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Added on: 01/02/2021

LGBTQ, women: Draft science policy aims for inclusion, equity

1/2/2021

In some path-breaking suggestions to promote inclusion of marginalised groups in science, a new draft policy on science and technology proposes that at least 30 per cent…

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Added on: 01/01/2021

First Person: Vietnamese man finds ‘true voice’ in gay community

12/31/2020

Nguyen Trong Hung opened a café in Son La in northwestern Viet Nam to serve as a meeting place for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people and…

Global News

Added on: 12/31/2020

Chengdu: China’s permissive ‘gay capital’ refusing to fold

12/30/2020

It’s Saturday night at the HUNK club in Chengdu and men in gold lycra shorts and black boots dance on stage. They wear kimonos, in an apparent…

Global News

Added on: 12/30/2020

From coronavirus crackdowns to court battles: 10 top LGBT+ stories in 2020

12/24/2020

LONDON, Dec 24 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Coronavirus dominated news around the world in 2020, creating particular challenges for the LGBT+ community in terms of mental health,…

Global News

Added on: 12/30/2020

Transgender people in China turning to grey market for hormones

12/29/2020

“In China, the channel is hidden,” he tells Sky News. Buying and administering unapproved drugs is risky. Unscrupulous dealers can substitute safe substances for animal hormones. Transgender…

Global News

Added on: 12/30/2020

‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’: The Indonesian Military Case

12/29/2020

In October, news broke about Indonesian Military (TNI) personnel who were dismissed for being a part of the LGBTQ community. As of this writing, TNI had fired…

Global News

Added on: 12/27/2020

38% of LGBT people in Japan sexually harassed or assaulted: survey

12/27/2020

Nearly 40 percent of sexual minority people in Japan have been sexually harassed or assaulted, a private survey involving more than 10,000 respondents showed Saturday. The survey…

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Added on: 12/26/2020

Bihar mulls over raising transgender battalion

12/26/2020

If all goes right, Bihar would soon become the first state in the country to have a separate police battalion of transgenders. Till now, the state government…

Global News

Added on: 12/24/2020

Furious parents hold terrifying protest outside school after finding out principal is gay

12/24/2020

Furious parents held a protest outside a school in Medan, Indonesia demanding that the principal resign after he was outed as gay on social media.Dozens of parents…

Global News

Added on: 12/23/2020

Wuhan’s vogue dancers embrace new freedom as COVID-19 anniversary nears

12/22/2020

WUHAN, China (Reuters) – In a converted factory building in downtown Wuhan, 22-year-old Xiong Feng, who goes by the name Daiki, struts and spins in a black…

Global News

Added on: 12/23/2020

People from LGBT community suffering from stress

12/22/2020

Members of sexual minorities — LGBT community — have said they were facing more mental stress due to the crisis created by COVID-19. They spoke of the…

Global News

Added on: 12/23/2020

The Godmothers: Five transgender women give back to society

12/22/2020

Nammane, Summane, a temporary shelter and NGO for abandoned children rescued from the streets, will be inaugurated on Wednesday. It’s the first home of its kind in…

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Added on: 12/22/2020

Beijing LGBT Center holds training forum for graduate students to work as better consulting psychologists

12/20/2020

The Beijing LGBT Center held a workshop on Thursday at Beijing Normal University for more than 100 graduate students majoring in consulting psychology so that these future…

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Added on: 12/17/2020

Homophobia Is Not an Asian Value. It’s Time for the East to Reconnect to Its Own Traditions of Tolerance

12/17/2020

Tan Seng Kee, a 62-year-old retired doctor and LGBTQ+ activist, recently filed a motion in Singapore’s High Court, asking it to order the city-state’s cabinet to revoke…

Global News

Added on: 12/16/2020

Hong Kong trails other Asian countries in promoting LGBT diversity and inclusion in workplace, study suggests

12/26/2020

In a study reviewing the progress of LGBT equality in Asia, Hong Kong’s companies have a less LGBT-friendly environment compared to their counterparts in the region. A…

World Voices

Added on: 12/16/2020

Lilliya Ten – The Grace, Kyrgyzstan

Robert Blackmon

Project Director

How did you get involved in activism? To be lesbian in the homophobic and patriarchal Kyrgyz society means to be a second-class human being. It is a…

Global News

Added on: 12/15/2020

India has launched its first workplace equality index for the LGBTQ+ community

12/15/2020

India’s new workplace equality index has become a sign of how far the country is moving forward when it comes to LGBTQ+ rights. India’s groundbreaking equality index…

Global News

Added on: 12/15/2020

GAY INDONESIAN POLICE OFFICER SUING FOR WRONGFUL DISMISSAL

12/13/2020

A former Indonesian police officer is suing the force following his wrongful dismissal due to his sexuality, with the case a ‘first of its kind’ for the…

Global News

Added on: 12/13/2020

Banker-turned-priest leads ancient Buddhist sect to 21st century

12/13/2020

Located near the defunct Tsukiji Market, once one of the largest fish markets in the world, Tsukiji Hongwanji temple is the icon of the Jodo Shinshu sect…

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Added on: 12/13/2020

Firebrand Islamic Cleric Rizieq Shihab Arrested By Police For Holding Mass Gatherings In Violation Of Covid-19 Protocols

12/13/2020

Rizieq Shihab, the radical Islamic cleric and leader of the Islam Defenders Front (FPI)in Indonesia, was arrested by Jaon Saturday after undergoing questioning in a case pertaining…

Global News

Added on: 12/11/2020

FOCUS: Genderless uniforms spread in Japan as LGBT students gain notice

12/10/2020

A growing number of Japanese prefectural high schools are relaxing or scrapping gender codes for uniforms to meet the needs of transgender and other sexual-minority students, with…

Global News

Added on: 12/11/2020

FACTBOX – As Bhutan scraps gay sex ban, what pro-LGBT+ steps have others taken?

12/10/2020

NEW DELHI, Dec 10 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – As countries around the world move to dismantle often centuries-old laws banning gay sex, Bhutan has become the latest…

Global News

Added on: 12/10/2020

In Indonesia, gay ex-cop takes work battle to court

12/10/2020

The first gay Indonesian policeman to sue the conservative country’s police force for wrongful dismissal due to sexual orientation was back in court this week, determined to…

Global News

Added on: 12/09/2020

Qatar to allow Pride flags during 2022 World Cup – but will still lock up gay men for having sex

12/09/2020

Qatar will allow Pride flags to be flown at the 2022 World Cup – but the starkly homophobic country will still expect visitors to respect its “culture”….

Global News

Added on: 12/08/2020

China’s transgender people too scared to come out like Elliot Page – ‘You become a freak’

12/07/2020

When Juno star Elliot Page, known as Ellen Page until December, came out as transgender, his social media pages were instantly filled with blessings and love from…

Global News

Added on: 12/04/2020

LGBT activist seeks court order for parliamentary Bill on repealing Section 377A

12/03/2020

SINGAPORE – A lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) rights activist has applied to the High Court for a mandatory order for Cabinet to move a Bill…

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Added on: 12/03/2020

Battered but unbowed by coronavirus, Tokyo’s gay district forges stronger ties

12/02/2020

TOKYO (Reuters) – When Toshitsune Tamashiro was young and closeted in 1980s Japan, Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ni-chome gay district was a haven. Now he runs a bar there,…

Global News

Added on: 12/02/2020

Football in hijab: Thai Muslim lesbians tackle stereotypes

11/29/2020

PATTANI, Thailand (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Anticha Sangchai did not come out to her family until she was 30 and married with a child. It was her…

Global News

Added on: 12/02/2020

SOGIE Equality Bill passes Senate committee; still in limbo due to anti-LGBTQIA senators

12/01/2020

The SOGIE Equality Bill – the latest iteration of the proposed anti-discrimination law that will protect the human rights of LGBTQIA Filipinos – was passed at the…

Global News

Added on: 12/01/2020

NGOs start raising funds to help homeless LGBTQ youths

11/30/2020

A group of NGOs has initiated a campaign to raise RM30,000 to help 30 homeless lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) persons to move into a…