Civil partnership conversion for landmark gay couple

• Released Date: 07-Dec-2020

But they were left in a legal limbo when the laws were changed to allow same-sex couples to get married in NI. Those already in civil partnerships were denied the retrospective right to marriage, sparking a long legal battle.

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Transgender couple wed in Hungary, land of growing homophobia

• Released Date: 06-Dec-2020

The wedding of Hungarian transgender couple Tamara Csillag and Elvira Angyal looked just like any other, with the nervous pair dressing up and heading off to the rural Hungarian court room where their marriage would be sealed.

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Hungary needs the power of love, not Viktor Orbán’s love for power ǀ View

• Released Date: 03-Dec-2020

In spring 2018, a couple of weeks after the last Hungarian elections, I went on a hike with my friends. We regularly visit Hungary’s breathtaking mountain landscapes, which were astonishing in the spring weather. After our post-hike dinner, I noticed

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North Carolina’s ban on LGBTQ rights ordinances has expired cities are ready to pass new ones

• Released Date: 03-Dec-2020

North Carolina’s controversial law that banned transgender people from the correct restroom and forbade municipalities from enacting LGBTQ nondiscrimination ordinances has finally expired. The law went into effect in 2016, but a 2017 compromise with

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Poland should act to stop LGBTI intolerance, says Council of Europe

• Released Date: 03-Dec-2020

Polish politicians should stop stigmatising LGBTI people, the Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights said in a memorandum published on Thursday, adding that such behaviour risked legitimising homophobic violence.

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Trump supporter caught on camera spouting anti-gay slurs but claims she’s the real victim

• Released Date: 02-Dec-2020

After a Trump supporter’s vile anti-gay slurs went viral, the blowback was swift and severe. And after the conspiracy theory-spouting woman was identified as Gina Michelle Bisignano, it didn’t take long for her to start claiming victim status.

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Federal judge rules requiring “proof” of gender identity for a passport is unconstitutional

• Released Date: 01-Dec-2020

A federal judge just ruled that it’s unconstitutional for transgender people to be required to show proof from a doctor that they’re undergoing transition-related care in order to get a passport with the correct gender marker on it.

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China's LGBTQ+ community seize census chance to stand up and be counted

• Released Date: 27-Nov-2020

China’s LGBTQ+ community has seized a once-in-a-decade chance to be counted with the launch of the nationwide government census.

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Trans Christians unable to worship after being told they’re ‘unclean’. So they took matters into their own hands

• Released Date: 26-Nov-2020

Trans Christians have established the first church of their very own in Pakistan where they are free to worship without being bullied by the congregation.

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Atlanta mayor appoints city's first LGBTQ affairs director

• Released Date: 26-Nov-2020

A reshuffle in the Atlanta municipal government has given the city its first director of LGBTQ affairs, a full time advisory position to the mayor and city government at large.

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Hallmark Channel releases its first Christmas movie with an LGBTQ storyline

• Released Date: 26-Nov-2020

This holiday season, actor Jonathan Bennett is not only continuing his reign as the king of Christmas movies, he's also breaking barriers. "My agent called me and said, 'Hey, you have a Hallmark Christmas movie offer,' and I said, 'OK, great. Who's

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LGBTQ Community Worried as Florida Rolls Back Local Conversion Therapy Bans

• Released Date: 25-Nov-2020

In a 2-1 vote, the court sided with two therapists, Robert Otto and Julie Hamilton, who challenged the conversion therapy ban in the city of Boca Raton and Palm Beach County, which was passed in 2017.

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