Category: Anti-LGBTQ discrimination

Anti-LGBTQ discrimination Articles Chile Emilia Schneider LGBTQ+ News LGBTQ+ representation Life News Politics Trans Trans Representation

Chile makes history with election of first-ever trans person to its legislature

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Chile has made history by electing the first-ever transgender official to its legislature during the 2021 parliamentary elections. Emilia Schneider, a transgender woman and activist, received 26,000 votes on 21 November. She will be sworn into the Chamber of Deputies in March 2022, which is the lower chamber of the country’s National Congress, to represent the 10th District of Santiago de Chile. “Today the security, dignity and integrity of the rights of the LGTBI community and women are at stake,” Schneider said after being elected. “The far-right seeks fear to…

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Anti-LGBTQ discrimination Articles Botswana Court Court Of Appeals Equality LGBTQ+ inclusion LGBTQ+ inclusivity LGBTQ+ News Life Marriage News same-sex Same-sex marriage Same-sex parenting

Botswana appeals court upholds ruling decriminalising gay sex

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An appeal against a ruling decriminalising gay sex in Bostwana has been rejected by the country’s Court of Appeal. The 2019 ruling was upheld on 29 November, something that resulted in the LGBTQ+ community hailing Botswana as a “true democracy”. During the appeal, the state attempted to argue that public opinion on homosexuality had not changed and that the penal code made same-sex intercourse illegal. The aforementioned penal code was drawn up under British rule and states that “carnal knowledge of any person against the order of nature” is forbidden,…

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Afghanistan Anti-LGBTQ discrimination Articles LGBTQ Rights LGBTQ+ equality LGBTQ+ News Life News Openly Taliban

LGBTQ+ Afghans fear being forgotten 100 days since Taliban takeover

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As he struggled to wrench his hair from the grasp of a heavily armed Taliban fighter, Mohammad – a gay Afghan man – realised he had two options: run or die. Minutes earlier, he had been stopped at a checkpoint in Kabul and forced to hand over his mobile phone for inspection. Mohammad was terrified – he knew the Taliban guard would find material on his phone that revealed his sexuality. “He started searching the gallery and photos and videos and gave me a really strong slap in the face.…

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America Anti-LGBTQ discrimination anti-trans Articles Crime Education hate crime LGBTQ+ News Life News Police School Trans Transgender

Students stage school walkout over trans teen being ‘assaulted in bathroom’

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Students protested outside their school after a transgender teen reported being assaulted and police declared that no such attack took place. On 4 November, the students united in front of Berlin High School in Berlin, Wisconsin to take a stand against the response to the claims. The 14-year-old student said he was cornered in the boy’s bathroom before a group of students demanded he take off his pants and lift up his shirt to expose his body. Speaking to local news outlet WBAY, the student explained: “They were surrounding the…

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Anti-LGBTQ discrimination anti-trans Articles BBC BBC News LGBTQ+ equality LGBTQ+ inclusion LGBTQ+ News Life News Stonewall Trans

BBC’s LGBTQ+ staff told to ‘get used to hearing things they don’t like’

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LGBTQ+ staff at the BBC were told to get used to views they dislike in the wake of its employees calling it “institutionally transphobic”. The comments were allegedly made in a Zoom call with the BBC’s Pride Network on 12 November by Fran Unsworth, the BBC’s head of news, who is leaving the broadcaster in January. The Times reports that two sources who attended the meeting said the 63-year-old told employees: “You’ll hear things you don’t personally like and see things you don’t like — that’s what the BBC is,…

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America Anti-LGBTQ discrimination anti-LGBTQ+ anti-trans Articles Crime Human Rights Campaign Killings LGBTQ+ News Life News Police Transgender

2021 becomes deadliest year for trans people on record

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At least 45 transgender or gender non-conforming people have been killed in America this year, making it the deadliest to date. The latest victim is 28-year-old Marquiisha Lawrence, who was described by her mother as having a “heart of gold”. Lawrence was shot and killed in Greenville, South Carolina on 4 November, which the police and Greenville County coroner’s office are continuing to investigate. According to the latter, she was found in her home following an altercation with one or more individuals. Eboni Sinclaire, Lawrence’s trans mother, said: “Marquiisha ‘Quii’…

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Angela Rayner Anti-LGBTQ discrimination anti-trans Articles BBC Government Labour Labour Party LGBTQ+ ally LGBTQ+ News Life News Stonewall

Labour’s Angela Rayner pledges “solidarity” with Stonewall after BBC quits scheme

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Angela Rayner pledged “solidarity” with both Stonewall and the LGBTQ+ community after the BBC announced departure from the diversity scheme On 10 November, the BBC announced that it had quit the Stonewall Diversity Champions programme, citing concerns over remaining “impartial” for its exit. The scheme gives employers training on LGBTQ+ inclusion to ensure all members of the community are accepted and respected in the workplace. Major players like the UK government’s Cabinet Office and Ofcom controversially quit Stonewall’s programme earlier in 2021. “The BBC is fully committed to being an…

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America Anti-LGBTQ discrimination anti-LGBTQ+ anti-LGBTQ+ slurs anti-trans Articles hate crime LGBTQ+ hate crimes LGBTQ+ News Life News School Trans Transgender

Trans teenager left with concussion after being attacked at school

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A transgender student said that she was attacked and left with a concussion at high school after being verbally assaulted. Willow Andring explained to CBS Pittsburgh that a male student assaulted her after making verbal insults about her trans identity in an incident that was caught on camera at Armstrong High School. “He pulled me from behind and started beating me up,” Andring said. “Before that he had been calling me names, saying, ‘It’s not a she, it’s not a he, it’s an it.’” The 14-year-old told her mother that…

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Anti-LGBTQ discrimination Anti-LGBTQ Slur Articles Education Homophobia Ireland LGBTQ+ News Life News School

Ireland removes “homophobic” teaching material asking if “all gays molest children”

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Ireland’s Department of Education has removed “homophobic” teaching material which included asking students if “all gays molest children”. The online teaching material, which has now been removed, asked pupils to discuss an array of statements to determine whether or not they agreed with them. It was designed for social, personal and health education (SPHE) lessons for first, second and third-year secondary school students. According to the Irish Times, the statements said: “all gays are HIV positive”, “boys who don’t play sport are gay”, “you can change from being a homosexual”,…

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Anti-LGBTQ discrimination anti-LGBTQ+ Articles BBC diversity LGBTQ+ diversity LGBTQ+ inclusion LGBTQ+ News LGBTQ+ representation Life News Stonewall

BBC quits Stonewall diversity scheme to remain “impartial”

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The BBC has officially quit the Stonewall Diversity Champions programme, citing concerns over remaining “impartial” for its exit. The scheme gives employers training on LGBTQ+ inclusion to ensure all members of the community are accepted and respected in the workplace. Major players like the UK government’s Cabinet Office and Ofcom controversially quit Stonewall’s programme earlier in 2021. The BBC now joins this list, confirming its departure from the scheme on 10 November. “The BBC is fully committed to being an industry-leading employer on LGBTQ+ inclusion,” a spokesperson for the BBC…

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