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Added on: 06/10/2022

LGBTQ billboard is affront to 1992 Constitution, pull it down or we destroy it — Sam George

06/09/2022

One of the sponsors of the anti-LGBTQ bill in Parliament, Samuel Nartey George has given the Police 24 hours to pull down a billboard said be advertising…

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Added on: 06/10/2022

Texas pastor says gay people should be ‘shot in the back of the head’ in shocking sermon

06/09/2022

A Texas baptist church — labeled an “anti-LGBT hate group” by the Southern Poverty Law Center — has caused outrage after a pastor said gay people should…

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Added on: 06/10/2022

LGBT Community In Uzbekistan Faces Abuse, Discrimination, Imprisonment, Report Says

06/09/2022

Human rights groups have renewed calls for Uzbekistan to decriminalize homosexuality, saying it is imperative for the Central Asian country to make progress toward honoring its international…

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Added on: 06/09/2022

Deliberation on Anti-LGBT Bill not supposed to exceed 3 months – Edem Senanu

06/08/2022

The Chairman of Advocates for Christ Ghana, a Civil Society Organization, Edem Senanu, has added his voice to the growing concern about the delay in passing the…

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Added on: 06/09/2022

Czech president Miloš Zeman vows to block same-sex marriages if approved by parliament

06/08/2022

Czech president Miloš Zeman has said he plans to veto proposed legislation that would give same-sex couples the right to get married in the country. The measure,…

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Added on: 06/09/2022

Yass marine! Here come rainbow bullets and brunches for Pride’s annual pinkwashing

06/08/2022

Last Thursday, Ihop tweeted out what may be the most half-hearted appeal to queer liberation in the history of corporate America. “S/O to everyone who puts the pan in…

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Added on: 06/09/2022

How LGBTQI+ to LGBTQI+ support is helping Ukrainian refugees find safety in the EU

06/08/2022

In just over three months since Russia began its full-scale invasion, nearly seven million people have fled Ukraine as refugees. The vast majority are Ukrainian women and children…

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Added on: 06/08/2022

Inside Mexico City’s First LGBTQ Soup Kitchen.

06/07/2022

Like many parts of Mexico City, the Guerrero neighborhood feels simultaneously bustling and relaxed. Just northwest of the city’s historic center, kids play in the street as…

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Added on: 06/08/2022

Sheila Lopez’s Children Led Her to a Navajo Tradition of Acceptance.

06/07/2022

When Sheila Lopez, 48, realized that her two older children identified as LGBTQ, the information set her on a path to rediscovering her Native American cultural traditions…

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Added on: 06/08/2022

In Russia’s shadow, LGBTQ people across the Baltics fight for their rights.

06/07/2022

Surrounded by thousands of people wearing rainbow flags, glitter and sparkly outfits, Eddie Balčiūnaitė prepared to take part in one of the biggest marches the Baltic countries…

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Added on: 06/07/2022

Gay Rugby Player Beaten So Badly He May Never Play Again.

06/06/2022

A gay rugby player in Ireland says he may never again play the sport he loves after a brutal homophobic beating that left him with a shattered…

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Added on: 06/07/2022

Fight looms over transgender treatments in Medicaid.

06/06/2022

National and state legal and LGBTQ-advocacy groups are preparing to fight a move by Gov. Ron DeSantis’ administration to deny Medicaid coverage for treatments such as hormone…

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Added on: 06/07/2022

A year after landmark HC ruling, lesbian couples still face discrimination.

06/06/2022

Suffering from gender dysphoria since adolescence, R Ramya, 24, is in the process of a sex change to transition to identify as a male. Growing up in…

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Added on: 06/07/2022

In the Philippines, You Can Be Both Openly LGBT and Proudly Catholic. But It’s Not Easy.

06/06/2022

Gabb’z Gabriel is the very definition of a devout Roman Catholic. He even aspired to be a priest. At 12, he became part of his church’s youth…

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Added on: 06/06/2022

Lesbian icon receives Order of Merit for staunch advocacy to NZ rainbow community

06/05/2022

For a long time, Miriam Saphira thought she was a freak. “I always knew I was homosexual – I didn’t know the word ‘lesbian’ – but I read…

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Added on: 06/06/2022

Greece’s LGBTTQQIAAP Community, Youth Struggle for Acceptance

06/05/2022

ATHENS – It’s not easy being gay in Greece and it’s even tougher for gender queer children and youths during a time when many people are questioning…

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Added on: 06/06/2022

Thailand: Bangkok sees first LGBTQ Pride march in years

06/05/2022

A celebratory march made its way through the Thai capital of Bangkok on Sunday, the first of its kind in almost 16 years. The “Naruemit Pride 2022” event…

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Added on: 06/06/2022

Sit-in over anti-LGBTQ policy surpasses 300 hours at SPU

06/05/2022

SEATTLE – Students at Seattle Pacific University have crossed the 300 hour mark of a sit-in over an anti-LGBTQ policy. The sit-in began as a direct response to the…

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Added on: 06/05/2022

China’s gay youth wanting to expand rights at home seek a different path to LGBT campaigners in the West

6/3/22

The first time Eugene Wu observed a pride parade in Manchester after arriving in Britain to study architecture in 2017, it was a bit of a culture…

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Added on: 06/05/2022

GOP passes bill aiming to root out ‘suspected’ transgender female athletes with genital inspection

6/3/22

House Republican lawmakers in Ohio passed a bill at 11:15 p.m. Wednesday night that would ban transgender girls and women from participating in high school and college…

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Added on: 06/05/2022

85 YEARS ON, A PIONEERING LGBTQ RESEARCHER’S IDEAS ABOUT SEXUALITY TAKE ON NEW MEANING

6/3/22

Historians are rediscovering one of the most important LGBTQ activists of the early 20th Century — an Asian Canadian named Li Shiu Tong. You probably don’t know…

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Added on: 06/03/2022

Kuwait’s foreign ministry summons U.S. Embassy official over tweets

06/02/2022

June 2 (Reuters) – Kuwait’s Foreign Ministry on Thursday summoned the United States Embassy’s acting charge d’affaires over tweets the embassy published that “support homosexuality”, the ministry…

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Added on: 06/03/2022

Russia Says Planning Domestic ‘Alternative’ to European Rights Court

06/02/2022

Russia is developing a domestic alternative to Europe’s top human rights court, the head of the Association of Russian Lawyers said Thursday. Russia has been outside the jurisdiction…

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Added on: 06/03/2022

Indonesia’s LGBTQ community fears crackdown under legal reforms

06/02/2022

Indonesia’s lawmakers are working on reforming the country’s criminal code under a draft bill, known in the country by the acronoym RKUHP. The reforms are an attempt to…

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Added on: 06/03/2022

After years fighting for the ‘little guy’, Hong Kong crackdown forces UK lawyer to flee

06/02/2022

Michael Vidler has built his legal career on fighting for the “little guy” in Hong Kong, from high-profile street protesters such as Joshua Wong to little-known LGBT activists. But…

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Added on: 06/02/2022

BBC article claiming cis lesbians ‘pressured into sex by trans women’ found to be misleading

06/01/2022

A story by the BBC claiming cis lesbians are being “pressured into sex” by trans women fell below the broadcaster’s editorial standards, the company’s complaints team has found. The…

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Added on: 06/02/2022

Meet Charlie Amáyá Scott, a transgender Indigenous scholar and social influencer

06/01/2022

Navajo Nation citizen Charlie Amáyá Scott, 27, is a transgender social media influencer, scholar and advocate. Scott, of Aurora, Colorado, who uses she and they pronouns, leverages her…

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Added on: 06/01/2022

“Fully embraced”? Bostwana’s queer struggles since decriminalisation.

05/31/2022

In November 2021, Botswana’s Court of Appeal upheld a landmark 2019 ruling that had decriminalised gay sex. Before the original verdict, same-sex sexual activity had been punishable…

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Added on: 06/01/2022

Gay/Trans ‘Panic’ Defense Leads to Accused Killer’s Acquittal.

05/31/2022

A Virginia man has been acquitted of murder after using what amounted to a gay/trans “panic” defense, outlawed in the state just a month after the victim’s…

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Added on: 06/01/2022

Kerala Lesbian Couple Reunited by High Court in Big Win After Being Separated by Parents.

05/31/2022

The Kerala High Court set a strong precedent on Tuesday by allowing a lesbian couple, Adhila Nasarin and Fathima Noora, to live together after they were forcefully…