How Hungary responds will be down to new Prime Minister Péter Magyar, who takes office next month. Up to now, he’s said very little about LGBTQ+ rights.
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The law was brought in five years ago by Viktor Orban, whose government’s just been voted out.
It also links being queer to paedophilia.
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Hungary’s anti-LGBTQ+ law, banning access to LGBTQ+ content for under 18s, has been ruled to violate European Union laws.
The bloc’s top court says it discriminates against queer people and stigmatises them.
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Today’s line-up…
· More queer people in Australia can now give blood.
· A big rise in reports of LGBTQ+ discrimination in the Netherlands.
· Roblox is fined eight million rubles by Russia for promoting “LGBT propaganda”.
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Russia banned Roblox last December, but people can still access the platform using VPNs.
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Gaming platform Roblox has been fined 8 million rubles by Russia for promoting “LGBT propaganda”.
A court says non-traditional sexual relationships have been portrayed in an attractive manner.
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Previously, lots of LGBTQ+ people were prevented from giving blood if they’d had sex within the previous three months, even if it was with the same partner.
The rule dated back to the HIV pandemic of the 1980s.
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More queer people in Australia are now allowed to give blood.
New rules mean gay and bisexual men, and transgender people, in long-term monogamous relationships can donate.
The eligibility criteria has been standardised, so it’s now the same for everyone.
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· A lesbian marketplace.
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Today’s line-up…
· A man planning the mass murder of LGBTQ+ people in America is jailed.
· The push to alter Lithuania’s constitution to exclude same-sex families.
· Nintendo’s Tomodachi Life sequel goes all-in on queer representation.
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Events are taking place worldwide, including a football kickabout in New York and a curated marketplace of businesses run by queer women in London.
Lesbian Visibility Day is on April 26th.
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Lesbian Visibility Week begins today.
This year’s theme is “Health and Wellbeing”, focusing on protecting the physical and mental health of lesbians.
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Creator Alice Oseman says she preferred to recast, rather than exclude the character.
Colman didn’t appear in season 3 of Heartstopper due to scheduling conflicts.
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Olivia Colman won’t return to her role in Heartstopper for the LGBTQ+ drama’s finale.
The actress, who plays Nick Nelson’s mother Sarah, wasn’t available for feature film Heartstopper Forever.
The role will now be played by Anna Maxwell Martin of Motherland and Line of Duty.
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The self-professed Nazi wrote an anti-LGBTQ+ slur on the blade of one of his knives.
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The 24 year old said he believed these locations would contain homosexuals.
Davis was found to possess a sawn-off rifle, a shotgun, bomb-making equipment and a crossbow.
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A man who was planning the mass murder of LGBTQ+ people in America has been sentenced to seven years in prison.
Police think Mack Adam Davis was just a “day or two” away from attacking a bar, and the offices of a political party in Michigan, when they arrested him in June 2024.
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Human rights organisations are asking the European Commission to step in, saying this would undermine democracy.
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Plans to change Lithuania’s constitution to exclude same-sex families are being advanced.
Lawmakers want to limit the term “family” so it refers only to marriage between a man and a woman.
They’re pushing for a referendum on this next year.
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Today’s line-up…
· More than 100,000 women sign an open letter opposing transgender exclusion.
· Same-sex couples in Croatia get the right to adopt.
· A Russian news agency’s fined over its Heated Rivalry review.
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The United Nations is warning this could lead to the institutionalisation of discrimination.
Belarus actually decriminalised homosexuality in 1994.
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As expected, President Lukashenko of Belarus has signed a new crackdown on LGBTQ+ rights into law.
It will punish the “promotion” of homosexuality, gender transition, childlessness and paedophilia with 15 days in prison, fines and community labour.
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Proposals to allow same-sex marriage within the Church in Wales are due to be brought forward next April.
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The blessing of same-sex marriages by the Church in Wales is being made permanent.
This has been trialled since 2021 after it was deemed to be “pastorally unsustainable” not to offer a formal blessing provision.
Clergy can choose to opt out if they wish.
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The decision has led to the exclusion, scapegoating and dehumanisation of the trans community.
NION Women’s advocacy work, for the inclusion and acceptance of transgender people, has seen the organisation nominated for a National Diversity Award.
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More than 100,000 women have now signed an open letter opposing transgender exclusion.
It’s the work of Not In Our Name, founded after last year’s UK Supreme Court ruling that "sex" refers to biological sex, not legal gender, under the 2010 Equality Act.
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Today’s line-up…
· Claims lawyers are helping migrants pretend to be gay for asylum.
· Australia’s Lesbian Action Group wins an appeal in its anti-transgender legal fight.
· Luke Skywalker is gay. Or he isn’t. But he could be.
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SBC’s IT Director has received a 50,000 ruble fine.
The show actually has a large following in Russia, with fans watching secretly via VPNs.
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A review of queer hockey drama Heated Rivalry has cost a Russian news agency 500,000 rubles.
Saratov Business Consulting has been found guilty of “LGBT propaganda” and fined.
The outlet’s now removed its February article title “Why Did Heated Rivalry Become Popular?”.
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