Month: January 2021
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Survey reveals NZ’s rainbow community more than twice as likely to experience sexual violence, family harm
People who are lesbian, gay or bisexual are more than twice as likely to experience sexual violence or be harmed by family members than the national average, a new survey finds.
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The SLAPPs against LGBTI activists in Poland are attempts at stifling democratic participation
As acknowledged by the European Commission in the European Democracy Action Plan,i strategic lawsuits against public participation (SLAPPs) are «a particular form of harassment increasingly used against journalists and others involved in protecting the public interest. […] Their purpose is to censor, intimidate and silence critics by burdening them with the cost of a legal defence until they abandon their criticism or opposition».
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Poland, Hungary face EU regional funds blockage over fundamental rights charter
Respect for the EU charter of fundamental rights could be used to withhold EU money going to projects that trample over democracy or discriminate on the basis of gender or race, an EU official has said.
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LGBTQ Georgians hopeful following Warnock, Ossoff Senate victories
For the first time in the state’s history, Georgia is sending two senators to Washington who have vowed to address federal protections for LGBTQ individuals.
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Donald Trump Jr. slammed transgender athletes at rally before D.C. terror attack
The president’s son asked the crowd why feminists aren’t angry that «men are dominating women’s sports».
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Callum Crighton and his «The Lazer Police»
«The Lazer Police» is the upcoming single from Crighton’s debut EP.