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Added on: 03/26/2023

‘TransFormation’: A Mumbai salon run by transgender persons to promote inclusivity

03/25/2023

Deutsche Bank and Rotary Club of Bombay have teamed up to open Mumbai’s first transgender-run salon on Saturday, March 25 in an effort to create equal employment…

Global News

Added on: 03/25/2023

Moises Spilere: Brazil’s first gay football club president

3/24/2023

Moises Spilere remembers the day of his election very well. “It was rather spontaneous and came about that way,” the 35-year-old told DW. In the past, elections…

Global News

Added on: 03/24/2023

Trans rights becomes a life and death issue in Peru

03/20/2023

A wave of murders of trans women in Peru — six since the beginning of the year, after eight all of last year — has exposed a…

Global News

Added on: 03/19/2023

Petition for progressive sex education in Ukraine

3/18/2023

Members of the LGBT community in Ukraine have gathered signatures for a petition to introduce mandatory sex education in Ukrainian schools. It gathered thousands of votes. The…

Alturi Blog

Added on: 02/28/2023

Kenya’s LGBTQI community mourns the loss of activist Edwin Chiloba

Margerita Afom

Alturi Contributor

On January 6th, 2023, Chiloba was found dead in a metal box on the side of the road near the western Kenyan town of Eldoret. Chiloba was…

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Added on: 02/28/2023

Parents of LGBTQ children in Japan call for anti-discrimination legislation

02/26/2023

Parents of LGBTQ children in Japan have called for the enactment of legislation that clearly stipulates discrimination is unacceptable. The group held an online news conference on…

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Added on: 02/26/2023

Farmers first and foremost, these gay graziers are breaking stereotypes

02/25/2023

When Jon Wright came out as gay as a 28-year-old farmer, he found support from the community and family — a welcome relief for the grazier after…

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Added on: 02/26/2023

In Cantal, A Rural Reception Center Allows Young LGBT+ People To Come And “Recharge Their Batteries”

02/25/2023

It is nicknamed the Lourdes of Cantal. A small village of three hundred inhabitants, Quézac is home to a Marian sanctuary which, from the 14th century, became…

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Added on: 02/19/2023

Spain approves controversial LGBT and abortion laws

02/17/2023

Spain’s parliament on Thursday passed legislation which makes it easier for trans people to change their gender, expands access to abortion procedures and grants menstrual leave to…

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Added on: 02/18/2023

Spain passes transgender law allowing minors treatment without parental consent

02/17/2023

After its passage in the Senate, Spain’s lower house passed the Law for the Real and Effective Equality of Trans Persons and for the Guarantee of LGTBI…

Global News

Added on: 02/11/2023

Center for Religion and Public Life petitions Parliament to reject Anti-LGBTQ Bill

02/11/2023

The Center for Religion and Public Life (CRPL-Ghana) has petitioned the Constitutional, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs Committee of Parliament not to pass the bill against Lesbians, Gays,…

World Voices

Added on: 02/07/2023

Paul Canary Kanyamu – Human Rights Defender in Kenya

Sarah Lestico

Alturi Contributor

Where is home for you? I have not found “home” yet. A home is a place that accepts me; where I can move freely as an LGBTIQ…

Global News

Added on: 02/05/2023

How antisemitic tropes are being used to target the LGBTQ community

02/04/2023

Over the past year, a new front for hate has opened up across Canada and the United States, with drag performances and gender-affirming care providers becoming targets…

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Added on: 02/05/2023

Turkey LGBT sex workers struggle to pay high rents

02/04/2023

Sex worker Nina relies on an apartment in the Turkish city of Istanbul as a relatively safe space to meet clients, but the 29-year-old is worried about…

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Added on: 01/02/2023

Sanjana Tiwari, dost tumhari: Transwoman who works to uplift lives of others like her

01/01/2023

Sanjana Tiwari, who was forced into the sex trade because of poverty, is now an autorickshaw driver and economically independent. As a volunteer activist, she is now…

Global News

Added on: 01/02/2023

LGBTQ Group Pushes For Workplace ‘Protection’ In Mauritius

01/01/2023

Collectif Arc-en-Ciel, an LGBTQ Group in Mauritius is aggressively pushing for protection for its members. It is also fighting for similar rights as its heterosexual counterparts in…

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Added on: 01/01/2023

Mamba’s 21 most-read queer stories of 2022

12/31/2022

The year that was 2022, thankfully, saw a decline in the number of reported LGBTIQ+ hate crimes in South Africa, compared to 2021. There were nonetheless still…

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Added on: 12/31/2022

U.S. appeals court upholds Florida high school’s transgender bathroom ban

12/30/2022

A sharply divided federal appeals court on Friday upheld a Florida high school’s policy forbidding transgender students from using bathrooms that accord with their chosen identities. In…

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Added on: 12/30/2022

2021 was supposed to be the ‘worst year’ for LGBTQ rights — then came 2022

12/29/2022

Last year, the nation’s largest LGBTQ advocacy organization, the Human Rights Campaign, labeled 2021 the “worst year” for LGBTQ rights in modern U.S. history, citing a record…

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Added on: 12/29/2022

Russia’s Media Regulator Granted Powers to Block all LGBT Sites

12/28/2022

The Russian government has granted its media regulator the authority to block websites containing “LGBT propaganda” without a court order, according to a decree published on Monday….

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Added on: 12/29/2022

Uganda: Claims that LGBTQ+ people are “recruiting” schoolchildren

12/28/2022

Annet Kezaabu, is the chairperson of the Anti-Pornographic Control Committee at the Directorate of Ethics and Integrity. It has reportedly warned that members of the LGBTQ+ community…

Global News

Added on: 12/24/2022

At Istanbul’s Queer Olympix, the aim is for LGBTQ+ athletes to have fun and feel safe

12/23/2022

Every summer since 2017, Istanbul has played host to a sporting event known as the “Queer Olympix.” Created by a handful of soccer-loving Turkish queer activists, the…

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Added on: 12/19/2022

Maria B announces Khunsa Fund for intersex community

12/18/2022

A few days after receiving criticism for her opinion on the film Joyland, renowned designer Maria B established the Khunsa Fund for the empowerment of the intersex…

Global News

Added on: 12/19/2022

Inclusive Healthcare! In A First, Cloud Clinics Launched For LGBTQIA+ Community In Bengaluru

12/18/2022

Borderless.lgbt, the world’s first health and wellness cloud platform devoted to LGBT healthcare, has launched a cloud clinic in Bengaluru, where global experts will work alongside doctors…

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Added on: 12/19/2022

Qatar’s Secret Gay Conversion Center Minutes From World Cup Final Stadium

12/18/2022

One of Qatar’s secret alleged conversion therapy centers for members of the LGBTQ community is only minutes from where the FIFA World Cup final will be played….

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Added on: 12/18/2022

Veto of Discriminatory Poland Sex Ed Bill Shows Power of Protest

12/17/2022

In the last weeks, Polish students and activists regularly gathered in front of Warsaw’s Presidential Palace and across the country to demand respect for their rights. They…

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Added on: 12/17/2022

Court upholds Connecticut’s transgender athlete policy

12/16/2022

A federal appeals court on Friday dismissed a challenge to Connecticut’s policy of allowing transgender girls to compete in girls high school sports, rejecting arguments by four…

Global News

Added on: 12/17/2022

UN human rights expert backs Scottish government’s vital gender law reforms

12/16/2022

One of the UN’s leading voices on gender identity and LGBTQ+ rights has endorsed Scotland’s Gender Recognition Act reforms, which will be voted on next week. Victor…

Global News

Added on: 12/17/2022

A new report proves that online anti-LGBTQ2S+ hate turns into real-life violence

12/16/2022

Coordinated online hate targeting doctors and hospitals providing gender-affirming care to youth leads to real-life violence, according to a new report from the Human Rights Campaign (HRC)….

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Added on: 12/13/2022

Fears Switzerland could become hotspot for “gay conversion tourism” amid parliamentary debate

12/12/2022

LGBT rights groups in Switzerland are speaking out in favour of a ban on conversion therapy, fearing that the country may become a hotspot for “conversion therapy…