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Three more Polish regions repeal ‘LGBT-free zone’ declarations

Three Polish regional councils voted on Monday to repeal motions declaring their provinces “LGBT-free zones,” state-run news agency PAP reported, after the European Union threatened to withdraw funding. Numerous local authorities in Poland declared themselves free of “LGBT ideology” in…

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Germany just elected two trans women to Parliament – a first

Germany will welcome its first-ever trans MPs to the Bundestag after a federal election that saw the centre-left SDP narrowly beat the centre-right CDU. According to preliminary results on Monday morning (27 September), the SPD and its chancellor candidate Olaf Scholz won…