Category: News
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Russia Censors LGBTQ Online Groups
Court Warps Child Rights Arguments to Defend «Gay Propaganda» Law.
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Pride Media Centre celebrates award nominations
A North East media hub is bursting with pride after being nominated for two industry awards.
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Schools out for Northern Pride
A leading North East charity is hosting a free event for parents and teachers, to demystify the new LGBTQ+ inclusive relationships and sex education (RSE) curriculum.
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LGBTQ pupil negative comments ‘often unchallenged’
A study of LGBTQ young people has found 80% of pupils had encountered fellow students making homophobic, biphobic or transphobic remarks.
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Kazakhstan Supreme Court Upholds Privacy Rights
Kazakhstan’s Supreme Court has ruled that two women will receive compensation from a Facebook user who posted a video of them kissing on the social media platform without their permission, and solicited homophobic comments.
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House of Representatives of Indonesia to Vote on Amendments to Criminal Code
The Indonesian House of Representatives will be voting on September 24, 2019, on proposed revisions to the Indonesian Criminal Code which, if passed, will violate the rights of numerous vulnerable groups, including women, LGBTQ people, and religious minorities, as well as limit freedom of speech and association.