A Sudanese protester waves the Sudanese and Algerian flags. Peaceful protestors in both countries eventually toppled their long term presidents.
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In spite of noble promises in their constitutions, many countries have a very restrictive approach to demonstrations.
Dallas Dellaforce, Queer Central, Imperial Hotel, Erskineville, 2018. ‘Queerdom’ presents an archive of queer and trans life in Sydney.
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Queerdom, an exhibition of photography and poetry, presents a history of queer and trans performance in Sydney that challenges recent narratives about queer life in Australia.
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Transgender and non-binary people are often pressured to hide their gender identity at work.
A Kenyan LGBT activist campaigning for a change to the country’s Penal Code.
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The High Court’s ruling goes against the trend of greater liberalisation in a number of African countries.
The UK’s Michael Rice at the opening of the 2019 Eurovision Song Contest.
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After the UK flopped in the 2019 Eurovision Song Contest, there’s an appetite for another kind of Brexit. But this wouldn’t be a good idea.
The first gay liberation protest in Canada in 1971 in Ottawa in the pouring rain. Centre: Toronto Gay Action members Brian Waite (left) with Andre Ouellette (right). George Hislop, is on the extreme right.
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Early gay liberation activists paved the way for today’s equity policies
Sophonisba Breckinridge and Edith Abbott.
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Long before Chasten Buttigieg became a ‘not-so-secret weapon’ in his husband Pete Buttigieg’s presidential campaign, another same-sex couple profoundly reshaped American social policy.
The African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights is in danger of losing its autonomy.
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Despite taking a step backwards, the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights can redeem itself by continuing to protect the rights of LGBTQ persons on the continent
Mormons for Equality march during Salt Lake City’s annual gay pride parade in 2014.
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A valedictorian at Brigham Young University came out in his address as a ‘gay son of God.’ And his admission met with loud applause. An expert explains how big a change this is for the Mormon Church.
Graffiti commemorating Rio de Janeiro city councillor Marielle Franco who was shot dead in an apparent assassination.
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Violence against LGBTQ people in Brazil is at an all-time high, but artists refuse to be intimidated.
A still from Xavier Dolan’s film The Death and Life of John F. Donovan.
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In pop culture such as series, music, magazines and comics, queer children often find ways out of a world that cannot contain them.
Brunei’s Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah has long been known as a party boy. Now, he’s imposing strict Islamic religious rule on the people of Brunei.
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Brunei’s new anti-gay Sharia laws are the harshest in the world. Yet few countries have publicly condemned them, and an international boycott could backfire.
Emilia Clarke as Daenerys Targaryen in season 8 of Game of Thrones.
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For all its queer characters, Westeros is a gender binary world.
Marital status is a defining characteristic of U.S. tax law.
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A country’s tax policies say a lot about what it values – and some of America’s tend to promote inequality.
The sultan of Brunei has a less-than-pious past, but he has just ushered in some of the harshest penalties in the world for gay sex and adultery.
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Brunei’s new anti-gay laws have shocked the world. So, why haven’t governments, including Australia’s, taken a stronger stand against the sultan?
The marriage equality debate raised questions of religious freedom that have yet to be resolved.
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The government is spruiking its commitment to religious freedom and freedom of speech, as well as its successes on tackling inequality. Its record, however, leaves much to be desired.
Gay-straight alliance clubs have become a sign of safer schools.
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Gay-straight alliance clubs in Alberta schools have come into Jason Kenney’s crosshairs. Here’s why that might cost him votes next week in the provincial election.
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Just because your children are learning about LGBT relationships, it won’t make them gay.
Women and children at a Red Cross camp for displaced victims of xenophobic violence in Johannesburg.
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The action plan offers no information about budgets, oversight, clear standards for measuring progress or accountability mechanisms.
South African churches still have a long way to go in accepting queer worshipers. Supplied by author.
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At local level some congregations are bravely creating alternative models where LGBTIQ people can feel safe and be accepted