Polish court acquits LGBTQ+ activists over rainbow icon poster

• Released Date: 02-Mar-2021

A Polish court has acquitted three activists who had been accused of desecration and offending religious feelings for producing and distributing images of a revered Roman Catholic icon altered to include the LGBTQ+ rainbow.

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Escaped gay men sent back by Russian police

• Released Date: 07-Feb-2021

The Russian LGBT Network said Salekh Magamadov and Ismail Isayev had been seized and returned by Russian police.

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Kansas measure would criminalize care for transgender youth

• Released Date: 05-Feb-2021

Kansas legislation that would make it a felony for doctors to provide medical treatments that help transgender youth transition is unlikely to get a hearing, the head of the committee to which it has been assigned said Thursday.

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Biden to call for protecting LGBTQ rights globally in memo

• Released Date: 05-Feb-2021

U.S. President Joe Biden will announce a presidential memorandum on Thursday protecting the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer people worldwide, national security adviser Jake Sullivan said.

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Turkey’s Erdogan Calls Student Protesters Terrorists, Intensifying Anti-LGBT Rhetoric

• Released Date: 04-Feb-2021

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has accused student demonstrators of being terrorists as Turkish police arrested them for protesting Erdogan’s appointment of a new rector at one of the country’s top universities this week.

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Mike Pence officially hired by anti-LGBTQ Heritage Foundation. He worked for them as Vice President.

• Released Date: 04-Feb-2021

Former Vice President Mike Pence will join the Heritage Foundation, an anti-LGBTQ think tank. The organization had a huge presence in the Trump administration, manipulating policies from the behind-the-scenes.

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LGBT+ people are facing a dire situation in Turkey. This is how it got so bad, and why you should care

• Released Date: 04-Feb-2021

The abuse and restrictions against Turkey’s LGBT+ population are growing increasingly more alarming.

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We’re talking politics on the latest episode of LGBTQ Nation’s podcast

• Released Date: 04-Feb-2021

In this week’s episode, host Alex Berg discusses the importance of LGBTQ lawmakers. Alex speaks with Georgia state Rep. Renitta Shannon (D) and New Hampshire state Rep. Gerri Cannon (D), about the anti-LGBTQ legislation cropping up around the country

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Turkey’s vile president Erdogan now claims there’s no such thing as LGBT+ people

• Released Date: 04-Feb-2021

Turkey’s fiercely anti-gay president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has claimed that there is “no such thing” as LGBT+ people.

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Biden memorandum to ‘reinvigorate’ US leadership on global LGBTQ rights

• Released Date: 04-Feb-2021

President Biden on Thursday announced his administration will issue a memorandum that commits the U.S. to promoting LGBTQ rights abroad.

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Former Army Secretary Eric Fanning on Pete Buttigieg's Role in History

• Released Date: 04-Feb-2021

When I finally got the news that Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg became the first gay Cabinet member in history to be confirmed by the United States Senate, I was surprised at my reaction. I didn’t feel the elation that I supposed would occur

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Poland loses millions in EU funding due to hateful ‘LGBT-free’ zones

• Released Date: 03-Feb-2021

Poland’s commitment to homophobia has cost one ‘LGBT-free zone’ millions in funding after Norway, Iceland and Lichtenstein all cancelled a prestigious grant.

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