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Poland’s LGBTQ+ community celebrates Pride with peaceful marches in Katowice and Lublin

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Poland’s LGBTQ+ community celebrated Pride with peaceful marches after years of opposition. On 3 September, nearly 4000 people hit the streets of Katowice for the city’s annual LGBTQ+ Pride and equality march. According to Notes from Poland, the annual event was a collaborative venture with the Ukrainian city of Odesa to show solidarity with its queer community. While there were no violent interruptions from anti-LGBTQ+ individuals, it was met with opposition from the conservative group Fundacja Pro. Before the march, Katowice’s mayor attempted to ban the organisation from attending, but…

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Don’t Say Gay: Anti-LGBTQ+ comments rise 400% after Florida bill passes

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A new report has found online hate targeted at the LGBTQ+ community has surged over 400% following the Parental Rights in Education bill. Research was conducted by LGBTQ+ advocate group Human Rights Campaign and nonprofit organisation, Center for Countering Digital Hate. The legislation has been dubbed ‘Don’t Say Gay’ as it has banned instruction on sexual orientation and gender identity for children up to grade 3. However, critics of the law have stated the language can be carried beyond the third grade and impact older students. The bill was passed…

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Hundreds hold ‘kiss-a-thon’ to support gay couple threatened in Colombia

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Hundreds of same-sex couples staged a ‘kiss-a-thon’ in a park in Bogotá, Colombia after a gay couple was attacked there. Content warning: This story includes topics that could make some readers uncomfortable. Santiago Maldonado and Jorge Esteban Farías were targeted by a group of women – one of which wielded a broomstick – after the two kissed in public, the BBC reported. Footage of the incident showed the culprits verbally abusing the couple, with one telling them that “in this neighbourhood we don’t allow sex in the park, especially not…

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Are social media firms doing enough to protect LGBTQ+ users?

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Major social media companies are not doing enough to protect LGBTQ+ users from abuse and harassment on their platforms, an analysis by U.S. rights group GLAAD has found. The index analysed five leading platforms – Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, YouTube and TikTok – all of which were ranked as having “inadequate” measures to support and protect LGBTQ+ users. Each scored less than 50 out of 100. “Social media platforms and companies are prioritizing profit over LGBTQ safety and lives,” said Sarah Kate Ellis, the president of GLAAD, in an introduction to…

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Tom Daley waves Pride Progress flag at Commonwealth Games in bold stand against anti-LGBTQ+ countries

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Tom Daley showed his support for LGBTQ+ people living in countries that still criminalise homosexuality during the opening ceremony of the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham on Thursday (28 July). Entering the Alexander Stadium in Birmingham carrying the Queen’s baton and alongside several activists from some of the 35 countries that continue to punish same-sex relations, Daley and the activists carried Pride Progress flags. The Olympic Gold medalist has previously criticised the Commonwealth for supporting governments that criminalise the LGBTQ+ community and was recently awarded an OBE for his services…

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“We just want to be free”: LGBTQ+ Afghans are struggling to survive under Taliban rule

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The post “We just want to be free”: LGBTQ+ Afghans are struggling to survive under Taliban rule appeared first on GAY TIMES. Go to Source Author: Conor Clark

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EU begins legal action against Hungary over ‘LGBTQ+ propaganda’ law

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Brussels has launched legal action against Hungary over its ‘LGBTQ+ propaganda’ law which bans content that ‘promotes’ LGBTQ+ themes. “The European Commission today decided to refer Hungary to the Court of Justice of the EU over a Hungarian law which discriminates against people on the basis of their sexual orientation and gender identity,” the European Commission said in a statement on 15 July. “The Commission considers that the law violates the internal market rules, the fundamental rights of individuals (in particular LGBTIQ people) as well as – with regard to…

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‘There was no intention of anything transphobic’: Bette Midler responds to Twitter backlash

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Bette Midler has responded to the backlash she received for posting a controversial tweet claiming that women are being erased. On 4 July, the 76-year-old wrote: “WOMEN OF THE WORLD! We are being stripped of our rights over our bodies, our lives and even of our name! They don’t call us ‘women’ anymore; they call us ‘birthing people’ or ‘menstruators’, and even ‘people with vaginas’! Don’t let them erase you! Every human on earth owes you!” Admirers of Midler were quick to express their disappointment in the actress. “Really disappointed…

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Exclusive: 93% of LGBTQ+ people want ‘conversion therapy’ banned for all

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Banning so-called ‘conversion therapy’ for all is supported by the vast majority of LGBTQ+ people, a joint survey from GAY TIMES and Channel 4 News has found. Respondents were asked to rank certain issues affecting the community, with 92.6% stating that a full ban is ‘very important’ to them, 4.6% viewing it as of ‘average importance’ and only 2.8% believing it to be ‘not important’. The results come after widespread outrage at the UK government’s U-turns on introducing a comprehensive ban of the practice, which has now resulted in a…

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Polish court orders four towns to scrap ‘LGBT-free’ zones

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Four municipalities have been ordered to scrap their so-called ‘LGBT-free’ zones by a top Polish appeals court. A legal challenge from the country’s Human Rights Ombudsman resulted in a ruling that nine must come to an end, though this was then appealed by Ordo luris, a right-wing think-tank, the public prosecutor’s office and the municipalities in question. However, on 28 June, the first four of these appeals were dismissed by the Supreme Administrative Court, meaning the towns of Istebna, Klwów, Osiek and Serniki will now have to abandon their ‘LGBT-free’…

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