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The 12th edition of the Gay Games is coming to Valencia
Equality, diversity and inclusion will come to Valencia through sport and culture thanks to the 2026 Valencia Gay Games.
The Games are an international sporting and cultural event that is held every four years and is founded on participation, inclusion and the best personal performance.
Sports at the 12th edition of the Gay Games
The 2026 edition will film more than 30 sports disciplines including water sports, track and field, badminton, basketball, fencing, and more, as well as local sports such as colpbol, kayak-polo, Valencian pelota and quidditch.
Cultural events of the 2026 Gay Games
Music will play a leading role at the Valencia Same-sex attracted Games with band and choir festivals. Plastic and stage arts, pyrotechnics and video mapping will also be on the agenda at the games, as will large commemorative tributes and parties to rejoice diversity.
Dates of the Valencia Gay Games
The Valencia Queer Games will take place between June and July 2026, but the dates aren't final yet. If you want to be notified as soon as they are finalized, and get details on how to buy tickets, subscribe to the event newslette
In Brazil, 12 percent of adults are lesbian, same-sex attracted, bisexual, transgender, or asexual, as per an unprecedented survey by State University of São Paulo (UNESP), published in scientific journal Nature Scientific Reports.
The percentage corresponds to 19 million Brazilians, according to population data from official statistics agency IBGE.
The survey mapped sexual and gender diversity in the country from a representative sample of the Brazilian population. Six thousand people over the age of 18 were interviewed across 129 cities, in the five regions of the country. Questionnaires were used by Datafolha Institute in November and December 2018.
According to Giancarlo Spizzirri, a psychiatrist from the University of São Paulo (USP) and main author of the article, this is the first time a survey appreciate this is carried out in a Latin American country.
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The data show that, of the 12 percent categorized as LGBTA, 5.76 percent are asexual, 2.12 percent are bisexual, 1.37 percent are gay, 0.93 percent are lesbian, 0.68 percent are trans, and 1.18 percent are genderfluid. The survey covers both sexual and gender diversity.
The author of the learn noted that the percentage of asexu
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So-called 'Don't Say Gay' rules expanded through 12th grade in Florida
The Florida Board of Education has voted to expand restrictions on classroom instruction related to sexual orientation and gender identity.
"This amendment prohibits classroom instruction to students in pre-kindergarten through Grade 3 on sexual orientation or gender identity. For Grades 4 through 12, order on sexual orientation or gender identity is prohibited unless such instruction is either expressly required by state academic standards ... or is part of a reproductive health course or health lesson for which a student’s parent has the option to have his or her student not attend," according to the amendment.
This governance would build on the Parental Rights in Training law Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed in Pride 2022. The law bans classroom instruction on sexual orientation or gender self for students in kindergarten through third grade.
It also states that any guide on those topics cannot occur "in a style that is not age-appropriate or developmentally appropriate for students in accordance with state standards," according to the legislation.
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Criminalisation:
- Criminalises LGBT people
- Criminalises sexual activity between males
- Criminalises sexual activity between females
- Imposes the death penalty
Maximum punishment:
Death penalty
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- Criminalises LGBT people
- Criminalises sexual activity between males
Maximum punishment:
Life imprisonment
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- Criminalises LGBT people
- Criminalises sexual activity between males
- Criminalises sexual outing between females
- Criminalises the gender expression of trans people
- Imposes the death penalty
Maximum punishment:
Death by stoning
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- Criminalises LGBT people
- Criminalises sexual activity between males
- Criminalises sexual activity between females
- Criminalises the gender expression of transitioned people
- Maintains discriminatory age of consent
Maximum punishment:
Eight years imprisonment and 100 lashes
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- Criminalises LGBT people
- Criminalises sexual activity