LGBT
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6000 people marched for LGBT+ Equality in Ukraine’s capital Kiev
On Sunday Kiev’s city center was the host of the annual Pride Parade. This year’s edition gathered a record-high number of participants. Before the event, 56 people were arrested after a clash between nationalists and law enforcement. About 6000 people gathered in the streets of Kiev to march for LGBT+ equality. Amongst them was activist Ulyana…
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Polands Ground-Breaking LGBT-Ruling: An Exclusive Interview With Paweł Knut
On June 14 the Polish Supreme Court ruled that no person has the right to deny service to a person belonging to the LGBT-community. The ruling came after a procedure that has been initiated by the Kampania Przeciw Homofobii (Campaign Against Homophobia), Poland’s biggest LGBT-organisation. A local print shop refused service to an LGBT-organisation. The organisation had…
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🌈 One Year Later: Chechnya’s Concentration Camps For Gays
During spring 2017 the Western world was shocked about horrible stories from young gay men living in Chechnya. They were detained in so-called concentration camps for gay people. In these camps they were being tortured. There are also some reports of deaths. European leaders called for immediate action by Russian president Vladimir Putin. Putin promised…
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Russia’s Queer Social Media Generation
Homophobia and Russia fit together like twins. Russia is known as one of the worst world powers for LGBT people. Besides these facts, in recent months a few youngsters established an online queer culture that looks very Western. Discover social influencers like Misha Maksimov, Tasha Tale and their entourage! In the country where you can…
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Changing Positions on LGBTQI-Rights by Far-Right Parties in Western Europe
”Ask yourself who is really the friend of women and the LGBT community, Donald Trump with actions or Hillary Clinton with her words?”, stated by Donald Trump in a speech during the USA presidential election campaign in 2016 after the shooting at an Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) venue in Orlando by a radical…
Rémy Bonny 