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Added on: 10/02/2024

Based in Japan: Being Gay in Japan with Tokyo BTM

10/02/2024

Tokyo BTM is an increasingly popular channel that focuses on queer culture in Japan. Created by two expat, Andrew Pugsley, from Canada, and Meng Delvey, from mainland…

Global News

Added on: 10/01/2024

How ‘The Queer Arab Glossary’ Challenges Stereotypes About Arab Homophobia

09/30/2024

With Lebanon experiencing its deadliest day in nearly 20 years this month — not to mention the ongoing conflict between Israel and Palestine that has left more…

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Added on: 09/30/2024

Seoul Drag Parade brings queer culture out of nightclubs, into daylight

09/30/2024

Gojoseon was founded over 4,000 years ago, after a bear in a cave ate garlic and mugwort until she transformed into a human. Although this legend gives…

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Added on: 09/30/2024

KSOU to provide free education to transgender students

09/29/2024

With an aim to promote higher education in the transgender community, the Karnataka State Open University (KSOU), Mysuru, has decided to offer all courses free with “zero…

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Added on: 09/26/2024

‘Monumental step’: Thai king signs same-sex marriage into law, a first in Southeast Asia

09/25/2024

Thailand on Tuesday became the first country in Southeast Asia to legalise same-sex union after King Maha Vajiralongkorn signed a historic marriage equality law. Thai activists have…

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Added on: 09/25/2024

Thai king signs same-sex marriage bill into law

09/24/2024

Thailand’s king has signed a marriage equality bill into law, making the country the first in South East Asia to recognise same-sex unions. The bill cleared the…

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Added on: 09/25/2024

LGBTQI+ people face increasing violence in Bangladesh

09/24/2024

Anti-LGBTQI+ violence is rising in Bangladesh as conservative Islamists gain power, according to human rights organization Justice Makers Bangladesh in France (JMBF). After the fall of the…

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Added on: 09/24/2024

Taiwan will now recognize same-sex marriages of Taiwanese-Chinese couples

09/23/2024

Taiwan officials have announced same-sex marriages between citizens of Taiwan and China will now be recognized in the breakaway republic. Taiwan was the first Asian country to…

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Added on: 09/24/2024

Hong Kong’s first transgender singer-songwriter seeks voice through music

09/23/2024

Xavian Wu, Hong Kong’s first high-profile transgender singer-songwriter, sought to use the city’s annual LGBTQ Pink Dot HK carnival on Sunday to share his story through music….

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Added on: 09/23/2024

Transgender traffic police get the green light in India’s Telangana state

09/22/2024

HONG KONG – Xavian Wu, Hong Kong’s first high-profile transgender singer-songwriter, sought to use the city’s annual LGBTQ Pink Dot HK carnival on Sunday to share his…

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Added on: 09/20/2024

Taiwan recognises same-sex marriages between Chinese, Taiwanese

09/19/2024

Same-sex Taiwanese-Chinese couples are now legally able to register their marriages in Taiwan, Taipei said Thursday, recognising cross-strait unions for the first time. Taiwan has long been at…

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Added on: 09/17/2024

SheDrives: Pakistan’s first ride-share service exclusively for women and the transgender community

09/16/2024

A new service by the name of SheDrives was launched in Lahore, Pakistan recently and the most interesting thing about it is that it exclusively serves transgender…

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Added on: 09/16/2024

Queers for Palestine? Group offers $1 million for LGBTQ advocacy org to hosts Pride parade in Gaza, West Bank

09/16/2024

A watchdog group that aims to expose hypocrisy announced Monday that it would donate $1 million to “Queers for Palestine” or any U.S. LGBTQ advocacy organization to…

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Added on: 09/16/2024

LGBTQ+ are ‘disgusting,’ says incoming Police Chief Daniel Levi in a recording published by N12

09/15/2024

Israel’s incoming Police Commissioner, Daniel Levi, is under fire after N12 exposed homophobic remarks from earlier this year on Sunday. Levi, who was serving as Coastal District commander…

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Added on: 09/14/2024

Same-sex marriage was on a roll in Asia. Not anymore

09/13/2024

Rainbow flags rippled in the wind as gay and lesbian couples walked hand in hand down a makeshift aisle in Bangkok’s busy Siam shopping district. Thailand’s Senate…

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Added on: 09/14/2024

Telangana announces transgender traffic troops under new recruitment program

09/13/2024

The Telangana government has announced India’s first-ever transgender-specific government recruitment and social welfare program, under which transgender persons will be trained and recruited for traffic management. As…

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Added on: 09/11/2024

In Thailand, Locals Are Expanding on the Country’s Queer Legacy

09/10/2024

Daytime Bangkok is an industrial opera—flashing tuks-tuks, hectic motorbikes, and dogged taxis whizz by the end of a side street, creating a soundtrack of car horns and…

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Added on: 09/06/2024

6 Years On, Section 377’s Repeal Fails To Curb Hostility Towards LGBT Community

09/05/2024

Exactly six years ago, when the Supreme Court decriminalised Section 377 of the (then) Indian Penal Code to exclude consenting adult LGBTQIA+ persons from its purview, I…

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Added on: 09/05/2024

Tehran summons Australian ambassador over ‘norm-breaking’ Instagram post, Iranian media reports

09/04/2024

Iran summoned Australia’s ambassador in Tehran over the publication of an Instagram post the government deemed “norm-breaking”, Iran’s semi-official ILNA news agency reported on Tuesday, a day…

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Added on: 09/03/2024

Australian Embassy Defies Iran’s Anti-LGBTQIA+ Laws, Celebrates Inclusion

09/02/2024

In a bold move, the Australian embassy in Tehran has celebrated “Wear it Purple Day”, a stark contrast to Iran’s strict anti-LGBTQIA+ laws where homosexuality is punishable…

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Added on: 09/02/2024

LGBTQ people at risk: Will Bangladesh be a safe haven for Islamist militancy?

09/01/2024

Human rights activists in Bangladesh fear that the nation’s current transitional government is opening the door to a return to the days when Islamic terrorists were murdering…

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Added on: 09/02/2024

Hong Kong NGOs for sexual minorities suffer government funding cuts and pressure

09/01/2024

The party was in full swing at 11 pm. Carrying a large bag of leaflets, Kit entered a gay bar in Hong Kong’s Sheung Wan, manoeuvred through…

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Added on: 08/31/2024

SARITA KC, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF MITINI NEPAL

Annie Clark

Alturi Contributor

You gave an interview to Alturi in 2020 in which you spoke about recent progress in constitutional protections for LGBTI people but also noted that many in…

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Added on: 08/31/2024

Move from rhetoric to action on #PutPeopleFirst

08/30/2024

Transformative empowerment is mostly not given by ‘experts from the outside,’ but happens when the most affected people themselves rise to take back power to transform their…

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Added on: 08/28/2024

Who are they? Hijra, third gender, transgender?

08/27/2024

People once referred to them in softer tones as the third gender. Subsequently, the government recognized them as Hijra, a traditional term prevalent in this subcontinent. In…

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Added on: 08/28/2024

Ryan and Righ want to get married in Taiwan – they can’t because of China’s same-sex marriage ban

08/27/2024

Ryan and Righ like to compare their relationship to a Shakespearean drama. The two met when Righ, originally from China, visited Ryan’s Taiwanese city of Kaohsiung in…

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Added on: 08/27/2024

Pope welcomed Ugandan LGBTQ+ activist to Rome

08/26/2024

A Ugandan LGBTQ+ activist revealed she met with Pope Francis in Rome earlier this month. Clare Byarugaba, the diversity, equity, and inclusion officer for Chapter Four Uganda,…

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Added on: 08/26/2024

One woman’s custody battle highlights the challenges facing same-sex couples in China

08/25/2024

BANGKOK (AP) — It’s been more than four years since Zhang Peiyi last saw her son, one of two children from her former marriage. Denied custody of both…

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Added on: 08/24/2024

Pakistan: Transgender entertainers face extortion

08/23/2024

Many transgender people in Pakistan’s northern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province earn money by dancing at private parties and events. However, this is a risky way to earn a…

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Added on: 08/24/2024

Afghan Transgender people also face harassment in Pakistan

08/23/2024

Alina is an Afghan transgender person who fled Afghanistan to Peshawar, Pakistan, after the Taliban took over the country. Alina says her life would be in danger…