US lawmakers are being silenced for speaking out against anti-trans bills ~lgbt transgender Article 1368 words 10 votes
Colorado becomes first state to pass “right to repair” law for farmers ~transport Article 645 words 14 votes
Nebraska lawmaker three weeks into filibuster over trans bill ~lgbt transgender Article 1176 words 21 votes
Alaska says it’s now legal “in some instances” to discriminate against LGBTQ individuals ~lgbt Article 2601 words 12 votes
Activists block Norway's energy ministry, protesting against wind turbines built on land traditionally used by the Sámi indigenous people ~enviro energy.renewable Article 241 words 4 votes
Tennessee becomes the first state to pass a ban on drag shows. The bill is so vaguely worded it could also target trans people and Pride celebrations generally. ~lgbt transgender Link 12 votes
Spain approves menstrual leave, teen abortion and trans laws ~health healthcare Article 453 words 7 votes
The Satanic Temple to open free abortion clinic in New Mexico ~health healthcare medicine Link 14 votes
Charles Silverstein, who helped declassify homosexuality as mental illness, dies at 87 ~lgbt history activism Article 1112 words 8 votes
Meet the man building a thousand wheelchair ramps in Iceland – Ramp Up Iceland aim to make everyday life less challenging for people with physical disabilities ~life Article 659 words 4 votes
Slovenia officially becomes first eastern European country to recognise same-sex marriage ~lgbt Article 533 words, published Feb 2 2023 11 votes
Finland has passed a new, progressive rights law which makes it substantially easier for trans people to change their legal gender ~lgbt transgender Article 466 words 9 votes
The first ordinary woman in English literature. The life and legacy of the Wife of Bath. ~books literature.english Article 2201 words 5 votes
Iceland captain Sara Björk Gunnarsdóttir says winning a claim against former side Lyon for failing to pay her full salary during pregnancy is a wake-up call for clubs ~sports.football Article 499 words 6 votes
The American Farm Bureau Federation and John Deere have signed a 'Memorandum of Understanding' allowing US customers to fix their own equipment ~transport Article 44 words 27 votes
Norwegian Jehovah's Witnesses no longer registered as religious community – due to exclusionary practices when someone breaks religious rules ~humanities religion Link 7 votes
Swedish reindeer herders say their animals are being affected by wind farms and other industry ~enviro energy.renewable Article 1415 words 4 votes
Vienna Teng - City Hall (Live at The Living Room, NYC, 2007) ~music singer songwriter Video 5:31, published Jan 28 2007 5 votes
US President Joe Biden signs marriage equality bill into law ~news usa law Article 159 words 16 votes
Thousands of women in Greenland, including some as young as twelve, had a contraceptive device implanted in their womb, often without consent ~health healthcare Article 1851 words 16 votes
Young Australians just won a historic human rights case against an enormous coal mine ~enviro Article 1123 words, published Nov 25 2022 5 votes
Greta Thunberg Foundation has donated £158,000 to cover legal costs of indigenous people in Sweden's Arctic as they battle a British mining company ~enviro Article 764 words 6 votes
FIFA reject Denmark request for pro-human rights training shirts at 2022 World Cup in Qatar ~sports.football Link 6 votes
Florida Board of Medicine votes to ban gender affirming care for all trans teenagers ~lgbt transgender Link 18 votes
Lawmakers in Finland have approved a legislative reform that will ease the process of getting an abortion in the country ~health healthcare Article 216 words 5 votes
Denmark will wear 'toned down' shirts for the World Cup to protest against host Qatar's human rights record ~sports.football Article 665 words 8 votes
Denmark and Greenland have formally agreed to launch a two-year investigation into historic birth control practices carried out for many years on Inuit Greenlanders ~health healthcare Article 1169 words 5 votes
Protesters that gathered to demonstrate against the death of Mahsa Amini attempted to enter the Iranian Embassy in Oslo, leading to scores of arrests ~news norway.oslo crime iran iraq.kurdistan Article 262 words 5 votes
Family of dance musician Avicii have sold 75% of the rights to his master recordings and publishing to the Swedish entertainment company Pophouse ~music dance Article 40 words 4 votes
How the idea of a “transgender contagion” went viral—and caused untold harm ~lgbt transgender Article 3073 words 14 votes
Rare earths processor Neo Performance Materials has bought exploration rights to mine in Greenland – diversifying supplies of minerals critical for advanced technologies ~finance business Article 695 words 6 votes
After their daughters were beat by a girl in sports, Utah parents triggered investigation into whether she was transgender ~lgbt transgender Article 554 words 13 votes
New LGBTQ+ plan presented by the Danish government includes a proposal to expand access to legal gender change to all children regardless of age ~lgbt transgender Link 4 votes
Indigenous reindeer herders fear the drive towards a more sustainable economy is destroying their traditional way of life and identity in Sweden ~life Article 1582 words 11 votes
The Norwegians should not have killed Freya the walrus – if we valued the lives of animals, we would not simply exterminate the ones that inconvenience us ~enviro Article 1338 words 6 votes
‘Disturbing’: Experts troubled by Canada’s euthanasia laws ~health medicine healthcare Article 2402 words, published Aug 11 2022 10 votes