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Tunisia: Police Arrest, Use Violence Against LGBTI Activists
Tunisian security forces have repeatedly targeted protesters, including lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and intersex (LGBTI) activists at protests, Human Rights Watch said today.
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Youth Filmmakers Reflect on Courage, Hope, and the Lessons the World Still Needs to Learn from a Holocaust
In the new Planet Classroom podcast, young filmmakers reflect on the Holocaust and lessons to be learned about anti-semitism, racism and dehumanising people of different races, religions and sexual identities.
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Norway goes low and choose mediocre pop song for Eurovision
KEiiNO Europe’s favourite winning Norwegian Melodi Grand Prix tonight, lost to mediocre pop song by the artist Tix.
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March LGBTQ History Programs Highlight Young-Adult Lesbian Fiction, Historic Preservation, Sex in SoMa, Museum Anniversary
The program series for March 2021 sponsored by the GLBT Historical Society will highlight a new young-adult lesbian novel, a conversation with architectural historian and preservation consultant Shayne Watson, a new book of photographs documenting the sexual world of San Francisco’s South of Market district and a celebration of the GLBT Historical Society Museum’s 10th anniversary.
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COVID-19 Is Sparking a Mental Health Crisis Among LGBTQ+ Youth
The majority of LGBTQ+ young people say their mental health has worsened during the pandemic, according to a new study.
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Finland violated rights of a lesbian mothers’ child by rejecting his asylum application, UN finds
The UN Committee on the Rights of the Child found that Finland failed to consider the best interests of the child of a lesbian couple when assessing his asylum request. Now the country is under an obligation to provide reparation.