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26 04 2011
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Japan Elects First Openly Gay Man
Tokyo elected it's first openly gay official on Sunday! Taiga Ishikawa was picked to serve in the Toshima ward assembly, and will be handling running that part of the city! He went up against 53 other candidates, too. Taiga was first a writer, who openly admitted he was gay in a book he had writte
22 04 2011
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LGBT history in public schools
A bill to make sure the historical contributions of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered people are accurately portrayed in public school teaching materials is wending its way through the California legislature. The Fair, Accurate, Inclusive and Respectful Education Act, Senate Bill 48, written
20 04 2011
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Anti-gay parade rioters get jail time
BELGRADE -- The Higher Court in Belgrade has sentenced far-right organization Obraz leader Mladen Obradović to two years for organizing riots during 2010 Pride Parade. His wife Jelena was sentenced to a year and Krsta Milovanović and Damir Grbić to a year and a half in prison. Remaining 13 accused
14 04 2011
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Armenia marked Day of Silence: We keep silence
The Day of Silence is an event that brings attention to anti-LGBT name-calling, bullying and harassment in schools. Students from middle school to college take some form of a vow of silence in an effort to encourage schools and classmates to address the problem of anti-LGBT behavior. The event is de
13 04 2011
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Lithuanian Parliament to "improve" the ban of "gay propaganda"
Today a majority of the members of the Committee on Legal Affairs of Lithuanian Parliament voted for the „improvement“ of legislative amendment which seeks to establish harsh fines for the „propagation of homosexual relations in the public“. The author of the anti-gay law, MP Petras Grazulis now has
11 04 2011
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Ban on full Islamic veil comes into force
From Monday, women wearing the full Islamic veil in France could be fined up to 150 euros and be ordered to attend “re-education” classes. The law has already sparked unrest, with police arresting 61 protestors against the law Saturday in Paris. Critics say the law stigmatises Muslims - while its d
10 04 2011
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Discrimination against minorities persists in Korea
South Korea still discriminates against minorities and foreigners, the U.S. State Department said in its 2010 country report on human rights. Citing a National Human Rights Commission report, the U.S. human rights report said there were six cases of alleged discrimination against lesbian, gay, bise
08 04 2011
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European convention on violence against women to include protection for lesbian, bisexual and trans women
The Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe announced yesterday that it adopted a new convention to protect women from violence on 6 April 2011. Lesbian, bisexual and trans women are at heightened risk of gender-related violence, particularly hate crimes, due to intersectional discriminatio
05 04 2011
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Violence against women: Victims: Raped once, violated twice
Tasneem Ahmar, director of Uks, Dr Salman Tariq, gender advisor at United Nations, Huma Khawar, senior journalist, Quatrina Hosain, director of current affairs at Express News and Tahira Abdullah, a well known rights activist, were speaking on Monday at the launching ceremony of a report titled ‘How
01 04 2011
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LGBT community marks 10th anniversary of first gay marriage
AMSTERDAM (BNO NEWS) -- The lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) community on Friday marks the 10th anniversary of the first ever same-sex marriage in the world. The Netherlands was the first country in the world to officially recognize and allow same-sex marriages. Queen Beatrix signed t
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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