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British ambassador wears defiant rainbow face mask in Poland.

British ambassadors and embassy workers in Poland donned Pride flag-patterned face masks and lanyards on Sunday (May 17) in a small but defiant gesture against the country’s rising opposition against the LGBT+ community. Seemingly in perfect parallel to one another…

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‘Former homosexual’ pastor vows to defy coronavirus lockdown.

“Former homosexual” and founder of Church United, Jim Domen is rallying a pocket of California Christians to pledge to open their churches May 31 – Pentecost Sunday – in open defiance of governor Gavin Newsom’s stay-at-home orders. Domen claims he spent three years…

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12 countries still have the death penalty for same-sex sexual acts.

It’s still illegal to be LGBT+ in 70 countries, and you could be given the death penalty in 12, as the world marks 30 years since “homosexuality” was declassified as a disease. International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia (IDAHOBIT), May 17 marks the…

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The best to worst places to be LGBT in Europe.

The annual Rainbow Map ranking has named Poland, Russia, Turkey and Azerbaijan as some of the worst countries to be LGBT+ in Europe, while the UK continues to slide down the rankings. Since 2009, LGBT+ organisation ILGA-Europe has compiled…

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Navy will allow trans officer to serve despite Trump’s ban.

The Navy has given a waiver to a transgender officer who sued after being banned from serving. President Donald Trump blocked trans people from enlisting or serving after surprising military leaders with a random tweet announcing his arbitrary decision…