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Enrique Anarte Lazo

TikTok Lead

Thomson Reuters Foundation

Enrique Anarte is a Spanish multimedia journalist based in Berlin, Germany. Before joining the Thomson Reuters Foundation as its first TikTok Lead, Anarte reported for DW, Reuters, NBC, EFE and other Spanish media outlets. He has covered politics and human rights topics from over ten countries and currently focuses on LGBTQ+ stories in multiple formats for Openly, TRF’s queer news vertical. He recently became an ambassador for the U.S.-based Poynter Institute’s MediaWise initiative to foster media literacy and tackle misinformation.

August 30, 2024

Activists warn the expected success of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) in September elections in three eastern German states could put LGBTQ+ rights at risk across the country.

Polls suggest the AfD could come first in the states of Thuringia and Saxony on Sept. 1, and in Brandenburg on Sept. 22, with between 24% and 30% of the vote

July 29, 2024

German health workers say gay and bisexual men may be particularly impacted by a shortage of two antibiotics used to treat syphilis, chlamydia and gonorrhea, at a time when many European countries are battling a steep rise in such infections.

The current supply available under publicly-covered insurance can only cover 50% of the demand for doxycycline and azithromycin, according to Cologne-based DAHKA, a national association of pharmacies specialised in HIV and hepatitis treatment.

June 05, 2024

Language learning app Duolingo has cut LGBTQ+ references from its classes in Russia after a warning from authorities, the latest step in a state crackdown on online references to what Moscow calls "non-traditional sexual relations".

President Vladimir Putin signed a law widening Russia's ban on "LGBT propaganda" in late 2022, effectively outlawing public discussion of LGBTQ+ issues, and in 2023, the Supreme Court banned "the international LGBT social movement" as "extremist".

May 09, 2024

A year after Uganda enacted one of the world's harshest anti-gay laws, many LGBTQ+ exiles are struggling to start over, facing a host of new hurdles alongside some of the same old threats that forced them out.

From Canada to Kenya to Germany, their new homelands have not proved the sanctuary that many LGBTQ+ Ugandans hoped.

March 06, 2024

A self-determination bill that would make it easier for transgender Germans to change legal gender is moving closer to a parliamentary vote after years of delays, but trans rights advocates fear the legislation poses data privacy risks.

The long-awaited self-ID bill, which seeks to replace the 43-year-old Transsexuals Act and follows similar laws in other countries, is on track for a vote in the coming weeks in the lower house of parliament, the Bundestag, where the governing coalition holds a majority. 

January 26, 2024

A severe shortage of HIV prevention drugs in Germany has sparked fears of a spike in infections over coming months, with doctors urging government to step in and keep tens of thousands safe.

Almost 90% of Germany's doctor surgeries and pharmacies are affected by the shortages of PrEP pills, according to a survey by dagnä, an association of HIV specialists.

August 21, 2023

Spain's first openly transgender senator said she will strive to protect hard-won progress on LGBTQ+ rights, including the country's ambitious trans self-ID law, as right-wing parties seek to roll back the community's gains.

"We will defend our rights tooth and nail," Antonelli, 64, who took up her Senate seat on Thursday following Spain's inconclusive July parliamentary election, told Openly in a phone interview.

September 29, 2022

Polish teacher Maria Kistowska felt a burst of pride when her school came top in a new LGBTQ+ inclusion ranking that seeks to challenge the nationalist ruling party's curbs on gay and transgender rights.

"This sends out the message that we're LGBTQ+ allies, and it tells kids (that) there's a place where you can feel safe," Kistowska, 37, who teaches English at a school in the western city of Poznan, told the Thomson Reuters Foundation.