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Added on: 03/06/2021

Myanmar’s Pro-Democracy Protests Are Giving a Voice to LGBTQ+ People

03/05/2021

Sue Sha Shin Thant, a transgender woman, has experienced a lifetime of discrimination and social exclusion in Myanmar, where LGBTQ+ people have no recognized rights or protections…

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Added on: 03/04/2021

South Korea’s first known transgender soldier found dead

03/03/2021

SEOUL, South Korea — South Korea’s first known transgender soldier, who protested the military’s decision last year to discharge her for undergoing gender reassignment surgery, was found…

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Added on: 03/04/2021

The growing calls for a boycott of the Qatar World Cup

03/04/2021

In December, Danish caretaker Casper Fischer did something he had never done before. The 32 year old decided to petition Denmark’s parliament – the Folketing – to…

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Added on: 03/03/2021

Homosexuality can still be called a mental disorder in China, court rules

03/02/2021

A court in China‘s eastern Jiangsu province has ruled in favour of a publisher that described homosexuality as a “psychological disorder” in a university textbook. The Suyu…

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Added on: 03/03/2021

IN A FIRST, SRI LANKAN PRESIDENT ACKNOWLEDGES LGBT RIGHTS

03/02/2021

In probably a first for a South Asian head of state, Sri Lankan President in a post on Twitter acknowledged the rights of LGBTQI Sri Lankans. Human…

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Added on: 03/02/2021

Homosexuality can be called a mental disorder, Chinese court rules; LGBT community disappointed

03/01/2021

A Chinese court has upheld a ruling that a textbook description of homosexuality as “a psychological disorder” was not a factual error but merely an “academic view”….

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Added on: 03/01/2021

BIHAR GOVT TO PATNA HIGH COURT : WILL SET UP SPECIAL TRANS POLICE UNITS IN EACH DISTRICT

03/01/2021

In an affidavit submitted to the Patna High Court, Bihar Government has said that it is committed to “respectful representation” of transgender people in public employment, and…

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Added on: 03/01/2021

Malaysian man wins landmark challenge against Muslim gay sex ban

02/26/2021

The Federal Court of Malaysia has ruled that the state of Selangor has no power to uphold a shariah law that declares it an offense to engage…

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Added on: 02/28/2021

Global Trends in LGBT Rights During the Covid-19 Pandemic

02/24/21

It’s impossible to evaluate what the year 2020 looked like from the perspective of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people’s rights without recognizing how Covid-19 put a…

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Added on: 02/27/2021

The difficulties of being gay in Iran

2/26/21

Police in Iran enter a young man’s apartment looking for signs of “misconduct.” They rummage through his laundry and check his computer. The young man, who goes…

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Added on: 02/26/2021

Malaysian man wins landmark challenge against Muslim gay sex ban

02/25/2021

KUALA LUMPUR (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – A Malaysian man on Thursday won a landmark court challenge against an Islamic ban on sex “against the order of nature”,…

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Added on: 02/26/2021

South Korean Gay Couple Sues National Health Insurer

02/25/2021

A South Korean gay couple sued the state health insurer over canceling coverage based on sexual orientation last week, an activist group told the Yonhap news agency….

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Added on: 02/25/2021

American anti-trans activist invited to give Singaporeans a ‘better understanding’

02/24/2021

An American doctor who believes transgenderism as a “myth” and has supported the forced “conversion” of homosexuals has been invited to lead a discussion of the issue…

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Added on: 02/24/2021

Homophobia soared in Israel amid coronavirus lockdowns

02/23/2021

LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Homophobia and transphobia surged by 27% in Israel during the COVID-19 pandemic, as lockdowns trapped gay and transgender people at home with…

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Added on: 02/23/2021

Netanyahu, long a supporter of LGBTQ rights, courts homophobes and racists in bid to cling to power

02/22/2021

Tel Aviv, Israel (CNN)On the smorgasbord of Israeli politics there’s a democratic advantage in offering something for everyone. But when elections here are finely balanced, voters are…

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Added on: 02/23/2021

What Seoul mayor candidates have to say on LGBTQ festival

02/22/2021

The issue of LGBTQ rights has come to the fore again in South Korea’s political circles, sparked by the recent remarks from one of the leading candidates…

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Added on: 02/22/2021

Indonesia’s Controversial Conversion Therapy

02/21/2021

Just last month, Kristen Antoinette Gray, an American tourist, and her girlfriend were deported from the Indonesian resort island of Bali after her tweet that celebrated the…

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Added on: 02/21/2021

Abuse and hate speech against LGBTI people rises across Europe and Central Asia

2/21/21

There has been a “stark rise” in abuse and hate speech against LGBTI people in the Europe and Central Asia region, including from politicians, says a new…

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Added on: 02/21/2021

Conversion therapy survivors sent horrifying messages offering to ‘help make them normal’

2/21/21

LGBT+ activists in Indonesia have reportedly been harassed by an Instagram account offering conversion therapy for “individuals who are confused about their sexual identity”. The account, which…

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Added on: 02/21/2021

Yokkao Founder Philip Villa Supports Transgender Fighter Nong Rose in Fight for Inclusivity

2/21/21

Thai trans woman Muay Thai fighter, Nong Rose Baan Charoensuk is on a mission to strive for transgender rights in Thailand and around the world. She now…

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Added on: 02/20/2021

Why Jammu’s transgender community hit the streets in protest

2/19/21

Several groups of the community came together at Bikram Chowk on January 21, 2021 to take out a nude protest. Four transgender persons were allegedly abudcted and…

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Added on: 02/20/2021

Myanmar LGBTQ protesters take to streets against military coup

2/19/21

A group of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer/questioning (LGBTQ) protesters rallied on Yangon’s streets against the military coup and ousting of elected leader Aung San Suu…

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Added on: 02/16/2021

UN Expert Raises Alarm Over Reports Of LGBT Child ‘Torture’ In Iran

02/15/2021

The UN’s special rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Iran has expressed concern over reports that the country has subjected lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender…

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Added on: 02/15/2021

Plight of marginalised : Trans community gets vocational training

02/14/2021

For transgender person, Bali Jetty, learning the art of embroidery brought gradual respite from the banality of the stereotypical roles. Unfortunately, the transcendence proved to be short-lived…

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Added on: 02/15/2021

How to come out when ‘gay’ isn’t in your language? LGBT website provides translation resources for sexual minorities in Asia

02/14/2021

When 13-year-old Tien wants to tell his mother he’s gay, he goes to the library. But he quickly realises there aren’t any appropriate words for homosexuality in…

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Added on: 02/13/2021

Discharged transgender soldier struggles to make a return

2/12/21

Byun Hee-soo, South Korea’s first transgender soldier, who was discharged from the military last year after undergoing gender reassignment surgery, is battling her way back into the…

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Added on: 02/13/2021

BlueCity Launches Campaign for Greater LGBTQ Acceptance Among Families in China during Chinese New Year

2/12/21

BlueCity, a world-leading LGBTQ community platform providing a full suite of services to foster connections and enhance the well-being of the LGBTQ community, launch the “Let Love…

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Added on: 02/13/2021

Iran’s use of electric shocks on LGBT+ children is torture and ‘echoes treatment by the Nazis’

02/12/2021

A United Nations report found the Islamic Republic of Iran imposed electric shock torture on LGBT+ children, among other human rights violations. British LGBT+ campaigner Peter Tatchell…

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Added on: 02/11/2021

‘We all know what we’re facing’: divided Myanmar unites against coup

02/10/2021

The Myanmar military took power last week on the promise of “restoring eternal peace” to a country riven by seven decades of ethnic conflict. Since the takeover…

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Added on: 02/09/2021

Thailand Is Not the LGBTQ Paradise We Think It Is

02/08/2021

Thailand is consistently hailed as one of the most LGBTQ-friendly countries in the world. It holds international transgender beauty pageants, offers quality gender reassignment surgery, and was…