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Added on: 04/03/2020

EU lawmakers condemn Hungary for ‘attack’ on trans people over sex on IDs

Reuters
04/02/2020
European Union (EU) lawmakers on Thursday criticized Hungary for trying to ban transgender people from changing their sex on some official documents as a “deliberate” attack on…
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Added on: 04/03/2020

Asylum seeker beaten, doused in petrol and threatened with beheading by his own dad finally told he deserves refuge

Pink News
04/02/2020
A gay asylum seeker from Ghana who was beaten, doused in petrol and threatened with beheading by a homophobic mob led by his own dad has been…
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Added on: 04/02/2020

Hong Kong’s LGBT+ community calls for new top judge to work with them

Reuters
04/01/2020
Hong Kong’s LGBT+ community urged the territory’s new top judge to work with them as they campaign for the recognition of same-sex marriage and to stop widespread…
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Added on: 04/02/2020

Ugandan police accused of abusing lockdown laws after LGBT arrests

The Guardian
04/01/2020
Police in Uganda have charged 20 LGBT people with disobeying rules on physical distancing and risking the spread of coronavirus, in what campaigners say is a clear…
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Added on: 04/02/2020

Viktor Orban moves against Hungarian trans rights holding power

Go Tech Daily
04/01/2020
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has moved to seize long-standing rights as one of the first things he will do after receiving new autocratic power. On Monday,…
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Added on: 04/01/2020

Singapore: Two men file appeals against High Court decision to dismiss Section 377A challenge

Straits Times
03/31/2020
Two men have filed appeals against a High Court decision to dismiss their legal challenges against the law criminalising sex between men. Lawyers representing Mr Johnson Ong…
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Added on: 04/01/2020

ANNOUNCING AIDS 2020: VIRTUAL

International AIDS Society
03/31/2020
The health and safeguarding of our community is our highest priority. In light of the COVID-19 pandemic, the 23rd International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2020), to be held…
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Added on: 04/01/2020

SPLC Publishes List of ANTI-LGBTQ Groups in US

Souther Poverty Law Center
03/31/2020
The anti-LGBTQ movement continued to enjoy success in mainstreaming its agenda in 2019 as the Trump administration pursued anti-LGBTQ policies at the federal level, while state and…
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Added on: 03/31/2020

Ugandan fear of Covid-19 leads to 23 arrests at LGBT shelter

Erasing 76 Crimes
03/30/2020
Uganda police charged the 23 LGBT Ugandans with disobeying a presidential directive against large meetings, aimed at curbing the spread of the virus that causes Covid-19. The…
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Added on: 03/31/2020

Tributes pour in for pioneering transgender Latinx activist Lorena Borjas who has died from coronavirus

Pink News
03/30/2020
The pioneering transgender activist Lorena Borjas has tragically passed away from coronavirus early on Monday morning. Borjas, 60, was known as the mother of the trans Latinx…
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Added on: 03/31/2020

Nigerian music group releases new pro-LGBT song

Rights Africa
03/30/2020
The Christians On Diverse Energy (The CODE), a group of Nigerian LGBTIQ+ vocalists, has released a new song that advocates full recognition of LGBTIQ+ human rights and…
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Added on: 03/31/2020

Idaho governor signs two bills that limit the rights of transgender people

CNN
03/30/2020
Idaho Gov. Brad Little signed two bills into law Monday that limit the rights of transgender people. One measure bans transgender girls from playing on girls’ and…
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Added on: 03/30/2020

Isolation and HIV memories hit LGBT+ elderly hard in lockdowns

Reuters
03/29/2020
As lockdowns are imposed around the world to stop the spread of coronavirus, LGBT+ groups are scrambling to support older members of their community who are more…
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Added on: 03/30/2020

HIV-Positive Service Members Targeted by Trump Win Partial Victory

The Advocate
03/27/2020
A federal judge has refused the Trump administration’s request to remove the Modern Military Association of America from a lawsuit challenging discrimination against HIV-positive service members, meaning…
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Added on: 03/30/2020

Singapore Upholds Colonial Anti-Gay Laws: Being Gay Remains Illegal For 5.7M People

Forbes
03/30/2020
Singapore’s High Court today ruled to uphold the criminalisation of homosexuality, the Human Dignity Trust have confirmed. The decision would have overturned an anti-gay colonial law instated…
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Added on: 03/29/2020

Supporting PrEP in eastern Europe and central Asia

Sky News
03/28/2020
ECOM – Eurasian Coalition on Health, Rights, Gender and Sexual Diversity – recently published a report on access to PrEP (regular medication to prevent HIV infection) in…
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Added on: 03/29/2020

Quarantine Chronicles: Returning Home as a Gay Person

U.C. San Diego Guardian
03/28/2020
For as long as I felt possible, I put off making the decision to leave behind my life in San Diego and return to my hometown to…
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Added on: 03/29/2020

UK Black Pride warns coronavirus will adversely affect queer people of colour as annual festival is postponed

Pink News
03/28/2020
UK Black Pride has been indefinitely postponed due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic that has seen the UK go into lockdown. The event, which is Europe’s largest…
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Added on: 03/29/2020

Egypt denies existence of LGBT people

Mamba Online
03/28/2020
The government of Egypt has told UN member states that it cannot protect LGBT people’s rights because it does not recognise that they exist. Human Rights Watch…
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Added on: 03/28/2020

In Egypt, transgender activist fights battle on many fronts

NBC News
03/27/2020
Malak el-Kashif left home on her birthday seven years ago. Walking into an uncertain future, she was underdressed for the weather and armed with little— except for…
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Added on: 03/28/2020

Gay dancer trapped at home with homophobic Christian parents who think he has an ‘evil disease’

Pink News
03/27/2020
A young, gay dancer has described how, because of the coronavirus lockdown, he is trapped at home with his homophobic Christian parents who believe he has an…
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Added on: 03/28/2020

Explained: The 33 Gender Identities Recognised By The Australian Sex Survey

Life Hacker
03/27/2020
The acronym “LGBT” was once considered sufficiently representational of non-heterosexual sexuality and gender types. Well, it looks like we’re going to need a few more letters. A…
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Added on: 03/27/2020

Second blanket ban on LGBTI+ events in Ankara has been lifted!

KAOS GL
03/26/2020
The second indefinite ban on LGBTI+ activity was lifted in Ankara, which was declared by the document submitted to the Police by the Governor’s Office in 2018….
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Added on: 03/27/2020

The fight against Poland’s ‘LGBT free zones’

BBC Sounds
03/21/2020
New laws are being passed across Poland taking aim at the LGBT community. They’ve been called “LGBT free zones” as a shorthand. While they don’t necessarily mean…
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Added on: 03/27/2020

Teen with lesbian moms forced to listen to anti-LGBTQ “sermons” before school basketball practice

LGBTQ Nation
03/26/2020
In a lawsuit filed earlier this month, two mothers in Tennessee allege that their son’s middle school basketball coach forced kids to attend his sermons in order…
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Added on: 03/26/2020

Malaysian LGBT podcast hosts on being queer in a conservative society

South China Morning Post
03/25/2020
“One episode that stands out to this day involved an interview with a person who participated in chemsex,” the Malaysian podcast host known as J says when…
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Added on: 03/26/2020

Global LGBT organizations mobilize in face of pandemic

Bay Area Reporter
03/25/2020
Global LGBT organizations are responding to the impact of the coronavirus as they work to protect some of the most vulnerable queer people. There have been 19,753…
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Added on: 03/26/2020

Trump Cabinet’s Bible teacher says gays cause ‘God’s wrath’ in COVID-19 blog post

NBC News
03/25/2020
In a blog post titled “Is God Judging America Today?” a pastor who leads a weekly bible study group for members of President Donald Trump’s Cabinet appeared…
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Added on: 03/26/2020

India’s ‘invisible’ trans community struggles as coronavirus shuts life down

Reuters
03/25/2020
India’s coronavirus lockdown leaves transgender people at heightened risk of poverty and ill health because they exist on the margins of society, eking out a living through…
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Added on: 03/25/2020

This mum is raging because kids in coronavirus isolation are displaying rainbows in their windows

Pink News
03/24/2020
Children’s drawings and paintings of rainbows have been springing up in windows across the UK after a heartwarming trend started online. Hundreds of schools encouraged their pupils…
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