Inc….

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Added on: 03/07/2024

Ghana’s LGBT terror: ‘We live in fear of snitches’

03/06/2024

Homophobia is not uncommon in Ghana, where gay sex is already against the law and carries a three-year prison sentence, but now the LGBTQ+ community is feeling…

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Added on: 03/07/2024

After years of legal discrimination, Poland’s same-sex couples await civil union law

03/06/2024

WARSAW, Poland — In an apartment on the outskirts of Warsaw, 5-year-old Olek fills his home with the twangs of a ukulele while his 2-year-old sister, Jagienka,…

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Added on: 03/06/2024

Doritos Cuts Ties With Transgender Ambassador After Backlash

03/05/2024

Doritos on Tuesday confirmed that it had parted ways with a transgender influencer, but said that the decision was not the result of the transphobic backlash the…

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Added on: 03/06/2024

‘This is still taboo’: queer teens and their families embrace gay comedy in Serbia

03/05/2024

The hurling of a salad bowl to the floor might not sound like the most dramatic of moments, but it sent a ripple of recognition through the…

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Added on: 03/06/2024

Russian LGBTQ+ ‘Conversion Therapy’ Isolates Patients for Months – Report

03/05/2024

At least a dozen clinics in Russia “secretly” conduct so-called conversion therapy, an abusive practice used to forcibly “cure” LGBTQ+ people, the U.S.-funded broadcaster Current Time reported…

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Added on: 03/06/2024

Ghana’s President to Await Court Decision Before Signing Anti-LGBTQ Bill

03/05/2024

Ghanaian President Nana Akufo-Addo said on Tuesday he will wait to act on an anti-LGBTQ bill that parliament passed last week, saying in a statement that the…

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Added on: 03/05/2024

Trouble in Bangkok as Filipino transgender group clashes with Thai peers

03/04/2024

Police officers from Lumphini station were called out on Monday to break up the fight that broke out at a restaurant in Soi Sukhumvit 11near Nana BTS…

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Added on: 03/05/2024

Republican Bill Would Imprison Teachers Who Support Trans Students

03/03/2024

A Missouri Republican proposed legislation that, if passed, could imprison teachers who support transgender students, the latest in a string of bills targeting the LGBTQ+ community nationwide….

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Added on: 03/05/2024

S. Korea Methodists excommunicate pastor over gay rights

03/04/2024

South Korea’s Methodist Church has excommunicated a pastor for advocating gay rights, according to a church verdict obtained Tuesday by AFP. Nearly a quarter of South Korea’s…

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Added on: 03/05/2024

Ghana May Lose $3.8Bn World Bank Funding Over Anti-LGBTQ+ Bill

03/04/2024

The government of Ghana may lose a total of $3.8 billion in World Bank funding over its recent Anti-LGBTQ bill passed by the country’s parliament last week….