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Added on: 12/05/2021

Why Viktor Orbán is fighting a war against ‘LGBT ideology’

12/4/21

‘Do you support the unrestricted presentation of sexual media content that influences the development of underage children?’ In a national referendum likely to be held in the…

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Added on: 12/04/2021

Court seeks interpretation over transgender ID suit

12/3/21

The Taipei High Administrative Court on Thursday sought a constitutional interpretation regarding a lawsuit filed by a transgender woman seeking to change the gender identification on her…

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Added on: 12/04/2021

Former Owner of Moscow Gay Club Brings BK’s Russian-Speaking Queer Community Together

12/3/21

Three years ago this week, Leo Allenby arrived in New York, leaving Russia after an attack left him with injuries so severe he required surgery. As the…

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Added on: 12/04/2021

As anti-LGBTI abuses worsen in Cameroon, even the government admits it

12/3/21

Cameroon says lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex people are increasingly becoming victims of violence and brutality. The central African state’s government made the comment this week…

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Added on: 12/03/2021

Ghana’s Anti-LGBTQ Bill Risks Hurting Its Democratic Credentials

12/2/2021

(Bloomberg) — When it comes to cracking down on the LGBTQ community, not much separates Ghana’s two main political parties. A lawmaker from the ruling party has…

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Added on: 12/03/2021

China’s queer internet is being erased

12/2/2021

For Mei, logging into the WeChat account for his queer student society was habitual, like eating or sleeping. For six years, he helped run one of China’s…

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Added on: 12/02/2021

Chile lawmakers set to approve same-sex marriage bill

12/1/2021

Santiago (AFP) – Chile’s parliament is set to approve a long-awaited bill to legalize same-sex marriage Tuesday, joining just a handful of countries in majority Catholic Latin America…

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Added on: 12/02/2021

Canada’s House of Commons approves bill to ban LGBT conversion therapy

12/1/2021

OTTAWA, Dec 1 (Reuters) – Canada’s House of Commons on Wednesday voted unanimously to ban LGBT conversion therapy, which seeks to change a person’s sexual orientation or…

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Added on: 12/02/2021

Same-sex couple fights for right to marry in India

12/1/2021

NEW DELHI – Swept up in a whirlwind romance after meeting at a Bollywood party in Mumbai, Saattvic and Gaurav Bhatti dreamed of celebrating their love with a…

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Added on: 12/02/2021

Hungary approves national referendum on Russia-style ‘gay propaganda’ law

12/1/2021

Hungary will head to the polls to vote on LGBTQ+ rights in 2022 after its parliament approved a nationwide referendum on its controversial “gay propaganda” law. On Tuesday,…

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Added on: 12/01/2021

Qatar 2022 chief says fans from LGBT community are ‘welcome’

11/30/2021

The chief executive of Qatar 2022 has attempted to assure football fans from the LGBT community they will be welcomed at next year’s World Cup in the…

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Added on: 12/01/2021

Anti-LGBTQ bill doesn’t criminalise intersex — Sam George

11/30/2021

Samuel Nartey George, the Member of Parliament for Ningo-Prampram, and lead Sponsor of the Proper Human Sexual Rights and Ghanaian Family Values Bill 2021, has refuted claims…

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Added on: 12/01/2021

Hungary’s parliament approves referendum on LGBT issues

11/30/2021

Hungary’s parliament authorized the government Tuesday to call a national referendum on LGBT issues, the latest in a series of steps by the country’s nationalist leaders that…

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Added on: 11/30/2021

Botswana appeals court upholds ruling that decriminalised gay sex

11/30/2021

Botswana’s Court of Appeal on Monday upheld a 2019 ruling that decriminalised gay sex, a decision hailed by gay community as establishing the southern African country as…

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Added on: 11/30/2021

Tomas Diafas — Thessaloniki Queer Arts Festival, Greece

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Can you start by telling me a bit more about the Thessaloniki Queer Arts Festival? What led to its foundation back in 2018? The festival’s creation was…

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Added on: 11/30/2021

Aritha Wickramasinghe — Equality Director at iProbono, Sri Lanka

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How did you initially become involved in activism? I was passionate about human rights from a young age. Yet, I was primarily focused on child abuse and…

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Added on: 11/29/2021

China’s LGBTIQ+ movement is under attack. But international support can be a double-edged sword

11/28/2021

People often ask me what it’s like to be queer or trans in China. It was the number one question I encountered when I returned to Melbourne…

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Added on: 11/29/2021

One step forward, two steps back

11/28/2021

Once again, those waiting on news of marriage equality in Thailand were met with disappointment. Let’s talk about Section 1448 of the Civil and Commercial Code first….

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Added on: 11/29/2021

How a Seattle man became a lifeline for persecuted LGBTQ people in other countries

11/28/2021

Michael Failla doesn’t get much sleep. In the dead of the night, the Seattle resident gets panicked calls and messages from members of the LGBTQ community in…

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Added on: 11/29/2021

Cameroon Says Citizens Abuse LGBTI People

11/28/2021

YAOUNDÉ — Cameroon says lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex people are increasingly becoming victims of violence and brutality. The central African state’s government made the comment this…

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Added on: 11/28/2021

Elderly gay couple forced from Toowoomba home by abuse

11/28/2021

An elderly gay couple will sell up and leave their Toowoomba home following homophobic abuse. Bruce Gardiner told the Toowoomba Chronicle that he and husband Derek suffered…

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Added on: 11/28/2021

Dutch government apologizes for discredited transgender law

11/27/21

The Dutch government made a public apology Saturday for a now discredited and scrapped law that required transgender people to undergo surgery and sterilization if they wanted…

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Added on: 11/28/2021

Brazilian film traces suffering of LGBTQIA community in 1980

11/27/21

The 52nd International Film Festival of India (Iffi) saw the Asian premiere of a film on the LGBTQIA community, ‘The First Fallen’, by Brazilian filmmaker Rodrigo de…

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Added on: 11/27/2021

Jamaican health minister calls for an end to anti-LGBT discrimination

11/26/21

Jamaica’s minister of health and wellness told a recent public forum organized by the Jamaica Gleaner newspaper that LGBT Jamaicans should not face discrimination in accessing mental…

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Added on: 11/27/2021

‘Unfit for military service’: How Azerbaijan stigmatizes LGBTQ+ military personnel

11/26/21

Three years ago, Alp Aliyev, received a notification from the State Service for Mobilization and Conscription that he was required to enlist the army. Alp did not…

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Added on: 11/27/2021

Slovak gay sportspeople live among us (but they hide their sexuality)

11/26/21

The Lotus Flowers came up with the idea of establishing the very first LGBTI sports club in Slovakia 10 years ago, and they have been around ever…

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Added on: 11/26/2021

Australia: LGBTQ advocates blast religious discrimination bill

11/25/2021

Australia has introduced a new controversial bill aimed at protecting religious people from “cancel culture”. Among other things, it would allow Catholic schools the right to fire…

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Added on: 11/26/2021

Russia investigates complaint against Netflix over LGBT content

11/25/2021

MOSCOW, Nov 25 (Reuters) – Russia is investigating a complaint against Netflix (NFLX.O) after the public commissioner for protecting families accused the streaming company of violating Russian…

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Added on: 11/25/2021

Qtalk has advice for gay man who is attracted to a straight friend

11/24/2021

LGBTQ+ Nigerians benefit from the support provided by volunteer counsellors via the Qtalk app, which is supported by this site and by the St. Paul’s Foundation for International…

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Added on: 11/25/2021

France backs Poland over Belarus but warns EU row not over

11/24/2021

PARIS/WARSAW, Nov 24 (Reuters) – France assured Poland on Wednesday of European Union support in its stand-off with Belarus, but reminded Warsaw it needed to resolve a…