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Slovenia has officially legalised same-sex marriage and adoption, making it the first Eastern European country to do so.

Slovenia has become the first country in Eastern Europe to legalize same-sex marriage and the adoption of minor children by same-sex couples.

gay and lesbian content.The statement from the six Arab countries did not specify which shows they were referring to, but there have been some clues.A ‘behavioural consultant’ on state TV in Saudi Arabia described Netflix as the “official sponsor of homosexuality.” The claim was played alongside a blurred out clip of two female characters from Jurassic World: Camp Cretaceous kissing.The same moment in the show attracted complaints in Hungary, which recently brought in legislation banning the promotion of homosexuality.Saudi state television also aired a segment suggesting Netflix could be banned over programming reaching children.Earlier this year, Muslim majority countries moved to ban the release of the Pixar prequel Lightyear which featured a lesbian plotline.The Toy Story spin-off was banned in Bahrain, Egypt, Indonesia, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Malaysia, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria and the UAE. In this case, the scene showed a lesbian space ranger, Alisha, kissing her partner on returning home from a mission.At the time, it was stated that backlash was expected and Disney did attempt to remove the scene.

A number of WNBA all-star players have decided not to return to Russia due to safety concerns following the imprisonment of Brittney Griner.

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fourth time as prime minister, has become a darling of the American far right with policies that include bans on same-sex marriage, LGBTQ+ content that is accessible to minors, and legal recognition of transgender identity. His address at CPAC, being held in Dallas this weekend, dealt with those subjects and touched indirectly on his recent remarks saying Europeans should not become “people of mixed race.”He said Hungary is devoted to supporting families and protecting “an institution of marriage as a union of one man and one woman.

Authoritarian dictator Viktor Orbán, the prime minister of Hungary, was invited to speak to CPAC, the Conservative Political Action Conference. On Thursday he delivered an anti-LGBTQ attack on same-sex marriage and same-sex families, echoing the false “groomer” claims increasingly prevalent on the right by demanding same-sex couples must “leave our kids alone.”

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On Saturday, July 23, approximately 35,000 people took the sweltering streets of Budapest to join the capital city’s annual Pride parade. Marchers defiantly dawned their rainbow colours to protest in favour of queer rights and liberation on what just so happened to be Hungary’s hottest day of the year, with temperatures reaching 40 degrees celsius.  […]

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In two separate filings Friday with the Court of Justice, the European Commission sued Hungary over a Hungarian law which discriminates against people on the basis of their sexual orientation and gender identity.

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Brussels has launched legal action against Hungary over its ‘LGBTQ+ propaganda’ law which bans content that ‘promotes’ LGBTQ+ themes.

Sir Tom Jones, 82, sparked fears over his health after rumours circulated earlier this week that he had collapsed on stage.The legendary singer has now addressed the claims after cancelling his Budapest show over a bout of ill health.He has denied claims he had collapsed following the cancellation of his concert at the MVM Dome.Taking to Instagram yesterday, Sir Tom explained that he had been diagnosed with viral laryngitis and therefore was unable to sing.He went on to reveal that following a doctor’s visit he was ordered to stay in and rest up to fully recover.Sir Tom highlighted that the claim about him collapsing on stage was untrue, as he labeled it “pure rumour”.In the post, the musician typed: "Hello to all concerned: I travelled last night from the UK to Budapest and woke this morning with an uncomfortable throat.“A specialist came to visit and diagnosed 'viral laryngitis'. He strongly advised postponing this evening’s show and prescribed medication and vocal rest."I did NOT 'collapse' anywhere at any time, that is pure rumour.“Hopefully the inflammation will calm soon as I am looking forward to continuing my wonderful summer tour."Sir Tom also apologised for cancelling the show at short notice as he thanked fans for their concern.The show, he added, will still take place in the Hungarian capital in just over a month.He continued: "Unfortunately the show had to be cancelled at the last minute, and for that I am very sorry.“However, the show in Budapest has been rescheduled and will take place on August 16.“Thanks again for all your kind concern.TJ."Fans of the It’s Not Unusual singer rushed to the post’s comments section to send him their well-wishes.Carmencat50 said: “So glad you have taken doctor's advice.

The European Commission is set to take the case of the Hungarian anti-LGBTQ+ propaganda law to the European Court of Justice. According to an opinion issued by the commission, the law in question breaches EU policies and Hungary failed to take appropriate action to rectify this. Today, July 14, the Hungarian newspaper Nepszava announced that, […]

An estimated 10,000 people took to the streets of Bucharest to march for LGBTQ+ rights and equality in Romania.

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán (Photo courtesy of Creative Commons)

effectively banning trans women competing in the sport, to Roe v Wade being overturned and abortion rights in the US being taken away, to a deadly shooting in one of the oldest LGBTQ+ clubs in Oslo in Norway. That particular shooting – which happened in supposedly one of the safest countries for LGBTQ+ people in the world – should be a chilling wake up call for us all. Never has it seemed more important to stick together and find solidarity with our joint struggles. While these events might seem disconnected, we have to be able to look at the bigger picture of what’s been happening in the past few years. All around the world, human rights have been constricted or taken away entirely – and the movement partly behind it is a well-established one that’s known as the anti-gender movement.We’ve seen this with trans rights being stripped away in Hungary, to ‘LGBT-free zones’ and a near-total ban on abortions in Poland, to an increase in hate crimes against LGBTQ+ people in the UK  In the UK, we have seen an increase in so-called gender critical views, which have dominated discussions around trans rights for the past few years.According to ILGA-Europe, anti-trans rhetoric warns that ‘self-determination for trans people will lead to harming minors’.

Thor: Love And Thunder at Hoyts Entertainment Quarter on June 27 in Sydney.Fuschia Anne Ravena, from the Philippines, wins Miss International Queen 2022 on June 25 in Pattaya, Thailand. Thailand hosts Miss International Queen, the largest and most prestigious international transgender beauty pageant, annually in Pattaya.Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr, together with the new Vice President Sara Duterte, pose for pictures after taking his oath as the next president of the Philippines.

British distance swimmer Dan Jervis revealed that he is gay. The Olympian made the announcement shortly after competing at the World Championships in Budapest, Hungary.“I was adjusting to everything else, just trying to fit in – until I thought: ‘Just be you,’” Jervis told the BBC’s LGBT Sport Podcast.When he made his Olympic debut last year in Tokyo, the Welsh swimmer placed fifth.In part, he said, he was inspired by Jake Daniels’s recent coming out.

Last Saturday, toward the end of the Riga-Kyiv Pride March for Freedom in Latvia, I saw a burly man in a unicorn head lean out of a second-floor window and wave grandly at the parade below. His yellow and blue shirt had “Kyiv” emblazoned across it.

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FINA, announced a ban on trans women athletes from competing in women’s events if they did not transition by 12.FINA’s policy starts Monday, according to a copy of the new regulation.Members at the body's congress in Budapest, Hungary voted with a little over 70 percent supporting the new policy after a presentation from medical and legal experts and two athletes Cate Campbell and Summer Sanders, who FINA said supported the regulation.The three groups had been collaborating to create the policy after the International Olympic Committee set out recommendations examining the “advantages” of trans athletes, according to the FINA. The IOC had discouraged the “reliance on testosterone” levels.“They’re not saying everyone should transition by age 11, that’s ridiculous.

It’s Pride Month, the Formula 1 racing season is in full swing, and Attitude Magazine has just revealed (beloved straight ally) Sebastian Vettel as their latest cover star — the first Formula 1 driver to do so. He’s also the first Formula 1 driver to grace the cover of any queer magazine ever.

existential threat to both the sovereignty of Ukraine and the rights of LGBTQ+ people.In his Feb. 24 speech, President Vladimir Putin used LGBTQ+ rights as a justification for his military operation, arguing that the West sought to destroy Russian “traditional values” with their “false values.”For some LGBTQ+ Ukrainians, the war is a call to arms — both in support of their homeland and in support of their rights.

KyivPride and Warsaw Pride will march together in Poland for the “peace and freedom” of Ukraine following Russia’s invasion of the country earlier this year.

Human rights groups have urged Romania to reject a bill banning so-called ‘gay propaganda’ in schools, like those introduced in Hungary and Russia.

The Romanian Senate has approved a new bill that aims to ban so-called ‘gay propaganda’ in schools. The proposed legislation is similar to those already in effect in Russia and Hungary, and must now be decided on by Romania’s lower house. The bill is being spearheaded by the junior ruling coalition ethnic Hungarian party (UDMR) […]

Canada has lifted its archaic ban on blood donations from men who have sex with men in a historic moment for the LGBTQ+ community.

The referendum on 3 April will include four questions, proposed by Hungary's ruling party, Fidesz: • Do you support the teaching of sexual orientation to underage children in public education institutions without parental consent?• Do you support the promotion of sex reassignment therapy for underage children?• Do you support the unrestricted exposure of underage children to sexually explicit media content that may affect their development?• Do you support the showing of sex-change media content to minors?There was a fifth question, but this was not certified by the court:• Do you support the availability of sex-change treatments for minors?According to Mónika, the timing of the referendum is no coincidence:"It is a disgusting thing. It is clearly about trying to somehow keep the Fidesz camp together and get them to the polls.

Release date: April 5What it's about: Locke's path of lyrical and magical devastation continues through mid-20th-century Europe with their newest YA novel, which follows a Hungarian Jewish girl named Csilla in the aftermath of the post-WWII Soviet takeover of her country and murder of her parents. Csilla and her aunt, the lone survivors of their family, have plans to escape, but Csilla can't leave the only home she's ever known without giving it one last chance to embrace her.

The Associated Press reports.“We won a victory so big that you can see it from the moon, and you can certainly see it from Brussels,” Orbán told cheering supporters Sunday evening in a slap to the EU. He also credited his party’s right-wing ideology for the win. “The whole world has seen tonight in Budapest that Christian democratic politics, conservative civic politics, and patriotic politics have won.

Viktor Orbán has just been re-elected for his fourth consecutive term (and fifth in total) as Hungary’s prime minister. On the same day, Orbán and his party Fidesz won the elections, a referendum on anti-LGBTQ+ legislation failed when less than half of the voters cast valid ballots. On Sunday, Hungary held parliamentary elections where right-wing […]

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s national referendum on LGBTQ+ rights failed to get enough votes to become binding.

With LGBTQ+ rights in the spotlight, Hungarians go to the polls on Sunday for a closely contested parliamentary election and a parallel referendum on a law that limits schools’ teaching about homosexuality and transgender issues.

Gay and transgender rights are going backwards in parts of the world, Britain’s first special envoy on LGBTQ+ Rights has warned, as Hungary implements an anti-gay law and equality reforms in Singapore and Bermuda are blocked.

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Religious leaders from around the world plan to discuss Safeguarding Principles for the LGBTQ+ community.

I wrote last month before the war started, “spells doom for LGBTQ+ rights, on which progress has slowly started in Ukraine. Last September, over 7,000 people gathered in the capital city of Kyiv for the annual March for Equality, according to the Associated Press.”For that column, I spoke with a leading Ukrainian LGBTQ+ activist, Vira Chernygina, who told me at the time that “the rapid flow of pressuring information is significantly worsening the mental health and quality of life of people and communities around the country.”Her city of Kharkiv has been one of the most brutally attacked cities since it's located near Ukraine's border with Russia. It has gotten unimaginably worse, particularly for those who have been forced to leave behind their homes, communities, neighbors, family, and friends.

I wrote last month before the war started, “spells doom for LGBTQ+ rights, on which progress has slowly started in Ukraine. Last September, over 7,000 people gathered in the capital city of Kyiv for the annual March for Equality, according to the Associated Press.”For that column, I spoke with a leading Ukrainian LGBTQ+ activist, Vira Chernygina, who told me at the time that “the rapid flow of pressuring information is significantly worsening the mental health and quality of life of people and communities around the country.”Her city of Kharkiv has been one of the most brutally attacked cities since it's located near Ukraine's border with Russia. It has gotten unimaginably worse, particularly for those who have been forced to leave behind their homes, communities, neighbors, family, and friends.

Sunday Times revealed earlier this week that two years down the line, she’s not likely to spend a night again at Buckingham Palace.The palace is undergoing a ten-year renovation, so its next occupants will likely be Prince Charles and his wife Camilla, with Charles next in line to the throne.The Queen has long been known to favor her Windsor home. However, news she’s fully vacating Buckingham Palace comes in the same week that the British Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, said Britons were welcome to house Ukraine refugees in their homes.Related: Gay dating app asks users to help Ukrainians and is blown away by responseThe war in Ukraine has prompted a humanitarian crisis, and 2.5million inhabitants of the country are now believed to have fled.

Ukrainian soldiers and militiamen carry a woman in a wheelchair as the artillery echoes nearby, while people flee Irpin on the outskirts of Kyiv, Ukraine, on March 7. (Emilio Morenatti/Associated Press)

Natasha Devon MBE spoke about the situation for trans rights in the UK right now – itwas a timely, and depressing, reminder of just how bad things have been in the past few years.The prominent mental health campaigner spoke about how the UK is ‘moving backwards’ on LGBT+ equality – and specifically trans rights.She also discussed some of the challenges that trans people face today, such as the sharp rise in hate crimes, and how trans people are wrongfully vilified in society, despite being an incredibly vulnerable group.As a trans person living in the UK, it’s heartbreaking to see the UK take a turn for the worse when it comes to LGBT+ rights and inclusion.

On Wednesday, February 17, the highest court in the EU dismissed a law challenge brought by Poland and Hungary, which leaves the nations vulnerable to funding freezes. The Court of Justice of the European Union (ECJ) is upholding the so-called conditionality mechanism, which makes receiving EU funding dependent on whether or not the recipient is […]

Hungarian MPs passed a law banning the "promotion" of homosexuality or sex reassignment to anyone aged under 18.The controversial anti-LGBT law has been criticised as discriminatory by the European Union and dozens of organisations.The Foundation for Rainbow Families NGO (Szivárványcsaládokért Alapítvány) has welcomed the move by media groups to publish their content."The campaign draws attention to the fact that while rainbow families love, care for, and worry about their children just like all Hungarian families, the state does not give them equal rights," the organisation said in a Facebook post.The #TheSame campaign was launched earlier this month by the Foundation for Rainbow Families to mark International Children’s Rights Day.Organisers say they hope the social media videos -- featuring two speaking soft toys -- will draw attention to the discrimination faced by LGBT+ families and their children."Despite having the same everyday life, children in rainbow families do not have the same rights," the NGO said in a statement."We believe that all families with young children should have equal rights, opportunities, and support."More than 200 billboards and posters -- some in newspapers and magazines -- will also be displayed as part of the effort, as the media groups involved risk sanctions Hungary's media regulator (NMHH).Those found guilty of "promoting" homosexuality to children in Hungary can face fines under the "Children Protection Act".The ruling conservative Fidesz party of Prime Minister Viktor Orban says the law is aimed at fighting paedophilia.But the EU has widely condemned the Children Protection Act, saying it violates fundamental rights and limits sexual education in schools.In July, the European

On Thursday, January 13, the Polish parliament approved a new law that will allow regional supervisors to ban LGBTQ+ inclusive teaching in classrooms. The educational reform was adopted into law after being debated the previous day in Poland’s lower house of parliament, the Sejm. Named after the minister of education, Przemyslaw Czarnek, ‘Czarnek’s Law’ or […]

The measures, both announced this week, are the latest in a wave of countries lifting blood donation restrictions on gay and bi men that were often first put in place during the early years of the HIV/AIDS epidemic in the 1980s.