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Added on: 03/04/2024

Nigerian director on his queer film and the lynching of a gay friend

03/03/2024

Babatunde Apalowo, director of the gay-themed Nigerian film All the Colours of the World Are Between Black and White, was shocked to learn that one of his college…

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Added on: 03/03/2024

LGBTQI community marches on at Mardi Gras despite grief

03/02/2024

The bright glitter, sequins and rainbows of Sydney’s Mardi Gras will be tinged with sadness as the LGBTQI community mourns and celebrates the lives of Jesse Baird…

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Added on: 03/03/2024

Cape Town Gay Pride Shows Solidarity With Africa’s Persecuted

03/02/2024

Led by motorcycle riders draped in rainbow colours and dressed in multicolour costumes, more than 3,000 people on Saturday took part in Cape Town’s annual Gay Pride…

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Added on: 03/03/2024

Judge blocks Texas attorney general’s demands for LGBT group’s records

03/02/2024

PFLAG, a leading U.S. LGBTQ advocacy group, on Friday won a temporary restraining order blocking demands from Texas’ Republican attorney general for information about the group’s work…

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Added on: 03/02/2024

1st transgender lit & cultural festival churns out new ideas

03/02/2024

Lucknow: The state capital hosted India’s first-ever transgender literary and cultural programme on Friday. The event served as a platform for members of the transgender community to…

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Added on: 03/02/2024

Hong Kong: Transgender activist must not be deported to mainland China

03/01/2024

A Chinese transgender activist due to be released tomorrow after serving a prison sentence in Hong Kong will be at grave risk of persecution if she is…

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Added on: 03/02/2024

Ghana’s anti-LGBTQ bill draws international condemnation after it is passed by parliament

03/01/2024

A bill which criminalizes LGBTQ people in Ghana and their supporters drew international condemnation Thursday after it was passed by parliament, with the United Nations calling it…

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Added on: 03/02/2024

LGBTQ+ advocacy group sues Texas AG, says it won’t identify transgender families

02/29/2024

A national LGBTQ+ advocacy group is suing the Texas Attorney General’s office rather than hand over information about its support of transgender children receiving gender-confirming medical care….

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Added on: 03/02/2024

Ghana’s parliament passes anti-LGBTQ law

02/29/24

Ghana’s parliament passed a bill on Wednesday that further clamps down on the rights of LGBTQ people in the West African country. The “Human Sexual Rights and…

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Added on: 03/02/2024

Ukrainian veterans reject award after church annuls gay soldier’s medal

02/29/24

Now the culture wars have come to Ukraine. An Orthodox church in Kyiv annulled a medal it awarded to Viktor Pylypenko, a Ukrainian combat medic who served…

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Added on: 02/28/2024

Viktor Pylypenko stripped of war medal because he’s gay

02/28/2024

On February 8, 2024, the Ukrainian Orthodox Church – Kyiv Patriarchate awarded soldier Viktor Pylypenko a medal for his war service. But then, someone told them Viktor…

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Added on: 02/28/2024

Christchurch Youths Sentenced in Unprovoked Attacks on Gay Men, Victim Speaks Out

02/27/2024

In a harrowing series of events that shook Christchurch, five youths have been sentenced for their roles in unprovoked attacks on gay men, including a distressing assault…

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Added on: 02/28/2024

Nex Benedict’s death spurs student walkout at his Oklahoma high school over anti-LGBTQ+ bullying

02/27/2024

Students walked out Monday at Owasso High School in Oklahoma to protest bullying against LGBTQ+ students, and show solidarity with the local queer community after the tragic…

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Added on: 02/28/2024

UK’s only trans judge quits due to hostile climate: ‘I’m political every time I choose where to pee’

02/27/2024

In a letter to the senior judiciary, Victoria McCloud, a High Court master, wrote that she is resigning because “I am now political every time I choose…

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Added on: 02/27/2024

Kane and Kotfe have been together for 12 years but their country’s law treats them as ‘strangers’

02/26/2024

Kaneshige ‘Kane’ Hirata, a former firefighter, and Kohei ‘Kotfe’ Katsuyama, a former police officer, have been in a committed relationship for the past 12 years, living together…

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Added on: 02/27/2024

Siberian Queer Bar Shuts Down After Police Raid

02/26/2024

A queer bar in the Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk has announced that it will close following a police raid over the weekend, local media reported Monday. The…

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Added on: 02/27/2024

Major medical society re-examines clinical guidelines for gender-affirming care

02/26/2024

The major global medical association for endocrinologists will review its clinical guidelines for gender-affirming care, the Endocrine Society told CNN on Monday. Despite recent moves by some…

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Added on: 02/26/2024

Church-state tension looms over gay marriage

02/25/2024

More tension looms between Church and state over the bill for same-sex civil marriage and adoption by such couples which Parliament recently passed, after Greek Archbishop Ieronymos…

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Added on: 02/26/2024

Amid Mardi Gras buzz, Indonesians in Australia rue diminishing LGBTQ rights back home

02/25/2024

As the 46th Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras prepares to kick off on March 2, the party buzz has caught on in the Indonesian LGBTQ community in…

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Added on: 02/26/2024

‘It was the life raft’: Transgender people find a safe haven in Florida’s capital city

02/25/2024

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Quandarius “Chanel” Johnson twirled a gold-colored crown that glinted with light streaming in from a nearby window. It’s a symbol to remind her of her…

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Added on: 02/26/2024

ABSURD ANTI-LGBT+ VIDEO URGES RUSSIANS TO VOTE IN UPCOMING PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION

02/26/2024

Three weeks ahead of the 2024 Russian presidential election, a bizarre video campaign has cropped up on the internet, urging Russians to vote in order to avoid…

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Added on: 02/25/2024

“My Little Pony” convention raided by Russian authorities for “LGBT propaganda”

02/24/2024

A convention celebrating My Little Pony in Russia was deemed “LGBT propaganda” by authorities and shut down by federal agents. The pint-sized ponies are just too gay…

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Added on: 02/25/2024

‘A gay man without rights:’ Israeli reservist who killed highway terrorist speaks out

02/24/2024

Hanania Ben-Shimon, the IDF reservist who was wounded as he killed one of the terrorists in the attack at the A-Za’ayem checkpoint near Ma’ale Adumim on Thursday,…

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Added on: 02/25/2024

Uganda squirms as pressure mounts to repeal anti-gay law

02/24/2024

As human rights defenders inside and outside of Uganda await a Constitutional Court ruling on petitions challenging the Anti-Homosexuality Act (AHA) 2023, the backers of the cruel…

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Added on: 02/24/2024

Mandaue City probes club for alleged transgender discrimination

02/23/2024

THE Mandaue City Government is investigating a club in the city for allegedly discriminating against a transwoman guest. The establishment reportedly refused entry to a transgender individual…

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Added on: 02/24/2024

Nex Benedict’s death sparks calls against anti-LGBTQ bullying nationwide

02/23/2024

Vice President Kamala Harris and White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre are the latest figures to speak out regarding the death of Nex Benedict, a nonbinary 16-year-old…

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Added on: 02/24/2024

Protest targets Ugandan plan to praise anti-LGBT law in England

02/23/2024

Human rights activists based in and outside Uganda have petitioned the government of the United Kingdom, urging it to cancel an invitation to Anita Among, Speaker of…

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Added on: 02/23/2024

Conservative who moved to RUSSIA with family to escape LGBT ideology now says she hates it because locals don’t speak English

02/23/2024

A conservative Christian family moved to Russia to escape LGBT ideology – only to melt down when their bank accounts were frozen and there were no English speakers to help…

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Added on: 02/23/2024

Ghana moves closer to passing bill that would crack down on LGBT rights

02/22/2024

ACCRA, Feb 21 (Reuters) – Ghana’s parliament on Wednesday moved a step closer to holding a vote on a bill that seeks to further clamp down on…

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Added on: 02/23/2024

Belarus plans its own anti-‘gay propaganda’ law

02/22/2024

Russian ally Belarus is making preparations for a restrictive anti-LGBTQ+ law like Russia’s, with an extra provision targeting childless couples. Alexis Boddy of City Law School at the…