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Added on: 05/24/2023

Historic decision’: 21 same-sex couples win biggest LGBTQ rights trial at ECHR

05/23/2023

The largest case ever heard on same-sex unions closed at the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) on Tuesday, with the court deeming the lack of legal…

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Added on: 05/24/2023

Target removing some LGBTQ merchandise following customer backlash

05/23/2023

Target, which rolled out its Pride Collection at the start of May, is pulling some products from its stores after facing customer backlash, saying it was acting…

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Added on: 05/23/2023

Transgender Activists Protest In Pakistan

05/22/2023

Transgender activists in Pakistan hold protest to appeal an Islamic court’s ruling that guts a law aimed at protecting their rights….

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Added on: 05/23/2023

Polish embassy “appalled” by German teaching material saying “Polish mother hates gays”

05/22/2023

Poland’s embassy in Berlin says it is “appalled” by training material for teachers produced by a German government office that includes a section about a fictional Polish…

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Added on: 05/23/2023

Jerusalem deputy mayor, council member panned for ‘vile’ rant against LGBTQ people

05/22/2023

A special meeting of the Jerusalem City Council to mark the capital’s unification in 1967 devolved into a series of statements questioning the rights of LGBTQ people…

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Added on: 05/23/2023

Policy Outing LGBTQ Students In Morris Co. Stalled By Superior Court

05/22/2023

A state Superior Court has temporarily halted the implementation of a new policy requiring school staff to disclose students’ sexual and gender identities to parents in the…

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Added on: 05/22/2023

Gay couple’s court victory a watershed moment in Namibia’s history

05/21/2023

A South African gay man and his Namibian spouse scored a landmark victory after they forced the Namibian government to recognise same-sex marriages registered outside of the…

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Added on: 05/22/2023

Overturning British colonial-era ‘buggery’ law ‘first step’ to protecting LGBTQ+ people in Guyana

05/22/2023

Overturning a British colonial-era law criminalising homosexuality is just the “first step in a series of legal challenges” needed to protect LGBTQ+ people in Guyana. Joel Simpson,…

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Added on: 05/22/2023

Pakistan Federal Shariat Court rules against landmark transgender rights legislation

05/22/2023

The Pakistani Federal Shariat Court struck down major portions of the landmark Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Act Friday. The court, which determines whether laws comply with…

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Added on: 05/21/2023

Thousands celebrate Brussels Pride with slogan ‘Protect the Protest’

05/20/2023

Thousands of people celebrated Pride on the streets of Brussels on Saturday, marching in a parade with the slogan “Protect the Protest.” “Pride is a great party…

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Added on: 05/21/2023

Ugandan LGBT activist fears reprisal over anti-gay law

05/20/2023

A Ugandan LGBT activist said on Friday they planned to return to their home country next week despite fears of reprisal after the approval of a new…

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Added on: 05/21/2023

Pakistani transgender activists will appeal Shariah court ruling against law aimed at protecting them

05/20/2023

Transgender activists in Pakistan said they plan to appeal to the highest court in the land an Islamic court’s ruling that guts a law aimed at protecting…

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Added on: 05/21/2023

Jamaica’s break from British monarchy must bring about queer liberation, activists say

05/20/2023

King Charles III’s coronation has accelerated plans for Jamaica to become a republic, and activists say it’s time for the country to take a big step forward…

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Added on: 05/20/2023

Ugandan LGBT activist fears reprisal over anti-gay law

05/19/2023

A Ugandan LGBT activist said on Friday they planned to return to their home country next week despite fears of reprisal after the approval of a new…

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Added on: 05/20/2023

Kenya: Kakuma refugee camp complex not yet safe for LGBTI refugees

05/19/2023

Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) asylum seekers and refugees living in one of Kenya’s biggest refugee camps routinely suffer hate crimes, violence, including rape, and…

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Added on: 05/20/2023

In El Salvador, transgender community struggles for rights and survival

05/19/2023

Fabricio Chicas knows exactly what will happen. As soon as he hands in his ID, the employee on the other side of the counter will look at…

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Added on: 05/20/2023

Parents of transgender kids seek to block DeSantis ban on gender-affirming care for minors

05/19/2023

The parents of three transgender children in Florida are trying to get a federal judge to block a new law that bans gender-affirming care for minors, a…

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Added on: 05/19/2023

“Together Always: United in Diversity” with Kyrgyz queer activists

05/18/2023

The EU Delegation in Kyrgyzstan hold a meeting with the Kyrgyz queer activists yesterday May 17. EU demonstrated that is a strong supporter of the rights of…

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Added on: 05/19/2023

Brutal assault caught on video exposes ‘increasingly unsafe’ Ireland for LGBTQ+ youth

05/18/2023

Video of a brutal attack on a schoolboy in Ireland, which went viral on social media, has exposed the “increasingly unsafe” situation for LGBTQ+ young people in…

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Added on: 05/19/2023

LGBTQI+ repression in East Africa: ‘They say that Westerners are turning us gay’

05/18/2023

Koei lives in a permanent state of tension. A baby-faced young man in his early-20s, he works in an insurance agency on the outskirts of Nairobi, the…

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Added on: 05/19/2023

LGBT campaigns through pop culture and the Indonesian LGBT Movement

05/18/2023

Support for equal rights for the LGBT community through mainstream media and pop culture has become increasingly widespread in the last few decades. Starting from films, music…

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Added on: 05/18/2023

Slovakia on brink of blocking legal recognition for trans people

05/17/2023

Slovakian MPs are under mounting international pressure to reject a bill that would see the country follow Hungary in effectively putting a stop to decades of legal gender…

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Added on: 05/18/2023

Mexico No. 2 in LatAm in hate crimes vs. LGBT community despite legal progress

05/17/2023

Mexico City, May 17 (EFE).- Mexico is commemorating the International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia as Latin America’s No. 2 country in terms of hate crimes…

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Added on: 05/18/2023

Books celebrate the International Day Against Homophobia

05/17/2023

International Day Against Homophobia. It is celebrated on Wednesday, May 17th, in remembrance of the date on which the term with the suffix ‘ism’ was disregarded, assuming…

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Added on: 05/18/2023

Uzbekistan needs a new economic approach that includes the LGBTQ+ community

05/17/2023

Countries that have decriminalised homosexuality have 4.5 times higher rates of foreign direct investment (FDI) than countries that criminalise consensual same-sex relationships, M V Lee Badgett writes….

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Added on: 05/17/2023

Homophobic attacks in France rose almost 30 percent last year, LGBTQ group says

05/16/2023

Last year saw an increase in gay and trans people reporting physical attacks in France, an activist group said on Tuesday, warning that anti-LGBTQ sentiment remains “anchored”…

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Added on: 05/17/2023

How do LGBTQ Zambians deal with bigotry?

05/16/2023

Mary identifies as a transgender woman, but presents to society as a gay man. “I am forced to be gay in Zambia because it isn’t as dangerous…

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Added on: 05/17/2023

Japan’s main ruling party approves watered-down LGBTQ bill before G7 summit in Hiroshima

05/16/2023

Japan’s main ruling party approved a watered-down version of a bill on “promoting understanding” of the LGBTQ community, in apparent haste to show progress on the issue…

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Added on: 05/17/2023

Taiwan grants right of adoption to same-sex couples in latest move toward full equality

05/16/2023

Taiwan’s legislature passed a bill Tuesday that granted same-sex couples the right to jointly adopt a child neither of them are related to, clearing one of the…

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Added on: 05/16/2023

Albanian lesbian couple vow ‘fight to the end’ for parental rights

05/15/2023

A lesbian couple from Albania who are fighting to be recognised as joint parents of their twin daughters say they will take their case to the European…