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Added on: 05/28/2023

When Your Sexuality Is Against the Law

New York Times
05/27/2023
When Abdul was a teenager and coming to terms with being gay, he was attacked by a group of men. They mocked him with homophobic slurs and…
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Added on: 05/27/2023

Homophobia Is Part of Putin’s War Plan

Foreign Policy
05/26/2023
As Russian President Vladimir Putin announced Ukraine’s invasion on Feb. 24 last year, he digressed to talk about how the West was trying to destroy “traditional values”…
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Added on: 05/26/2023

Landmark European ruling on LGBT+ rights

Social Europe
05/25/2023
During 2019 and 2020, 21 gay and lesbian couples in Romania joined a complaint against the state to the European Court of Human Rights over the lack…
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Added on: 05/23/2023

Polish embassy “appalled” by German teaching material saying “Polish mother hates gays”

Notes From Poland
05/22/2023
Poland’s embassy in Berlin says it is “appalled” by training material for teachers produced by a German government office that includes a section about a fictional Polish…
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Added on: 05/21/2023

Thousands celebrate Brussels Pride with slogan ‘Protect the Protest’

Towleroad
05/20/2023
Thousands of people celebrated Pride on the streets of Brussels on Saturday, marching in a parade with the slogan “Protect the Protest.” “Pride is a great party…
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Added on: 05/21/2023

Ugandan LGBT activist fears reprisal over anti-gay law

Macau Business
05/20/2023
A Ugandan LGBT activist said on Friday they planned to return to their home country next week despite fears of reprisal after the approval of a new…
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Added on: 05/21/2023

Pakistani transgender activists will appeal Shariah court ruling against law aimed at protecting them

CBS
05/20/2023
Transgender activists in Pakistan said they plan to appeal to the highest court in the land an Islamic court’s ruling that guts a law aimed at protecting…
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Added on: 05/21/2023

Jamaica’s break from British monarchy must bring about queer liberation, activists say

Pink News
05/20/2023
King Charles III’s coronation has accelerated plans for Jamaica to become a republic, and activists say it’s time for the country to take a big step forward…
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Added on: 05/20/2023

Ugandan LGBT activist fears reprisal over anti-gay law

France 24
05/19/2023
A Ugandan LGBT activist said on Friday they planned to return to their home country next week despite fears of reprisal after the approval of a new…
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Added on: 05/20/2023

Kenya: Kakuma refugee camp complex not yet safe for LGBTI refugees

Amnesty International
05/19/2023
Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) asylum seekers and refugees living in one of Kenya’s biggest refugee camps routinely suffer hate crimes, violence, including rape, and…
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Added on: 05/20/2023

In El Salvador, transgender community struggles for rights and survival

Associated Press
05/19/2023
Fabricio Chicas knows exactly what will happen. As soon as he hands in his ID, the employee on the other side of the counter will look at…
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Added on: 05/20/2023

Parents of transgender kids seek to block DeSantis ban on gender-affirming care for minors

ABC News
05/19/2023
The parents of three transgender children in Florida are trying to get a federal judge to block a new law that bans gender-affirming care for minors, a…
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Added on: 05/19/2023

“Together Always: United in Diversity” with Kyrgyz queer activists

European Interest
05/18/2023
The EU Delegation in Kyrgyzstan hold a meeting with the Kyrgyz queer activists yesterday May 17. EU demonstrated that is a strong supporter of the rights of…
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Added on: 05/19/2023

LGBTQI+ repression in East Africa: ‘They say that Westerners are turning us gay’

El Pais
05/18/2023
Koei lives in a permanent state of tension. A baby-faced young man in his early-20s, he works in an insurance agency on the outskirts of Nairobi, the…
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Added on: 05/17/2023

How do LGBTQ Zambians deal with bigotry?

Deutsche Welle
05/16/2023
Mary identifies as a transgender woman, but presents to society as a gay man. “I am forced to be gay in Zambia because it isn’t as dangerous…
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Added on: 05/17/2023

Taiwan grants right of adoption to same-sex couples in latest move toward full equality

CNN
05/16/2023
Taiwan’s legislature passed a bill Tuesday that granted same-sex couples the right to jointly adopt a child neither of them are related to, clearing one of the…
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Added on: 05/16/2023

Albanian lesbian couple vow ‘fight to the end’ for parental rights

Gay Times
05/15/2023
A lesbian couple from Albania who are fighting to be recognised as joint parents of their twin daughters say they will take their case to the European…
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Added on: 05/16/2023

One of China’s last LGBTQ+ resources centers has closed

Semafor
05/15/2023
Beijing LGBT Center — one of the country’s most prominent queer advocacy groups — is permanently closing its doors effective immediately, the group announced on Monday. “Due…
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Added on: 05/14/2023

Cuba’s LGBTQ community celebrates same-sex marriage with pride conga

Jamaica Observer
05/13/2023
Around 200 Cubans marched in Havana on Saturday to the rhythm of conga, a popular dance, protesting against homophobia and transphobia, and celebrating the legalisation of same-sex…
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Added on: 05/14/2023

Moldova leaps in LGBT+ rights ranking, but Montenegro continues to lead emerging Europe

Emerging Europe
05/13/2023
In a very hostile global climate, different actors are coming together and weighing in more actively for LGBT+ rights across Europe. Moldova’s inclusion of sexual orientation and…
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Added on: 05/14/2023

UN expert concerned about increasing violence against LGBT people in UK

DevDiscourse
05/13/2023
Abusive rhetoric by politicians, the media, and social commentators has trickled down to produce increasingly abusive and hateful speech against LGBT persons in the United Kingdom (UK),…
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Added on: 05/13/2023

Kentucky Republican governor candidate makes chilling vow to purge transgender kids from schools

Pink News
05/12/2023
A candidate to become governor of Kentucky has vowed to purge transgender kids from the state’s schools, in her bid for Republican nomination. On Monday (8 May),…
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Added on: 05/12/2023

LGBT Watchdog Chides Balkan, Central Europe Countries for Rights Setbacks

Balkan Insight
05/11/2023
Europe’s leading LGBT rights organisation, ILGA-Europe has criticised Serbia and Turkey for their handling of LGBT community rights in its latest Rainbow Map and Index. The report says the…
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Added on: 05/11/2023

Sri Lanka Supreme Court clears path for decriminalisation of homosexuality

Asia One
05/10/2023
COLOMBO – Sri Lanka’s Supreme Court has given the green light to a bill seeking to decriminalise homosexuality, the speaker of parliament said on Tuesday (May 9),…
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Added on: 05/10/2023

Sri Lanka Supreme Court clears path to decriminalize homosexuality

CNN
05/09/2023
Sri Lanka’s Supreme Court has given the green light to a bill seeking to decriminalize homosexuality, the speaker of parliament said on Tuesday, in a move hailed…
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Added on: 05/09/2023

The lawyers & plaintiffs fighting for marriage equality in India have no plans to back down

LGBTQ Nation
05/08/2023
Amburi Roy, 37, and Aparna Saha, 36, two lesbian women from the Indian state of West Bengal, fell in love in 2007 while they were enrolled in…
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Added on: 05/09/2023

Uganda’s anti-homosexuality bill threatens HIV progress

Phys.org
05/08/2023
Uganda’s anti-homosexuality bill, if signed into law, could lead to the withdrawal of foreign aid and threaten goals to end HIV/AIDS by 2030, advocates warn. Uganda’s parliament…
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Added on: 05/08/2023

Russia adds LGBTQ+ human rights group to controversial list

Pink News
05/07/2023
Russian authorities added LGBTQ+ human rights defenders NC SOS Crisis Group to the country’s controversial ‘foreign agents’ registry. The group was put on the list on Friday (5…
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Added on: 05/08/2023

Nations urge Tonga to give women land rights and improve LGBTQ record

Radio New Zealand
05/06/2023
Tonga has received mixed reactions during its human rights evaluation at the 43rd Session of Universal Periodic Review in Geneva. The Kingdom’s Foreign Minister Fekitamoelo ‘Utoikamanu heard mixed reviews…
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Added on: 05/08/2023

Erdogan calls opposition ‘pro-LGBT’ at election rally

Reuters
05/06/2023
ANKARA, May 7 (Reuters) – Turkey’s President Tayyip Erdogan accused the opposition of being “pro-LGBT” at a rally in Istanbul on Sunday, as he stepped up his…
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