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Added on: 02/24/2021

Legalize prostitution instead of LGBT—Olumanba

Modern Ghana
02/23/2021
Young Political Activist Emmanuel Abankwah Kesse otherwise known as Olumanba has urged the government to legalize prostitution instead of gay and lesbianism. According to him, prostitutes also…
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Added on: 02/24/2021

Targeted by Erdogan, Turkey’s LGBT face ‘tsunami of hate’

Yahoo News
02/23/2021
Rising homophobic discourse, a series censored for a gay character, boycotted pro-LGBT brands: this growing animosity has shaken a once vibrant community in Turkey and tarnished the…
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Added on: 02/24/2021

Homophobia soared in Israel amid coronavirus lockdowns

Reuters
02/23/2021
LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Homophobia and transphobia surged by 27% in Israel during the COVID-19 pandemic, as lockdowns trapped gay and transgender people at home with…
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Added on: 02/24/2021

Tunisia: Police Arrest, Use Violence Against LGBTI Activists

Human Rights Watch
02/23/2021
(Beirut) – Tunisian security forces have repeatedly targeted protesters, including lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and intersex (LGBTI) activists at protests, Human Rights Watch said today. The targeting…
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Added on: 02/24/2021

LGBT people face ‘tsunami of hate’ in Turkey, once a haven of tolerance in the Middle East

South China Morning Post
02/23/2021
Murat has watched for years as LGBT people who face persecution in the Middle East have found refuge in his cosmopolitan neighbourhood of Istanbul. Today, in the…
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Added on: 02/23/2021

What Seoul mayor candidates have to say on LGBTQ festival

The Korea Herald
02/22/2021
The issue of LGBTQ rights has come to the fore again in South Korea’s political circles, sparked by the recent remarks from one of the leading candidates…
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Added on: 02/23/2021

Empowering the transgender community to facilitate their access to justice in Armenia

Council of Europe
02/22/2021
The RighT Side Human Rights Defender NGO in Armenia is implementing until July 2021 a national project aims at empowering the transgender community to facilitate their access…
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Added on: 02/22/2021

Indonesia’s Controversial Conversion Therapy

ASEAN Post
02/21/2021
Just last month, Kristen Antoinette Gray, an American tourist, and her girlfriend were deported from the Indonesian resort island of Bali after her tweet that celebrated the…
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Added on: 02/22/2021

Housing for transgender, two-spirit people opens in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside

CBC
02/21/2021
New housing for transgender, two-spirit and gender-diverse people is set to start accepting residents in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside. Ross-Aoki House, a century-old 24-room hotel, was purchased by…
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Added on: 02/22/2021

Annual LGBTI report: Estonia’s legislation stagnated, hate speech on a rise

Estonian World
02/21/2021
In its annual review of the human rights situation of LGBTI people in Europe and Central Asia, ILGA-Europe, an advocacy group, listed Estonia with the countries that…
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Added on: 02/22/2021

Guam LGBTQ leaders target ‘systemic discrimination’

Guam Daily Post
02/21/2021
More LGBTQ candidates for public office and more local policy reforms will be sought through Equality Guam, a new LGBTQ advocacy group supported by the island’s lieutenant…
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Added on: 02/21/2021

Abuse and hate speech against LGBTI people rises across Europe and Central Asia

BNE
2/21/21
There has been a “stark rise” in abuse and hate speech against LGBTI people in the Europe and Central Asia region, including from politicians, says a new…
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Added on: 02/20/2021

Why Jammu’s transgender community hit the streets in protest

Down to Earth
2/19/21
Several groups of the community came together at Bikram Chowk on January 21, 2021 to take out a nude protest. Four transgender persons were allegedly abudcted and…
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Added on: 02/20/2021

UK’s MI6 apologises for past treatment of LGBT spies based on ‘misguided’ views

Hindustan Times
2/19/21
The head of Britain’s MI6 intelligence service apologized Friday to gay spies and aspiring agents who were fired or denied jobs because of their sexuality. Richard Moore…
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Added on: 02/19/2021

Honduran LGBT+ advocates in legal bid to stop same-sex marriage ‘lock’

National Post
02/19/2021
Honduran LGBT+ advocates on Thursday mounted a legal challenge to changes made to the constitution by lawmakers that make it harder to reverse the existing ban on…
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Added on: 02/19/2021

Inter-American rights body finds Jamaica violated LGBT rights

The Jusrist
02/19/2021
The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) found in a landmark decision released Wednesday that the Jamaican government is responsible for violating the human rights of two…
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Added on: 02/19/2021

As a gay footballer I want to help LGBT people realise they’re not alone

iNews
02/19/2021
As a gay footballer, I am very aware of the status I have as a role model – even more so being a gay footballer with an…
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Added on: 02/18/2021

State anti-transgender bills represent coordinated attack, advocates say

NBC News
02/17/2021
Bills in at least 20 states are targeting the transgender community in what LGBTQ advocates say is an organized assault by conservative groups. On Thursday, the North…
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Added on: 02/18/2021

‘You can count on us’: German footballers join campaign to support gay colleagues

Deutsche Welle
02/17/2021
Over 800 footballers have signed up to a campaign by a German football magazine aimed at offering support to LGBTQ players. But World Cup winner Philipp Lahm…
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Added on: 02/18/2021

Jamaica should repeal gay sex ban, says Americas top rights body

Reuters
02/17/2021
KINGSTON, Feb 17 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Jamaica should repeal its colonial-era gay sex ban, the top rights body of the Americas said on Wednesday, in a…
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Added on: 02/18/2021

Brazil churches spark controversy with LGBT+ support in Lent campaign

Reuters
02/17/2021
SAO PAOLO (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – A group of major Brazilian churches came under fire for supporting LGBT+ people for the first time in an annual Lent…
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Added on: 02/17/2021

LGBT+ History Month event for teens hijacked by ‘homophobic, transphobic and racist slurs’ and pornography

Pink News
02/16/2021
An LGBT+ History Month seminar for under-18s was interrupted by a cyber attacker who shouted homophobic, transphobic and racist slurs. Education non-profit Academus Education was hosting a…
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Added on: 02/17/2021

Transgender Woman Is Killed in ‘Vicious and Violent Attack’ in Her Miami Apartment

People
02/16/2021
An attack that a police detective describes as “very vicious and violent” has authorities searching for the killer of a 45-year-old transgender woman found dead two weeks…
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Added on: 02/17/2021

British L.G.B.T. Veterans Stripped of Medals Can Get Them Back

New York Times
02/16/2021
LONDON — For decades, L.G.B.T. members of Britain’s military were systematically dismissed from the ranks and stripped of their medals. Now, after years of campaigning by those…
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Added on: 02/17/2021

More European politicians found using homophobic hate speech

Reuters
02/16/2021
LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Homophobic language and hate speech against transgender people are on the increase among European politicians, an advocacy group said on Tuesday as…
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Added on: 02/17/2021

LGBTQ people now protected under the Fair Housing Act

Marketplace
02/15/2021
For the first time, lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people are now protected from housing discrimination under federal law. The Department of Housing and Urban Development announced…
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Added on: 02/17/2021

A Support Group for Trans Newcomers that Goes ‘Beyond Borders and Binaries’

The Tyee
02/15/2021
Trans, non-binary and gender divergent immigrants and refugees living in British Columbia now have a support group to call their very own. Beyond Borders and Binaries, a…
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Added on: 02/17/2021

ID changes proposed to include transgender, intersex and non-binary identities

CapeTown Etc
02/16/2021
A new draft policy suggests a major review of the identity management system to the Department of Home Affairs (DHA) in order to include various categories to…
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Added on: 02/17/2021

Ghana: LGBT+ safe house opens; anti-gay crusader in a rage

Erasing 76 Crimes
02/16/2021
After LGBT+ Rights Ghana held a fundraiser at the new site, anti-gay campaigner Moses Foh-Amoaning called for the police to shut it down, arrest the group’s leaders…
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Added on: 02/17/2021

Pandemic exposes LGBTI rights’ fragilty, report says

EU Observer
02/15/2021
The Covid-19 pandemic and its consequences have highlighted the fragility of the human rights of LGBTI people, according to the annual report by a leading rights NGO,…
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