Music as a tool of resistance and hope from Cuba to Palestine
Palestinian musician Clarissa Bitar in dialogue with Peoples Dispatch about their experience in Cuba and the role of music in the struggle for liberation
Participants in Queer Pride March in Delhi call for the liberation of Palestine
Waving rainbow flags and multicolored balloons, the participants denounced the Israeli apartheid state and raised free Palestine slogans stressing “none of us are free until all of us are free”
Turkish LGBTQ activists celebrating Istanbul pride week face government crackdown
More than 100 activists were detained briefly in Istanbul on June 25, for participating in a LGBTQ pride march in the city. The government of Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and his Justice and Development Party (AKP) has been accused of pursuing anti-LGBTQ politics and promoting social conservatism
LGBTQ+ Ugandans face deadly threat as “Anti-Homosexuality Act” signed into law
Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has approved an anti-LGBTQ+ law that makes the “offense of homosexuality” punishable by life imprisonment and even death.
How the Cuban government and its people collaborated on the Family Code
Revolutionary Havana youth describe the process of building legislation in direct dialogue with the people.
Cuba’s “Code of Freedom” inspires US-based activists, academics
The Mission of Cuba to the United Nations hosted various US scholars, activists, union leaders and others in an effort to dialogue around the victory of the Family Code
Progressives urge Serbian government to facilitate safe conduct of EuroPride 2022
Conservatives and other homophobic groups have protested the conduct of EuroPride 2022 in the Serbian capital Belgrade. The events will be held from September 12 to 18
Japanese court lands a blow to marriage equality during Pride Month
The Osaka District Court deemed that the ban on same-sex marriage is constitutional. Last year, a petition at the Sapporo District Court ruled the ban unconstitutional
Texas Governor Greg Abbott calls for investigation and prosecution of parents of transgender children
Coinciding with a nationwide attack against LGBTQ rights, Abbott joins Texas conservatives in claiming that gender-affirming care is child abuse
Cuba starts public consultation on new family code
Legislation amends 1976 text to expand the rights of the LGBTQIA community and may come into effect from April
Rally held in Sydney against Morrison government’s push to dilute LGBT+ rights
Activists have opposed the conservative Liberal-National coalition government’s attempts to push through the Religious Discrimination Bill that dilutes the existing anti-discrimination protections for LGBTQ+ individuals in faith-based schools and institutions
Polish LGBTQ groups and left oppose bill that seeks to ban pride marches
The bill that seeks to ban pride marches was introduced in parliament after receiving over 140,000 signatures through a process called the citizens’ initiative. It was spearheaded by right-wing activist Kaja Godek
