Winds of Change

Tunisia: Solidarity statement with Tunisian Queer movement

Twenty regional human rights advocacy groups released a joint statement in solidarity with the LGBTQ+ movement in Tunisia, led by the organization DAMJ, Association for Justice and Equality. Tunisia has seen an influx in hate speech targeting LGBTQ+ people across social media throughout the summer and fall.

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France: Lesbians and of immigrant background: women in search of visibility

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Long absent from public debates in France, lesbians from immigrant backgrounds are increasingly making their voices heard in community, cultural and academic circles. Supported by militant and intellectual figures, sociological studies and artistic productions devoted to them arouse growing interest. Interview with researcher Salima Amari.

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US: For transgender activists, election stokes hopes and fears

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Among transgender-rights activists, there’s a powerful mix of hope and fear heading toward the Nov. 3 election. They’re yearning for President Donald Trump’s defeat but dreading the possibility that his administration might win four more years and continue targeting them with hostile policies.

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Gathering Online 2020: Discussions on the future of the LGBTI movements

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During the week of 19-23 October 2020, the Gathering Online explored what is at stake for LGBTI people and the LGBTI movement in Europe and Central at the moment, and identified ways forward for us as individuals, as organisations, and as communities.

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Poland: Farmers cure Polish society of homophobia. Interview with Daniel Rycharski

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We show that the divisions we have in mind created by the media and politicians about Polish society are untrue. These divisions are different. The "Family Care" project is a step in improving relationships. If it were held every year, for example 10 years, I think it would be a very big change.

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Russia: Demonstration in support of LGBT activist Yulia Tsvetkova took place in The Hague

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The international human rights organization Amnesty International Nederland and activists from five Dutch cities - Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Groningen, Eindhoven and Nijmegen - organized a demonstration outside the Russian Embassy in The Hague in support of the artist and LGBT activist and feminist Julia Tsvetkova.

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I'm Coming Out as Intersex After Years of Keeping it a Secret

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“My deep desire to be a “normal” girl in spite of being intersex—and the externally imposed standard in which being a well-adjusted heterosexual woman was implicitly deemed to be the most successful medical outcome—overpowered my own true sense of self.”