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Over 350 LGBTI-phobia incidents reported in Catalonia in 2025

Catalan News 04 Feb 2026
The Observatory Against LGBTI-phobia recorded 353 incidents in Catalonia in 2025, the highest figure since data collection began.  ... He added that it also includes vandalism and campaigns targeting the LGBTI community, especially trans people.
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Rights group raises concerns over Eswatini Education Minister’s comments on LGBTI students

Jurist 02 Feb 2026
Amnesty International has warned that recent remarks by Eswatini’s education minister opposing LGBTI inclusion in schools risk encouraging discrimination and abuse against students belonging to the community.
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A full year of Trump and LGBTQ rights: all that’s been lost

Washington Blade 20 Jan 2026
withdraws from the United Nations LGBTI Core Group, which formed in 2008 and pledges to support LGBTQ and intersex rights by “work within the United Nations framework on ensuring universal respect for ...
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Turkey's state broadcaster announces anti-LGBTI+ documentary

Bianet 15 Jan 2026
The promotional video for the documentary employs a metaphor likening the LGBTI+ movement to “an elephant destroying a child’s room,” portraying the community as a threat ... LGBTI+ existence does not impose anything on anyone.
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Discriminatory detention procedures targeting LGBTI+s on parliament agenda

Bianet 24 Dec 2025
A member of the Peoples' Equality and Democracy (DEM) Party has submitted a parliamentary question addressing alleged rights violations during the recent detention of LGBTİ+ activists in Ankara.
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LGBTI+ groups demand investigation into suspicious death of trans prisoner

Bianet 18 Dec 2025
LGBTI+ and women's rights organizations have called for a full investigation into the suspicious death of a trans man named Poyraz, who died on Dec 1 while in custody at Sincan Women’s Closed Prison in Ankara.
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Turkey shuts down LGBTI+ youth association over 'obscenity' claims

Bianet 12 Dec 2025
An LGBTI+ youth association based in the western city of İzmir has been shut down on grounds of “obscenity,” following an investigation into its social media activity, Kaos GL reported.
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LGBTI+ youth association in İzmir shut down over 'obscenity' claims

Bianet 12 Dec 2025
An LGBTI+ youth association based in the western city of İzmir has been shut down on grounds of “obscenity,” following an investigation into its social media activity, Kaos GL reported.
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Malaysia must end discriminatory raids, arrests and unlawful detention targeting LGBTI people (Amnesty International Australia)

Public Technologies 03 Dec 2025
) 4 December 2025 Responding to news of over 200 individuals arrested in two police raids targeting people perceived to be members of the LGBTI community, Amnesty International ...
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Women and LGBTI+ groups rally in İstanbul against gender-based violence

Bianet 26 Nov 2025
Hundreds of women and LGBTI+s gathered in İstanbul’s Taksim yesterday to mark the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, rallying against what they described as "male state violence." ... The activists were released hours later.
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Erdogan Denounces LGBTI Movement; Warns of Falling Birth Rate in Turkey

Greek Reporter 24 Nov 2025
Turkish President Erdogan repeated his known anti-LGBTI stance in a speech about the country’s low birth rate ... Erdogan has always maintained that the LGBTI movement poses a threat to family as a basic pillar of the Turkish nation.
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'If there weren’t so few LGBTI+ reporters, I’d simply work at a cafe'

Bianet 22 Nov 2025
The independent LGBTI+ reporter has published in outlets such as Özgür Gelecek, KaosGL, Velvele and Muzır ... Proposed judicial package introduces criminal penalties targeting LGBTI+ community.
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'If there weren’t so few LGBTI+ journalists, I’d simply work at a cafe'

Bianet 22 Nov 2025
The independent LGBTI+ reporter has published in outlets such as Özgür Gelecek, KaosGL, Velvele and Muzır ... Proposed judicial package introduces criminal penalties targeting LGBTI+ community.
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