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Black Groups Join LGBTQIA Groups on Florida

Posted on 21 May 2023 in World

New York's WABC Television reports that the highly respected African American civil rights organisation the NAACP has followed the LGBTQIA network Equality Florida in issuing an international warning to travellers that the state has been taken over by extremists who want to eradicate black as well as LGBT+ rights. The advisory comes as a direct response to what the Board says is an "aggressive attempt to erase Black history and to restrict diversity, equity, and inclusion programs in Florida schools" by Governor DeSantis. The formal not

Homophobe Trump Ordered to Pay Out $5m

Posted on 10 May 2023 in World

The authoritarian right wing former President of the United States, Donald Trump, has been ordered to pay some five million dollars to the writer E Jean Caroll, for sexual assault. NBC Television News reports that the jury in New York found Trump not guilty of rape, but did find

UN Human Rights Chief Slams Iranian Butchery

Posted on 9 May 2023 in World

Radio Free Europe, the famous dissident broadcaster that transmits from European transmitters and satellites into territories where there is no free media, reports that UN Human Rights Chief Volker Turk has slammed Iran for its "abominable record" on the death penalty and called

Tributes for Civil Rights and LGBT Ally Harry

Posted on 28 Apr 2023 in World

Tributes have been paid to singer, actor and entertainer Harry Belafonte, who has died at the age of 97. Mr Belafonte was unashamedly progressive in his politics throughout his career, and was a close confidante of the Reverend Martin Luther King Jr. He was also an ally of the

Protests Against Far Right Israeli Govt

Posted on 18 Apr 2023 in World

Danmarks Radio in Copenhagen reports that demonstrations are continuing in many Israeli cities comprising a broad coalition of progressive groups including LGBTQ+ people, with concern about attempts by the new right wing coalition to suppress the independence of the Supreme Court and remove right

Apr

Iranian Dissident LGBT+ Station Beams Out

Shortwave listeners using the Dutch University of Twente online receiver reported on Wednesday hearing a rare find in Europe. On shortwave radio 7610 kilohertz was Radio Ranginkaman, an LGBT+ Pers

Apr

Aus Nazis and Anti-Trans Groups Outnumbered

LGBTQ Nation newswire reports that neo-Nazi groups formed an alliance with anti-transgender campaigners at a far right rally at Victoria State Assembly in Australia on March 18th. Australia’s ABC

Apr

Fears Over Extremist Law in Uganda

Pink News reports that the already highly anti-gay state of Uganda his trying to once again divert attention from its economic failings and poor quality of living standards by blaming LGBTQIA peopl

Apr

Anti-Trans Commentary Revealed to Be A Hoax

Gay newswire Pink News and the LGBT+ newspaper the Sydney Star Observer both report on the case of a fake transphobic letter which was published by a local newspaper in the town of Launceston, whic

Feb

Buttigieg Defends Biden over Jobs

Gay cabinet member of the Biden Administration in Washington, Peter Buttigieg, has defended the performance of the Democratic President as a new poll for ABC News said that a majority of Democrats