Discrimination and Equality

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Added on: 04/12/2021

Anti-LGBT+ groups are now pushing voter suppression and anti-vax conspiracy theories

04/11/2021

In an unsurprising development, a cluster of right-wing groups that actively campaign for anti-trans bills are also backing voter suppression and anti-vaccine conspiracies. New restrictions that could…

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Added on: 04/12/2021

Putin Officially Bans Same-Sex Marriage In Russia And Stops Transgender People Adopting

04/11/2021

Russian president Vladimir Putin has put a ban on same-sex marriage and transgender adoptions, in a huge blow for LGBTQ+ rights. Putin officially changed the country’s constitution…

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Added on: 04/12/2021

Backlash in Iran after academic calls for ‘removing gays’ from Tehran

04/11/2021

Activists launched a petition against an Iranian academic and theatre director who was slammed for making homophobic remarks in an outrageous rant against the Iran’s LGBTQ+ community….

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Added on: 04/11/2021

After Going ‘Free of L.G.B.T.,’ a Polish Town Pays a Price

4/10/21

When local councilors adopted a resolution two years ago declaring their small town in southeastern Poland “free of L.G.B.T.,” the mayor didn’t see much harm in what…

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Added on: 04/09/2021

Panel of Japan’s ruling LDP to seek early passage of law on LGBT understanding

04/08/2021

A ruling party committee said Thursday that it will aim to enact a law to promote understanding of sexual minorities during the ongoing session of the Diet,…

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Added on: 04/09/2021

Malaysia pushes for Sharia law to be tougher on LGBT+ Muslims

04/08/2021

On Tuesday (6 April) the Malaysian government announced plans to move forward with an amendment to the Sharia Courts Act that would allow heavier punishments to be…

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Added on: 04/09/2021

The Guatemalan asylum seeker who created a refuge for gay and transgender migrants on the US border

04/08/2021

Kissing his partner goodbye on a normal day before heading to work changed the life of 32-year-old Estuardo Cifuentes forever. It was mid-2019 when he stepped out…

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Added on: 04/08/2021

Teachers ‘fear for job prospects if they reveal LGBT identity’

04/08/2021

There are about 4,000 primary teachers across Ireland who are uncomfortable revealing their LGBT identity to their employers, a conference heard. Many are afraid to come out…

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Added on: 04/08/2021

Focus on inclusion, not alienation, in dealing with LGBT, Putrajaya told

04/08/2021

Suhakam has urged the government to reconsider its decision to impose heavier punishments for offences associated with the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community. Commissioner Hishamudin…

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Added on: 04/08/2021

Top Polish judge under fire for tweet about transgender kid

04/08/2021

Poland’s leading opposition party is asking prosecutors to investigate a constitutional court judge who it alleges has endangered a 10-year-old transgender child by identifying the child publicly….

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Added on: 04/07/2021

Venezuela’s Secret: Crimes Against LGBTQ+ Migrants And Sex Workers

04/06/2021

“Hello, Papi, I am in Brazil.” A text message I received sitting in my home office after nearly a month of silence signified Victor Arellano’s nine-month battle…

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Added on: 04/07/2021

Civil groups chide minister Zulkifli’s insistence on harsher laws against LGBT

04/07/2021

KUALA LUMPUR, April 7 — A coalition of local civil societies has today slammed religious affairs minister Datuk Zulkifli Mohamad’s insistence to table a law amendment that…

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Added on: 04/07/2021

How a Black, Gay Refugee Created a Community For Queer Asylum Seekers

04/06/2021

In 2014, Nigeria passed a law providing penalties of up to 14 years in prison for couples that enter into a same-sex union, and up to 10…

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Added on: 04/07/2021

Discrimination part of everyday life for Peru’s trans people

04/06/2021

The attack on Gahela Cari came following a televised political debate in the form of a searing tweet from her opponent. Attached to it was an image…

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Added on: 04/07/2021

Uzbek Interior Ministry statement threatens journalist Agnieszka Pikulicka with prosecution over LGBTQ reporting

04/06/2021

On March 28, Pikulicka, a freelance correspondent for Al-Jazeera and The Guardian based in Tashkent, the capital, visited LGBTQ activist Miraziz Bazarov, who was hospitalized after being…

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Added on: 04/07/2021

Israel activists protest rising influence of anti-gay lawmakers

04/06/2021

Hundreds of people demonstrated in Jerusalem on Tuesday against a group of newly elected Israeli lawmakers who oppose gay rights, in a Middle Eastern country seen as…

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Added on: 04/06/2021

Russia’s Top Documentary Fest Pulls Gay Chechen Film After Threats

04/05/2021

Russia’s premier documentary film festival has pulled a movie about a gay MMA fighter from Chechnya from its lineup after receiving threats over it. “Silent Voice” tells…

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Added on: 04/06/2021

Sexual minorities are often invisible’: meet Seoul’s only LGBT mayoral candidate

04/05/2021

Oh Tae-yang was spurred to run for mayor by the deaths of high-profile LGBT figures, and has upset some in conservative South Korea Steven Borowiec in Seoul…

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Added on: 04/06/2021

Jail time for transgender women in Cameroon extended after trial delay

04/05/2021

April 5 (Reuters) – Two transgender women facing charges of “attempted homosexuality” in a high profile case in Cameroon will spend more than two months behind bars…

World Voices

Added on: 04/06/2021

Yi Yang: Judicial Activist, Program Officer – LGBT Rights Advocacy, China

Xong Xhang

Alturi Contributor

What is it like to be LGBTIQ+ in China? Reflecting on the LGBTIQ+ situation in China, Yi outlined his personal experiences as a gay man, and the…

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Added on: 04/05/2021

Nearly 60% of Japan municipalities say current LGBT system inadequate

04/05/2021

Fifty-nine percent of 87 local governments that have introduced, or plan to introduce, a same-sex partnership system feel that Japan’s current system for sexual minorities is inadequate,…

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Added on: 04/05/2021

Far right puts brakes on a new law that aims to stamp out homophobia in Italy

04/04/2021

Daniela Lourdes Falanga has had her fair share of battles. The first was to survive a brutal upbringing as the firstborn son of a mafia boss in…

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Added on: 04/05/2021

Transgender immigrants find a safe place in Portugal

05/05/2021

Lisbon’s immigrant community already face discrimination in all areas of life – from work to housing: amid the pandemic some now face eviction after falling behind on…

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Added on: 04/04/2021

Defiant Russian LGBT+ alliance silenced by authorities vows to ‘change this shameful reality’

4/3/21

An LGBT+ social media page followed by tens of thousands of queer Russians and allies blocked by authorities has vowed to continue fighting for equality. The Alliance…

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Added on: 04/02/2021

Turkey detains students and supporters over LGBT flags

03/26/2021

Police in Turkey detained dozens of people who assembled outside a courthouse Friday in a show of solidarity with 12 students who were taken into custody for…

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Added on: 04/02/2021

Chechnya’s Horrific ‘Gay Purge’: A 4-Year Timeline of Abduction, Torture and Murder

04/01/2021

April 1, 2021, marks four years since the world at large was first made aware of Chechnya’s gay purge — atrocities committed against LGBTQ people within the…

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Added on: 04/01/2021

From Rights To Jobs—LBGTQ+ Liberation In The Arab World

03/31/2021

Before the Beirut Port blast last August that killed hundreds and destroyed entire neighborhoods, Lebanon’s economy was already under enormous pressure due to long-standing political challenges and…

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Added on: 04/01/2021

‘Beautiful and fierce’: Voguing balls let LGBT Chinese shine

03/31/2021

Leather, glitter, stilettos and a strut — voguing, the underground dance phenomenon, has seized Beijing and given China’s LGBT community a “playground” to celebrate their identities. Sashaying…

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Added on: 04/01/2021

Lil Nas X’s satanic music video ‘liberating’ for Black gay men

03/30/2021

Lil Nas X may have angered Nike by selling “Satan Shoes” to promote his latest song, but many gay Black people see the video where the rapper…

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Added on: 04/01/2021

Defiant MP skewers LGB Alliance for spewing ‘nonsense, fake news and misinformation’ around conversion therapy

03/31/2021

Jamie Stone, a Scottish Liberal Democrat MP, lambasted the high-decibel anti-trans lobbying group for “masquerading as LGBT+ allies”, a sentiment similarly expressed by top Pride organisers and…