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Added on: 04/30/2022

LGBTQ+ Muslims on finding queer joy: “It’s important to show future generations”

4/29/22

“I didn’t know you could be LGBTQ+ and Muslim” is a statement I overheard not too long ago. For the speaker, a religious identity (one of practised…

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Added on: 04/29/2022

Protests greet homophobic TV interview in Martinique

04/28/2022

In Martinique, human rights defenders quickly protested against a local television station that broadcast a sidewalk interview containing LGBTphobic conspiracy theories related to France’s April 24 presidential…

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Added on: 04/27/2022

Life in Scotland is getting worse, say young LGBT+ people.

04/26/2022

Life for LGBT+ young people in Scotland is “worse now than it has been for a long time”, according to a report that highlights growing concerns about…

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Added on: 04/27/2022

Torture won’t fix me’ Protestors gather in Cardiff against transgender conversion therapy.

04/26/2022

Protestors gathered in the centre of Cardiff to oppose conversion therapy for transgender people all over the UK. Organised by south Wales based group, Trans Aid Cymru,…

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Added on: 04/27/2022

Air Force updates physical fitness testing guidelines for transgender airmen.

04/26/2022

The Air Force updated its requirements Thursday to permit transgender airmen to skip the annual physical fitness test while they undergo gender-confirmation surgery. The policy itself is…

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Added on: 04/26/2022

‘Are You Ok?’ project gives voice to transgender kids in South Dakota.

04/25/2022

In the first half of 2022, bills in state legislatures targeting transgender individuals are already outpacing 2021 legislation according to the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU). The…

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Added on: 04/25/2022

Judge blocks Montana’s transgender birth certificate law

04/21/2022

HELENA, Mont. — A Montana judge on Thursday temporarily blocked enforcement of a law that required transgender people to have undergone a “surgical procedure” before being allowed…

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Added on: 04/24/2022

America is drowning in anti-LGBTQ attacks. Where is the Left’s lifeboat?

4/22/22

This week, Democratic state Sen. Mallory McMorrow gave a powerful floor speech in response to a colleague who in a fund raising email to supporters accused McMorrow…

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Added on: 04/23/2022

SYDNEY’S OUT GAY MP GREENWICH THREATENS TO PULL SUPPORT FOR NSW GOVERNMENT OVER TRANS COMMENTS

4/22/22

Independent Sydney MP Alex Greenwich has warned the NSW’s minority Dominic Perrottet government that he would withdraw his support if the Premier continued to make comments against…

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Added on: 04/22/2022

GOP turns to false insinuations of LGBTQ grooming against Democrats

04/20/2022

When Michigan Democratic state Sen. Mallory McMorrow stood on the chamber floor to take on a Republican colleague who had accused her of wanting to sexually groom children,…

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Added on: 04/20/2022

From backstage to spotlight: LGBTQ samba group takes on Rio carnival.

04/19/2022

For the first time ever, a majority-LGBTQ samba outfit will take part in Rio carnival’s famous street parades, flaunting rather than hiding their sexual identity. In the…

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Added on: 04/20/2022

Look Inside Lambda Warszawa, the Organization Helping LGBTQ Ukrainian Refugees.

04/19/2022

A deeply Catholic country, Poland has long been a fraught place for LGBTQ people. But in 2015, when President Andrzej Duda was elected, anti-LGBTQ sentiments increased amid…

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Added on: 04/19/2022

Same-Sex Marriage Foes Get Band Back Together for ‘Don’t Say Gay’ Push.

04/18/2022

As social conservatives across the country push a coordinated, nationwide effort to roll back the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender children, many veterans of the…

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Added on: 04/18/2022

Gay Missouri lawmaker to GOP colleague: ‘I’m not afraid of you anymore’

04/16/2022

Drama erupted in the Missouri State House over a proposed law that would prevent trans women from participating in women’s sports. In a passionate speech on Thursday, state…

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Added on: 04/17/2022

Kansas governor vetoes ban on transgender athletes in women’s sports for second year in a row

4/15/22

Gov. Laura Kelly vetoed Friday a bill that would ban transgender athletes in girls’ and women’s sports, the second year in a row she has made such…

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Added on: 04/16/2022

The library sheltering queer refugees fleeing Ukraine

4/15/22

This is not the story I planned to write. Initially, it was about Biblioteka Azyl, the queer library Filip Kijowski founded at Lublin’s Galeria Labirynt in 2020…

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Added on: 04/16/2022

Kosovo’s underground LGBTQ community leads ‘double life’

4/15/22

The Kosovo couple have hidden their relationship for eight years. Whenever they meet in public, common friends are invited in order not to raise suspicion. They also…

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Added on: 04/16/2022

Transgender migrants in Juarez wait chance to apply for U.S. asylum

4/15/22

Alejandra Gomez, a transgender woman, left her native Honduras a few months ago, fleeing discrimination and threats of violence. “That is the reason I am here,” Gomez…

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Added on: 04/13/2022

Turkish prosecutor seeks closure of association for organizing LGBTI event.

04/12/2022

A Turkish prosecutor has launched legal proceedings against an association, seeking its closure in connection with a LGBTI event it organized, the Kronos news website reported on…

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Added on: 04/13/2022

The Internet ‘Protection Bill’ will hurt all Iranians, but the queer community will have the most to lose.

04/12/2022

International human rights organizations and the United Nations are saying a lot about the repressive “Regulatory System for Cyberspace Services Bill”—widely referred to as the “Protection Bill”—currently…

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Added on: 04/13/2022

THIS INITIATIVE IS ENCOURAGING TRANS CHILDREN TO ‘UNBOX THEIR LIVES’.

04/12/2022

Queer people are commonly disenfranchised. From workplaces. From society. From their families. And beyond. On a daily basis. Hourly even. Every queer people I know of has…

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Added on: 04/12/2022

ACTIVISTS DEFEAT HUNGARY’S ANTI-LGBTQ REFERENDUM.

04/11/2022

Although Hungary’s notorious right-wing Prime Minister Viktor Orbán came away with yet another “crushing victory” in the country’s parliamentary election on 3 April, human and civil rights…

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Added on: 04/12/2022

Man, woman or…X: US rolls out gender-neutral passports.

04/11/2022

It’s just a small box to tick on an application form, but a huge breakthrough for D. Ojeda, a non-binary person who on Monday became one of…

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Added on: 04/12/2022

Polish LGBT+ library helps queer Ukrainians safely navigate notorious ‘LGBT-free zones’.

04/11/2022

Since Russia invaded Ukraine on 24 February, more than 2.4 million refugees have fled across the border to Poland. In order to get to Lublin, the closest…

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Added on: 04/12/2022

Navajo Nation lawmaker seeks to legalize gay marriage, igniting new debate.

04/11/2022

A Navajo Nation lawmaker recently introduced legislation to recognize gay and lesbian marriages on the Navajo Nation, potentially legalizing same-sex marriage in one of the nation’s last,…

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Added on: 04/11/2022

Scott Morrison Says He ‘Shares’ Anti-Trans Views Held By Women in His Party

04/11/2022

Scott Morrison has publicly confirmed his support for anti-transgender campaigns brought by Liberal politicians, for the second time this year. In a Monday press conference, Morrison said he “shared”…

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Added on: 04/11/2022

Alabama governor signs ‘most anti-transgender legislative package ever’ into law

04/10/2022

The Republican governor signed into law two controversial bills, House Bill 322 (HB 322) and Senate Bill 184 (SB 184), just a day after the state legislature approved both measures. SB…

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Added on: 04/09/2022

Kentucky governor halts bill that would ban transgender students from women’s sports

4/8/22

Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear vetoed a bill this week that would mandate student athletes to participate in sports based on the sex written on their birth certificate….

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Added on: 04/09/2022

Tough Territory for Transgender People in the Middle East and North Africa

4/8/22

Transgender people, whose assigned gender at birth does not match their gender identity, face a grim reality in much of the Middle East and North Africa region,…

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Added on: 04/08/2022

LA COUNTY SUSPENDS OFFICIAL TRAVEL TO FLORIDA, TEXAS OVER ANTI-LGBT BILLS

04/07/2022

The Los Angeles County government voted unanimously on Tuesday, April 5, to suspend all official travel to Texas and Florida in the wake of the anti-LGBTQI bills…