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Added on: 07/07/2023

20% of Brazilians still consider homosexuality a disease: study

07/06/2023

Lucas, a 34 year-old businessman from São Pauki, has felt out of place since childhood. A Catholic school pupil in his early years, he grew up in…

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Added on: 07/07/2023

Kurdistan Region of Iraq: LGBT Rights Group Shuttered

07/06/2023

A court in the Kurdistan region of Iraq dealt independent civil society a blow on May 31, 2023, by ordering the closure of Rasan Organization over “its…

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Added on: 07/05/2023

Couples in Nepal celebrate ruling allowing same-sex marriage

07/04/2023

Nepal will soon see the first legal same-sex marriages registered after an interim ruling from the country’s top court. The Nepal Supreme Court issued the interim order…

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Added on: 07/05/2023

Kyrgyz Woman Wins Strategic Gender Equality Case

07/04/2023

Altyn Kapalova is a lesbian feminist, artist, and writer from Kyrgyzstan who has been fighting with Kyrgyz authorities for more than two years for the right to…

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Added on: 07/05/2023

LGBT Ireland calls for 2027 Census to include gender identity and sexual orientation questions

07/04/2023

LGBT Ireland is insisting that the Central Statistics Office (CSO) include LGBTQ+ questions about sexual orientation and gender identity on the 2027 Census. A national Census of…

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Added on: 07/04/2023

Government censors in DR Congo demand news outlets stop reporting on LGBT issues

07/03/2023

The government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo has issued a warning to media outlets: do not promote LGBT issues in the DRC. The Congolese Broadcasting…

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Added on: 07/04/2023

Women’s World Cup: Australia Will Not Risk Wearing ‘One Love’ Armbands

07/03/2023

Women’s World Cup co-hosts Australia will not risk wearing “One Love” armbands in support of LGBTQ rights at the tournament, captain Sam Kerr said, adding that she…

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Added on: 07/04/2023

Pride Is a Protest. This Year, London Lived Up To That.

07/03/2023

It can be tempting – when you see a colourful parade through central London of glitter and rainbow flags – to think of Pride as a party….

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Added on: 07/04/2023

Bill introduced in Navajo Nation to legalize marriage equality

07/03/2023

Navajo Nation Council Delegate Seth Damon of Bááháálí, New Mexico is sponsoring a bill to have the Navajo Nation recognize marriages between two people of any genders….

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Added on: 07/03/2023

DeSantis campaign shares video slamming Trump’s past vow to protect LGBTQ rights

07/02/2023

A campaign Twitter account for Ron DeSantis’ 2024 presidential bid is being criticized for marking the end of Pride Month on Friday by sharing a video slamming…

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Added on: 07/03/2023

What’s it like being queer in Luxembourg in 2023?

07/02/2023

At 29, Eric Glod is not just one of Luxembourg’s top athletes, but also a champion for LGBTQIA+ rights. The four-time national table tennis champion, who currently…

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Added on: 07/02/2023

Activists hail Nepal ruling allowing same-sex marriage

07/01/2023

Same-sex couples in Nepal said on Friday they were preparing to register their marriages after the Supreme Court issued a temporary order clearing the way for gay…

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Added on: 07/02/2023

Supreme Court says 1st Amendment entitles web designer to refuse same-sex wedding work

07/01/2023

In a major decision affecting LGBTQ rights, the U.S. Supreme Court on Friday carved out a significant exception to public accommodations laws–laws that in most states bar…

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Added on: 07/02/2023

South Korea LGBT festival proceeds, bumped from prime spot by Christian group

07/01/2023

Tens of thousands attended South Korea’s largest annual LGBT festival on Saturday, vowing to continue fighting for gay rights after the Seoul city government denied them a…

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Added on: 07/01/2023

Southeast Asia’s Most Gay-Friendly Country Still Has No Law Against LGBT Discrimination

06/30/2023

At first glance, the deeply Catholic Philippines can seem surprisingly LGBT-friendly. In a nation of 110 million people, more than 110,000 showed up last week to Quezon…

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Added on: 07/01/2023

Supreme Court limits LGBTQ protections with ruling in favor of Christian web designer

06/30/2023

The Supreme Court Friday ruled in favor of a Christian web designer in Colorado who refuses to create websites to celebrate same-sex weddings out of religious objections….

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Added on: 06/30/2023

‘There are more trans bans than trans athletes’: what’s driving anti-LGBTQ+ hate in America?

06/29/2023

Gillian Branstetter, a trans rights advocate, has watched in distress over the last year as lawmakers have eliminated fundamental protections for transgender people across the US. But…

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Added on: 06/30/2023

Survey: more than half of Argentines are in favor of greater LGBT+ representation in politics

06/29/2023

In its International LGBT+ Pride Day survey on the representation that diversities have in the political sphere shows that more than half of the Argentines consulted are…

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Added on: 06/30/2023

Why is Russia ramping up attacks on LGBT rights during the Ukraine invasion?

06/29/2023

After passing a law last year banning all pro-LGBT narratives in the country, Russiais planning to launch an institute to administer “psychiatric terror” on trans individuals. How…

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Added on: 06/29/2023

THE WORLDWIDE OFFENSIVE AGAINST THE RIGHTS OF THE LGBTQ+ COMMMUNITY

06/28/2023

Whenever the rights of LGBTQ+ people move forward in the world, be it with laws that recognize same-sex marriage or the administrative identity of trans people, there…

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Added on: 06/29/2023

A journey of survival and love: Venezuelan asylum seeker flees bigotry and perseveres for a new life in the United States

06/28/2023

It starts years before they made it to the U.S.-Mexico border in October 2022 and turned themselves into authorities, in Yuma, Arizona, asking for asylum. Reydi’s story…

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Added on: 06/28/2023

China crackdown pushes LGBT groups into the shadows

06/27/2023

While celebrations were held around the world for Pride month, there were no major LGBT events in China. The country’s largest Pride event has been suspended since…

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Added on: 06/28/2023

Turkey Detains Dozens of LGBTQ Activists During Pride March

06/27/2023

Turkish police have ramped up a crackdown on LGBTQ activists as dozens of people were detained Sunday at Pride marches in Turkey’s metropolitan Istanbul and Izmir provinces….

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Added on: 06/28/2023

Sexual diversity: 10% of Chileans say they feel part of the LGBT+ community and 65% favor adoption by gay parents

06/27/2023

Research company Ipsos has launched a new edition of the report “LGBT+ Pride 2023”, a study that highlights society’s perception of sexual diversity around the world and…

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Added on: 06/28/2023

Twenty years after a breakthrough Texas case launched a new era of gay rights, trans people are still in the fight

06/27/2023

Seated on a parade float winding its way through Montrose, the heart of Houston’s LGBTQ+ community, John Lawrence and Tyron Garner temporarily assumed the status of queer…

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Added on: 06/27/2023

What does it mean to be queer and a Traveller? Three people explain

06/26/2023

If you hadn’t noticed by the sea of rainbows (we’re living for them), June is Pride month; a month to celebrate the diversity, resilience and beauty of…

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Added on: 06/27/2023

Medical exiles: Families flee states amid crackdown on transgender care

06/26/2023

Hal Dempsey wanted to “escape Missouri.” Arlo Dennis is “fleeing Florida.” The Tillison family “can’t stay in Texas.” They are part of a new migration of Americans…

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Added on: 06/27/2023

Hundreds Marry as Mexico Celebrates Marriage Equality, Gender ID Law

06/26/2023

Jubilant transgender folks and same-sex couples celebrated in Mexico City on Friday. The Associated Press reported 120 couples were able to marry under the slogan, “Hand in…

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Added on: 06/27/2023

Israeli Police Walk Back Restrictions on Pride Parade in Southern Israel

06/26/2023

Israel Police walked back its demand from the organizers of the Mitzpeh Ramon Pride Parade in southern Israel to place a two-meter-high (about 6.7 feet) tarp fence…

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Added on: 06/26/2023

Queer Filipinos remain ‘vigilant but hopeful’ as they hold Pride marches nationwide

06/25/2023

As President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. inches closer to one year in office, Filipinos from the LGBTQ+ community held Pride marches nationwide to celebrate their right to love…