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Added on: 10/30/2023

Trans conversion therapy survivor begs Rishi Sunak to push on with ban: ‘Some would call it torture’

10/29/2023

Members of the LGBTQ+ community and its allies are growing impatient with Sunak who has yet to deliver on the government’s promise of a ban on trans-inclusive conversion therapy….

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Added on: 10/30/2023

Gay groups in India wrestle with court’s ‘landmark failure’ on marriage equality

10/29/2023

“We have been fighting for long and will keep doing so,” said Anjali Gopalan, one of the petitioners after a five-judge bench threw out the appeals. “This…

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Added on: 10/30/2023

Living an intersex life

10/29/2023

When Pidgeon Pagonis was born in a Chicago hospital 37 years ago, her doctors saw something that alarmed them. “I was born looking female on the outside,”…

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Added on: 10/29/2023

Mauritius Begins to Correct a Historic Wrong Towards LGBTQI+ People

10/28/2023

In response to lawsuits brought by LGBTQI+ activists, the Mauritius Supreme Court has issued two landmark judgments striking down the criminalisation of consensual sex between adult men…

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Added on: 10/29/2023

Johannesburg Pride marches for LGBTQ+ Ugandans after anti-gay law passed

10/28/2023

More than 20,000 people marched through Johannesburg on Saturday to celebrate Pride, singing, dancing and making their support clear for LGBTQ+ communities across Africa who cannot be…

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Added on: 10/29/2023

Austria to compensate gay men convicted under discriminatory laws

10/28/2023

The Austrian government is set to pay tens of millions of euros in compensation to gay people who were persecuted or convicted of consensual homosexual acts. The…

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Added on: 10/29/2023

Hungary bans teenagers from World Press Photo exhibit, citing LGBT content

10/28/2023

Hungary’s government has banned youngsters under 18 from visiting the World Press Photo exhibition on display in Budapest, citing LGBT content in some of the photos. Prime…

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Added on: 10/28/2023

UN experts: LGBT older persons at heightened risk of violence and discrimination

10/27/2023

Following the commemoration of the UN International Day on Older Persons on 1 October, three United Nations rights experts* issued a statement highlighting the alarming situation faced…

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Added on: 10/28/2023

This country will be the first in Southeast Asia to legalize same-sex marriage

10/27/2023

Prime Minister (PM) Thailand Srettha Thavisin next week will submit a bill (RUU) legalizing same-sex marriage. This move will make Thailand the first country in the region…

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Added on: 10/28/2023

Report: Gulf Coast has largest transgender youth population affected by anti-LGBTQ+ bills

10/27/2023

After this year’s record high of legislative attacks on LGBTQ+ rights, transgender youth across the U.S. are being impacted by adopted policies. The Gulf Coast has the…

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Added on: 10/27/2023

Parliament Panel May Tell Government To Criminalise Adultery Again

10/26/2023

New Delhi: A parliamentary committee is likely to recommend re-criminalisation of the adultery law and criminalisation of non-consensual sex between men, women and/or trans members, as part of an…

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Added on: 10/27/2023

South Korean court upholds ban on gay sex in military, in setback for LGBTQ community

10/26/2023

Seoul, South KoreaCNN — South Korea’s Constitutional Court has upheld a law banning same-sex relations in the military, citing a threat to combat-readiness, in a judgment decried by the…

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Added on: 10/27/2023

New House speaker’s views on LGBTQ issues come under fresh scrutiny

10/26/2023

The unexpected elevation of fourth-term Rep. Mike Johnson of Louisiana to speaker of the House on Wednesday swiftly prompted unforgiving criticism and fresh scrutiny on the once…

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Added on: 10/27/2023

Japan’s Top Court Strikes Down Required Sterilization Surgery to Officially Change Gender

10/26/2023

Japan’s Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled that a law requiring transgender people to undergo sterilization surgery in order to officially change their gender is unconstitutional, a landmark…

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Added on: 10/26/2023

LGBTQ+ hopes high in Japan as top court to rule on trans surgery law

10/24/2023

TOKYO, Oct 24 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – An unprecedented ruling by a Japanese court this month is buoying hopes in the transgender community that a national law…

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Added on: 10/26/2023

Ukraine takes first steps to codify gay marriage

10/24/2023

Ukraine’s justice ministry took the first steps towards codifying gay marriage by approving Bill No. 9103, titled “On the Institution of Registered Partnerships” on October 22. The ground-breaking…

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Added on: 10/26/2023

India’s LGBTQ community battles same-sex marriage ‘heartbreak’ from court

10/24/2023

New Delhi, India – In the summer of 2018, three bodies were recovered from the Sabarmati River in Ahmedabad, a sprawling city in western India’s Gujarat state….

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Added on: 10/26/2023

New Niger regime worries about citizens visiting Europe, learning about LGBT rights

10/24/2023

Officials in the West African nation of Niger are stirring up worries about citizens of Niger visiting Europe and learning about LGBT rights there. As leaders of…

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Added on: 10/25/2023

Supportive housing development for LGBTQ youth opens in Central Harlem

10/24/2023

Government officials and non-profit leaders held a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Oct. 24 to celebrate the completion of a supportive housing development in Harlem with services for homeless…

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Added on: 10/25/2023

China’s biggest gay dating app wants to beat Grindr

10/23/2023

To Thitiwatt “Pete” Sirasjtakorn, the gay dating app Blued offers more than hookups. Struggling with depression, a recent breakup, and the stigma that came with his HIV…

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Added on: 10/25/2023

Métis Nation of Ontario Hosts 2SLGBTQIA+ Climate Change Forum

10/24/2023

The Métis Nation of Ontario (MNO) hosted a virtual Climate Change Forum on October 21, for Two-Spirit and LGBTQIA+ Métis citizens, their families and allies. Featuring a…

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Added on: 10/25/2023

Japan Court To Make Landmark Transgender Decision

10/24/2023

Japan’s top court will decide Wednesday on the legality of requiring transgender people to be sterilised in order to change their legal gender. Under rules introduced in…

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Added on: 10/24/2023

Sometimes it’s vote of conscience: CJI on judgement on queer couples

10/23/2023

Chief Justice of India (CJI) DY Chandrachud on Monday said he stands by his minority judgement in favour of civil unions of queer couples, as sometimes it…

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Added on: 10/24/2023

Nigeria: 76 people arrested for organising a “gay wedding

10/23/2023

More than 70 young people were arrested on Saturday by security forces on charges of organising a gay wedding in north-east Nigeria, where such unions are criminalised…

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Added on: 10/24/2023

Same-sex marriage remains banned in the Navajo Nation for now

10/23/2023

Brennen Yonnie can imagine his future wedding. It takes place on a clear fall day on a mountain on the Navajo reservation, where he and the man…

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Added on: 10/23/2023

Growing number of Japan municipalities ban outing LGBT individuals

10/22/2023

A growing number of Japanese municipalities have introduced ordinances banning the outing, or revealing, of a person’s sexual orientation or gender without their consent, researchers and officials…

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Added on: 10/23/2023

Partner of fallen LGBTQ IDF soldier decries inequality, Knesset speaker intervenes

10/22/2023

The tragic story of Captain (res.) Sagi Golan, a soldier in the special forces counter-terrorism unit who fell in the battle over kibbutz Be’eri, highlights the absurdity…

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Added on: 10/23/2023

Poland could now introduce civil partnerships, say LGBT activists, after shock election results

10/22/2023

Bart Staszewski was sitting at home with his boyfriend last Sunday night when the first results of the Polish general election flashed across his computer. “I thought:…

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Added on: 10/23/2023

Georgia settles suit, agrees to pay for gender-affirming care for trans workers under state health plan

10/22/2023

Georgia state employees and their families who are insured by the Georgia State Health Benefit Plan can access transgender-related health care after the state agreed to a…

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Added on: 10/21/2023

LGBTQ+ Afghans plead with United Nations to investigate horrific Taliban abuses: ‘End the silence’

10/20/2023

Rainbow Afghanistan, a grassroots organisation that campaigns for LGBTQ+ rights in Taliban-controlled Afghanistan, has hit out at the UN and other human rights organisations for ignoring their…