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01 05 2013
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REYKJAVIK, Iceland — The world’s first elected openly gay head of government has retired
Johanna Sigurdardottir, 70, ended her political career on Saturday, capping 35 years of public service in Iceland, where she served as Prime Minister since 2009. A social democrat and Iceland’s longest-serving member of Parliament, Forbes listed Sigurdardottir among the 100 Most Powerful Women in t
01 05 2013
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Kazakhstan: Lesbian Wedding Raises Eyebrows
The industrial city of Karaganda in northeastern Kazakhstan has seen an event utterly out of the ordinary for the former Soviet Union: a wedding between two women. The couple organized the symbolic wedding to celebrate their union, the Vox Populi website reports in a photo story showing the elabora
01 05 2013
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OH Teacher Fired For Being Gay
A well-loved and respected teacher in Columbus, Ohio was allegedly fired for being gay after mentioning her lesbian partner in her mother’s obituary. After 19 years, Carla Hale, a physical education teacher and coach at Bishop Watterson High School, was unexpectedly terminated by the Catholic Dioce
31 03 2013
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Putin orders ban on adoptions by LGBT foreign couples – report
The Russian president has opposed the adoption of Russian orphans by LGBT foreign couples, and has instructed the government and the Supreme Court to prepare changes to existing law before July 1. Russian President Vladimir Putin’s order will most likely be fulfilled by the Ministry of Education an
31 03 2013
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https://lesbi.ge/s/v9c/
10 LGBT-Themed Novels That Every Student Should Read
The California Department of Education’s new recommended reading list, which was released last week, is causing some controversy because — gasp! — it includes a handful of books with LGBT themes. Rose of No Man’s Land, Michelle Tea In Tea’s fiery coming-of-age novel, misanthropic 14-year-old T
28 03 2013
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LGBT Activists From Across Asia Strategize Before U.N. Human-Rights Meeting
This past weekend LGBT activists from more than a dozen Asian countries met in Kathmandu to strategize for this summer’s meeting of the United Nations Human Rights Council. The meeting was also attended by representatives from the Nepali government, including Minister for Women, Children and Soci
26 03 2013
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https://lesbi.ge/s/cvp/
Why the Fights for Racial Justice and LGBT Equality Are Inseparable
Civil rights hero Bayard Rustin once said, "God does not require us to achieve ... the good tasks that humanity must pursue. What God requires of us is that we not stop trying." Known as a man with purpose and heart, Rustin, who was an openly gay black man born in the early 1900s, knew about segr
26 03 2013
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California reading list includes LGBT books
In the spirit of the new gay-friendly school curriculum in California, the state has included LGBT-themed books into its updated K-12 recommended reading list. For the first time, the Department of Education included winners of the Stonewall Book Awards, which focuses on lesbian, gay, bisexual, and
17 03 2013
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Domestic Violence in LGBT Communities
The Center for Disease Control indicates that 1 of 4 women and 1 in 7 men over the age of 18 experiences severe physical violence in their lifetime. What we see and hear, though, usually consists of advice to determine whether the man is abusing the woman, and once abuse is determined, conversations
16 03 2013
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Website Re-Launches to Fund Project for LGBT Causes
After going offline temporarily, GetGayFunded.com is back up and running thanks to an agreement between the website’s parent company and Amazon Payments. A mutual agreement re-establishing Amazon Payments as the funding processor for LGBT projects listed on Apps Genius Corp’s crowdfunding website
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GRADATION - installation for The Trans Day of Remembrance
GRADATION is a collaborative installation of Women's Initiatives Supporting Group (WISG) and artist Uta Bekaia, supported by Propaganda.network. The voices and video images used in the installation belong to Transfeminist activists and our sisters - Amanda, Gabi, Nata, Tako. All of us are united by the grief that will forever remind us about our Trans sisters killed in the recent years, but we are also united by the same goal - to achieve living in a country and in the society free from Transphobia! #TDOR
GRADATION - installation for The Trans Day of Remembrance
Queer Sisters Run - Social and Environmental Justice