LGBT World News & Global LGBTQ Headlines

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15 02, 2022

LGBT Rights Under Renewed Fire in Hungary, says HRC

By JRL Charts|2025-08-04T11:26:43-07:00February 15th, 2022|Categories: World LGBT News|Tags: gay hungary news, Human Rights Watch, hungary lgbtq news, Labrisz Lesbian Association, LGBT News – Breaking LGBTQ Headlines, LGBT Politics Hungary, LGBT Rights News & Updates | JRL CHARTS LGBT Politics, LGBT Rights under attack, LGBT World News – Global LGBTQ Headlines & Politics | JRL CHARTS, Politics & Culture | JRL CHARTS|

HUNGARY — (02-15-22) — LGBT rights activists and the groups that work to protect them are under new pressure in Hungary from its judicial branch, says Human Rights Council. On February 1, an appeals court in Hungary ruled against Labrisz Lesbian Association, saying that an article pusblished in a pro-government newspaper likening them to pedophiles [...]

13 02, 2022

Russia Fails to Shut Down Prominent Russian LGBT Network

By JRL Charts|2022-02-13T10:35:28-08:00February 13th, 2022|Categories: World LGBT News|Tags: Human Rights Watch Europe, LGBT Rights Europe, LGBT World News – Global LGBTQ Headlines & Politics | JRL CHARTS, LGBTQ activists, Russian LGBT Network, Tanya Lokshina|

ST. PETERSBURG — (02-13-22) — The conservative Russian government got slapped down by a St. Petersburg Court in their attempt to shut down the Russian LGBT Network, one of the country’s largest LGBTQ rights groups. A court in St. Petersburg set aside a lawsuit brought by Russia’s Justice Ministry last Tuesday. The suit accused the [...]

6 02, 2022

Israel Announce LGBT Shelters for Israeli Arab Youth

By JRL Charts|2022-02-07T11:01:38-08:00February 6th, 2022|Categories: World LGBT News|Tags: homeless LGBT Youth Israel, LGBT Israeli-Arab Youth shelters, LGBT World News – Global LGBTQ Headlines & Politics | JRL CHARTS|

HAIFA, ISRAEL — (02-06-22) — Knesset Member Ibtisam Mara’ana (Labor), hopes the announcement of the first ever LGBT Shelter for Israeli Youth will ‘break taboos’ that have long lived in the great state of Israel. According to Knesset Member Ibtisam Mara’ana, two centers for LGBT Arab Israeli adults are set to open in Haifa to [...]

2 02, 2022

Iran Executes Two Gay Men Over Sodomy Charges

By JRL Charts|2022-02-02T17:15:08-08:00February 2nd, 2022|Categories: World LGBT News|Tags: Farid Mohammadi, hate crimes, Human Rights Activists, Iran executes two gay men, lgbt politics, LGBT World News – Global LGBTQ Headlines & Politics | JRL CHARTS, Mehrdad Karimpour, two gay men executed|

DUBAI, UAE — (02-02-22) — Iran announced on Tuesday they had executed two gay men who were convicted on sodomy charges and who had already spent six years on death row. Homosexuality continues to be illegal in Iran and considered one of the most repressive places in the world for LGBTQ people. According to a [...]

26 01, 2022

LGBT Afghans Suffering from Rape and Torture Under Taliban Rule

By JRL Charts|2022-01-26T09:51:04-08:00January 26th, 2022|Categories: World LGBT News|Tags: Human Rights Watch, LGBT Afghans, LGBT fear under Taliban, LGBT Rights News & Updates | JRL CHARTS LGBT Politics, LGBT World News – Global LGBTQ Headlines & Politics | JRL CHARTS, OutRight Action International|

KABUL — (01-26-22) — A new report published Wednesday said that LGBT citizens of Afghanistan are facing increased security threats to their lives. Since the Taliban took power back last year, it has "dramatically worsened" for LGBT Afghans. "The danger now facing LGBT people in Afghanistan—in an environment devoid of legal protections, under authorities that [...]

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