LGBT rights Hungary passes law banning same-sex adoption

• Released Date: 16-Dec-2020

The Hungarian parliament has approved a draft law that would effectively ban same-sex adoption. It also tightens the definition of marriage and the family unit.

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Senior faith leaders call for global decriminalization of LGBT+ people

• Released Date: 16-Dec-2020

Senior faith leaders from around the world are coming together at an event backed by the UK government to call for an end to the criminalisation of LGBT+ people and a global ban on conversion practices.

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LGBT-owned kilt maker denounces kilt-clad Proud Boys

• Released Date: 16-Dec-2020

Members of the group were seen sporting the bright garments at a pro-Trump rally this weekend in Washington DC.

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LGBT Activists Tell Biden: Religious Schools Must Accept ‘Gender Identity’

• Released Date: 15-Dec-2020

For years, legal experts have been discussing possible battles over access to federal benefits and accreditation of religious schools, based on their acceptance of ideas such as same-sex marriage and accommodation of persons identifying as LGBT.

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LGBT Activists Tell Biden: Religious Schools Must Accept ‘Gender Identity’

• Released Date: 15-Dec-2020

For years, legal experts have been discussing possible battles over access to federal benefits and accreditation of religious schools, based on their acceptance of ideas such as same-sex marriage and accommodation of persons identifying as LGBT.

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Gay rights progress, but same-sex relations still a crime in 69 states: Report

• Released Date: 15-Dec-2020

Despite significant progress on gay rights around the world, dozens of countries still criminalise consensual same-sex activity, including six where being gay is punishable by death, campaigners said on Tuesday (Dec 15).

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LGBT Activists Tell Biden: Religious Schools Must Accept ‘Gender Identity’

• Released Date: 15-Dec-2020

For years, legal experts have been discussing possible battles over access to federal benefits and accreditation of religious schools, based on their acceptance of ideas such as same-sex marriage and accommodation of persons identifying as LGBT.

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I can’t believe it’s taken this long': Barrow LGBT campaigner welcomes change to blood donation rules

• Released Date: 15-Dec-2020

Men who have sex with men in a long-term relationship will be able to give blood from next summer, NHS Blood and Transplant said.

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Queer fashion brand horrified after Proud Boys wear its kilts to violent MAGA march. So it decided to ‘redirect hate to love’

• Released Date: 14-Dec-2020

The owners of an LGBT+ clothing line have firmly distanced themselves from the far-right hate group the Proud Boys after members appropriated its line of iconic yellow kilts.

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Supreme Court hands down victory for lesbian moms

• Released Date: 14-Dec-2020

The Supreme Court has denied Indiana’s petition to hear a case involving the rights for same-sex spouses to appear on their children’s birth certificates, leaving in place an appeals court decision in favor of listing the wife of a woman who gives bi

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Dozens of white nationalists screamed abuse at a pro-Trump drag queen trying to speak at MAGA rally

• Released Date: 14-Dec-2020

Lady Maga spoke at the rally in support of the Proud Boys, a neo-fascist and white nationalist group that encourages its members to engage in violence against the left. The rally was also attended by the “Groyper Army,” a loose group of white nationa

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Workplace equality index for LGBTQ community announced in India

• Released Date: 13-Dec-2020

Two years after the India’s Supreme Court decriminalized homosexuality, employment for the LGBTQ community is slowly gaining acceptance in the private sector. This in part thanks to a new benchmarking tool shining a light on companies making progress

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