Ep.266: LGBTQ+ News - Russia Bans 9 LGBTQ+ Groups, UN Raises Alarm
Listen Up Girl | Global LGBTQ+ News | May 29, 2026
Today on Listen Up Girl, your daily LGBTQ+ news podcast, we're going global with five major international stories.
In Russia, Human Rights Watch reports that nine LGBTQ+ support organizations — including Coming Out, the Russian LGBT Network, and Centre T — have been banned as "extremist" between March and May 2026, part of an escalating crackdown rooted in a 2023 Supreme Court ruling. The UN's High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, issued a stark warning on May 18th that global trends on LGBTQ+ rights are worsening, with more than…
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