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Added on: 06/27/2024

Pride Month is a secret celebration in Bangladesh

06/26/2024

DHAKA, BANGLADESH — Pride Month, the monthlong celebration of LGBTQ+ culture and rights, is not publicly celebrated in Bangladesh, a Muslim-majority country where same-sex relationships are illegal under…

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Added on: 06/27/2024

Russia’s first transgender politician reveals she was forced to announce her detransition

06/26/2024

The first openly transgender politician in Russia has described how the Russian authorities threatened to commit her to a psychiatric hospital unless she detransitioned, Novaya Gazeta Baltic…

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Added on: 06/26/2024

A US officiant marries 10 same-sex couples in Hong Kong via video chat

06/26/2024

Ten same-sex couples got married in the United States over the internet from Hong Kong, a semi-autonomous southern Chinese city that does not formally recognize such unions…

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Added on: 06/26/2024

LGBT Afghans Subjected To Growing Taliban Threats, Discrimination, Watchdogs Say

06/26/2024

Rights groups say LGBT Afghans are in an increasingly desperate situation after the Taliban takeover as they face serious threats to their safety. Human Rights Watch and…

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Added on: 06/25/2024

What are the legal challenges to Ghana’s anti-LGBTQ+ bill?

06/24/2024

Courts in Ghana are considering multiple legal challenges to the West African country’s anti-LGBTQ+ bill with its top court due to deliver its first decision on July…

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Added on: 06/22/2024

Continued progress leaves homosexuality illegal in 64 nations

06/21/2024

The number of nations with laws against gay sex has fallen to 64, continuing the slow, decades-long progress toward recognition of the human rights of LGBTQ+ people….

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Added on: 06/21/2024

Namibian court declares laws banning gay sex unconstitutional

06/20/2024

WINDHOEK, June 21 (Reuters) – A high court in Namibia declared two colonial-era laws that criminalised same-sex acts between men unconstitutional on Friday, in a landmark win…

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Added on: 06/20/2024

Singapore gay-rights rally draws record crowd: organisers

06/19/2024

Organisers of Pink Dot 2015 said the estimated turnout of 28,000 was a record for the event, surpassing the crowd count of 26,000 they gave last year. No…

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Added on: 06/19/2024

LGBTQ migrants face ‘triple vulnerability’ as a group in Mexico aims to help them

06/19/2024

Dayling Ramírez says that each day that passes is a challenge to overcome because, despite having survived the persecution of the Mara Salvatrucha gang and the abuses…

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Added on: 06/19/2024

LGBTI people’s human rights at the 56th UN human rights council

It’s June, and it’s time for the second session of the year of the UN Human Rights Council! The 56th session will take place at the United…

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Added on: 06/18/2024

Kathmandu’s queer ‘oasis’

06/18/2024

In a world where acceptance and safety often seem difficult to attain, many queer individuals also struggle to find a safe space to express themselves. They have…

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Added on: 06/18/2024

Congo has no anti-gay law, but justice minister demands crackdown anyway

06/17/2024

Barely two weeks after Constant Mutamba took office as Justice Minister of the Democratic Republic of Congo, he ordered public prosecutors to prosecute homosexuals even though the…

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Added on: 06/15/2024

Federal judge delivers first blow to Biden’s protections for transgender students

06/14/2024

A federal judge has temporarily blocked the Education Department’s final Title IX rule, which prohibits discrimination based on gender identity and sexual orientation. The ruling: Western District…

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Added on: 06/15/2024

Italy denies removing LGBTQ and abortion references from G7 declaration

06/14/2024

Italy’s far-right government has denied that it removed references to abortion and LGBTQ rights in the final declaration of the G7 summit in Puglia. In the declaration,…

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Added on: 06/15/2024

Six-month suspended sentence for man arrested after planning meetup on Grindr

06/14/2024

A British-Mexican man who says he was targeted for being gay and arrested on false drug charges in Qatar has been given a suspended six-month jail sentence,…

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Added on: 06/13/2024

Nigeria’s repressed LGBTQ party people let ‘true self’ out at Lagos ball

06/12/2024

Performers strutted their stuff onstage at an LGBTQ community dance party in Nigeria’s Lagos, publicly celebrating their identities in a country where being gay could land you…

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Added on: 06/13/2024

Nepal’s LGBTQ+ Landscape: Legal Wins and Social Battles

06/12/2024

The fight for LGBTQIAA+ (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Intersex, Asexual, and more) rights has been an ongoing struggle for decades. Throughout history, individuals identifying as part…

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Added on: 06/12/2024

Bisexual risks death in Nigeria, seeks asylum in the U.K.

06/11/2024

Chukwuebuka, a pseudonym for his safety, is a bisexual Nigerian student residing in the U.K. He finds himself at a critical juncture, torn between fear and hope,…

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Added on: 06/11/2024

Country’s first documented gay rights organization started 100 years ago in Chicago

06/10/2024

A century ago, Henry Gerber founded America’s first documented gay rights organization in a boardinghouse at 1710 N. Crilly Court in Chicago. It was once part of…

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Added on: 06/11/2024

Taiwan’s LGBTQ Progress Under Lai Ching-te: From Rhetoric to Action

06/10/2024

During her eight years in office, Taiwan’s outgoing President Tsai Ing-wen endorsed marriage equality and aspired to build a Taiwan where individuals can freely express themselves and…

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Added on: 06/11/2024

Man is detained for trying to open gay club in Osama Bin Laden’s compound town in Pakistan

06/10/24

A 75-year-old man who tried to open a gay bar in a conservative Pakistani city has been detained in a mental health hospital since last month by…

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Added on: 06/10/2024

Non-binary Saudi influencer denied asylum in UK because officials ‘don’t believe they are really LGBT+’

06/09/2024

A non-binary social media influencer fleeing persecution in Saudi Arabia has been denied asylum in the UK because officials allegedly don’t believe they are really LGBT+. Ali Saad…

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Added on: 06/10/2024

UN rights office denounces ‘horrendous’ attack on Tanzania transgender activist

06/09/2024

The United Nations Human Rights Office condemned an attack against transgender woman and activist Mauzinde in Tanzania on Friday, calling it “horrendous.” Mauzinde, a resident of Rahaleo, was found abandoned in…

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Added on: 06/10/2024

Two women in Comoros detained on gay sex charges after marriage bid

06/09/2024

Police in Comoros detained two women on charges of engaging in same-sex sexual activity after they asked an Islamic preacher to marry them, a public prosecutor said….

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Added on: 06/09/2024

Namibia: Call for President to Veto Anti-LGBTQI+ Bill

06/08/2024

A campaign has been launched urging the President of Namibia, Nangolo Mbumba, to veto the discriminatory anti-LGBTQI+ bill passed by Parliament last year. Through a petition on…

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Added on: 06/09/2024

LGBTQ+ activists warn against normalizing Europe’s far right

06/08/2024

Monika Magashazi is a fighter. The 52-year old trans woman lives in Hungary — a country that has been ruled by Viktor Orban’s nationalist Fidesz party since…

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Added on: 06/09/2024

In Georgia, LGBTQ community fears Russia-style crackdown in ‘existential fight’

06/08/2024

In Georgia’s oldest gay bar, Tato Londaridze carefully stepped around construction materials as he set out his ambitious plan to put a stage for drag queens on…

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Added on: 06/07/2024

West won’t accept polygamy so shouldn’t force LGBTQ+ acceptance on us, says Ghana’s vice-president

06/06/2024

Bawumia, the New Patriotic Party’s presidential candidate, has said he will not tolerate LGBTQ+ activities if elected, because they conflict with the Ghana’s values. Ghana’s presidential elections on 7…

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Added on: 06/07/2024

Discrimination persists against LGBTQ+ refugees – both at home and in host countries

06/06/2024

As countries around the globe mark Pride month, the plight of members of the LGBTQ+ community around the world continues to worsen. Gay, lesbian and trans people…

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Added on: 06/07/2024

Russian adult content provider forced to entrap gay men online by Dagestan police

06/06/2024

A Russian male adult content provider was detained in the North Caucasus republic of Dagestan for the second time in two weeks on Wednesday after reportedly being…