All news on the topic: LGBTQ+ rights

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Hungary prepares to approve constitutional amendment limiting freedom of assembly and LGBTQ rights
The controversial amendment also recognises only two sexes, providing a basis for denying other gender identities
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Hungarian MPs vote to ban Pride events, sparking backlash from LGBTQ+ groups
Amnesty International describes legislation as ‘full-frontal attack’ on country’s LGBTQ+ community
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United States threatens permanent visa bans on transgender athletes based on sex markers
State department memo instructs officers to deny those considered to misrepresent birth sex on applications.
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Minnesota Pride group raises $50,000 after parting ways with Target as a sponsor
Non-profit that organizes annual Minneapolis festival cut ties with retailer after 18 years after it drops DEI policies.
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"Soho has lost its vibrancy": G-A-Y Bar owner Jeremy Joseph sells after battles with local opposition
An iconic LGBTQ+ London venue is up for sale after the owner has said he is fed up with Nimbys and licensing restrictions ‘ruining Soho’.
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Two countries, one system: like Russia, China is experiencing a surge in state-sponsored homophobia
Russia and China are currently united by many things — a natural gas pipeline, mutual antipathy towards Washington, authoritarian politics, and, increasingly, a state-sponsored homophobic agenda.
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"Nobody wants to go to a club that can be raided by the police": How queer clubs in Russia survive after the country’s "LGBT movement" ban
On November 23, 2022, Russia’s State Duma banned the “propaganda of non-traditional sexual relations” among people of all ages.
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City exec's husband arrested by cops 'because I'm Black' as mayor slams footage
Celena Morrison, Philadelphia's executive director of the Office of LGBT Affairs, and her husband Darius McLean were arrested on Saturday but have since been released with no charge
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Anti-LGBTQ family who fled to Russia regret choice as locals don't speak English
A conservative, hyper-Christian Canadian family who fled Canada for Russia over Canada's pro-LGBTQ ideologies now regrets their decision because the locals don't speak English
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Woman drops out of brother's wedding as family cruelly claim she'll ruin the day
A woman has shared her devastation as her family are cruelly pushing her out of her brother's wedding day - she doesn't know how to break the news to her sibling
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Arsonist threw two molotov cocktails at church planning to host drag show events
A convicted arsonist was sentenced to 18 years in prison and three on parole this week after a March 2023 incident in which he threw two Molotov cocktails at a church planning to host drag show events
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State's new law to fine stores that refuse to have gender-neutral kids section
Certain stories in California will be required to have a gender-neutral section for children from January 1, with those that do not comply facing a fine of up to $500
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Woman with male and female sex organs thought she was boy until she grew breasts
Emma Lynn Dowd was raised a boy - but began having a period and growing breasts when a teenager. After decades of trying to fit in as a man, she finally made the full decision to transition into a woman
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Megachurch pastor who rejected hell and championed LGBTQI+ rights dies at 70
Bishop Carlton Pearson, known for founding Higher Dimensions Family Church and later embracing universalism, passed away at the age of 70 in Tulsa after battling cancer
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Gay couples in rural US town banned from public displays of affection
A new ordinance in a Tennessee community has barred gay couples from showing affection in public and banned four books that discuss LGBTQ themes
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Mayor's son speaks out after father's suicide following outing as cross-dresser
The son of Alabama pastor Fred "Bubba" Copeland who killed himself at the beginning of November after being outed as a cross-dresser spoke out at his father's funeral on Thursday, highlighting the kind, compassionate person his dad was
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Pope Francis fires social media crazed bishop in move critics call 'total war'
A one-line statement from the Vatican said Pope Francis had 'relieved' Bishop Joseph Strickland of the pastoral governance of Tyler and appointed the bishop of Austin as the temporary administrator
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Nonbinary teacher fired for having students use gender neutral title for them
AV Vary, a teacher at Florida Virtual School for 15 years, said they were given a letter in which the school said only Ms, Mrs, and Miss were acceptable to use
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Transgender man desperately fleeing Florida over 'terrifying' anti-LGBT laws
Rory Richards, from Alachua County, has said state laws mean he is now unable to be prescribed gender-affirming care and has decided to move from Florida to Colorado
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Trans couple ask for $5,900 to flee state after 'harassment and discrimination'
Oklahoma is one of the many states introducing laws restricting the rights of transgender people and their access to healthcare. The couple, Blue and Griffin, say they need to escape
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Trans-nonbinary person asks for £3K to flee 'unsafe' area's anti-LGBT onslaught
Earlier this year, Republican legislators in Kentucky brought in a bill dubbed by Democrat oppenents as 'most extreme anti-LGBTQ bill in America.' In this environment LGBT+ people are chosing to move out of the state
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Exodus of LGBT+ people as new laws and rising hate 'put target on their backs'
As Republican lawmakers in the Sunshine State restrict rights in a desperate attempt to 'erase' LGBTQ people many are choosing to flee the state for more enlightened parts but many others are choosing to stay and fight
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LGBTQ+ family asking for £12,000 to flee 'hostile' state 'before it's too late'
The desperate family which includes a pan woman and a transman said they 'need to act fast before it's too late' as lawmakers target LGBT people in the conservative state despite stiff resistance for humans' rights groups
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World's most offensive dating show ended in lawsuits, violence and death threats
There's Something About Miriam aired in 2004 and the insensitive reality dating show was nothing short of a complete disaster after the so-called 'twist' was uncovered
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LGBTQ+ family raising £4,000 to flee as it's 'getting dangerous and scary here'
Montana is one of the many states in the US enacting more and more restrictive laws targeted at LGBTQ+ people. In the face of hostile lawmakers many are opting to move to more friendly states
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