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State Department human-rights report details worldwide LGBTQ+ abuses and advancements
- On April 22, the U.S. State Department released its 2023 global human-rights report. According to the department's website, "The annual Country Reports on Human Rights Practices cover internationally recognized individual ...
WORLD Nigeria arrest, Chilean murderer, trans ban, Olivier Awards, marriage items
- Nigeria's Economic and Financial Crimes Commission's (EFCC's) decision to arrest well-known transgender woman Idris Okuneye (also known as Bobrisky) over the practice of flaunting money has sparked questions among several ...
'United, Not Uniform': Lesbian Visibility Week starts April 22 nationwide
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- San Francisco — Lesbian Visibility Week (#LVW24) kicks off on Monday, April 22 with a private event at the London Stock Exchange USA headquarters in New York City. This exclusive gathering marks the beginning of a ...
WORLD Ugandan law, Japan, Cass report, Tegan and Sara, Varadkar done
- Ugandan LGBTQ+-rights activists asked the international community to mount more pressure on Uganda's government to repeal an anti-gay law that the country's Constitutional Court refused to nullify, PBS reported. Activist ...
Lesbian prime minister steps down
- Ana Brnabicthe first woman and the first lesbian to hold the office of prime minister of Serbia, or to be a leader of any Eastern European countryhas stepped down after seven years in power, in a ...
Vatican reiterates opposition to gender change, theory
- On April 8, the Vatican reaffirmed its opposition to gender changes, gender theory and surrogate parenthood, as well as abortion and euthanasia, Reuters reported. This newest documentthe 20-page Dignitas infinita ...
WORLD Lesbian sniper, HIV research, marriage items, Chinese singer, Korean festival
- A lesbian Ukrainian sniper and her machine-gun-toting girlfriend are taking the fight to Russia President Vladimir Putin, according to a Daily Beast article. Olga—a veterinarian-turned-soldier—said her comrades don't care about ...
Ugandan court mostly upholds harsh anti-LGBTQ+ law
- On April 3, Uganda's constitutional court refused to annul or suspend an anti-LGBTQ+ law that includes the death penalty for certain same-sex acts, Reuters reported. However, the judicial body voided some provisions that it said were ...
WORLD Israel court, conversion therapy, death sentences, Georgia bill, fashion items
- Israel's Supreme Court unanimously ruled that the Population Authority must register female couples as mothers on the birth certificates of their children they have together, The Washington Blade reported. The decision was made following a petition ...
Thailand parliament passes landmark marriage bill
- On March 27, Thailand's parliament approved a marriage-equality bill by an overwhelmingly large margina landmark step that moves one of Asia's most liberal countries closer to legalizing same-sex unions, media ...
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WORLD Uganda items, HIV report, Mandela, Liechtenstein, foreign minister weds
- It turned out that U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Senior LGBTQI+ Coordinator Jay Gilliam traveled to Uganda on Feb. 19-27, per The Washington Blade. He visited the capital of Kampala and the nearby city of ...
Gay Irish prime minister to step down
- In a surprise move, openly gay Irish Prime Minister (or Taoiseach) Leo Varadkar has announced his resignation, citing "personal and political, but mainly political reasons," according to CNN. Varadkar said he felt he was no longer ...
2024 OLYMPICS U.S. women's soccer team's opponents set
- The United States women's national soccer team will face Australia, Germany, and either Morocco or Zambia in Group B at the 2024 Paris Olympics, ESPN reported. The tournament will mark the Americans' first competitive games with ...
WORLD Leaked messages, Panama action, author dies at 32, Japan court, out athletes
- Hundreds of messages from an internal chat board for an international group of transgender health professionals were leaked in a report and framed as revealing serious health risks associated with gender-affirming care, including cancer, according to ...
LGBTQ+ people attacked by mobs in Greece
- Just weeks after a landmark law granted same-sex couples in Greece the right to marry, nearly 200 people dressed in black chased a transgender couple through the town square in Thessaloniki, the country's "second city" and ...
UK health service to stop routinely prescribing puberty blockers to minors
- NHS (National Health Service) England confirmed that children will no longer routinely be prescribed puberty blockers at gender-identity clinics, the BBC reported. The decision came after a review found there was "not enough evidence" that they ...
WORLD Israeli reservist, man detained, Ghana bill, medic denied honor
- Hanania Ben-Shimonthe gay Israel Defense Forces reservist who was wounded as he killed one of the terrorists in the attack at the A-Za'ayem checkpoint near Ma'ale Adumim recentlypublished a post in which he pleaded that his ...
WORLD Canadian politics, Australian murders, Finnish study, 'Anatomy'
- Canadian conservatives are divided over an anti-trans policy that Alberta Premier Danielle Smith handed down in her province, The Guardian reported. The policy includes a ban on hormonal treatment, puberty ...
Ghana parliament passes harsh anti-LGBTQ+ bill
- On Feb. 28, Ghana's parliament unanimously passed a controversial anti-LGBTQ+ bill that has been condemned globally. The so-called Human Sexual Rights and Family Values Act, which was introduced in the parliament in 2021, not only criminalizes ...
WORLD Caribbean ruling, Pussy Riot, Russian raid, Canadian warning, anti-trans bar
- The top court in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines dismissed a challenge to colonial-era anti-gay laws, Reuters reported. Javin Johnson and Sean Macleish—two gay men who had pushed to decriminalize ...
WORLD South Africa murder, lesbian couple, Brianna Ghey, Eurovision
- In South Africa, LGBTQ+-rights groups condemned the brutal murder of Diego Jacobs, a queer man in Cape Town, The Washington Blade reported. Reports indicate Jacobs, 21, was brutally murdered (reportedly by a former neighbor) on Feb. ...
Greek legislature approves marriage equality
- Greece has become the 36th country, and the first Christian Orthodox-majority one, to legalize same-sex marriage. The BBC reported that same-sex couples will now also be legally allowed to adopt children after the 176-76 vote that ...
Yemeni court sentences 13 men to death for being LGBTQ+
- In the Arabian Peninsula country of Yemen, a court has reportedly sentenced 13 people to death who had been charged with homosexuality, The Washington Blade noted. Agence France-Presse reported that the court in Ibb Governorate, which ...
WORLD Taiwan MP, lesbian couple, India items, Ghana assault, Nepal
- Huang Jie said her election to Taiwan's parliament as the island's first openly gay MP represents progress, according to the Hong Kong Free Press. "I hope (my election) will bring courage to many people as I've ...
WORLD Marriage in Greece, UK politics, cruise death, HRC grants
- The Holy Synod of the Church of Greece unanimously agreed at a recent meeting that it is "strongly opposed" to the Greek government's promised bill on same-sex marriage and adoption, Balkan Insight reported. The conservative New ...
WORLD Arrest in Brazil, athlete dies, Ghana attack, World Economic Forum
- A 30-year-old man was arrested in Brazil on Jan. 18 for his alleged role in the stabbing murder of prominent NYC art dealer Brent Sikkema, Gay City News reported. Authorities took Cuban resident Alejandro Triana Trevez ...
WORLD World leaders, Namibia attack, Taiwan electoral win, Irish LGBTQ+ groups
- In the wake of Gabriel Attal being named France's newest prime minister, PinkNews published a list of every out LGBTQ+ world leader to date. They include ex-San Marino head of state Paolo Rondelli, former Iceland Prime ...
WORLD Conversion therapy, trans Haitian advocate, intersex report, activist attacked
- Norway is the latest country to outlaw conversion therapy after its parliament passed a bill that criminalizes the practice, Mamba noted. The bill, under development since 2019, received approval in the Storting (the Norwegian parliament) last ...
France's new prime minister identifies as gay
- Gabriel Attal, France's next prime minister, identifies as gayand is the first LGBTQ+ person to hold this office. At 34, Attalwho succeeds Elisabeth Borne, who resigned after 20 months in officeis also the youngest prime minister ...
WORLD Activist honored, marriages in Estonia, Madrid law, trans sports item
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- The National AIDS Commission (NAC) recently honored Caleb Orozco—a leading figure in the fight for LGBTQ+ rights in Belize—for his instrumental contributions to the national HIV response, BNN reported. According ...
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