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Added on: 03/21/2022

A Transgender Woman Was Killed in Wuhan. The CCP’s Reaction: Hiding the Facts

03/20/2022

On March 9, the murder of a transgender person took place in Wuhan Paradise Walk (武汉江宸天街), a large shopping center in downtown Wuhan. The victim was a…

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Added on: 03/21/2022

Baroness Nicholson forced to back down on banning trans people from hospital wards

03/20/2022

In the early hours of the morning on Thursday (17 March), Baroness Nicholson proposed an amendment to the controversial Health and Care Bill, which aims to reorganise…

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Added on: 03/20/2022

Meet the asylum seeker who chairs Carlisle City of Sanctuary group

3/20/22

MINA Banisaeid is an asylum seeker who has not only changed her own life, but is helping to improve the lives of others around her. She is…

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Added on: 03/20/2022

Kim Davis violated gay couples’ rights in denying marriage licenses, judge rules

3/19/22

A federal judge has ruled that a former Kentucky clerk violated the constitutional rights of two same-sex couples after she wouldn’t issue them marriage licenses – a…

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Added on: 03/20/2022

Transgender immigrants who fled Latin America still face uncertainty in the US

3/19/22

Paloma Vazquez envisioned a new start in Houston. After immigrating from Honduras to escape transphobic violence just six months prior, the 29-year-old was ready to move into…

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Added on: 03/19/2022

I, Issa, transgender person from Senegal

3/17/22

At 44 years old, Issa Diatta (pseudonym) fled to France in order to assume his true trans identity, which was impossible at home in the Thiès region…

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Added on: 03/19/2022

Priests ‘forcing LGBTI people to undergo conversion therapy’, MPs hear

3/18/22

Priests force children and adults into hormone and other conversion therapy treatments, which remain legal in Cyprus, with the aim of changing their sexual orientation and gender…

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Added on: 03/19/2022

Bill promotes California as U.S. refuge for transgender youth

3/18/22

California could provide legal refuge to displaced transgender youth and their families under a proposal announced Thursday that joins a growing list of initiatives from the nation’s…

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Added on: 03/18/2022

Big majority of Australian parents support LGBTIQ+ education in schools

03/18/2022

A national study has found over 80 per cent of Australian parents support the teaching of gender and sexuality diversity in schools, as part of relationships and…

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Added on: 03/18/2022

Kosovo’s parliament rejects new law recognising same-sex civil unions

03/17/2022

Kosovo’s parliament has rejected a new law that would allow same-sex couples to form civil partnerships. Just 28 out of 120 MPs voted in favour of the bill…

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Added on: 03/18/2022

Working Remotely, Some Transgender People Saw an Opportunity to Change

03/17/2022

For years, Deke Wilson, 41, was ambivalent about undergoing a medical transition to male. He felt it was critical for his happiness, but there were plenty of…

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Added on: 03/17/2022

LGBTQ refugees fleeing Ukraine draw on European network of allies to find housing, medical care

03/16/2022

When Edward Reese, a queer activist who works with Kyiv Pride, decided to flee Ukraine on March 8, he knew it was going to be a long…

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Added on: 03/17/2022

Malaysian government’s ‘gay conversion’ app pulled by Google Play

03/17/2022

An app produced by the Malaysian government that promised to help the LGBTI community “return to nature” has been removed from the Google Play store, after it…

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Added on: 03/17/2022

In 1st for Bay Area, gay Afghan Muslim joins college board

03/16/2022

When a Chabot-Las Positas Community College District Board of Trustees member resigned due to relocating, the search was on to find an appointee to fill the vacancy…

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Added on: 03/17/2022

Where Ukraine fits into Russian President Vladimir Putin’s ‘culture war’

03/16/2022

On February 24, Russia invaded Ukraine. It marks the latest chapter in Russian President Vladimir Putin’s campaign against Ukraine, which began in earnest when Russia annexed the Ukrainian…

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Added on: 03/16/2022

“Life and Family” Bill is a Smokescreen for Corruption in Guatemala.

03/15/2022

On International Women’s Day, March 8, the Guatemalan Congress passed an extraordinarily regressive “Life and Family” bill that undermines the rights of women and lesbian, gay, bisexual,…

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Added on: 03/16/2022

Black, Latino queer students say they are on edge in the wake of ‘Don’t Say Gay’ bill.

03/15/2022

Miami eighth grader Zen Nelson, who is Afro Latinx and uses gender-neutral pronouns, said they have been subjected to homophobic slurs from their classmates for at least…

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Added on: 03/16/2022

France to lift blood donation ban for gay men who have had recent sex.

03/15/2022

France will end a ban tomorrow (March 16) that rules that gay men cannot give blood if they have had sexual relations in the past four months….

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Added on: 03/16/2022

Mamelodi school agrees to LGBTI-inclusive uniform policy.

03/15/2022

Rights group Access Chapter 2 (AC2) recently assisted a group of LGBTI+ learners who were discriminated against by a Gauteng school’s exclusionary uniform rules. The organisation was…

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Added on: 03/15/2022

UK court blocks gay marriage for Cayman Islands, Bermuda.

03/14/2022

Activists supporting same-sex marriage in the Cayman Islands and Bermuda received a heavy blow Monday following a ruling by a top appeals court in London. The United…

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Added on: 03/15/2022

How Polish & Hungarian Activists Are Helping Queer Ukrainian Refugees.

03/14/2022

The scenes of the more than two and a half million Ukrainian refugees fleeing their country have been brutally heart-wrenching. Eastern Europe is being overwhelmed right now,…

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Added on: 03/15/2022

Nepal’s transgender activist Bhumika Shrestha receives international recognition.

03/14/2022

Bhumika Shrestha is an LGBTQ+ activist from Nepal who received the 2022 International Women of Courage (IWOC) Award from the US government. The award is given to…

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Added on: 03/15/2022

LGBTQ Representation in Colombia’s Congress Triples.

03/14/2022

A historic number of out LGBTQ candidates won their races in yesterday’s Congressional elections in Colombia. Incumbent Angélica Lozano won reelection and candidates Susana Boreal, Andrés Cancimance,…

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Added on: 03/14/2022

Transgender children, families rally outside Texas Capitol, Governor’s Mansion

03/13/2022

AUSTIN — More than 200 people showed up on Gov. Greg Abbott’s doorstep Sunday with a message: Leave transgender children alone. The rally dubbed “Trans Kids Cry for HELP!” was a…

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Added on: 03/14/2022

This Mumbai cafe run by transgender community is breaking the internet

03/13/2022

We often read about innovation and experimentation in terms of menu and hospitality of restaurants and cafes, with a motive to attract customers. For a change, this…

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Added on: 03/14/2022

Anti-gay vs. gay-friendly religion go head-to-head in Ghana

03/13/2022

The Presbyterian Church of Ghana has come out in favor of harsh penalties for public displays of same-sex affection and for anyone who supports LGBTQ rights —…

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Added on: 03/14/2022

Some LGBTQ Ukrainians are fleeing Russian occupation. Others are signing up to fight

03/13/2022

LVIV OBLAST, Ukraine — A few weeks ago, Vlad Shast was sashaying in a slinky pink gown and thigh-high boots. Shast was working as a stylist, and performing…

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Added on: 03/13/2022

Ghana is warned: Passing anti-LGBTQ bill would harm the economy

3/11/22

The economic damage that would be caused by passage of Ghana’s extreme anti-LGBTQ bill was highlighted at a Parliamentary hearing this week. For months, Ghanaian legislators have…

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Added on: 03/13/2022

Singapore upholds anti-gay law, but activists hopeful after minister’s speech

3/12/22

Singapore’s gay rights campaigners know full well that their years-long campaign to repeal the country’s colonial-era law that criminalises consensual sex between men is a marathon, not…

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Added on: 03/13/2022

Judge temporarily blocks Texas investigations into families of trans kids

3/11/22

District Judge Amy Clark Meachum said the governor’s directive for the state child welfare agency to investigate parents who provide gender-affirming care to their children was “beyond…