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1 month, 1 week ago

Feyenoord accused of trying to cover up assault of a referee by two club supporters

NL Times

Rotterdam football club Feyenoord tried in vain to stop a referee from pressing charges in connection with an incident in which two members of a hard-core Feyenoord supporters group allegedly attacked him. The victim was allegedly asked by an employee of the club’s Supporters Affairs department to "settle the matter outside the judicial system." Several of the club’s directors, a …

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1 month, 2 weeks ago

Rainbow-clad revelers hit Copacabana beach for Rio de Janeiro’s pride parade

Associated Press

RIO DE JANEIRO — Thousands of revelers gathered alongside Copacabana beach for Rio de Janeiro’s annual pride parade on Sunday, many scantily dressed and covered in glitter. “Now, we can walk down the street without being attacked, without being insulted or humiliated.” People celebrate the 29th LGBTI+ Rio Pride Parade along Copacabana beach in Rio de Janeiro, Sunday, Nov. 24, …

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4 months ago

Health research institutes say scrapping LGBTI+ questions from the 2026 census leaves Australia's 'invisible' populations at greater risk of harm

ABC

Excluding LGBTI+ questions from the 2026 census would put these Australians at greater risk of "marginalisation and disadvantage", multiple leading health and research organisations have said. Earlier this week, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said the government had told the Australian Bureau of Statistics to cancel testing of the new census questions because they "weren't appropriate". Data needed to assess 'scope …

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6 months, 3 weeks ago

Thailand’s Senate overwhelmingly approves a landmark bill to legalize same-sex marriages

Associated Press

BANGKOK — Thailand’s Senate voted overwhelmingly on Tuesday to approve a bill that would legalize same-sex marriage, clearing the last legislative hurdle for the country to become the first in Southeast Asia to enact such a law. The marriage equality bill, which grants full legal, financial and medical rights for marriage partners of any gender, sailed through the House of …

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8 months, 2 weeks ago

Nepal leads inaugural Rainbow Tourism Conference, pledges safe destination for all

Hindustan Times

The first International Rainbow Tourism Conference opened here on Saturday, with Nepal offering itself as a safe and respectful destination in South Asia for the sexual minority community. “We are thrilled to host the first rainbow tourism conference in Nepal," said the executive director of Mayako Pahichan Nepal, Sunil Babu Pant, also the first Parliament Member from the LGBT community. …

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9 months, 3 weeks ago

Japan court rules ban on same-sex marriage is ‘unconstitutional’

Al Jazeera

Japan is only G7 nation that excludes same-sex unions with conservative government criticised as stonewalling diversity. A high court in Japan has ruled that the country’s ban on same-sex marriage is “unconstitutional” as pressure mounts for such unions to be legalised. The ruling in Sapporo, the first High Court decision on same-sex marriage in the country, emphatically shows the trend …

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1 year, 6 months ago

Nepal SC's order to register same-sex couples is thanks to its own judgment, passed 15 years ago

Hindustan Times

On June 28, the Nepal Supreme Court passed an interim order directing the Office of Prime Minister and Council of Ministers and other concerned ministries to establish a transitional mechanism to ensure the registration of marriages for non-heterosexual couples, thereby reiterating the right to marry granted to the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Intersex community granted by the top court …

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1 year, 6 months ago

Police arrest 100 at Pride marches in Istanbul and Izmir

The Independent

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1 year, 7 months ago

Australia's rental vacancies are at a record low – for LGBTQIA+ young people, the housing market is even tighter

ABC

Eden feels safer on the street than a hostel, where they must identify as a man or woman for a bed. Almost all gender diverse young people they interviewed had experienced transphobic violence at home, and were very often leaving home "because of their family's negative reaction to their gender identity," she said. "LGBTQIA+ young people try to utilise these …

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1 year, 9 months ago

Most European Union states back Brussels' legal action against Hungary over anti-LGBTQ law

Firstpost

France and Germany join Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, Greece, Ireland, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Portugal, Slovenia, Spain, and Sweden are among the other EU nations which support legal action against Hungary’s problematic legislation Brussels, Belgium: Hungary on Friday condemned plans by 15 of the EU’s 27 member states to support Brussels’ legal action against Hungary over a law that they …

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1 year, 11 months ago

Dutch constitution amended to anchor disability, LGBT rights in law

Dutch News

Dutch senators on Tuesday voted in favour of including an explicit ban on discrimination on the grounds of disability or sexual orientation in the constitution – 12 years after the change was first mooted. Alterations to the Dutch constitution require votes in two separate cabinet and upper house periods and the second vote must involve a two-thirds majority. Article 1 …

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1 year, 11 months ago

Dutch constitution amended to anchor disability, LGBT rights in law

Dutch News

Dutch senators on Tuesday voted in favour of including an explicit ban on discrimination on the grounds of disability or sexual orientation in the constitution – 12 years after the change was first mooted. Alterations to the Dutch constitution require votes in two separate cabinet and upper house periods and the second vote must involve a two-thirds majority. Article 1 …

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2 years, 1 month ago

Qatar says it won’t prosecute drunk football fans, LGBTI during World Cup: Report

NL Times

Qatar won’t prosecute football fans for being drunk or people from the LGBTQIA+ community for showing affection in public during the FIFA World Cup, AD reports based on a document in its possession. The police will be “lenient to conduct that does not threaten physical integrity or property.” Drunk fans will, in principle, be allowed to enjoy themselves unhindered, except …

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2 years, 2 months ago

Amsterdam mayor scraps LGBTI+ statement after backlash from mosques

NL Times

Amsterdam Mayor Femke Halsema has canceled the planned statement of support for the LGBTI+ community that she asked local mosques to sign earlier in the month. The statement of support against violence toward LGBTI+ community members was sent to several mosques in Amsterdam. Last week, DENK party leader Sheher Khan said that violence against LGBTI+ people was mainly caused by …

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2 years, 6 months ago

Rotterdam Pride underway with rainbow flag flying over Feyenoord on Pink Saturday

NL Times

Football club Feyenoord raised the rainbow flag on Saturday as part of Pink Saturday on the Maasgebouw, which is next to the Feijenoord Stadium in South Rotterdam. The club raised the flag to show that it supports diversity, despite the fact that some Rotterdam supporter groups recently broadcast hurtful chants and banners to the public and via social media. Paul …

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2 years, 7 months ago

UN denounces ‘racist’ and ‘homophobic’ coverage of monkeypox

Al Jazeera

UNAIDS warns some reporting and commentary on the virus has used stigmatising language that could harm public health. The Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS has warned that stigmatising language used in the coverage on the monkeypox virus could jeopardise public health, citing some portrayals of Africans and LGBTI people that “reinforce homophobic and racist stereotypes and exacerbate stigma”. But …

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3 years ago

LGBT asylum seekers allege groping incidents at reception center

NL Times

Three asylum seekers were "immorally groped" last Tuesday in their protected LGBTI unit at the asylum seekers' center in Ter Apel. A spokesperson for the Central Agency for the Reception of Asylum Seekers confirmed this following a message from the LGBT Asylum Support organization on Friday. According to the group, a young man entered the living quarters of three asylum …

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3 years, 4 months ago

Radical groups targeting gay men warns Spanish minister after Madrid attack

The Independent

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3 years, 6 months ago

D66 kicks out city councillor for voting down to LGBT rainbow flag proposals

NL Times

Veenendaal city council member Hassan Saidi has been expelled from the local D66 faction after voting against two proposals concerning the LGBTQ community, AD reported. After a second time, it became difficult and that is why we decided to say goodbye to him as a member of the group,” said party chair, Coby van den Heuvel. Saidi did not want …

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3 years, 6 months ago

Mardi Gras legacy the beginning of one woman's journey bringing LGBTIQ Pride to regional NSW

ABC

Denise McGrath still remembers marching in the first Mardi Gras in Sydney in 1978. Key points: Denise McGrath marched in the first Mardi Gras in Sydney in 1978 She set up the first LGBTQI support group in Leeton, the Leeton Pride Collective Member Jessica Joy says '78ers 'paved the way' by fighting for equality "We had hope. Bringing Pride to …

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3 years, 9 months ago

Turkey pulls out of treaty protecting women from violence

Al Jazeera

Some politicians have attacked the charter, saying it damages family unity, encourages divorce and promotes wider acceptance of the LGBTQ community. Turkey has pulled out of the world’s first binding treaty to prevent and combat violence against women, a presidential decree said Friday, in the latest victory for conservatives in President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s governing party. No reason was provided …

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4 years ago

How a new Victorian clinic is removing barriers to 'life-saving care' for trans and gender diverse people

ABC

When Sage Akouri needed what they considered to be life-saving medical care, their fate rested in the hands of a psychologist. Key points: Doctors say a fresh approach being used in Victorian trans and gender diverse clinics has proved successful Trans and gender diverse people say the new model offers them greater autonomy and control over their identity More than …

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4 years ago

Turkish human rights groups face being shut down as Erdogan passes law stifling NGOs

The Independent

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4 years, 3 months ago

For marriage ‘equality’ that is truly equal

Hindustan Times

Since January, a petition challenging the applicability of the Special Marriage Act, 1954, to heterosexuals has been pending in the Kerala High Court. The petitioners are two gay men — 35-year-old Nikesh PP and 31-year-old Sonu MS —who had a wedding ceremony in the parking lot of a temple in 2018, and then petitioned the court to have their marriage …

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Feyenoord accused of trying to cover up assault of a referee by two club supporters

Rainbow-clad revelers hit Copacabana beach for Rio de Janeiro’s pride parade

Health research institutes say scrapping LGBTI+ questions from the 2026 census leaves Australia's 'invisible' populations at greater risk of harm

Thailand’s Senate overwhelmingly approves a landmark bill to legalize same-sex marriages

Nepal leads inaugural Rainbow Tourism Conference, pledges safe destination for all

Japan court rules ban on same-sex marriage is ‘unconstitutional’

Nepal SC's order to register same-sex couples is thanks to its own judgment, passed 15 years ago

Police arrest 100 at Pride marches in Istanbul and Izmir

Australia's rental vacancies are at a record low – for LGBTQIA+ young people, the housing market is even tighter

Most European Union states back Brussels' legal action against Hungary over anti-LGBTQ law

Dutch constitution amended to anchor disability, LGBT rights in law

Dutch constitution amended to anchor disability, LGBT rights in law

Qatar says it won’t prosecute drunk football fans, LGBTI during World Cup: Report

Amsterdam mayor scraps LGBTI+ statement after backlash from mosques

Rotterdam Pride underway with rainbow flag flying over Feyenoord on Pink Saturday

UN denounces ‘racist’ and ‘homophobic’ coverage of monkeypox

LGBT asylum seekers allege groping incidents at reception center

Radical groups targeting gay men warns Spanish minister after Madrid attack

D66 kicks out city councillor for voting down to LGBT rainbow flag proposals

Mardi Gras legacy the beginning of one woman's journey bringing LGBTIQ Pride to regional NSW

Turkey pulls out of treaty protecting women from violence

How a new Victorian clinic is removing barriers to 'life-saving care' for trans and gender diverse people

Turkish human rights groups face being shut down as Erdogan passes law stifling NGOs

For marriage ‘equality’ that is truly equal