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Added on: 06/21/2024

France’s Macron faces transphobia accusations after criticising left-wing coalition manifesto

06/20/2024

The emergence of the New Popular Front, which groups left-wingers from Socialists to Communists, has been an unwelcome development for Macron since he called the snap elections in response…

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Added on: 06/20/2024

Singapore gay-rights rally draws record crowd: organisers

06/19/2024

Organisers of Pink Dot 2015 said the estimated turnout of 28,000 was a record for the event, surpassing the crowd count of 26,000 they gave last year. No…

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Added on: 06/20/2024

Leeds Pride reverses controversial new policy forbidding ‘political opinions’ after backlash

06/19/2024

The Yorkshire-based Pride organisation, which is hosting its 2024 event on 21 July, told PinkNews that it had removed a point in its code of conduct after…

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Added on: 06/20/2024

Martinique : Christian lesbian finds growing acceptance

06/19/2024

The presence of homosexuals within the Catholic Church in Martinique remains a subject of debate, both among church authorities and the local LGBT+ community. It’s a topic that Chloé Socias knows well. In…

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Added on: 06/20/2024

Thailand becomes first Southeast Asian country to allow same-sex marriage

06/19/2024

Thailand’s Senate has passed the marriage equality bill, paving the way for the country to become the first in Southeast Asia to recognise same-sex marriage. The upper house…

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Added on: 06/19/2024

Rainbow Revolution: Thailand becomes third Asian nation to recognize marriage equality

06/19/2024

In a momentous occasion for LGBTQ+ rights in Asia, the senate in Thailand senate has overwhelmingly approved same-sex marriage legislation. The vote, passing 130 to 4 with…

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Added on: 06/19/2024

LGBTQ migrants face ‘triple vulnerability’ as a group in Mexico aims to help them

06/19/2024

Dayling Ramírez says that each day that passes is a challenge to overcome because, despite having survived the persecution of the Mara Salvatrucha gang and the abuses…

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Added on: 06/19/2024

LGBTI people’s human rights at the 56th UN human rights council

It’s June, and it’s time for the second session of the year of the UN Human Rights Council! The 56th session will take place at the United…

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Added on: 06/18/2024

Kathmandu’s queer ‘oasis’

06/18/2024

In a world where acceptance and safety often seem difficult to attain, many queer individuals also struggle to find a safe space to express themselves. They have…

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Added on: 06/18/2024

Biden protections for LGBT students blocked in six more states

06/17/2024

A federal judge in Kentucky on Monday blocked President Joe Biden’s administration from implementing new protections for LGBT students from discrimination in schools and colleges based on…

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Added on: 06/18/2024

Thailand on the brink of legalising same-sex marriage in historic vote

06/17/2024

Thailand’s senate has passed the final reading of a historic marriage equality bill, paving the way for the country to become the first in south-east Asia to…

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Added on: 06/18/2024

Congo has no anti-gay law, but justice minister demands crackdown anyway

06/17/2024

Barely two weeks after Constant Mutamba took office as Justice Minister of the Democratic Republic of Congo, he ordered public prosecutors to prosecute homosexuals even though the…

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Added on: 06/17/2024

Trump ignores Pride Month in favor of broader pitch to LGBTQ voters

06/16/2024

The Biden campaign has marked Pride Month with a blitz of advertisements, interviews and engagements with local LGBTQ groups and prominent figures to try and motivate voters ahead…

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Added on: 06/17/2024

LGBTQ soldiers in Ukraine hope their service is changing attitudes as they rally for legal rights

06/16/2024

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Several hundred LGBTQ Ukrainian servicemen and their supporters marched in central Kyiv Sunday to demand more rights and highlight their service to their…

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Added on: 06/17/2024

‘No pride in occupation’: queer Palestinians on ‘pink-washing’ in Gaza conflict

06/16/2024

When Daoud, a veteran queer activist, recently walked past rainbow flags hung for Pride month in the old port city of Jaffa, a historic centre of Palestinian…

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Added on: 06/17/2024

Why is support for LGBT rights on the wane in Canada?

06/16/2024

Justin Trudeau may have missed the memo, but Canadians are moving on from trans obsession. A poll published by Ipsos, a day before the start of Pride Month,…

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Added on: 06/15/2024

Federal judge delivers first blow to Biden’s protections for transgender students

06/14/2024

A federal judge has temporarily blocked the Education Department’s final Title IX rule, which prohibits discrimination based on gender identity and sexual orientation. The ruling: Western District…

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Added on: 06/15/2024

Italy denies removing LGBTQ and abortion references from G7 declaration

06/14/2024

Italy’s far-right government has denied that it removed references to abortion and LGBTQ rights in the final declaration of the G7 summit in Puglia. In the declaration,…

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Added on: 06/15/2024

Six-month suspended sentence for man arrested after planning meetup on Grindr

06/14/2024

A British-Mexican man who says he was targeted for being gay and arrested on false drug charges in Qatar has been given a suspended six-month jail sentence,…

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Added on: 06/14/2024

Public consultations open to inform new National LGBTI+ Inclusion Strategy in Ireland

06/13/2024

The Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth is opening public consultations to inform the development of the next National LGBTI+ Inclusion Strategy. The new plan…

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Added on: 06/14/2024

Kyiv Pride march planned for June 16 with tightened security measures

06/13/2024

The KyivPride march will occur on June 16 in the streets of Kyiv. Around 500 participants, including activists, diplomats, and international community representatives, will participate. The event will…

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Added on: 06/14/2024

LGBTQ+ Poles push for swift action to combat rise of homophobia

06/13/2024

WARSAW – Mateusz Czyczerski always feared he would be attacked for being gay in Poland and after his worst fears were realised six years ago, the 35-year-old…

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Added on: 06/14/2024

Happy Pride month to everyone! Except the landlords and asset managers bleeding dry queer culture

06/13/2024

I remember the first time I went to Heaven. I had only moved to London a few months before and I made plans to meet up with my friend…

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Added on: 06/13/2024

With New Bills, LGBTQ Georgians Fear Russia-style Crackdown

05/12/2024

On 4 June, Georgia’s ruling party outlined a package of draft laws that would ban what it calls “LGBT propaganda”, mirroring similar legislation used to crack down…

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Added on: 06/13/2024

Nigeria’s repressed LGBTQ party people let ‘true self’ out at Lagos ball

06/12/2024

Performers strutted their stuff onstage at an LGBTQ community dance party in Nigeria’s Lagos, publicly celebrating their identities in a country where being gay could land you…

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Added on: 06/13/2024

Nepal’s LGBTQ+ Landscape: Legal Wins and Social Battles

06/12/2024

The fight for LGBTQIAA+ (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Intersex, Asexual, and more) rights has been an ongoing struggle for decades. Throughout history, individuals identifying as part…

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Added on: 06/13/2024

LGBTQ+ health workers in Brazil kick off Pride with a dance challenge

06/12/2024

Brazilian medical professionals are celebrating Pride Month with the hashtag #DesafioMedicasLGBT or #MedicalChallengeLGBT. Doctor Vinícius Borges launched the playful challenge. In it, the health workers pass a uniformed worker…

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Added on: 06/12/2024

US judge strikes down Florida ban on gender-affirming healthcare

06/11/2024

A federal judge ruled on Tuesday that parts of Florida’s ban of puberty blockers and hormone therapy for transgender children and restrictions on gender-affirming healthcare for adults…

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Added on: 06/12/2024

Bisexual risks death in Nigeria, seeks asylum in the U.K.

06/11/2024

Chukwuebuka, a pseudonym for his safety, is a bisexual Nigerian student residing in the U.K. He finds himself at a critical juncture, torn between fear and hope,…

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Added on: 06/11/2024

Country’s first documented gay rights organization started 100 years ago in Chicago

06/10/2024

A century ago, Henry Gerber founded America’s first documented gay rights organization in a boardinghouse at 1710 N. Crilly Court in Chicago. It was once part of…