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Added on: 03/11/2021

LGBT+ refugees call on U.N. for safe space after Kenya camp attacks

03/05/2021

LGBT+ people living in a refugee camp in northwestern Kenya urged U.N. officials on Friday to move them to a safer area following a series of homophobic…

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Added on: 03/10/2021

Uzbekistan: Draft Criminal Code Offers Little Meaningful Reform

03/10/2021

Uzbekistan should ensure that its new Criminal Code does not just tinker with some problematic provisions, but reflects meaningful reform, Human Rights Watch said today. The new…

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Added on: 03/10/2021

Tunisia: Harassment, Arbitrary Detention of LGBT Rights Activist

03/10/2021

A Tunisian court sentenced a prominent LGBT rights activist on March 4, 2021, to six months in prison and a fine for shouting outside a police station…

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Added on: 03/10/2021

Italy court urges more rights for children of gay couples

03/09/2021

Italy’s Constitutional Court on Tuesday said the country urgently needs a law on the rights of children of same-sex couples, in a step campaigners said did not…

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Added on: 03/10/2021

Belgian prime minster flies rainbow flag in response to gay man’s murder

03/09/2021

Belgian Prime Minister Alexander De Croo flew the rainbow LGBTQ Pride flag outside his office on Tuesday in response to the fatal stabbing of a gay man…

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Added on: 03/10/2021

LGBTQ Travel Safety in Croatia: 39th Most Popular Country in the World

03/09/2021

March 9, 2021 – When it comes to traveling, Croatia has been known as a gay-friendly destination, even though not all Croatians in every part of the…

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Added on: 03/09/2021

Ghana’s emerging LGBT movement battles with hostility

03/09/2021

When activists in Ghana opened a support centre for the local gay community, they expected some pushback in a religiously conservative West African country where homosexuality is…

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Added on: 03/09/2021

Patriarchal Albania offers little compassion for same-sex relationships

03/09/2021

TIRANA (Reuters) – Sara, a 26-year-old woman from Tirana, is reluctant to talk about her love life with friends and family as they cannot understand her attraction…

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Added on: 03/09/2021

Nigerian police raid suspected ‘gay party’ and drag ‘scores’ of men to anti-cult office

03/08/2021

Police have reportedly raided a hotel in Anambra, Nigeria, where a group of “suspected gays” were having a party, following an anonymous tip-off. According to a local…

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Added on: 03/09/2021

Senegal: Hate speech flourishes on Facebook in language used by 5 million

03/08/2021

In Senegal, anti-gay hate speech spreads on Facebook without restraint in abusive posts that are written in Wolof, LGBTQ+ advocates say. That’s the local language for 5…

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Added on: 03/08/2021

The fallen hope of LGBTQ+ in Ghana

03/07/2021

Ghana has mixed record on its treatment of Lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) persons. It’s Criminalizes ”unnatural carnal knowledge” in section 104 (1) (b) of its…

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Added on: 03/08/2021

Russia hatches sinister plan to ban trans, bisexual, abortion and polyamorous ‘propaganda’

03/07/2021

With Russia’s population expected to decline by 30 million over the next decade, the question of how to raise the birth rate dominated discussions on Thursday (4…

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Added on: 03/07/2021

Tunisians protest for LGBT rights activist’s release

3/7/21

Hundreds of Tunisians demanded the release of an activist sentenced to six months in prison for allegedly insulting a police officer. The incident for which 26-year-old LGBT…

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Added on: 03/07/2021

Confronting Jamaica’s hydra of deadly religious homophobia

3/7/21

Research by Jamaica’s most respected university found that religious homophobia is a major reason the country lags the rest of the western hemisphere in recognizing LGBT human…

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Added on: 03/07/2021

Italian politicians targeting LGBTQ people to divert attention away from the COVID economy, experts say

3/7/21

Two years ago, Francesco, then 18, became homeless overnight. His mother, an evangelical Christian, called the police to evict him from the family’s home in the southern…

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Added on: 03/06/2021

Hungary’s media authority takes legal action against TV channel due to an LGBTQ+ advert

03/05/2021

Hungary’s media watchdog, the National Media and Infocommunications Authority have announced they will be taking legal action against the RTL Hungary media group. The legal action comes…

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Added on: 03/06/2021

Myanmar’s Pro-Democracy Protests Are Giving a Voice to LGBTQ+ People

03/05/2021

Sue Sha Shin Thant, a transgender woman, has experienced a lifetime of discrimination and social exclusion in Myanmar, where LGBTQ+ people have no recognized rights or protections…

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Added on: 03/06/2021

Archbishop Welby condemns Nigerian Primate’s anti-gay language

03/05/2021

THE Archbishop of Canterbury has condemned the “unacceptable” language that the Archbishop of Nigeria, the Most Revd Henry Ndukuba, used to describe gay people (News, 2 March)….

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Added on: 03/06/2021

American Psychological Association opposes transgender conversion “therapy” in historic statement

03/05/2021

The biggest professional psychologist organization in the U.S. has come out against transgender conversion therapy in a new statement, saying that the practice puts “individuals at significant…

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Added on: 03/05/2021

Europe’s nurses need more training to ‘reduce biases’ around LGBT+ issues

03/03/2021

Calls have been made to ensure nurses across Europe are trained to be “compassionate and culturally aware” towards lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT+) people, after new…

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Added on: 03/05/2021

Mississippi governor to sign bill banning transgender student-athletes from female sports teams

03/04/2021

Mississippi legislators have passed a bill that would ban transgender athletes from competing on female sports teams in schools and universities — one of over two dozen…

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Added on: 03/05/2021

LGBT practice: Civil society, NGOs back FG’s stand

03/04/2021

The nation’s Civil Society and some Non-Governmental Organisation (NGOs) on Thursday added their voice against move by the USA and European to force the Federal Government to…

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Added on: 03/05/2021

Peter Murimi – Documentary Filmmaker, Kenya

Savita Sukul

Alturi Contributor

Peter is a storyteller in several capacities. He works on the TV investigation strand called “Africa Eye” for the BBC as a director and a producer. However,…

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Added on: 03/04/2021

South Korea’s first known transgender soldier found dead

03/03/2021

SEOUL, South Korea — South Korea’s first known transgender soldier, who protested the military’s decision last year to discharge her for undergoing gender reassignment surgery, was found…

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Added on: 03/04/2021

The growing calls for a boycott of the Qatar World Cup

03/04/2021

In December, Danish caretaker Casper Fischer did something he had never done before. The 32 year old decided to petition Denmark’s parliament – the Folketing – to…

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Added on: 03/04/2021

The Trailer: Why Republicans keep running against trans rights

03/04/2021

In this edition: The GOP’s transgender politics, lessons from CPAC and a sit-down with a Republican running for Congress against Trump. We don’t have the Kraken anymore,…

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Added on: 03/03/2021

Kevin Mwachiro: Author-Podcaster-Journalist, Kenya

Savita Sukul

Alturi Contributor

Kevin is passionate about social justice and human rights issues, and he volunteers as a board member for the Gay and Lesbian Coalition of Kenya and the…

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Added on: 03/03/2021

Actor Idris Elba, Naomi Campbell call for Ghana to protect LGBT+ community

03/01/2021

LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Actor Idris Elba and model Naomi Campbell have joined 65 other British celebrities, designers and politicians in calling for Ghana’s president to…

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Added on: 03/03/2021

Homosexuality can still be called a mental disorder in China, court rules

03/02/2021

A court in China‘s eastern Jiangsu province has ruled in favour of a publisher that described homosexuality as a “psychological disorder” in a university textbook. The Suyu…

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Added on: 03/03/2021

Polish court acquits LGBT activists in rainbow Virgin Mary case

03/02/2021

A Polish court on Tuesday acquitted three activists who were accused of desecration and offending religious sentiment for altering, producing and distributing images of a revered Roman…