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Added on: 11/25/2021

Gay Australian Footballer ‘Scared’ to Play at World Cup in Qatar

11/24/2021

Australian footballer Josh Cavallo, who came out as gay last month, has revealed he would be scared to play at the upcoming World Cup in Qatar because of the…

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Added on: 11/25/2021

South Africa: Broken Promises to Aid Gender-Based Violence Survivors

11/24/2021

(Johannesburg) The South African government has taken important steps but did not provide adequate funding for shelters and other services for gender-based violence survivors during the Covid-19 pandemic….

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Added on: 11/25/2021

Kenya: Gay rights will destroy family values, Supreme Court told

11/23/2021

The Supreme Court on Tuesday was asked to reject registration of an organisation for gay rights on grounds it would erode family values and harm society. The…

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Added on: 11/25/2021

Russia mulls ban on films with gay love scenes

11/23/2021

The Russian parliament is discussing banning films which include LGBTI love scenes from general release. “Whoever wants can have special access to such videos, as well as…

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Added on: 11/25/2021

Hungarian media to publish LGBTI campaign despite risk of fines

11/23/2021

Three television channels and several magazines will publish an awareness campaign to educate on LGBTI families, despite the Hungarian media regulator having earlier initiated proceedings against networks…

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Added on: 11/25/2021

Texas mother organizes transgender story time after library faced threats over ‘Rainbow Storytime’

11/23/2021

A mother in Texas last week organized a children’s book reading featuring transgender characters after her local public library canceled their Rainbow Storytime on Transgender Day of…

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Added on: 11/24/2021

PM SCOTT MORRISON TO PERSONALLY INTRODUCE RELIGIOUS DISCRIMINATION BILL IN PARLIAMENT

11/23/2021

Prime Minister Scott Morrison will personally introduce the controversial Religious Discrimination Bill in Parliament on Thursday. The bill was promised by Morrison before the last elections in…

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Added on: 11/24/2021

#TheSame: Hungarian media defy ban on publishing LGBT+ content for children

11/23/2021

Several media organisations in Hungary have defied a ban on publishing LGBT+ content geared towards children. Three television channels and several magazines have said they will feature…

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Added on: 11/23/2021

Labour pledges ‘vital changes’ to hate crime laws and more to make UK fairer for LGBT+ people

11/22/2021

Labour’s Anneliese Dodds has pledged to no longer allow those guilty of anti-LGBT+ hate crimes to “dodge longer sentences”. Dodds, who was appointed shadow secretary of state…

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Added on: 11/23/2021

Petitioners Seek to End Nebraska Education Board Over LGBTQ-Inclusive Curricula

11/22/2021

Apetition drive in Nebraska is trying to change the state’s constitution to eliminate the Nebraska State Board of Education and replace it with a new department accountable…

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Added on: 11/22/2021

How a Sex Scene in a Young Adult Novel Touched Off Texas’s Latest Culture War

11/21/2021

Kathy May was getting her four kids ready for another day at school in late October when she got an urgent voicemail from a friend. “OMG, OMG,…

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Added on: 11/22/2021

THE STRUGGLE FOR TRANSGENDER RIGHTS CONTINUES WITH TAIWAN’S FIRST LEGAL GENDER CHANGE WITHOUT PROVIDING PROOF OF SURGERY

11/21/2021

A variety of events happened this past week with regards to the ongoing struggle for transgender rights in Taiwan, including Taiwan’s first successful legal gender change without…

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Added on: 11/22/2021

Infantino says ‘all welcome’ as Qatar begins one-year countdown

11/21/2021

DOHA, Nov 21 (Reuters) – FIFA President Gianni Infantino insisted that “all are welcome in Qatar” on Sunday as a digital countdown clock went on display in…

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Added on: 11/22/2021

Ghana’s Anti-Gay Law: God Loves Gays, Let’s Show Them Love- Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta

11/21/2021

Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta has glaringly pooh-poohed the new anti-gay law that has been presented before parliament awaiting passage into law by saying God loves gays too…

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Added on: 11/21/2021

Biden honors transgender people killed in US: ‘Each of these lives was precious’

11/20/21

Joe Biden issued a statement in honor of Transgender Day of Remembrance, memorializing the dozens of transgender people who were killed this year in America and saying…

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Added on: 11/20/2021

New action plans supporting Roma and Egyptians and LGBTI adopted by Albanian government

11/19/21

The adaption of the National Action Plans for Roma and Egyptian minorities (2021-2025) and for the LGBTI community (2021-2027) affirms the Albanian Government’s commitment to further advance…

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Added on: 11/20/2021

LGBT migrants in South Africa: religion can be a blessing, and a curse

11/19/21

The politicisation of religion in Africa is now well documented. It is a strategy used to maintain the idea that heterosexuality is the only natural and normal…

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Added on: 11/20/2021

Biden Nixes Trump Policy Allowing Anti-LGBTQ Discrimination in Foster Care

11/19/21

The Biden administration’s Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is nixing a Trump-era rule that exempted federally-funded foster care providers from following non-discrimination rules in Michigan,…

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Added on: 11/19/2021

Statement by Russian and International Human Rights Organizations in Support of Russian LGBT Rights Activists under Attack

11/18/2021

We, the undersigned Russian and international human rights organization condemn the escalating attacks against Russian LGBT Network, its leadership and partners. We call on the Russian authorities…

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Added on: 11/19/2021

Mauritius: Island nation’s Supreme Court weighs constitutionality of anti-LGBT law

11/18/2021

Nov. 16, 2021 — A crucial hearing in a case challenging the constitutionality of Section 250, brought by Abdool Ridwan Firaas Ah Seek, a 31-year-old human rights…

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Added on: 11/19/2021

French dictionary sparks anger by adding non-binary ‘iel’ pronoun

11/18/2021

French dictionary Le Robert has added the “iel” pronoun for non-binary people to its online edition, sparking heated debate in a country where grammar is sacrosanct. Le…

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Added on: 11/18/2021

Swiss to allow same-sex weddings from July 2022

11/17/2021

ZURICH, Nov 17 (Reuters) – Same-sex couples can wed in Switzerland from July 1 next year, the government said on Wednesday, enacting the results of a ground-breaking…

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Added on: 11/18/2021

Despite its reformist agenda, Ukraine’s government shows little commitment to LGBT+ rights

11/17/2021

In September, thousands of people marched peacefully through the Ukrainian capital Kyiv in the city’s now annual LGBT+ pride parade – a victory of sorts given that…

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Added on: 11/17/2021

Political Candidate Leads Attack at Rainbow Hub in Bulgaria

Dorian Coleman

Alturi Contributor

“This person stormed in and led a group of ten people without hiding his face or pretending it wasn’t him. This affected many people in society. Despite…

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Added on: 11/17/2021

Israeli Blood Drives Drop LGBTQ-friendly Wording Amid Pressure From Religious Groups

11/16/2021

Israel’s Magen David Adom blood bank will restore the original wording of its forms for blood donors, after pressure from religious groups over the use of gender-neutral…

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Added on: 11/17/2021

In 102 anti-trans bills in 7 states, the word ‘transgender’ appears just 7 times. It’s not an accident.

11/16/2021

Over three special legislative sessions this year, Texas legislators introduced 47 proposed bills that aimed to restrict transgender kids’ access to sports or gender-affirming care, plus three…

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Added on: 11/17/2021

LGBT+ Church of England members stage defiant protest after archbishop of Canterbury’s Ghana apology

11/16/2021

A gay canon and other LGBT+ members of the Church of England have staged a demonstration at a meeting of the General Synod to show solidarity with…

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Added on: 11/16/2021

You can’t target LGBT people like they are the source of Ghana’s sexual problems – Prof Prempeh fumes

11/15/2021

Executive Director of the Ghana Center for Democratic Development (CDD-Ghana), Professor Henry Kwasi Prempeh, has expressed his utter disgust at the treatment being meted out to members…

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Added on: 11/16/2021

Gay priest and partner make Church in Wales history with ‘rejoiceful’ same-sex blessing

11/15/2021

Father Lee Taylor, 44, and his partner Fabiano Da Silva Duarte, 45, received a blessing from the Church in Wales on Saturday (13 November). Father Lee said…

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Added on: 11/16/2021

Trans Army veteran rejected by multiple nursing homes almost couldn’t find help anywhere

11/15/2021

A U.S. Army veteran was rejected by dozens of long-term care facilities, with some even saying that she’s being denied care because she’s transgender. When Lisa Oakley…