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Added on: 01/24/2022

Samsung pulls ad featuring heartfelt moments between loved ones including a drag performer

01/23/2022

Samsung decided to remove an advertisement from airing in Singapore and deleted it from online channels, shortly after posting it, because it “may be perceived as insensitive…

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Added on: 01/24/2022

‘Cars had stickers of DMK leaders’: Pro-Hindutva LGBTQ activist Gopi Shankar Madurai survives fourth attack, appeals to PM Modi for help

01/23/2022

Well-known LGBTQ activist Gopi Shankar Madurai has recently survived the fourth attack in Mahabalipuram of Tamilnadu. Gopi Shankar Madurai was obstructed in the road by six goons…

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Added on: 01/22/2022

Israel’s LGBT+ community faces up to its ‘Me Too’ moment as sexual abuse survivors break silence

1/21/22

In June 2021, gay rights activist Omri Feinstein from Israel asked queer people on Instagram to share their stories of sexual harassment and assault – and he…

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Added on: 01/20/2022

LGBTQ athletes in China: Tolerated at best

01/19/2022

Li Ying is back with the Steel Roses. New national team coach Shui Qingxia, the first woman at the helm of the Chinese women’s national footall team,…

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Added on: 01/18/2022

Gay couple become first in Taiwan to adopt after legal battle – but victory is bittersweet

01/17/2022

A married gay couple has become the first in Taiwan to adopt a child together – but their legal victory hasn’t been extended to other couples like…

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Added on: 01/18/2022

LGBT ACTIVIST DETAINED IN LEBANON, FINALLY ARRIVES IN AUSTRALIA

01/17/2022

After fleeing to Turkey from their home country of Jordan in July 2020, LGBTQI activist Alshaima Omama Alzubi has finally arrived in Australia. The 25-year-old Jordanian refugee…

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Added on: 01/15/2022

Tripura Cops Deny Allegations Of Transgender Harassment

1/14/22

The Tripura Police have refuted the allegations made by atleast four transgender persons, who asserted that personnel from Tripura Police stripped them on Saturday in a bid…

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Added on: 01/13/2022

LGBT Members Allege They Were Made To Disrobe By Police To Prove Their Identity

01/12/2021

Agartala, Jan 11 (PTI) Four LGBT members were arrested by the police here and made to disrobe in a police station to prove their identity, according to…

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Added on: 01/12/2022

Now illegal to discriminate based on SOGIE in Bataan after passage of anti-discrimination ordinance.

01/11/2022

Bataan has joined the still few local government units (LGUs) in the Philippines that now has an anti-discrimination ordinance (ADO) that prohibits the discrimination of people based…

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Added on: 01/11/2022

Tokyo same-sex partner plans highlight road ahead for LGBTQ rights.

01/10/2022

Many welcomed Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike’s recent announcement that a same-sex partnership system would be introduced for all of Tokyo in fiscal 2022. But some LGBTQ activists…

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Added on: 01/08/2022

Gay South Korean couple lose equal coverage lawsuit against health insurer

1/7/22

A Seoul court rejected a landmark lawsuit by a same-sex couple over shared health insurance benefits Friday, a ruling that advocates say highlights the challenges the lesbian,…

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Added on: 01/07/2022

Transgender woman referred to prosecutors for using Osaka ladies room

01/06/2022

A transgender woman was referred to prosecutors Thursday for suspected trespassing after using the ladies room in a commercial facility in Osaka, in a case an expert…

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Added on: 01/06/2022

Is Korean media silencing LGBT voices?

01/05/22

A rendition of Lady Gaga’s LGBT anthem “Born This Way” with a missing lyric by a South Korean group on New Year’s Eve has caused controversy, with…

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Added on: 01/05/2022

2022 WORLD CUP CEO SAYS HOMOSEXUALITY ‘NOT AUTHORISED’ IN QATAR.

01/04/2022

The CEO of the 2022 FIFA World Cup organising committee, Nasser Al Khater, says “homosexuality is not authorised” in his home country of Qatar. In 2010, the…

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Added on: 01/04/2022

Meet Trinetra Haldar Gummaraj, Karnataka’s First Transgender Doctor.

01/03/2022

Transgender activist, surgeon in training, and Instagram influencer Trinetra Haldar Gummaraju is fighting bigotry. She is taking on prejudice against the trans community and hopes to improve…

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Added on: 01/04/2022

Israel opens surrogacy to same-sex couples, single fathers, transgender people.

01/04/2022

Israel announced on Tuesday that the country will begin allowing same-sex couples, single fathers and transgender individuals to pursue parental surrogacy. The news was delivered by Israeli…

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Added on: 01/03/2022

Seoul government, Mnet dance around ‘Born This Way’ LGBTQ references

01/02/2022

The Seoul metropolitan government is facing criticism by some viewers for airing wrongly translated lyric subtitles for a dance performance of “Born This Way,” thus blurring the…

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Added on: 01/02/2022

We fear that this may end in legalizing gay rights’: MP on adding female noun to constitution

01/02/2022

MP Ahmed Al-Qatawneh said Sunday that after legal inquiries it became clear that the word ‘Jordanians’ includes both males and females. He added, during the parliament session…

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Added on: 12/30/2021

Lesbian pop star Denise Ho arrested amid growing crackdown against China’s critics.

12/30/2021

Lesbian pop star and regionally famous pro-democracy activist Denise Ho was one of seven people arrested on Wednesday morning by national security police in Hong Kong. She…

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Added on: 12/30/2021

Out in the World: Mixed record on LGBTQ rights across the world in 2021

12/29/2021

The year started out on a hopeful note. The world was looking forward to getting past a dark period in America’s leadership and the global COVID-19 pandemic….

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Added on: 12/28/2021

LEBANON ARRESTS 25-YEAR-OLD LESBIAN REFUGEE ON THEIR WAY TO AUSTRALIA

12/27/2021

A Jordanian LGBTQI+ ‘rights defender’ and refugee on their way to Australia has been detained in Lebanon. According to Amnesty International Australia, AOA, a 25-year-old lesbian, non-binary…

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Added on: 12/28/2021

Lesbian risks life and flees Afghanistan to escape forced marriage to cruel Taliban brute

12/27/2021

Rabia was just 15-years-old when she became engaged to a Taliban officer against her will in a small village in Afghanistan. Now 22-years-old, Rabia has fled Afghanistan…

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Added on: 12/28/2021

Explained: Why LGBTQ-friendly Thailand is yet to recognize same-sex marriage

12/27/2021

Despite its international LGBTQ-friendly image, rights activists in Thailand warn that the country is still far from granting equal rights to members of the LGBTQ community. Nattawut…

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Added on: 12/27/2021

Rights watchdog to recommend gov’t collect statistics on sexual minorities

12/27/2021

The nation’s human rights watchdog will recommend sexual minorities be included in the government’s statistical and fact-finding surveys, concluding that Korea lacks any government-level efforts to learn…

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Added on: 12/27/2021

Specially-abled Kiran Nayak striving for transgender rights

12/27/2021

Hyderabad: Since the annulment of Article 377 two years ago, the members of LGBTQ in India are still battling to come out of the closet — especially…

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Added on: 12/27/2021

Nearly all Japan’s school boards scrap gender field on applications

12/26/2021

As of Sunday, students applying to enter public high schools from next spring will no longer be required to specify their gender on the application form in…

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Added on: 12/26/2021

SAUDI ARABIA’S TOP RELIGIOUS BODY SAYS HOMOSEXUALITY IS ‘ONE OF THE MOST HEINOUS CRIMES’

12/26/2021

Saudi Arabia’s top religious body has declared homosexuality to be ‘one of the most heinous crimes’. According to a statement by the official Saudi Press Agency, Grand…

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Added on: 12/25/2021

Sri Lanka court OKs case seeking to ban anti-LGBTI police training

12/24/21

At a training session for police officers in July 2021, a counsellor was recorded making homophobic remarks, including alleging that homosexuals prey on youth to lure them…

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Added on: 12/22/2021

Qatar seizes ‘un-Islamic’ children’s toys with rainbow patterns similar to LGBT flags

12/21/2021

Authorities in Qatar have seized a line of what they called ‘un-Islamic’ children’s toys that feature rainbow patterns similar to LGBT flags. The small oil-rich peninsular will…

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Added on: 12/21/2021

‘You’ll be destroyed’: LGBTQ Israelis receive hate texts allegedly sent by rabbi

12/20/2021

Thousands of members of Israel’s LGBTQ community have recently received disturbing hateful text messages, which were allegedly sent by a yeshiva rabbi, police revealed Monday. The Aguda…