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'Queer Eye' star Antoni Porowski calls out Poland's 'absurd' anti-LGBT+ crackdown

Queer Eye' star Antoni Porowski, who has Polish roots, calls on Poland to respect its gay and trans citizens

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LGBT+ advocates dismayed as UK gov't scraps key transgender rights reform

Britain's government has dropped plans to let transgender people change gender legally without a medical diagnosis, after two years of heated debate


TikTok apologises for censoring LGBT+ content

Video-streaming app's Europe director Theo Bertram quizzed by British MPs over company policies


Hong Kong court refuses to recognise overseas same-sex marriages

Hong Kong does not recognise same-sex unions but gay couples have made small gains in recent years through lawsuits


Polish town votes to stay 'LGBT-free zone' despite global criticism

Krasnik voted to stay "free from 'LGBT' ideology", as Poland has come under increasing criticism globally over LGBT+ rights


U.S. LGBT+ TikTok users fear losing 'safe space' as Trump bans downloads

TikTok has become a popular platform for young LGBT+ Americans to swap jokes, make friends and share their experiences


European Parliament demands EU action over Poland LGBT+ rights breaches

Poland has increasingly clashed with the European Union over LGBT+ rights and the rule of law


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Reuters News stories

Poland's Kaczynski could join government as coalition teeters over LGBT+ rights

Poland's Law and Justice (PiS) party is in talks to avoid a breakdown of its ruling three-party coalition, over relations with the European Union and LGBT+ issues


Nearly 1 million same-sex couple households in 2019, U.S. Census Bureau says

Married heterosexual couples still represent by far the largest group, but same-sex households are growing


Ellen DeGeneres issues apology, vows 'new chapter' after on-set turmoil

'I am a work in progress', says Ellen DeGeneres after top producers exit show in protest to toxic work environment


'Watchmen,' LGBT-friendly 'Schitt's Creek' rule at virtual Emmys with pandemic and political twists

Director of HBO alternative-reality show dedicates Emmy win to victims and survivors of the 1921 massacre of the Black community in Tulsa, Oklahoma


J.K. Rowling says book character in transphobia row has real life roots

Rowling's new novel features a male serial killer who wears women's clothing



Opinion

OPINION: To celebrate and recognise bi identities, we must look beyond the binary

"We need to move past heteronormative, binary ideas of how people should be and understand those sexual orientations, gender identities and expressions are as diverse as us"


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