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Added on: 10/08/2020

Tokyo politician under fire after blaming LGBT community for falling birth rate

10/07/2020

A local politician of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party has come under fire for claiming last month that his north Tokyo ward would “cease to exist” if…

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Added on: 10/08/2020

Why a Children’s Book Is Becoming a Symbol of Resistance in Hungary’s Fight Over LGBT Rights

10/07/2020

When Hungary’s Dorottya Redai and Boldizsar Nagy released their new children’s book on Sept. 21, they did not expect their initial run of 1,500 copies to sell…

World Voices

Added on: 10/08/2020

Dennis Castillo Fuentes – IRCA Casabierta, Costa Rica

Iván Lopez-Justiniano

Alturi Contributor

Listen to this interview in Spanish or read the translated transcription in English. https://www.alturi.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/audio_only.m4a How did you get involved in activism? I started doing activism work…

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Added on: 10/07/2020

Transgender Voters Face Unique Challenges To Participating In Ohio’s Election

10/07/2020

For many trans people, legally changing their name is a definitive statement of who they are and an affirmation of their identity. The process is not easy,…

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Added on: 10/07/2020

Twitter users flood #ProudBoys hashtag with gay pride images

10/04/2020

Twitter users are flooding the #ProudBoys hashtag on social media with images of LGBTQI+ pride, displacing posts made by neo-Nazis and white supremacists using the tag. Proud…

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Added on: 10/07/2020

Panama Should Uphold the Rights of Same-Sex Couples

10/02/220

This is an important day for same-sex couples. The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights will, for the first time, hold a public hearing on the question of…

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Added on: 10/07/2020

Fight against gay marriage still ‘alive and well’ in U.S., advocates warn

10/06/2020

President Donald Trump’s nomination of Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court to succeed Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg last month ignited fears of an increasingly conservative…

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Added on: 10/07/2020

The impact of the anti LGBTQ+movement in Poland on Irish trans masculine people’s healthcare

10/06/2020

As a member of the LGBTQ+ community, I firmly believe that an attack on one of us, is an attack on all of us. I believe that…

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Added on: 10/07/2020

‘Unable to learn’ – Transgender schools in Latin America offer a fresh chance

10/06/2020

MEXICO CITY (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – As a transgender girl growing up in Buenos Aires, Viviana Gonzalez dreamt of being a writer, composing poems to console her…

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Added on: 10/07/2020

Courts finally move on with same-sex marriage cases in Panama

10/06/2020

Both LGBT+ campaigners and religious fundamentalists are protesting as courts debate the future of same-sex marriage in Panama. The Inter-American Court of Human Rights, which theoretically has…

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Added on: 10/07/2020

Anti-discrimination ordinance passes final reading in Zamboanga City; awaits mayor’s signature

10/06/2020

The rainbow rises in Zamboanga City. The 1st class highly urbanized city in the Zamboanga Peninsula of the Philippines, Zamboanga, joins the growing number of local government…

Added on: 10/06/2020

Arielle – Illinois

My name is Arielle (she/her) and I am a registered Illinois voter. This fall, I will be voting by mail as an Illinois absentee voter. A couple…

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Added on: 10/06/2020

Conservative Justices Thomas and Alito Suggest Supreme Court Should ‘Fix’ Its Ruling That Legalized Gay Marriage

10/05/2020

Conservative Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, joined by fellow conservative Justice Samuel Alito, argued in a Monday statement that the landmark 2015 ruling legalizing same-sex marriage nationwide…

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Added on: 10/05/2020

Jacinda Ardern pledges gay conversion therapy ban if re-elected

10/04/2020

Jacinda Ardern’s Labour party has committed to banning gay conversion therapy if re-elected in New Zealand’s 17 October election. In an interview with Express magazine, the 40-year-old…

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Added on: 10/05/2020

An often ‘isolating’ experience: Students launch trans mentorship program

10/04/2020

A new student-run trans mentorship program has launched at UBC. Fourth-year students Alex Gonzalez and Kip Chow, along with a few other students from the Vancouver and…

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Added on: 10/05/2020

‘I don’t want to lie’: Gay pioneer stands in Myanmar election

10/04/2020

Outraged over ongoing discrimination in Myanmar, Myo Min Tun decided to stand as the first openly gay election candidate in a country where same-sex relations are illegal….

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Added on: 10/05/2020

Hungary PM urges gays to ‘leave our children alone’

10/04/2020

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban said Sunday that homosexuals should “leave our children alone” when asked about a children’s book containing gay characters that was publicly shredded…

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Added on: 10/04/2020

Plovdiv Attacks Highlight Bulgaria’s Unsolved Homophobia Problem

10/03/2020

Videos and witness reports show that a few days ago, in the very centre of Plovdiv, Bulgaria’s second city, groups of teenagers attacked other youngsters of the…

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Added on: 10/04/2020

Gay men in Russia with surrogate children warned they face arrest

10/03/2020

Russian authorities have warned of the arrest of gay men who have fathered children to surrogate mothers, firing what appears to be another salvo across the bow…

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Added on: 10/04/2020

Eight Australian sports commit to implementing inclusion measures for transgender athletes

10/03/2020

Governing bodies of eight sports in Australia have committed to implementing governance that supports a greater level of inclusion for transgender and gender diverse athletes. At a…

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Added on: 10/04/2020

This South Korean Pastor ‘Blessed’ a Queer Festival. He’s Now Being Investigated.

10/03/2020

These days, Pastor Lee Dong-whan of the Glory Jeil Church doesn’t prepare for Sunday sermons or report to work at his church in Suwon, South Korea. Instead,…

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Added on: 10/03/2020

Kyrgyzstan: Dirty tricks come to fore at final election hurdle

10/02/2020

The final days of Kyrgyzstan’s parliamentary election have seen a deployment of sinister dirty tricks that raise the suspicion that security services may be helping engineer the…

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Added on: 10/03/2020

When politicians use hate speech, political violence increases

10/02/2020

Politicians deepen existing divides when they use inflammatory language, such as hate speech, and this makes their societies more likely to experience political violence and terrorism. That’s…

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Added on: 10/03/2020

Canada reintroduces bill to ban LGBT+ conversion therapy

10/02/2020

Canada’s Liberal Party has reintroduced a bill to parliament that if passed will criminalise LGBT+ conversion therapy in the country. LGBT+ conversion therapy is defined as any…

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Added on: 10/03/2020

LGBT people nearly four times more likely to be victims of violent crime

10/02/2020

LGBT people are nearly four times more likely than non-LGBT people to experience violent victimization, including rape, sexual assault, and aggravated or simple assault, according to a…

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Added on: 10/02/2020

Cook Islands defers decision on decriminalising gay sex

10/01/2020

As a child, Sonya Apa Temata was surrounded by unconditional love. The human rights advocate’s mother, Tuakana Apa Temata, was her number one supporter: “Her acceptance of…

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Added on: 10/02/2020

Egyptian police are using Grindr to hunt and imprison queer people

10/02/2020

Fake dating profiles are being used by security forces in Egypt to entrap LGBT+ people and subject them to horrifying abuses in prison, a new report has…

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Added on: 10/02/2020

Insufficient support to legalize gay marriage in Curaçao

09/30/2020

“The bill proposal to make a marriage between two people of the same sex possible cannot count on sufficient support in parliament,” says Member of Parliament for…

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Added on: 10/02/2020

The Respectable Indian Queer Unmasked

09/28/2020

In 2018 the Supreme Court decriminalised consensual same-sex relations between two adults in Navtej Singh Johar v. Union of India. The judgement was deemed pathbreaking and celebrated…

World Voices

Added on: 10/01/2020

Derricia Castillo-Salazar – Our Circle, Belize

Ari Weinstein

Alturi Contributor

How did you become involved in LGBTI activism? I started my advocacy journey in HIV/AIDS work when I was about 14 years old. I went to a…