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Japan’s top court nixes trans sterilization requirement
Japan’s top court has declared it unconstitutional to require trans people, who want to legally transition, to be sterilised…
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Nigerian police arrest 76 at birthday party for gay people
Nigeria’s paramilitary has arrested 76 people for attending a birthday party for gay people, which they believe was going to double up as a same-sex wedding…
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Man sentenced to 22 years behind bars for 1987 gay hate crime
An Australian man who was found guilty of beating someone to death in a gay-hate-fuelled attack has been sentenced to 22 years behind bars…
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Conversion therapy ban to finally be introduced in the UK
The United Kingdom is moving toward a ban on conversion therapy. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak will include legislation proposing the ban in King Charles III’s speech to the nation next month…
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Leading homophobic nations bid for 2036 Olympics
I am writing this shortly after being released from “house arrest” in Mumbai, India. I came here, where the International Olympic Committee (IOC) is meeting, to lobby them against awarding the 2036 Olympics to a homophobic regime…
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India Supreme Court fails to legalize same-sex marriage
India’s Supreme Court has declined legalisation of same-sex marriage after a lengthy campaign, and public support, for a change in law…
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Poland’s anti-LGBT far-right government loses majority
Poland’s right-wing government appears to have lost its majority after the country’s parliamentary election on Sunday…