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The German national soccer team covered their mouths during their team photo to protest FIFA’s decision to threaten European teams that wore rainbow “OneLove” armbands with yellow cards.
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Team captains from seven European soccer team will no longer wear an armband with a rainbow heart during their World Cup matches after FIFA threatened to give them yellow cards.
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Thousands of people took part in the first Pride march in Johannesburg, South Africa, since the COVID-19 pandemic on Saturday Oct. 29, celebrating the LGBTQ community despite a US terror attack warning in the city.
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After keeping their two-year relationship secret, the former Miss Argentina and Miss Puerto Rico have announced on Instagram that they are officially married.
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Some 120,000 people braved the rain and took part in a LGBTQ pride parade in Taiwan’s capital of Taipei on Oct. 29 in a massive celebration of LGBTQ rights.
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The Socceroos’ video statement comes ahead of the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Doha in November.
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The northeastern Mexican state of Tamaulipas has voted to legalize same-sex marriage, making same-sex marriage legal across all of Mexico’s 32 states.
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Chile has issued its first gender-neutral ID to Shane Cienfuegos, a 29-year-old nonbinary transgender activist and writer.
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Women from Iran are continuing to stand up against the government and the country’s mandatory hijab law. Meanwhile, across the globe, Brazil has elected its first two trans women as lawmakers in congress. These are some of the inspiring women of the week.
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In a first for the country, Brazil has elected Erika Hilton and Duda Salabert as their first transgender women lawmakers during the country’s general election on Sunday, October 1.
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In a landmark moment, Slovenia’s parliament has voted to pass an amendment that will allow same-sex couples to marry and adopt children.
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Thousands of LGBTQ people and supporters of equal rights attended the first Hanoi Pride parade since the start of the pandemic in 2019 in Vietnam’s capital.