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Added on: 09/28/2022

Situation in UAE increasingly worrying for international LGBTQ community

09/27/2022

A kiss, a hug or holding hands — acts of fondness by same sex couples in public have always been out of the question in the United…

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Added on: 09/28/2022

Transgender rights’ bill referred to Senate standing committee

09/26/2022

Senate Chairman Sadiq Sanjrani on Monday referred the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) (Amendment) Bill, 2022, to the relevant standing committee for debate in order to reach…

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Added on: 09/27/2022

“Love Is Love” — Meet The Trailblazer Who Broke The Mould For LGBTQ+ Rights In Malaysia

09/26/2022

What does it truly mean to live a life worth living? Is it the clothes you wear or the food you eat? Or is it standing for…

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Added on: 09/27/2022

Cancellation of Taiwan Pride event shows China’s influence extends far beyond its borders

09/26/2022

WorldPride 2025 would have been the first time a global lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ+) event was held in Asia. Originally scheduled to be held…

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Added on: 09/24/2022

Pakistan: Transgender rights in focus amid religious complaints

09/23/2022

A religious party in Pakistan has filed a petition against a law that protects the rights of transgender people. Opponents say the legislation could act as a…

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Added on: 09/23/2022

Prove World Cup will be safe, England LGBTQ+ supporters’ group tells Qatar

09/22/2022

The England national team’s largest LGBTQ+ supporters’ group has urged Qatar’s authorities to provide clear reassurances that it will be safe for gay fans to visit for…

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Added on: 09/21/2022

iQiyi Says Deletion of LGBTQ Series in Singapore Is Temporary

09/20/2022

Chinese-owned video streamer iQiyi has confirmed that it has blocked access in Singapore to ten gay-themed TV series. But it says that the move is temporary. “The…

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Added on: 09/20/2022

Qatar’s Ambassador to Germany Faces LGBT-Rights Appeal Before World Cup

09/19/2022

Qatar’s ambassador to Germany was urged Monday to abolish his country’s death penalty for homosexuality at a human rights congress hosted by the German soccer federation two…

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Added on: 09/20/2022

Bishops’ Conference in the Philippines Denounces Gay Former Seminarian’s Wedding

09/19/2022

In an unprecedented move, the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) has issued a public denouncement of a former seminarian for having a wedding service with…

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Added on: 09/19/2022

Gay Likud MK defends Netanyahu’s push for inclusion of anti-LGBT Noam party in bloc

09/18/2022

Likud MK Amir Ohana on Sunday defended party leader Benjamin Netanyahu’s push to get anti-LGBT party Noam into the Knesset in the next election, saying he was…

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Added on: 09/17/2022

Anti-gay sentiment shows limit of Gulf states’ liberal drive

09/16/2022

Teachers returning for the new academic year in the United Arab Emirates were struck by a new bureaucratic demand. In a new code of conduct, one clause…

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Added on: 09/17/2022

Defying ministry, rabbis tell school to put transgender boy in female-only class

09/16/2022

Over a dozen rabbis called Thursday for a religious school in central Israel to force an 8-year-old transgender student into a female-only classroom, defying the wishes of…

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Added on: 09/17/2022

Japan’s first gay elected member of parliament visits SF

09/16/2022

San Francisco’s GLBT Historical Society Museum welcomed Taiga Ishikawa, Japan’s first gay member of parliament, during his recent visit to San Francisco. Ishikawa, 48, is Japan’s highest-ranking…

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Added on: 09/15/2022

Singapore mulls ‘cancel culture’ legislation amid gay marriage debate

09/15/2022

Singapore’s law minister says “cancel culture” rules may be included in legislation in the near future as the government looks to protect residents against online pressure over…

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Added on: 09/15/2022

Violence against LGBTQI+ people continues

09/15/2022

Last Saturday, Munni Kinnar was on her way back home to Dumari from Laxmipur with her friend, Chanda Raut, after visiting her ailing sister. What followed their…

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Added on: 09/14/2022

Lebanon’s anti-LGBT “Soldiers of God”

09/13/2022

At the end of June, a widely circulated video showed a floral display, installed for Pride Month in Beirut, being vandalised. The video was shot by the…

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Added on: 09/12/2022

Sri Lankan Prez says Govt won’t oppose Bill to decriminalise homosexuality

09/11/2022

Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe on Sunday said that the government will not oppose the Private Member’s Bill presented to Parliament to decriminalize homosexuality, however, the bill…

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Added on: 09/12/2022

Tokyo Court Denies Transgender Parent Legal Rights To Own Child

09/11/2022

The journey toward equality for the LGBTQ+ community in Japan has been something of a ping-pong match over the past few years. The country has indeed taken…

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Added on: 09/11/2022

‘I want to see the rainbow flag raised in Iran’

09/10/2022

For the first time, two women known to have been lesbian have been sentenced to death in Iran. It marks a new stage in the Islamic republic’s…

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Added on: 09/10/2022

Iran: Rights groups slam death sentences for LGBTQ activists

09/09/2022

Iran said this week that a court had sentenced to death two female gay rights activists for “spreading corruption on earth” — a charge frequently imposed on…

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Added on: 09/07/2022

Future Generali to offer health insurance for live-in partners, LGBT community

09/06/2022

Future Generali India Insurance Company Limited (FGII) has launched a health insurance product that brings LGBTQIA+ community (lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender) and members in a live-in…

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Added on: 09/06/2022

‘Legislation regarding transgender community against Quran and Sunnah’

09/05/2021

Senator Mushtaq Ahmad on Monday presented the bill for amendments in the Transgender Protection Act, 2018 to the Senate Standing Committee on Human Rights. The meeting was…

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Added on: 09/05/2022

Acceptance and a job she loves makes this teacher’s world a lot brighter

09/04/2022

K. Sahana remembers how schools that had vacancies would reach out to her once they saw her qualifications listed in her resume. “When I would introduce myself…

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Added on: 09/04/2022

Iran sentences two gay rights activists to death

09/04/2022

The Islamic Republic of Iran imposed the death penalty on two LGBTQ activists for allegedly promoting homosexuality, human rights organization Hengaw reported on Sunday. According to Hengaw,…

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Added on: 09/04/2022

Thai transgender cabaret returns after pandemic closure

09/02/2022

Transgender performers at one of Thailand’s most famous cabaret shows have returned to the spotlight for the first time in about three years after being forced to…

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Added on: 09/03/2022

Compromise Lies Behind Singapore’s New Approach to LGBT Rights

09/01/2022

Growing up in a conservative Christian neighborhood in Singapore, Brenda Eng and Pearlyn Tam never imagined they would lead the life they do today. The lesbian couple…

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Added on: 09/02/2022

Peru opens torture investigation over trans man’s death in Indonesia

09/01/2022

LIMA, Sept 1 (Reuters) – Peruvian prosecutors have opened an investigation for alleged torture over the death in Indonesia last month of a trans Peruvian man who…

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Added on: 09/01/2022

‘I thought I would die before this moment’: one man’s fight against Singapore’s gay sex law

08/30/2022

Tan Eng Hong’s voice wavers as he remembers his 12-year struggle against Section 377A, a law that criminalises sex between men in Singapore. When he heard the…

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Added on: 08/30/2022

India’s top court declares same-sex couples entitled to social benefits, deserve legal protections

08/29/2022

A Supreme Court ruling in India affirmed that same-sex couples and other non-traditional families are entitled to social benefits, a decision that stands in stark contrast to…

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Added on: 08/29/2022

A history of how Goa overcame prejudice to open its arms to the queer community

08/28/2022

In early 2022 the Parliamentary Panel on Public Undertakings in New Delhi objected to the code GAY allotted to Gaya Airport in Bihar. The International Air Transport…