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Thousand Of People In Poland Held A Huge Pride March To Demand An End To LGBTQ Discrimination
Thousands of people took part in a pride parade in Warsaw, Poland to call for an end to discrimination against the LGBTQ community.
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Hungary Has Passed A Law Banning LGBTQ Content For Children And People Are Protesting
Hungary’s parliament has passed a new law banning LGBTQ content for children.
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Hong Kong Pro-Democracy Activist Agnes Chow Has Been Freed After Seven Months In Prison
Hong Kong pro-democracy activist, Agnes Chow, has been released from prison after serving more than six months for taking part in an unauthorized protest in 2019.
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More Than 100 LGBTQ Candidates Ran In Mexico’s Midterm Election, A New Record For Representation
More than 100 LGBTQ candidates ran in Mexico’s midterm election on Sunday Jun. 6, setting a new record in the country’s history.
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Malala Appeared On The Cover of British Vogue With A Powerful Message To Inspire Girls
Pakistani activist Malala Yousafzai has been featured on British Vogue’s July cover, saying “I hope that every girl who sees this cover will know that she can change the world.”
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People In Brazil Held Mass Protests To Impeach The Far-Right President For His Failure To Handle COVID
Tens of thousands of people across Brazil took to the streets on Saturday May 29 to demand the country’s far-right president, Jair Bolsonaro, step down over his failure to handle the COVID-19 pandemic, which has killed nearly half a million people in the country.
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India Rickshaw Drivers Are Turning Their Vehicles Into Free Ambulances To Help The Healthcare System
Dozens of rickshaw drivers in New Delhi, India, have transformed their three-wheeled vehicles into free auto-ambulances to help both the citizens and the overwhelmed healthcare system.
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Miss Universe Myanmar Held Up A “Pray For Myanmar” Sign At The Beauty Pageant’s Costume Contest
Miss Universe Myanmar, Thuzar Wint Lwin, won the national costume contest at Miss Universe 2020, using the pageant to call on the world to speak out against the coup in her country.
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This Māori MP Performed The Haka In New Zealand’s Parliament To Protest Racism And Got Ejected
New Zealand Māori Party co-leader Rawiri Waititi was ejected from the parliament after he performed a haka to protest what he said was racism from the opposition party.
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Catholic Priests In Germany Are Blessing Same-Sex Couples Despite The Vatican Banning Them From Doing So
Priests in more than 100 churches around Germany have offered blessings to same-sex couples despite the Vatican banning them from doing so.
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Colombian Police Cracked Down On Protesters Striking Against Poverty And Inequality, Leaving 17 Dead
At least 17 people have been killed in ongoing anti-government protests in Colombia, after the police cracked down on protesters demonstrating over a proposed tax reform bill.
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German Youth Activists Sued The Government For Not Doing Enough To Reduce Emissions And Won
In a landmark ruling, Germany’s top court found the government’s current legislation for reducing greenhouse gas emissions was not enough in protecting younger generations from the effects of climate change.