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Added on: 04/02/2024

Africa Pride 2024 will celebrate love in the face of hatred and homophobia

04/01/2024

A coalition of African LGBTQ+ rights group has announced plans for a continent-wide celebration of Pride. Africa Pride 2024 events will consist of online programs and a…

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Added on: 03/30/2024

Sacramento becomes sanctuary city for transgender people

03/29/2024

Sacramento is a sanctuary city for transgender people following the City Council’s unanimous vote Tuesday night. While California was already a sanctuary state, the city’s resolution, which…

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Added on: 03/29/2024

What does Senegal’s new president have in store for LGBTQ people?

03/28/2024

Bassirou Diomaye Faye was elected President of Senegal on Sunday, collecting 51% of the votes compared to his challenger, Amadou Ba, from the ruling party of outgoing…

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Added on: 03/29/2024

Ugandan LGBT rights group caught between a rock and a hard place

03/28/2024

Last week, in another blow to freedoms of association and expression in Uganda, a Ugandan court rejected a petition brought by Sexual Minorities Uganda (SMUG), a leading group advocating for the rights of…

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Added on: 03/29/2024

Shuttered Siberian Queer Bar Fined for ‘LGBT Propaganda’

03/28/2024

A queer bar in the Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk has been fined for “LGBT propaganda,” local police said Thursday, a month after the bar announced its closure over…

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Added on: 03/28/2024

Nine men sentenced to death by ‘crucifixion and stoning’ for alleged sodomy by Houthi court

03/27/2024

Nine men were sentenced to death by a Houthi court in Yemen in a mass trial based on “dubious” charges of sodomy, a human rights organisation has…

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Added on: 03/28/2024

National Security Council meets with Ugandan LGBTQ+ activist

03/27/2024

WASHINGTON | The U.S. National Security Council met with Ugandan LGBTQ rights activist Frank Mugisha on Monday, according to a spokesperson who reaffirmed America’s opposition to civil…

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Added on: 03/27/2024

The horrific reality of transgender individuals in Texas prisons

03/26/2024

Even as people fight for justice, some cries remain unheard and voices unanswered. In American society, many of these lost voices belong to the incarcerated, who are…

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Added on: 03/27/2024

In Azerbaijan authorities remain silent over the murder of a trans woman

03/26/2024

Azerbaijan’s LGBTQI+ community was rocked by the news of yet another murder of a trans woman whose body was found on March 12 on the outskirts of…

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Added on: 03/26/2024

This is the full, shocking story of the decade-long destruction of LGBTQ+ rights in Putin’s Russia

03/25/2024

On March 22 2024, Russia’s financial watchdog added the “LGBT movement” to its “terrorists and extremists” blacklist, the most recent move in a crackdown on LGBTQ+ rights…

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Added on: 03/23/2024

Mother and son launch app to keep LGBT people safe

03/22/2024

A mother and son from Brighton have launched an app to help keep members of the LGBTQ+ community safe on nights out. Luciana and Nicholas Cousin set…

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Added on: 03/22/2024

Ugandan Appeals Court Shutters LGBT Rights Group

03/21/2024

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Added on: 03/22/2024

Two bar workers in Russia become first people charged under anti-LGBTQ+ law

03/21/2024

A Russian court has ordered two bar workers to be placed in custody, accusing them of roles in an “extremist organisation”, under new legislation criminalising the LGBTQ+…

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Added on: 03/21/2024

Gay Man Jailed in Qatar Provisionally Freed Pending Investigation

03/20/2024

A gay British-Mexican, who was entrapped by police in Qatar on Grindr, has been provisionally released from prison after a global campaign for his freedom. Manuel Guerrero Aviña was…

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Added on: 03/16/2024

New LGBTQ+ legislation is welcome, but not enough, says Dr Amanda Cohn

03/15/2024

On Wednesday, the Attorney General tabled long-awaited legislation to ban harmful LGBTQIA+ conversion practices. The changes are “overdue” and “welcome”, says Dr Amanda Cohn, NSW Greens spokesperson…

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Added on: 03/15/2024

Analysis: In deciding on anti-gay law, Ghana’s president is caught between a rock and a hard place

03/14/2024

(CNN) — Sam George, the driving force behind Ghana’s harsh anti-LGBTQ legislation, portrays himself as a guardian of gay Ghanaians. “I have put in legislation that protects…

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Added on: 03/14/2024

Haiti: Port-au-Prince and its LGBT+ community face the risk of genocide

03/12/2024

The situation in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, is worsening by the hour, a crisis that has been met with a staggering indifference on the part of many nations. The…

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Added on: 03/13/2024

Suspected Oslo LGBTQ festival shooter stands trial

03/12/2024

The trial began Tuesday in Norway for a man accused of aggravated terrorism for the deadly shooting at an LGBTQ+ festival in Oslo’s nightlife district. Two people…

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Added on: 03/12/2024

Notes from Lebanon toward (Queer) Liberatory Alternatives

03/11/2024

During the first week of August 2023, Lebanon made international headlines for (a failed, performative) attempt to ban the movie Barbie by a (Muslim Shia) government minister…

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Added on: 03/11/2024

Thousands Rally After Shocking Attack on Trans Couple Rattles Thessaloniki Documentary Festival, Greek LGBTQ Community Defiant: ‘We Are Not Afraid’

03/10/2024

UPDATED: A crowd that swelled into the thousands took to the streets of Thessaloniki Sunday night, one day after a shocking attack on a transgender couple rocked Greece’s…

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Added on: 03/11/2024

China’s sexual minorities suffering violence in “conversion therapy”

03/10/2024

As gender diversity spreads around the world, the position of sexual minorities in Chinese society is deteriorating, with many sent to correctional facilities where they undergo brutal…

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Added on: 03/10/2024

U.S. expands crackdown on Ugandan homophobes seeking visas

03/09/2024

The United States has expanded the number of Ugandan officials who are denied visas because of their anti-LGBTQ stance. The Guardian reported: US denies visa to Ugandan…

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Added on: 03/08/2024

Ghana’s President Vows No Action on Anti-LGBTQ+ Bill Until Supreme Court Rules on a Challenge to it

03/07/2024

Ghana’s president said Tuesday his government will wait for a Supreme Court ruling before taking action on a bill that would further criminalize members of the LGBTQ+…

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Added on: 03/08/2024

Serbian LGBT Activists, Supporters Protest Alleged Police Brutality In Belgrade

03/07/2024

BELGRADE — Several hundred Serbian LGBT activists and their supporters protested in central Belgrade against alleged police brutality on March 6 following reports of abuse against two LGBT persons…

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Added on: 03/07/2024

US denies visa to Ugandan MP who called for homosexual castration

03/06/2024

The Ugandan MP Sarah Achieng Opendi, who called for homosexuals to be castrated during a parliamentary debate on the world’s harshest anti-LGBTQ+ laws has been denied a visa to attend…

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Added on: 03/07/2024

Queer in Gaza’ campaign aims to raise awareness about Hamas LGBTQ+ persecution

03/06/2024

A new campaign launched a website to raise awareness about the Hamas terrorist movement’s lethal actions targeting the persecuted LGBTQ+ community in the Gaza Strip. The Equality Campaign Inc….

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Added on: 03/07/2024

Ghana’s LGBT terror: ‘We live in fear of snitches’

03/06/2024

Homophobia is not uncommon in Ghana, where gay sex is already against the law and carries a three-year prison sentence, but now the LGBTQ+ community is feeling…

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Added on: 03/02/2024

LGBTQ+ advocacy group sues Texas AG, says it won’t identify transgender families

02/29/2024

A national LGBTQ+ advocacy group is suing the Texas Attorney General’s office rather than hand over information about its support of transgender children receiving gender-confirming medical care….

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Added on: 03/02/2024

Ghana’s parliament passes anti-LGBTQ law

02/29/24

Ghana’s parliament passed a bill on Wednesday that further clamps down on the rights of LGBTQ people in the West African country. The “Human Sexual Rights and…

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Added on: 03/02/2024

Ukrainian veterans reject award after church annuls gay soldier’s medal

02/29/24

Now the culture wars have come to Ukraine. An Orthodox church in Kyiv annulled a medal it awarded to Viktor Pylypenko, a Ukrainian combat medic who served…