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Added on: 04/21/2023

Peru Ruling a Victory for LGBT Equality

04/20/2023

In a landmark unanimous ruling published last week, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights found Peru responsible for violating Crissthian Olivera Fuentes’ rights to equality before the…

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Added on: 04/20/2023

Gay Rwandan woman says government can’t protect LGBTQ+ refugees: ‘They won’t be safe’

04/19/2023

Like many in Rwanda, Maria was raised Christian, which made it even harder for her to accept her sexuality. She recalls spending “a lot of time in churches…

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Added on: 04/20/2023

Japan grants refugee status to woman from Uganda fearing LGBTQ persecution

04/19/2023

A Ugandan woman was granted refugee status Wednesday following a district court ruling last month ordering the government to do so over fears she could be persecuted…

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Added on: 04/20/2023

Global scientists urge Uganda’s president to veto anti-LGBTQ bill

04/19/2023

A group of leading global scientists and academics have signed an open letter urging Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni to veto a hardline bill criminalizing homosexuality in the…

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Added on: 04/20/2023

So-called ‘Don’t Say Gay’ rules expanded through 12th grade in Florida

04/19/2023

The Florida Board of Education has voted to expand restrictions on classroom instruction related to sexual orientation and gender identity. “This amendment prohibits classroom instruction to students in pre-kindergarten…

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Added on: 04/19/2023

Melbourne’s queer Muslims break fast together during Ramadan

04/18/2023

In a warm, well-lit room tucked away in Melbourne’s CBD, the city’s queer Muslim community has come together to break fast during Ramadan. This Iftar — meaning…

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Added on: 04/19/2023

Nepal’s queer community watching India with interest

04/18/2023

Last week, the Indian government made its opposition to same-sex marriage be known by urging the country’s Supreme Court to reject petitions filed by same-sex couples. The…

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Added on: 04/19/2023

Iran protests: LGBTQ community rises up

04/18/2023

“Are you a degenerate,” asked the security officer interrogating a young bisexual woman arrested during the recent anti-government protests in Iran. The interrogator had searched the woman’s…

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Added on: 04/19/2023

For LGBTQ Kenyans, court win prompts backlash as threats escalate

04/18/2023

For Kenya’s lesbians and gays, a supreme court ruling allowing the rights body that represents their interests to register as a non-governmental organisation has turned out to…

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Added on: 04/18/2023

Indian government labels same sex-marriage ‘elitist’ as supreme court hearing begins

04/18/2023

The Indian government has expressed its vehement opposition to the legalisation of same-sex marriage, calling it an “urban elitist concept” that undermines religious and social values, as…

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Added on: 04/18/2023

Full Interview: Frank Mugisha on New Anti-LGBTQ Bill in Uganda That Could Impose Death Penalty

04/17/2023

Full interview with Ugandan LGBTQ activist Frank Mugisha about a draconian new anti-gay bill the country is on the verge of imposing, which makes it a crime…

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Added on: 04/18/2023

In Malaysia, Conservative Forces and Police Crackdowns Are Putting LGBTQ Lives at Risk

04/17/2023

On March 12, activists across Malaysia converged on the capital of Kuala Lumpur to take part in the latest iteration of the Women’s March, a yearly protest…

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Added on: 04/18/2023

Republicans look to extend transgender restrictions to adults

04/17/2023

The Republican-led backlash against rights and health care for transgender children is expanding to adults. Missouri’s Republican Attorney General Andrew Bailey issued an emergency ruling Thursday that…

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Added on: 04/18/2023

Transgender Community in India Today

Margerita Afom

Alturi Contributor

There is no formal definition of third-gender identity in India, and people who identify as neither men nor women are referred to as Hijra. Which, in Western…

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Added on: 04/17/2023

Kaluma’s Bill seeks to criminalise gay relations

04/16/2023

Citizens will be free to apprehend individuals identifying as homosexuals if the Family Protection Bill becomes law. The Bill sponsored by Homa Bay Town MP Peter Kaluma proposes that…

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Added on: 04/17/2023

As Ukraine’s LGBTQ soldiers fight on the front line, acceptance grows in the conservative country

04/16/2023

KYIV, Ukraine — On a riotous Instagram profile featuring pole-dancing, cross-dressing and fierce makeup, a picture of Ivan Honzyk in high heels and stockings next to an…

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Added on: 04/17/2023

Transgender-related protesters divided by police in Belfast

04/16/2023

Police have been keeping two opposing groups apart at separate transgender-related events in Belfast city centre. Hundreds of people have attended the events near Donegall Quay. A…

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Added on: 04/17/2023

40 professional athletes ask Congress to abandon federal anti-trans sports bill

04/16/2023

Forty professional athletes have signed a letter opposing a piece of federal legislation seeking to ban trans women and girls from participating in women’s sports. H.R. 734 was introduced by Rep….

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Added on: 04/16/2023

Russia may deport Chinese man for ‘LGBT propaganda’

04/15/2023

The Supreme Court in the Russian region of Tatarstan has rejected an appeal against an order to deport Chinese citizen Haoyang Xu over “LGBT propaganda.” The 21-year-old,…

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Added on: 04/16/2023

Meet the activist taking on Uganda’s anti-LGBTQ laws

04/15/2023

Frank Mugisha, Uganda’s most prominent LGBTQ rights activist, could face jail time after a new the bill is signed into law that would criminalize even identifying as…

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Added on: 04/15/2023

Young Queer People Are Being Put on Trial For Fighting Hate

04/14/2023

A Polish activist who faces up to five years in jail for allegedly attacking a van covered with anti-LGBTQ phrases says the case has left them “deeply…

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Added on: 04/15/2023

Are LGBT Rights Under Fire In Italy?

04/14/2023

At the beginning of March, the Municipality of Milan was forced to stop registering children born to homo-parental couples in Italy, also known as rainbow families. This…

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Added on: 04/15/2023

Colorado offers safe haven for abortion, transgender care

04/14/2023

A trio of health care bills enshrining access in Colorado to abortion and gender-affirming procedures and medications became law Friday as the Democrat-led state tries to make…

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Added on: 04/15/2023

Hungary passes law allowing citizens to report same-sex parents to law enforcement

04/14/2023

Hungary has just passed a law empowering citizens to report same-sex families with kids to local authorities for violating the “constitutionally recognized role of marriage and the…

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Added on: 04/14/2023

OPINION: Six months after the brutal terrorist attack on a gay bar, nothing has changed in the Czech Republic or Slovakia

04/12/2023

Krystof Stupka is a member of the Czech Government’s Committee on LGBTQ+ Rights – Every time I go back to that tragic night, my hands tremble with a…

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Added on: 04/14/2023

They’re calling for our extinction’: Uganda activists call on EU to cut aid over anti-gay law

04/13/2023

Uganda’s LGBT community are living “in total fear” after a new bill was passed last month making it illegal to identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender….

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Added on: 04/14/2023

Presbyterian Church of Australia calls for right to ban LGBTQ+ and sexually active student leaders

04/13/2023

The acting prime minister, Richard Marles, says students’ leadership qualities shouldn’t be tied to their sexuality as a major church group calls for the right to exclude gay…

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Added on: 04/14/2023

School districts to mark national Day of Silence in support of LGBT activism

04/13/2023

At least three school districts are poised to mark a national Day of Silence in support of LGBT activism, and the districts say the event is entirely student-organized despite posting it on…

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Added on: 04/13/2023

Pas seeks to strike out Mujahid’s defamation suit over its LGBT claim

04/12/2023

KUALA LUMPUR: Pas is seeking to strike out the defamation suit filed by Amanah vice-president Datuk Seri Dr Mujahid Yusof against the party over its allegation that…

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Added on: 04/13/2023

People spew hate at me for being an LGBT Muslim – but I know they don’t represent my community

04/12/2023

“I find the hate quite funny to be honest,” says Hafsa Qureshi. As a loud and proud queer person of faith, Hafsa has developed thick skin to…