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Poland
Escalation in Poland: Queer activist dragged half-naked from her apartment
Just one day after the narrow re-election of the right-wing conservative president Andrzje Duda, plain-clothes policemen forced their way into the apartment of the queer activist Małgorzata Szutowicz in the early morning and abducted her to an initially unknown location.
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Great Britain
British football star confesses anonymously, “I am gay!”
Will it soon be possible for an active professional footballer to come out as gay? In an anonymously published letter, a British Premier League professional talks about his two lives, the daily struggle and the fear of coming out.
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Norway
Norway prefers to welcome queer asylum seekers
In addition to women and children in need of protection, transfer refugees with LGBTIQ* status are to be given priority in Norway from now on with regard to permanent residence rights.
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Netherlands
Netherlands: Queers into the constitution!
The majority of the Dutch House of Representatives has voted to include the protection of LGBTIQ* rights in the Constitution.
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Great Britain
Coming out with 90 years – and unfortunately without a happy end
One of the most inspiring stories of the year: Kenneth Felts from the USA finally dares to confess at the proud age of 90: I am gay. He doesn’t waste any more time, buys himself a rainbow sweater and rainbow flag and even takes part in a queer fund-raising run with a walker. People all over the world share his story and help him track down the love of his life – after more than 50 years. Very sad: Unfortunately there is no happy ending for the two of them.
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USA
The violence continues: Black Trans* women murdered in the USA
In the USA six black Trans* women are said to have been found dead in just one week. Bree Black, Dreya McCarty and Shakie Peters are the latest victims of an epidemic of violence that has already killed at least 21 people in the US this year. The number of unreported cases is said to be even higher. #sayhername
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Argentina
Argentina declares war on gender-based violence
On July 3, Argentina’s President Alberto Fernández, together with Elizabeth Gómez Alcorta, Minister for Women, Gender and Diversity, presented a national action plan against gender-based violence, which aims to ensure a more just, equal and non-violent society.
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Poland
Poland’s president plans to ban adoptions by same-sex couples
Poland in times of the election campaign: before the run-off election on 12 July, Poland’s president today announced to the media in effective manner that he wants to inscribe the ban of adoption of children by homosexual couples in the constitution. The saddest thing is that even his fiercest rival agrees with him on this issue.
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Russia
Царь Путин гомофоб 🇷🇺 Zar Putin homophobe – by the grace of the people
With a voter participation of 64.9 percent, the Russian population voted with a majority of 78 percent for the largest constitutional reform in the country’s history, as advocated by Vladimir Putin.
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Montenegro
A victory for love: Montenegro introduces civil partnerships
The Parliament in Montenegro voted on Wednesday by 42 votes to five in favour of the introduction of registered civil partnerships. This makes the small country the first non-EU country in Eastern Europe to allow gays and lesbians this legal recognition.
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