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Thirty People Arrested in Russia, Charged with Spreading ‘Gay Propaganda’

Police in Russia have detained over 30 people for protesting the arrest of Yulia Tsvetkova, an LGBT+ and feminist activist charged with spreading ‘gay propaganda’. Yulia Tsvetkova, 27, faces a six year sentence for running a social media page called Vagina Monologues, which encouraged people to share artistic depictions of vaginas to “remove the taboo”. She was charged with the distribution of “criminal pornography” under Russia’s gay propaganda law, which prohibits the positive depiction of LGBT+ people. On Saturday (June 27) more than 30 people, mostly women, gathered in in central Moscow to stage separate one-person protests against Tsvetkova’s charges. […]

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Joe Biden Slams Trump for Giving ‘Safe Harbor to Hate’ Against LGBT+ People

Presumptive Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden has accused Donald Trump of giving “safe harbour” to anti-LGBT+ hate. In a message marking the International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia, Biden called out the Trump administration’s “odious” agenda on LGBT+ issues. He wrote: “The Trump-Pence administration has done everything it can to undermine LGBT+ rights: giving safe harbour to hate and rolling back protections for LGBT+ persons, blocking the ability of transgender individuals to openly serve their country, denying LGBT+ people access to critical health care, and failing to address the epidemic of violence against transgender people, among other odious policies. “Today, many […]

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Here Are 5 Ways You Can Support Palestinian Queers

Palestinian Authority (PA) police also issued an official statement on August 18 encouraging members of the public to report on the activities of LGBT+ groups. Palestinian LGBT+ group Al-Qaws says that the PA police statement “promotes incitement against Al-Qaws” and followed an “unprecedented” attack on the group via its social-media channels. Al-Qaws had been planning a “queer camp” for the end of August in Nablus, northern West Bank. “The statement promotes incitement against Al-Qaws – and LGBTQ Palestinians – by encouraging members of society to report on Al-Qaws activities. Al-Qaws has since denounced such fear-mongering by Palestinian authorities,” the group […]

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Frameline43 Film Review: “An Almost Ordinary Summer”

This crowd-pleaser Italian rom-com is the tale of two polar opposite families who have unwitting been brought together for a summer vacation because the two patriarchs have a secret they want to share. The setting is a stunning seaside mansion which is the home of the rather grand art dealer Toni (FABRIZIO BENTIVOGLIO) who has invited his pot-smoking hippy sister, and his two daughters Olivia a famous actress and Penny (JASMINE TRINCA) a deeply unhappy kindergarten principal.  Tony has lent the mansion’s guest house to Sandro (FILIPPO SCICCHITANO) and his pregnant wife Carolina, and Sandro’a  father Carlo (ALESSANDRO GASSMANN), who […]

Google Unveils “Stonewall Forever” Digital Monument

From Google’s corporate blog: The LGBT Community Center of New York City, with support from Google.org, has worked to preserve LGBTQ+ history for future generations by extending the Stonewall National Monument from its physical location in New York City to a digital experience that can be accessed by everyone, everywhere. Stonewall Forever is the result of the LGBT Community Center’s efforts. It’s a living monument to Pride, connecting diverse voices from the Stonewall era to the millions of voices in today’s LGBTQ+ community. The monument features digitized historical artifacts, oral histories capturing the early days of the movement, a short documentary by Ro Haber […]

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New Bud Light Pride Bottle to Raise Funds for GLAAD

Bud Light has released a limited-edition rainbow coloured aluminium bottle to raise funds for GLAAD to celebrate World Pride. The bottles will be available in bars across the United States during the month of June, and Bud Light will donate $1 to GLAAD for each case sold up to $150,000. Bud Light debuted the bottles at the GLAAD Media Awards, which took place last weekend in New York City. The campaign marks the latest in a 20 year partnership between Bud Light and GLAAD. Bud Light is ‘for everyone to enjoy’ Andy Goeler, vice president of marketing for Bud Light, said the company has […]

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Horrific Evidence Emerges of more Torture in Chechnya’s Gay Purge

Graphic new evidence has emerged of the torture of gay men at the hands of authorities in Chechnya. The new evidence comes from the most recent crackdown of the LGBTI community. Earlier this year new reports revealed Chechnya had conducted another round up of LGBTI people in its ‘gay purge’. Authorities rounded up about 40 people and detained them at the Grozny Internal Affairs Department in the region’s capital. Two people died as a result of torture. Chechnya, a Russian federal subject in the Northern Caucasus, began its ‘gay purge’ in 2017. It is a highly conservative majority-Muslim society and homosexuality is […]

Trump Announces Finalized “Conscience Protections” For Health Care Providers Who Refuse LGBT Patients

The Washington Post reports: President Trump on Thursday announced new ‘conscience’ protections for health providers during a speech in front of faith leaders gathered for the National Day of Prayer. Ahead of the announcement, conservative groups who have raised what they perceive as religious liberty concerns have welcomed the rule, which was first proposed last year, while LGBT and other civil liberties groups fear it could lead to discrimination and lack of services for some groups as doctors and others could decline to treat gay and transgender people. The rule expands on the powers of HHS’s Office for Civil Rights — requiring […]

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Angola Becomes First Country to Decriminalize Gay Sex in 2019

Angola on Wednesday (23 January) became the first country this year to decriminalize gay sex. Lawmakers finally implemented a bill to overhaul to the southwestern African country’s 1886 penal code. They dropped a ‘vices against nature’ provision which was historically used to prosecute against gay sex. The new code also bans discrimination based on sexual orientation in employment. It passed with 155 votes in favor, one against, and seven abstentions. The country’s ruling party said the new code was ‘genuinely Angolan’. Angola’s previous penal code was written the Portuguese when they ruled the country in 1886. Discrimination and stigma is […]

San Francisco Jewish Film Festival Announces Full Schedule

The Jewish Film Institute (JFI) announced today the complete lineup for the 38th San Francisco Jewish Film Festival (SFJFF) which will return to the Bay Area July 19th to August 5th, 2018. Tickets are now on sale for all programs following the Early Bird Festival Passes which went on sale May 17, 2018, and early leaks of select programs. The Festival will present 67 films from 22 countries over the course of three weeks of screenings in San Francisco, Albany, Oakland, Palo Alto and San Rafael. “From the curtain-raiser Love, Gilda to Closing Night with Sammy Davis, Jr.: I’ve Gotta […]

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