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Added on: 11/04/2021

LGBT+ group left ‘frightened’ after queer Liverpool art viciously torn down in suspected hate crime

11/03/2021

Homotopia – the UK’s longest-running LGBT+ arts and culture festival – said on social media it was “devastated” after two acts of vandalism just days apart. On…

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Added on: 11/03/2021

‘The Taliban has a kill list’ for the Afghan LGBT community, NGO says

11/02/2021

Since the Taliban took control of Afghanistan at the end of August the persecution of the country’s LGBT+ community has ramped up, forcing many to live in…

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Added on: 11/02/2021

Watch: Activists in Poland are fighting back against so-called ‘LGBT-free zones’

11/01/2021

So-called ‘LGBT-free’ zones have made Poland the laughing stock of Europe. But it’s no joke for LGBTQ+ people who face physical attack and verbal abuse – even…

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Added on: 11/02/2021

LGBTQ Activists Create Día de Muertos Altar To Honor Trans Victims Who Died While in ICE Custody

11/01/2021

As many of us sit down with friends and family to celebrate Día de Muertos, and honor those we’ve lost, it’s also an important reminder to honor…

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Added on: 10/31/2021

Taliban say gay rights will not be respected under Islamic law

10/29/2021

In a rare statement addressing LGBT rights, the Taliban said that their intended support for human rights did not include gay rights. Although Western powers want to…

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Added on: 10/31/2021

‘I feel free’ – LGBT Afghan refugees arrive in UK

10/30/2021

I feel like “a human being for the first time” in my life, a gay Afghan man has said after arriving in the UK with 28 others…

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Added on: 10/29/2021

Ghana’s law curbing LGBT rights sparks Anglican church rift

10/28/2021

A proposed law in Ghana to toughen curbs on the LGBT community has triggered a rift between the Archbishop of Canterbury and the local Anglican church, which…

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Added on: 10/29/2021

Tunisia: Attack on Director of LGBT Group

10/28/2021

Two police officers apparently brutally attacked the director of a Tunis-based LGBT rights group on October 21, 2021, Human Rights Watch said today. The attack on Badr…

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Added on: 10/28/2021

‘Disgraceful’: Italy’s senate votes down anti-homophobic violence bill

10/27/2021

Italy’s senate has killed off a bill that would have made violence against LGBT people and disabled people, as well as misogyny, a hate crime. The 315-member…

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Added on: 10/28/2021

We’re being pressured into sex by some trans women’

10/26/2021

One of the lesbian women I spoke to, 24-year-old Amy*, told me she experienced verbal abuse from her own girlfriend, a bisexual woman who wanted them to…

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Added on: 10/27/2021

Senegal imprisons 3 men for gay-bashing

10/26/2021

Three young men who beat up suspected homosexuals on July 28 have been sentenced to prison in Senegal. The country’s homophobes aren’t happy about it. Prison sentences…

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Added on: 10/27/2021

Intersex people have been challenging ‘gender-normalizing surgery.’ Doctors are starting to listen

10/26/2021

Bria Brown-King, 29, a Pennsylvania native, was raised as a girl. As Brown-King got older, however, they realized they were developing differently. “I didn’t have the feminizing…

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Added on: 10/26/2021

Restrictions on transgender student athletes’ participation in school sports signed into law by Gov. Greg Abbott

10/25/2021

Texas’ transgender student athletes will be restricted from playing on K-12 school sports teams that align with their gender identity under a bill Gov. Greg Abbott signed…

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Added on: 10/26/2021

Sudan coup adds uncertainties for LGBTQ+ community

10/25/2021

Queer people have long been excluded from Sudans’ political life and social mainstream, but some believe the country’s currently tumultuous transition to democracy presents an opportunity to…

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Added on: 10/26/2021

Plight of transgender community in Kashmir appears to be going from bad to worse!

10/25/2021

As one walks through the lanes of the old city (Downtown) to meet the transgender people, the locals point at their homes in a very cynical way….

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Added on: 10/25/2021

Watch: Nigerian LGBTQ+ activists campaigning and demanding to be seen and heard

10/24/2021

Now despite the strides towards equality around the world, homosexuality remains a crime in some 69 countries, almost half of them in Africa. But in Nigeria, Africa’s cultural…

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Added on: 10/25/2021

Second protest held in Birmingham after homophobic attacks

10/24/2021

Dozens of people have staged a second protest in Birmingham following a series of homophobic attacks. Crowds gathered close to the scene of an assault in the…

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Added on: 10/23/2021

Gay Afghan Says the Taliban Burned Him, Lives ‘Like a Prisoner’ Now

10/22/21

A gay man from Afghanistan said he was burned by the Taliban. He now lives in hiding out of concern for his safety and said he’s been…

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Added on: 10/22/2021

NGOs scramble to dampen COVID-19’s impact on people living with HIV

10/18/2021

NEW YORK/PIETERMARITZBURG, South Africa, Oct 18 (Openly) – South African domestic worker Mabuyi Dlamini always dreaded the bumpy, day-long minibus journey she had to make each month…

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Added on: 10/22/2021

Report Details Anti-LGBT Discrimination, Violence in Kenya Refugee Camp

10/21/2021

(WB) A new report released on Wednesday indicates nearly all of the LGBT people who live in a Kenya refugee camp have experienced discrimination and violence because…

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Added on: 10/22/2021

Ghana president calls for tolerance as parliament considers anti-LGBT+ law

10/22/2021

ACCRA, Oct 21 (Reuters) – Ghanaian President Nana Akufo-Addo on Thursday emphasised the need for civil debate and tolerance as parliament works towards a vote on a…

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Added on: 10/21/2021

Across Africa, major churches strongly oppose LGBTQ rights

10/20/2021

In Ghana, home to a diverse array of religions, leaders of major churches have united in denouncing homosexuality as a “perversion” and endorsing legislation that would, if…

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Added on: 10/20/2021

‘I have accepted my fate’: the hidden abuse in Uganda’s LGBT community – in pictures

10/19/2021

In a country where gay sex is against the law, it can be almost impossible for the LGBT community to access services tackling domestic violence – and…

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Added on: 10/19/2021

LGBT+: Indian medical institutions are asked to amend textbooks with unscientific content

Medical institutions in India should not teach from books that contain content that discriminates against LGBT+ people, the Indian National Medical Commission (NMC) has said. The NMC—India’s…

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Added on: 10/18/2021

HRW calls on Kuwait to stop punitive acts towards transgender Kuwaitis

10/17/2021

Human Rights Watch (HRW) called on Kuwait to end its suppression of the LGBTQ community in a report published on Thursday, following the conviction and imprisonment of…

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Added on: 10/18/2021

Bullying and queerphobia literally change queer people’s genetics, affecting their offspring

10/17/2021

Numerous studies have shown how bullying and queerphobia affect LGBTQ people’s physical health, emotional well-being and social functioning. But scientific research on the effects of ongoing trauma…

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Added on: 10/15/2021

Ghana’s parliament to vote on what could be world’s toughest anti-gay laws

10/14/2021

A video has emerged in Ghana of a gay man being beaten by a mob and doused in animal blood, as the country’s MPs prepare to vote…

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Added on: 10/14/2021

‘Enraged’ allies plan powerful show of solidarity with under-attack LGBT+ community in Birmingham

10/13/2021

There was an outpouring of anger on social media over the weekend when John-Paul Kesseler, 38, posted a photo of himself with blood pouring down his face…

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Added on: 10/14/2021

Ghanaian chief threatens to storm parliament to force through anti-LGBT+ bill

10/13/2021

The “Promotion of Proper Human Sexual Rights and Ghanaian Family Values Bill 2021”, leaked in July this year, would criminalise everything from sex toys, to trans medical…

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Added on: 10/13/2021

Botswana appeals ruling allowing gay sex, court delays judgment

10/12/2021

Botswanan judges on Tuesday postponed ruling on a case in which the government is seeking to overturn a 2019 ruling that decriminalised gay sex, saying the matter…