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Added on: 06/29/2023

THE WORLDWIDE OFFENSIVE AGAINST THE RIGHTS OF THE LGBTQ+ COMMMUNITY

06/28/2023

Whenever the rights of LGBTQ+ people move forward in the world, be it with laws that recognize same-sex marriage or the administrative identity of trans people, there…

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Added on: 06/28/2023

China crackdown pushes LGBT groups into the shadows

06/27/2023

While celebrations were held around the world for Pride month, there were no major LGBT events in China. The country’s largest Pride event has been suspended since…

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Added on: 06/28/2023

Turkey Detains Dozens of LGBTQ Activists During Pride March

06/27/2023

Turkish police have ramped up a crackdown on LGBTQ activists as dozens of people were detained Sunday at Pride marches in Turkey’s metropolitan Istanbul and Izmir provinces….

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Added on: 06/28/2023

Twenty years after a breakthrough Texas case launched a new era of gay rights, trans people are still in the fight

06/27/2023

Seated on a parade float winding its way through Montrose, the heart of Houston’s LGBTQ+ community, John Lawrence and Tyron Garner temporarily assumed the status of queer…

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Added on: 06/27/2023

Israeli Police Walk Back Restrictions on Pride Parade in Southern Israel

06/26/2023

Israel Police walked back its demand from the organizers of the Mitzpeh Ramon Pride Parade in southern Israel to place a two-meter-high (about 6.7 feet) tarp fence…

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Added on: 06/25/2023

Pride collection backlash has derailed retailers, but LGBT designers are more empowered than ever

06/24/2023

When Walmart approached Gay Pride Apparel founders Sergio Aragon and Jesus Gutierrez to launch an exclusive Pride Month collection this June, it felt like a “full circle”…

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Added on: 06/24/2023

Kenya plots vile anti-homosexuality law to ‘kick LGBT people out of the country completely’

06/23/2023

Kenya is among a number of African states reportedly looking to introduce sweeping anti-homosexuality laws, with politician Mohamed Ali saying he wanted to “kick LGBT people out…

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Added on: 06/08/2023

The Colombian Paramilitary’s Other Dirty War — Against LGBTQ+ People

06/07/2023

Sandra* spotted her name for the first time on a pamphlet left at her doorstep in 2008, in Barrancabermeja, her home town in northern Colombia. Local paramilitaries…

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Added on: 06/07/2023

Human Rights Campaign declares a national state of emergency for LGBTQ+ people

06/06/2023

For the first time in its four-decade history, America’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer civil rights organization has declared a national state of emergency for…

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Added on: 06/07/2023

Warning letter to religious teacher was over inflammatory language, not LGBT stance: Islamic regulatory bodies

06/06/2023

A warning letter was issued to a religious teacher who used inappropriate and inflammatory language to incite hatred and disrespect towards members of the LGBTQ (lesbian, gay,…

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Added on: 06/07/2023

Historians are learning more about how the Nazis targeted trans people

06/06/2023

In the fall of 2022, a German court heard an unusual case. It was a civil lawsuit that grew out of a feud on Twitter about whether…

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Added on: 06/07/2023

Cruel Ugandan anti-gay law takes effect; legal challenges pending

06/06/2023

Uganda’s harsh new Anti-Homosexuality Act took effect on May 30, when it was published in the official Uganda Gazette. Human rights activists have filed two petitions challenging…

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Added on: 06/06/2023

War brings urgency to fight for LGBT rights in Ukraine

06/05/2023

The Ukrainian MP Andrii Kozhemiakin is a wiry, conservative ex-spy who likes to emphasise his Christian faith and large family. He is also an unlikely new recruit…

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Added on: 06/06/2023

Osaka transgender LGBTQ rights lawyer gets death threats online

06/05/2023

A transgender lawyer in Osaka working on LGBTQ rights has received death threats online, calling them a hate crime targeting a transgender person. Nakaoka Shun, a member…

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Added on: 06/06/2023

Bangkok Aims to Be Safe Space for LGBT Asians

06/05/2023

Tens of thousands of people in Thailand celebrated Bangkok Pride with a parade on Sunday. Some Thais say they hope laws will one day allow same-sex marriage…

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Added on: 06/06/2023

Italy rightist ruling party pulls support from LGBT event, sparking anger

06/05/2023

The right-wing government of Italy’s Lazio region around Rome said on Monday it was withdrawing its backing from the capital’s annual LGBT parade, drawing an angry response…

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Added on: 06/05/2023

Where it’s a crime to be gay: A visual guide to where LGBTQ+ rights are repressed

06/05/2023

Uganda enacted one of the harshest anti-gay laws in the world last week, a bill known as the Anti-Homosexuality Act of 2023. It imposes a life sentence…

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Added on: 06/05/2023

Anti-LGBTQ disinformation surges online in East Africa

05/31/2023

Anti-LGBTQ bills in Kenya and Uganda have unleashed an unprecedented wave of online disinformation targeting the community, with experts accusing political leaders of spreading falsehoods that put…

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Added on: 06/05/2023

‘Time of new hope’: Optimism is high for Bangkok Pride after Thai elections

06/03/2023

When rainbow colours cover one of Bangkok’s main thoroughfares on Sunday, crowds joining the city’s pride celebrations may feel a little more optimistic about the future. In…

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Added on: 06/02/2023

Being LGBTQ+ in Latin America: Four stories of bravery and resilience

06/01/2023

June is Pride Month, a celebration of LGBTQ+ rights in the United States and around the world. The month commemorates the Stonewall Riots of 1969, when LGBTQ+ people…

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Added on: 06/01/2023

Uproar after Uganda enacts anti-gay law

05/31/2023

Uganda’s latest anti-Homosexuality law is one of the world’s most brutal legislations that seeks to restrict homosexual rights in Uganda and punish offenders. When lawmakers initially passed the bill in…

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Added on: 06/01/2023

Anti-LGBTQ disinformation surges online in East Africa

05/31/2023

Anti-LGBTQ bills in Kenya and Uganda have unleashed an unprecedented wave of online disinformation targeting the community, with experts accusing political leaders of spreading falsehoods that put…

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Added on: 05/31/2023

Uganda’s anti-LGBTQ law spurs bipartisan uproar in US

05/30/2023

Leaders in Congress are forcefully condemning a sweeping new anti-gay law in Uganda, calling on the Biden administration to reconsider assistance to the East African nation. “Uganda’s…

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Added on: 05/31/2023

Russian legislators are targeting transgender people. It’s the latest move that copies GOP talking points from the US

05/30/2023

A new Russian bill could ban transgender healthcare in the country, a move that mirrors legislation being proposed and enacted by Republican lawmakers across the United States….

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Added on: 05/31/2023

Japanese court rules against same-sex marriage ban in major win for LGBTQ+ equality

05/30/2023

On Tuesday (30 May), Nagoya District Court became the second to rule against Japan’s banning of same-sex marriage, despite the country’s prime minister Fumio Kishida claiming the…

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Added on: 05/30/2023

LGBTQ Russians flee to Argentina seeking refuge from discrimination, Ukraine war

05/29/2023

Anastasia Domini and her wife Anna Domini walked hand in hand on a recent sunny day in Argentina’s capital Buenos Aires while their four restless children played…

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Added on: 05/30/2023

‘I feel deeply afraid’: Turkey’s LGBTQ community dreads future under Erdogan

05/29/2023

Turkey’s LGBTQ community fear being exposed to more homophobic hate after conservative President Recep Tayyip Erdogan made them into his favorite target for his bitterly divisive re-election…

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Added on: 05/30/2023

Uganda enacts harsh anti-LGBTQ law including death penalty

05/29/2023

Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni signed one of the world’s toughest anti-LGBTQ laws, including the death penalty for “aggravated homosexuality”, drawing Western condemnation and risking sanctions from aid…

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Added on: 05/29/2023

Being queer in Africa: the state of LGBTIQ+ rights across the continent

05/28/2023

In recent years several African countries have decriminalised same-sex relationships. But they’re not representative of the continent. In fact, queer rights at times appear to be eroding in much…

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Added on: 05/28/2023

Author Arinze Ifeakandu shines a light on gay Nigerian lives

05/27/2023

Nigerian author Arinze Ifeakandu has often dreamed of a society where gay people do not have to hide their love or live in fear of homophobic hate….