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U.S.: mother arrested for threatening lesbian teacher and firearms charges

An angry Indiana mother faces multiple charges after she was accused of taking a gun to her sixth grade daughter’s elementary school and threatening her lesbian teacher to “kiss ur kids goodbye” after she gave an assignment about flags, officials said Tuesday. Carrie Rivers, 48, was arrested and charged with possession of a firearm on school property and harassment in connection with the…

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Spain: lesbians resist sporting homophobia through Lesbian Garros tennis league

Sports tournaments were among the few spaces where lesbians could be visibly out. That visibility didn’t come without a fight; homophobia was ever-present. But still, these events were some of the only non-bar spaces where lesbian cruising could happen. The Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA), for example, was once mockingly dubbed a haven for “dykes with spikes” or “androgynous feminists…

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Russia: lesbian trapped in massage parlour for three months

A 24-year-old woman from Novosibirsk, Tamara Sobolevskaya, was forced into providing sexual services at a massage parlor after facing personal and financial crises, including some time in a religious sect as a lesbian, socialisation to conform to male needs and rape at the hands of her ex husband. In response to her trauma, newly understood sexuality and the difficult situation she was in,…

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U.S.: cops harass butch lesbian in bathroom over gender non confirmity

Kalaya Morton, 19, of Phoenix, says she and her ex-girlfriend were using adjacent stalls in the store’s women’s restroom when two male sheriff’s deputies entered. “They were flashing lights on our feet and saying, ‘You have to get out of here. You have to come out. We need to talk to you,’” Morton told Advocate. Morton, who identifies as a stud — queer slang for a Black masculine-presenting…

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Russian lesbian couple find freedom in Brazil

Russians Ekaterina Nenakhova (30) and Olga Osipova (25) say they were never able to live their relationship freely in their home country. It was only when they landed in Brazil two months ago that the writers began to lose their fear of showing their love in public. The two tell Marie Claire how becoming viral on Brazilian TikTok gave them the courage to emigrate for good. The couple met in 2021…

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Vietnam: attempted murder of ex wife for suspected lesbian affair

Nguyen Xuan Truong (b. 1991) has been sentenced to 13 years in prison for (attempted) murder of Ms. Nhung (b. 1992). Truong and Ms Nhung were married in 2015 and had 3 children together, before divorcing in March 2024. Truong suspected that Ms Nhung was in a lesbian relationship with Ms Trang (b. 1999) and that this relationhsip was the reason for their divorce. In April 2024, Truong plotted to…

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France: father sentenced for lesbophobic violence against 14 year old daughter

In April 2023, a 35 year old father in Laloubère (Hautes-Pyrénées) seriously assaulted his 14 year old daughter on discovering that she was attracted to girls. The man seriously assaulted her, verbally abused her, and made her fear rape if she did not renounce her sexuality. She was also made to write a letter of apology. Having minimised his violence and abuse, on 19 March 2025, the Tarbes…

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U.S.: Lesbian firefighter wins second case after ongoing retaliation

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — After a years long battle in court, a federal jury ruled Friday in favor of a former Providence firefighter who sued the city for denying her accidental disability benefits, awarding $1.75 million in compensatory damages. The jury in U.S. District Court also ruled that city officials retaliated against Lori Franchina when they denied those benefits, because she filed a…

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Italy: lesbian teen bullied out of school

Ferrara, April 14, 2025 – Bullied at 16 by classmates because of her sexuality, to the point that her parents were forced to withdraw her from school. The girl was enrolled in a high school in the province of Ferrara. Her mother is saddened to have been forced to make such a difficult choice: “This is the only way I can protect her . It will be a sacrifice but she will finish the three-year…

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Albania: lesbian couple gain UK asylum

An Albanian lesbian couple have won an asylum claim to stay in Britain after successfully arguing that people in their home country are homophobic. Lawyers representing the women, who said they had been targeted after being spotted kissing on the street, said that although being gay was no longer illegal in the Balkan state the “populace” of the country is still “patriarchal, conservative and…

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Germany: Russian lesbian deported to Morocco

On March 26, German authorities attempted to deport an open lesbian to Russia, who had lived in Ukraine until 2022 but holds a Russian passport. Human rights activists managed to intercept the woman halfway to Russia, when she was waiting at a Moroccan airport to connect with a direct flight. In the end, she was allowed to leave for a third country. The Insider spoke with Anna (name changed)…

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Director Kangyu Garam talks about daily life for lesbians in South Korea

An interview with Kangyu Garam, long time feminist documentary maker, on living as a lesbian in South Korea and Lucky Appartment, a film offering “a glimpse into the difficulties faced by lesbian couples in the land of the morning calm”. “Unlike most lesbian films that focus on budding romances, you center your story around a well-established couple. Why this choice?It so happens that I have…

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South Africa: LGBT activist accused of assaulting and intimidating lesbian

Sidwell Lengatsa, a well-known Gauteng LGBTIQ+ activist, has denied allegations of assault following his arrest for allegedly attacking a lesbian. In a statement, the organisation Vaal LGBTI accused Lengatsa—described as the founder of the Vuka People’s Rainbow Movement—of violently assaulting Phindile Mamaile on 8 March 2025. “This act of aggression is not only an attack on an individual but…

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USA: lesbian ex cop awarded $10 million in sexual harassment case

A lesbian former officer with the National City Police Department (NCPD) in Southern California has been awarded $10 million in damages over her lawsuit against the department for the harassment and discrimination that she endured there. Ashley Cummins, who is now a mixed martial arts (MMA) fighter who fights under the name “Smashley,” sued the police department in 2022 with allegations that she…

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Brazil: man arrested for sexual assault of lesbian

A 58-year-old man was arrested in Rondonopolis (220 km from Cuiaba) on suspicion of sexual harassment of a 32-year-old lesbian woman, in the early hours of this Saturday (29 March 2025). He denies having ‘groomed’ the victim, and stated that she was completely drunk. According to the police report, the Military Police were called at around 2 am by the victim’s wife. The woman reported that she…

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Brazil: killers of Marielle Franco sentenced

More than six years after Brazilian councilwoman and Black LGBTQ activist Marielle Franco was murdered by former police officers Ronnie Lessa and Elcio Queiroz, in a murder suspected to have ties to drug trafficking, her killers were finally sentenced to 78 and 59 years in prison respectively on Thursday. Anielle Franco, Marielle Franco’s sister, and Marielle’s widow Monica Benicio reacting to…

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Argentina: violence against lesbians escalates

In the context of March 7, Lesbian Awareness Day, Amnesty International warns about the brutality of violence against lesbians and LGBTI+ people, in a context marked by public statements from government figures that pathologize and stigmatize them based on their sexual orientation, gender identity, and expression; and in which 140 hate crimes against the community were recorded in 2024…