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• Tunisia: Court of Appeal confirms sodomy ruling

  A Tunisian court of appeal upheld the conviction of two men found guilty of sodomy in June. The court only reduced the sentence from two to one year in prison.
  

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• USA

  USA: Judges overturn trans*hostile law – birth certificates can be changed again

  The ruling of a federal district court in Idaho on Friday was a victory for queer activists. The court overturned a Republican-backed law that had caused worldwide horror with its regression. Since July 2020 it has banned transgender people in the northwestern US state from having their birth certificates adjusted.

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• China

  “Psychosexual Disorder” – courageous student sues publisher in China

  A lesbian student of the “South China Normal University” sued the publisher of a textbook describing homosexuality as a “psychosexual disorder”. Her pseudonym XiXi was created in reference to Sisyphus and stands symbolically for her years of struggle.

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• Sweden

  Sweden: Pop star with Kurdish roots comes out as gay

  Darin Zanyar came out to Instagram as gay. The 33-year-old is one of Sweden’s most famous pop stars – with seven number one albums. The singer with Kurdish roots has also become a role model for the Kurdish community through his courageous step.

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• Poland

  Poland: President Duda is sworn in – and the opposition wears rainbows

  Colorful protest: With clothes and face masks in rainbow colours, the opposition yesterday, at the swearing-in of newly elected President Andrzej Duda, sent a clear signal against his queer politics – which, together with the tough election campaign, divided the country more deeply than ever.

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• USA

  Transphobia: Police officers convicted of murder, new blood crime in Portland

  A criminal court in San Salvador, the capital of El Salvador, sentenced three police officers to 20 years imprisonment each for the murder of a transsexual woman. In Portland the at least 26th trans*person in the USA lost her life this year.

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• Italy

  Hottest gay beaches: Italy

  Italy offers everything that gay tourists could wish for. We have looked at the different regions and collected the best gay beaches for you. You can find the hottest gay beaches in Sardinia here. Apulia 1. D’Ayala beach in Commenda …

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• Italy

  Stage win for Italian queers and women against hate

  On 29th July the Judiciary Committee in Italy completed its examination of an extension of the law against homo-/transphobia and misogyny and gave the green light to the draft law on this issue.

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• Poland

  Poland: Activists decorate statues with rainbow flags – right-wing politicians go crazy

  Jesus, Nicolaus Copernicus and the Warsaw Mermaid became colourful: the three bronze statues were decorated by queer activists* with rainbow flags and pink anarchist cloths. With this, the collective “Stop Bzdurom” (Stop Bullsh*t), which is responsible for the colourful “assassination”, wants to make it clear: Queer people belong to Poland!

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