The innocuous scene from the popular cartoon is the latest casualty of Russia's sweeping crackdown on LGBTQ symbols and media.
Officials say the language shift will curb the "normalization" of LGBTQ identity, while rights groups warn it will fuel discrimination.
Supporters hope to bring the charter before the African Union next year despite concerns it could undermine LGBTQ and reproductive rights.
Following a military coup, Niger's ruling junta has imposed a penal code that punishes same-sex conduct with up to 10 years in prison.
The measure would criminalize LGBTQ advocacy, require citizens to report suspected violations, and impose prison terms for same-sex activity.
The 36-year-old woman was sentenced to 18 months of forced labor for writing gay fan-fiction about a K-pop group.
Top EU court finds Hungary’s 2021 law banning LGBTQ content discriminatory and in violation of fundamental rights.
The Anschutz Corporation has donated more than $850K to Republican groups backing candidates behind anti-LGBTQ laws.
SarBC and its IT director were punished under Russia’s "LGBT propaganda" law for publishing a review of the gay romance series.
Lawmakers unanimously passed a bill increasing prison terms to 10 years and criminalizing support for LGBTQ people.
Russian judges said sharing a Queen drag photo on social media "destroyed family values" and violated the country’s anti-LGBTQ law.
Despite a decade-long crackdown on LGBTQ “propaganda,” episodes of the gay romance series “Heated Rivalry” are finding an audience in Russia.
A transgender woman spent 75 days in jail for spray-painting trans symbols near an Easton Catholic school and several local businesses.
A new national study finds that many LGBTQ Americans are struggling with the emotional toll of anti-LGBTQ laws and rhetoric.
Aceh province court sentences two men, ages 20 and 21, to 80 lashes for acts leading to same-sex relations under Sharia law.