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Uganda
He stopped “Kill the Gays”: Award-winning human rights lawyer indicted
Nicholas Opiyo, one of Uganda’s best-known human rights lawyers, was arrested on flimsy grounds and charged with money laundering.
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Iran
Iran: 8 years in prison for “promoting homosexuality”
British-Kurdish anthropologist Kameel Ahmady was sentenced to eight years in prison for “promoting homosexuality” and “subversive work” in Iran. The academic charges: He was not given a fair trial.
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Great Britain
Successful world premiere in Scotland’s schools: Turbospeed against hate
Scotland is the first country in the world with an LGBTIQ*-inclusive education system, meaning that teaching about LGBTIQ*-relevant subject areas is embedded in all Scottish curricula. The move is part of a comprehensive strategy to curb prejudice against LGBTIQ* youth in the education system.
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Religious leaders call for global ban on so-called conversion procedures
Hundreds of religious leaders from around the world have issued a joint statement calling for a global ban on so-called conversion procedures.
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USA
Holy sh…! Attack on gay Christmas decoration
Homophobes vandalised the Christmas decorations of a gay couple in California. Two gingerbread men holding hands were smeared with faeces and placed under the waving rainbow flag. The police chief calls it a hate crime.
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Switzerland
Marriage equality in Switzerland!
Helvetic diligence par excellence: It took seven long years until the Swiss parliament could finally bring itself to pass a law on marriage equality. Finally, on 18 December, the time had come: the National Council and the Council of States …
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USA
USA: Buttigieg becomes first openly gay cabinet member
First Pete Buttigieg and Joe Biden were competitors, then allies. For a long time there was speculation about the place Joe Biden intended for the 38-year-old politician in his administration. Now it is official: Buttigieg will be put in charge of an entire ministry.
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Great Britain
Britain now takes also blood donations by gay men
Britain has lifted a years-long partial ban on blood donations for gay and bisexual men. In a press release issued on 14 December, the Department of Health and Social Care announced that all men who have sex with men and are in a long-term monogamous relationship or have been with their sexual partner for more than three months will be allowed to donate blood from summer 2021.
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Hungary
Hungary: Another move against queer rights
The Hungarian parliament has passed amendments to the adoption law and two additions to the constitution. The constitutional amendments are intended to consolidate the Orbán government’s conservative image of the family and further stigmatise transgender and intersex people in Hungary.
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Bolivia
Historic: Bolivia recognises registered civil partnership
In a decision published on 11 December, Bolivia recognises the “free union” between two people of the same sex – for the first time in the country’s history.
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