Category: Opinion
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The Rise of Vandalism Against Pride Flags: A Backlash from the Norwegian Christian Democratic Party (KRF)?
Recent Norwegian pride flag vandalism, linked to Christian Democratic Party (KrF) changes in policy and rainbow flag donations promoting school inclusivity, raises concerns about LGBTQ rights, acceptance, and diversity in Norway. The leadership shift from Bollestad to Ulstein underscores the ongoing debate’s impact on community support.
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Pope Francis and the Challenge of Compassion: A View from Peter Tatchell
Pope Francis’s stance on LGBTQ+ rights and Peter Tatchell’s activism against homophobia within the Catholic Church remain subjects of debate.
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Update to the «Exclusion in the Skies»
Learn about the response from some of the airlines, about our article about exclusion of guide dogs and their owners from air travel and how it is a discriminatory practice.
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Exclusion in the Skies: The Unfortunate Reality for Guide Dogs and Their Owners
Learn about the exclusion of guide dogs and their owners from air travel and how it is a discriminatory practice.
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Uganda’s Non-Discrimination Assurances Won’t Protect Queer People from Prosecution
Uganda’s Anti-Homosexuality Act (AHA), enacted on 30 May by President Yoweri Museveni, enshrines discrimination in Ugandan law. The AHA includes the death sentence for some consensual same-sex acts, prohibits organisation’s from «normalising» sexual diversity through inclusive programming, and requires everyone in Uganda, including health workers, to report people who might be lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or queer (LGBTQ) to the police.
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LGBT people makes gains worldwide
72 countries still criminalise same-sex relations and there is an anti-LGBT backlash in about 20 countries. But liberation cannot be halted forever. Queer freedom is an unstoppable global trend. It knows no borders.