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Added on: 07/29/2023

In Nepal, the LGBTQ Community’s Fight for Marriage Equality is Far From Over

07/28/2023

“We are going to fight until the very end!” said Surendra Pandey, the husband of Maya Gurung, when we met at a restaurant in Nepal’s busy capital…

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Added on: 07/29/2023

‘I can make you straight in three months’: Inside India’s gay conversion industry

07/28/2023

Widely discredited around the world, conversion therapy – which aims to change someone’s sexual orientation – is still legal in India but the practice of it by…

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Added on: 07/29/2023

From state houses to Congress, anti-trans fights arrive in Washington

07/28/2023

When AJ DePre, a trans rights organizer, heard that a House subcommittee was holding a hearing about “The Dangers and Due Process Violations of ‘Gender-Affirming Care,’” on…

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Added on: 07/29/2023

How will Russia’s tough new law affect trans people?

07/25/2023

Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a new law that bans transgender people from changing their gender on ID documents or undergoing transition-related medical care such as…

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Added on: 07/29/2023

Ghana set to pass anti-homosexuality law after legal challenge fails in Supreme Court

07/27/2023

Same-sex intercourse is already illegal in the West African nation, and is punishable by up to three years in jail. The Ghanaian parliament has been debating the…

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Added on: 07/29/2023

Malaysia’s LGBTQ community fears backlash after concert kiss

07/27/2023

The 1975 frontman Matty Healy’s recent appearance at a festival in Kuala Lumpur — where he criticized Malaysia’s homophobic laws and kissed a male bandmate on stage…

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Added on: 07/27/2023

Uganda anti-gay law ‘already causing harm,’ says US ambassador

07/26/2023

U.S. officials and those working in the HIV response in Uganda said they are already seeing the detrimental effects of the controversial anti-gay bill that Ugandan President…

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Added on: 07/27/2023

Transgender patients sue the hospital that provided their records to Tennessee’s attorney general

07/26/2023

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Vanderbilt University Medical Center is being sued by its transgender clinic patients, who accuse the hospital of violating their privacy by turning their records…

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Added on: 07/27/2023

Supporters of gay rights and EFF members go head to head at UCT

07/26/2023

Tensions ran high at the University of Cape Town on Monday evening as supporters of gay rights confronted members of the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) ahead of…

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Added on: 07/27/2023

Berlin Pride marked by huge crowd and colorful costumes

07/26/2023

Hundreds of thousands of people marched through the streets of the German capital Berlin on Saturday in support of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) rights. The 45th Berlin Pride parade,…

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Added on: 07/26/2023

‘White savior complex’: Malaysia’s LGBTQ community slams The 1975’s Matty Healy’s onstage kiss

07/25/2023

When British singer Matty Healy grabbed bandmate Ross MacDonald for an onstage kiss during their Malaysia concert on Friday, following a profanity-laden speech slamming the country’s anti-LGBTQ…

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Added on: 07/26/2023

Gay man granted workers’ comp for being outed by boss

07/25/2023

Labor authorities agreed to pay workers’ compensation to a gay man who suffered from mental illness after being outed by his boss, which may be the first…

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Added on: 07/26/2023

The Queer Cubans Seeking Refuge in Putin’s Russia

07/25/2023

For the protagonists of Luis Alejandro Yero’s Calls from Moscow, the Russian capital was a place of intense silence and isolation on the eve of the invasion…

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Added on: 07/26/2023

Transgender patients sue the hospital that provided their records to Tennessee’s attorney general

07/25/2023

Vanderbilt University Medical Center is being sued by its transgender clinic patients, who accuse the hospital of violating their privacy by turning their records over to Tennessee’s…

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Added on: 07/25/2023

Russian president signs legislation outlawing gender-affirming procedures

07/24/2023

Russian President Vladimir Putin signed new legislation Monday which marked the final step in outlawing gender-affirming procedures, a crippling blow to Russia’s already embattled LGBTQ+ community. The…

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Added on: 07/25/2023

Conservative California school board OKs curriculum on gay rights activist after Newsom threatened $1.5M fine

07/24/2023

A conservative school board in southern California reversed course and approved a social studies curriculum that references gay rights activist Harvey Milk, after Gov. Gavin Newsom threatened…

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Added on: 07/25/2023

Italy’s Mounting Attack on Lesbian Parents

07/24/2023

In January, Italy’s right-wing government ordered state agencies to cease registration of children born to same-sex couples. Now they’ve taken it a step further: a state prosecutor…

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Added on: 07/25/2023

Malaysia’s gay community fears backlash after Matty Healy’s outburst

07/24/2023

The 1975 frontman Matty Healy’s recent appearance at a festival in Kuala Lumpur – where he criticised Malaysia’s homophobic laws and kissed a male bandmate on stage…

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Added on: 07/24/2023

Peruvian court opens door to legally recognize same-sex couples

07/23/2023

LIMA — A Peruvian high court has ordered same-sex unions to be legally registered in public records, marking a victory for the LGBTQ community in a country…

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Added on: 07/24/2023

German LGBTQ+ activist warns over ‘worrying’ hate crime rise

07/23/2023

BERLIN, July 23 (Reuters) – Prominent German LGBTQ+ rights activist Anastasia Biefang has expressed concerns about an increase in homophobic and anti-transgender violence and abuse in the…

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Added on: 07/24/2023

A clinic for issues related to intersex people

07/23/2023

A first of its kind trans-health clinic in Lucknow is instilling confidence among intersex people to search for their own identity. ‘Sabrang’, the clinic, claims to be the…

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Added on: 07/24/2023

Spain votes in elections that could bring a right-wing wave

07/23/2023

MADRID – Spaniards braved scorching temperatures to go to the polls on Sunday in a highly charged election in which the left tried to hold back a…

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Added on: 07/23/2023

Anti-gay protests held against Botswana LGBTQ bill

07/22/2023

Demonstrations have taken place in the streets of Botswana’s capital, Gaborone, against legislation to make same-sex relations legal. Mostly religious groups marched across the city to voice…

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Added on: 07/23/2023

US white supremacists found guilty of gay pride riot plot

07/22/2023

Five members of a white supremacist hate group convicted of plotting to riot at a gay pride event will spend three days in jail, a court has…

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Added on: 07/23/2023

Malaysia bans the 1975 after Matty Healy defies anti-LGBTQ+ laws with stage kiss

07/22/2023

The English band the 1975 have been banned from performing in Malaysia after their lead singer criticised the country’s anti-LGBTQ+ laws on stage. The group, fronted by…

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Added on: 07/23/2023

Protest held in Botswana against bill legalizing same-sex relationships

07/22/2023

Hundreds of people took to the streets in Botswana’s capital of Gaborone on Saturday to protest against legislation seeking to make same-sex relations legal. Backed by religious…

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Added on: 07/22/2023

Could Poland’s controversial LGBT-Free Zones finally be consigned to history?

07/21/2023

In 2019, a wave of Polish towns and cities passed resolutions declaring themselves “LGBT-Free Zones” that at one point encompassed one-third of the country. Since then, activists…

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Added on: 07/22/2023

Embassy Statement in Support of LGBTQ in Hungary Criticized in Romania

07/21/2023

Young Europeans, born after the era of communist oppression, know the phenomenon of unanimity in a political context by hearsay at best and may think nothing of…

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Added on: 07/22/2023

Man jailed in Turkey for 20 days just because he ‘looked gay’

07/21/2023

On 25 June, Miguel Alvaro’s holiday took an unexpected turn when he was arrested by police in Istanbul after asking for directions. The arrest coincided with a…

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Added on: 07/22/2023

Gay sex is still illegal in this Caribbean island; Human Rights Watch wants ban repealed

07/21/2023

The twin-island nation of St. Vincent and the Grenadines is known for its volcanic terrain, spectacular coral reefs and yacht-filled harbors. But the tiny Eastern Caribbean country…