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LGBT+ conversion therapy survivors share stories on TikTok

More young LGBT+ Americans are sharing their experiences of conversion therapy, discredited practices that tried to force them to become straight

Thomson Reuters Foundation News stories

'My spirit broken': Mexicans battle to ban conversion therapy

In Mexico, LGBT+ people often are subjected to conversion therapy aimed at trying to change their sexual orientation or gender identity, but now lawmakers want it to stop


Arts leaders urge Europe to act on Polish LGBT+ rights

More than 70 leading figures from the arts world have called on Europe to intervene in the row over Poland's LGBT+ community


Gay president 20 years off, says former U.S. Congressman Barney Frank

'I should have come out a little earlier,' Frank said, citing one of his few regrets in a six-decade political career


Australian fights homophobia with World Gay Boxing Championships

Martin Stark will host the 2023 championship in Sydney to coincide with World Pride


Poland threatens to challenge EU funding block in LGBT+ row

LGBT+ rights have become a divisive issue in Poland and led to tensions with Europe


First pan-African virtual Pride event takes place to share LGBT+ stories

Organisers said the coronavirus pandemic had provided an opportunity to stage the online event


Could some Viking warriors have been trans men, book asks?

"The Children of Ash & Elm: A History of the Vikings" claims that some of the Nordic warriors might have secretly been trans men


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Reuters News stories

Polish 'LGBT-free' town gets state financing after EU funds cut

The town of Tuchow was rejected from a European twinning program after it passed a motion rejecting "LGBT ideology"


Trump urges Goodyear tire boycott after company bars political attire

Trumps accuses US tire and rubber company, Goodyear of "playing politics", after company ban on political attire


Independent counsel faults Chicago prosecutor's dismissal of Jussie Smollett case

Actor Jussie Smollett claimed in January 2019 he was attacked on the street in a racist, homophobic hate crime


U.S. concerned over neo-Nazi groups after Hungarian rainbow flags torn down

Two rainbow flags were torn down from municipal buildings in Budapest by neo-Nazi groups


Polish nationalists and LGBT activists face off in Warsaw

The nationalists burnt a rainbow flag, while the LGBT activists painted one on the street


Chinese LGBT+ group ShanghaiPRIDE halts work to 'protect safety'

ShanghaiPRIDE didn't give a reason why it would no longer be running events



Opinion

OPINION: Yoga is for LGBT+ people of colour, not just white women

The yoga industry needs to work harder to make their spaces inclusive for Black, indigenous and people of colour and the LGBT+ community


OPINION: Black gay lives in the London Blitz

During World War Two, Black gay men existed in all walks of life in Britain


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