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Added on: 11/20/2022

Mothers of LGBTQ children join forces in Latin America

Associated Press
11/20/2022
Fabu Olmedo is so nervous about clubs and restaurants in Paraguay that before a night out she often contacts one to make sure that she’ll be let…
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Global News

Added on: 11/19/2022

Belgium bans ‘conversion therapy’ for LGBTQ people

Brussels Times
11/18/2022
Belgium is banning conversion practices – a pseudoscientific practice of trying to change someone’s sexual orientation or gender identity to align with heterosexual and cisgender norms –…
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Global News

Added on: 11/13/2022

As Texas cracks down on trans youth, some families feel trapped

Openly News
11/11/2022
Every morning, Mary’s eight-year-old daughter Paige walks into school in the Texan city of Austin with a legal letter in her rucksack, neatly packed with her schoolbooks…
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Global News

Added on: 11/13/2022

U.S. judge rejects Biden administration’s LGBT health protections

Reuters
11/11/2022
A federal judge in Texas ruled on Friday that President Joe Biden’s administration had wrongly interpreted an Obamacare provision as barring health care providers from discriminating against…
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Global News

Added on: 11/12/2022

Gandhara Briefing: Taliban Targets Universities; Women Barred From Parks; Gay Afghan Men Fear Persecution

Gandhara
11/11/2022
RFE/RL’s Radio Azadi reports on the Taliban cracking down on Afghan universities, which have become a hotbed of anti-Taliban protests led by female students. In the latest…
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Global News

Added on: 11/12/2022

Dubbed torture, ID policies leave transgender people sterile

Associated Press
11/11/2022
She was the only woman soldier working in the guard room, surrounded by men who harassed and frightened her after she said she was transgender. She tried…
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Global News

Added on: 11/08/2022

New project Nour Sarah reaches out to LGBTQ Afghans, aims for more

Erasing 76 Crimes
11/07/2022
A new project launched by LGBTQ rights activists based in Lebanon and Paris offers emotional support services to members of the LGBTQ community — initially to refugees…
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Global News

Added on: 11/05/2022

Qatari officials accused of gang raping gay man in hotel before deporting him

Pink News
11/04/2022
A gay man who lived in Qatar has revealed the harrowing truth about sting operations in place to entrap members of the queer community, with his own…
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Global News

Added on: 10/30/2022

Nearly half of Japan’s LGBTQ teens have considered suicide: survey

Japan Times
10/30/2022
Out of Japan’s LGBTQ teens, 48.1% thought about committing suicide over the past year and 14% made an attempt, according to a recent survey by a nonprofit…
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World Voices

Added on: 10/24/2022

Nyasha Zhakata – Global Director, The Dream Academy

Joel Klausler
Alturi Project Stategist
Context Safe Place International is a holistic leadership development organization for displaced LGBTQIA+ individuals. Societies often trivialize and overlook the lived experiences of the LGBTQIA+ community. Safe…
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Global News

Added on: 10/16/2022

Conservative Muslims join forces with Christian right on Michigan book bans

The Guardian
10/15/2022
A recent school board meeting at which about 1,000 people gathered in Dearborn, Michigan, to pressure district officials to censor books with LGBTQ+ themes was in most…
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Global News

Added on: 10/15/2022

Thousands rally in Bratislava to honor 2 gay men shot dead

ABC News
10/14/2022
Slovakia’s president joined a rally of thousands on Friday to honor two gay men who were shot dead in the capital earlier this week and demonstrate support…
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Global News

Added on: 10/02/2022

Tennessee GOP urges pediatric clinic to stop providing gender-affirming surgeries

NBC News
10/01/2022
A group of GOP lawmakers in Tennessee sent a letter Wednesday to Vanderbilt University Medical Center calling on the hospital’s Pediatric Transgender Clinic — the only one…
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Global News

Added on: 10/01/2022

Pakistan launches anti-harassment hotline for trans people

ABC News
09/30/2022
Pakistan on Friday launched a hotline for transgender people in an effort to protect them from discrimination and harassment, a senior government official said. Trans people in…
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Global News

Added on: 09/30/2022

Dominica High Court accepts challenge to sodomy laws

Erasing 76 Crimes
09/27/2022
A constitutional challenge against laws that criminalize same-sex intimacy in the Caribbean country Dominica was to be heard today at the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court, acting as…
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Global News

Added on: 09/29/2022

Russians Are Fleeing Putin’s Draft. But in Georgia, Few Are Happy About a Fresh Influx

Time
09/29/2022
It’s not hard to understand why Nikolai Shushpan, who is gay, made the decision to become one of the thousands of Russians to flee to Georgia after…
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Global News

Added on: 09/24/2022

Turkey’s Anti-LGBTQ Display Reflects Nation’s Political Shift

Voice of America
09/23/2022
The 25-year-old translator by day and trans drag performer by night felt overwhelming panic and anxiety when several thousand demonstrators gathered and marched Sunday in Turkey to…
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Global News

Added on: 09/18/2022

Texas judge halts investigations of transgender families who belong to national advocacy group

KERA
09/16/2022
A state district judge on Friday granted a temporary halt into the investigations of families with transgender children who belong to one of the largest LGBTQ advocacy…
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Global News

Added on: 09/10/2022

Montana permanently blocks transgender birth certificate changes

Washington Times
09/09/2022
Montana health officials on Friday made permanent a rule that blocks transgender people from changing their birth certificates even if they undergo gender-confirmation surgery. The move by…
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Global News

Added on: 09/07/2022

Future Generali to offer health insurance for live-in partners, LGBT community

Fortune India
09/06/2022
Future Generali India Insurance Company Limited (FGII) has launched a health insurance product that brings LGBTQIA+ community (lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender) and members in a live-in…
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Global News

Added on: 09/05/2022

On this day: Gay Liberation Australia, angry and proud

Q News
09/05/2022
“Had I known at the age of 15 that my lesbianism could have been ‘cured’, I would have rushed to Dr McConaghy as my saviour,” wrote Lindy…
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Global News

Added on: 09/04/2022

Iran sentences two gay rights activists to death

Jerusalem Post
09/04/2022
The Islamic Republic of Iran imposed the death penalty on two LGBTQ activists for allegedly promoting homosexuality, human rights organization Hengaw reported on Sunday. According to Hengaw,…
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Global News

Added on: 09/04/2022

Doctors already in short supply in Alberta. Now, imagine trying to find one who’s gay

CBC
09/02/2022
Finding a family doctor is a challenge for most Albertans. The number of physicians in the province taking new patients has dropped by half since 2020. For…
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Global News

Added on: 08/21/2022

CNA Explains: The history of 377A and how some countries have repealed it

Channel News Asia
08/19/2022
A controversial law that criminalises sex between men in Singapore has been thrust into the spotlight again, amid an ongoing government review which seeks to find the…
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Global News

Added on: 08/21/2022

After years of progress on gay rights, how did the US become so anti-LGBTQ+?

The Guardian
04/28/2022
In 2019, the Atlantic ran an opinion piece titled “The struggle for gay rights is over”. Written by the rightwing academic James Kirchick, the piece was obviously…
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Global News

Added on: 08/21/2022

Some LGBTQ Afghans Are Finally Safe. Thousands Are Not.

The Daily Beast
08/20/2022
It was “so hard” to leave his family in Afghanistan, Talha told The Daily Beast. Then he began crying, recalling the desperate dash to get out of…
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Global News

Added on: 08/20/2022

Vietnam Adopts Global LGBT Health Standard

Human Rights Watch
08/18/2022
Vietnam’s Health Ministry officially confirmed on August 3, 2022, that same-sex attraction and being transgender are not mental health conditions, Human Rights Watch said today. The decision…
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Global News

Added on: 08/14/2022

Churches in East Africa can help to change attitudes to LGBT rights, says charity

Church Times
08/12/2022
Churches in East Africa have a necessary part to play in changing attitudes and policies concerning LGBTIQ+ rights, the international charity the Arcus Foundation has said. Last…
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Global News

Added on: 08/13/2022

Vietnam Takes Major Step Forward in Recognizing LGBTQ Rights

The Diplomat
08/12/2022
Vietnam last week took a major step forward in the recognition of LGBTQ rights, with the country’s Ministry of Health stating that being gay, bisexual, or transgender…
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Global News

Added on: 08/13/2022

Activists urge UN to move climate conference from Egypt over LGBT rights concerns

Erasing 76 Crimes
08/12/2022
A White House adviser and his partner have called on the United Nations to move a key climate change summit from Egypt due to the country’s treatment…
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