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Almost every single LGBT+ gamer has been harassed while playing online, study finds

A new study claims that 88 per cent of LGBT+ gamers who are out to their gaming communities receive some form of harassment while playing online. The study, from gaming website OnlineRoulette.org, surveyed LGBT+ gamers to examine how inclusive the gaming industry is for the LGBT+ community.×ADVERTISING Out LGBT+ gamers are 21 per cent more likely to receive harassment than those who have not disclosed their sexuality, with 73 per cent of LGBT+ gamers receiving harassment specifically based on their sexuality. That rises to 83 per cent for lesbian gamers, who are harassed more frequently. It’s no surprise then that 41 per cent […]

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Lockdown has caused a mental health crisis among UK’s LGBT+ kids – especially young lesbians

Pippa Sterk, an ambassador for British LGBT+ charity Just Like Us, writes for PinkNews about how lesbians in particular have grappled with loneliness amid lockdown. I want to shed light on the mental health crisis among young lesbians, but as I sit down to write this, I realise: how can I adequately capture the loss I’ve felt over the past year?ADVERTISING How can I write about something that is still continuing to impact us, despite the vaccine-shaped light at the end of the tunnel? Let’s begin with the facts. New statistics show LGBT+ young people are twice as likely to feel lonely and more than twice […]

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Trans woman arrested, pepper-sprayed and beaten by cop because she didn’t say hello to him

A senior cop in Sydney, Australia has admitted to fighting and arresting a transgender woman because she didn’t say hi to him. Senior Constable Mark Follington, 61, and his junior colleague were on a patrol in Liverpool’s Golden Fleece Hotel in May 2019 and were asking customers at the pub for their IDs. But Anya Bradford, a trans woman, got up and walked out of a gaming room. The two police officers confronted Bradford as she left the building.× According to Australia’s 7News, Bradford told Follington to “f**k off” when he asked for her name. She also told the police that she didn’t have an […]

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Four men, including a teen just 16, arrested in brutal murder of a trans person in India

Four men, including a 16-year-old, were arrested Friday (26 February) for the brutal killing of a trans person, Surya Pujari, in northern Mumbai, India. Pujari, regarded as a trans community leader in the sleepy Malad suburb, was slain 4:30pm Wednesday (24 February) outside the Roomaniya Hotel. According to Bangur Nagar Police, a group of men jumped Pujari outside the business. A struggle ensued, during which one of the assailants grabbed a knife and slit their neck, the Hindustan Times newspaper reported. Witnesses poured out onto the scene, hearing Pujari’s screams for help as they fought the gang off. The suspects fled as passers-by rushed […]

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An LGBT+ person was attacked every three hours in Israel last year, report reveals

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An LGBT+ person was attacked every three hours in Israel in 2020, a sharp spike in violent and hate-fuelled incidents against its LGBT+ community. An annual report by the Nir Katz Center of the Aguda – The Association for LGBTQ Equality in Israel found 2,696 attacks against the LGBT+ community were reported in 2020, compared to 2,125 reported incidents in 2019, a 27 per cent increase.ADVERTISING The Aguda said their report revealed LGBT-phobia is “still present in all areas of life” including home, work, social settings and government institutions in Israel.SPONSORED CONTENT5 Ways to Protect Your ChildBy Sutter Health Over half (55 per cent) of all […]

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175 trans people were murdered in Brazil last year

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At least 175 trans people were murdered in Brazil in 2020 under the watch of Jair Bolsonaro. 2020 was one of the deadliest years for trans people in Brazil since records began, according to advocacy group National Association of Travestis and Transexuals of Brazil (ANTRA). By its tally, a trans person was murdered every two days in a nation of 211 million, CenárioMT reported.×ADVERTISING Last year, ANTRA said, saw a 29 per cent surge in violence in Brazil compared to the 124 deaths recorded in 2019. From 2017 to 2020, 641 trans people have been murdered. The vast majority of the victims in 2020 were among the most […]

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Ensure safety of two Chechen men arbitrarily detained and forcibly transferred to Chechnya

We, the undersigned, express our grave concern over reports that two Chechen men were arbitrarily detained by the police in the Russian city of Nizhny Novgorod and forcibly transferred to Chechnya. The Russian authorities should immediately establish their whereabouts, ensure their safety and secure their release unless they are charged with internationally recognizable criminal offence. The men are at grave risk of torture and other ill-treatment and there is a risk to their lives. On 4 February, the Russian LGBT Network reported that Nizhny Novgorod special purpose police unit (OMON) had detained Salekh Magamadov and Ismail lsaev at their residence […]

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Child of Lesbian Mothers Has Right to Bulgaria Citizenship

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A child born to Bulgarian and British mothers has been denied Bulgarian citizenship and is now at risk of being stateless. “Baby S” was born in December 2019 in Spain and although the baby’s birth certificate was issued by Spain with both mothers listed as parents, the baby cannot get Spanish citizenship because neither mother is Spanish. Citizenship cannot be acquired from the British mother of “Baby S” who is from Gibraltar, a British Overseas Territory, as she acquired her British citizenship by descent. When “Kalina”—the pseudonym for the mother from Bulgaria—applied for the couple’s child to acquire Bulgarian citizenship, Bulgarian authorities […]

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Jamaica told to repeal colonial-era gay sex ban immediately by human rights tribunal

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Jamaica should repeal its ban on gay sex immediately, a top human rights tribunal determined in a ruling dubbed “a highly significant step forward” by activists. The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, which monitors human rights conditions in the western hemisphere, found that the Jamaican government is responsible for violating the rights of two queer people, Gareth Henry and Simone Edwards. The solution, the commission concluded, is a simple one: Repeal Jamaica’s colonial-era anti-LGBT+ laws immediately. The ruling is not binding but will give hope to queer citizens of the Caribbean island nation and others like it where the homophobic views of colonialist […]

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Still fighting for Queer parental rights in Ireland

My name is Ranae and I live in Dublin, Ireland with my wife Audrey. Our daughters Ava and Arya are 4 and 2. Our girls have two mothers, yet I am still seen as a single parent.  Audrey and I were an unlikely couple from the start. She was in her fourth and I was in my first year of acting in a theater school in Dublin. We were paired together at an open day and became friends. We were so different, yet we immediately clicked. I knew Audrey wasn’t straight, but over the course of the next year, I […]

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