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Added on: 08/04/2024

Thailand’s historic marriage equality laws may spark a ‘pink baht’ boom

ABC
08/03/2024
Niar Ibrahim Rose came to Thailand in search of knowledge; instead, she found her identity. While living in Thailand, the Indonesian scientist came out as trans and…
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Added on: 08/03/2024

Ageing in the shadows: Nepal’s LGBTQIA+ seniors face a silent crisis

Kathmandu Post
08/03/2024
In mainstream media, movies, and celebratory events like pride parades, the focus is often on young LGBTQIA+ individuals, leaving the elderly community in the shadows. This invisibility…
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Added on: 08/03/2024

Supreme Court notice on plea to allow blood donation by gay

Bangalore Mirror
08/03/2024
Supreme Court on Friday issued a notice to the central government and others on a plea challenging rules that prevent blood donation by gay men, transgender persons…
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Added on: 08/02/2024

Thailand’s tolerance questioned as LGBT+ people fight for recognition in workplace

Benar News
08/01/2024
Natthineethiti “Nikki” Phinyapincha dreamed of landing a job with an international hotel chain in Thailand, when she returned from Switzerland with a master’s degree in tourism about…
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Added on: 08/01/2024

Nepal Supreme Court Rules Trans Woman Is a Woman

Human Rights Watch
07/31/2024
The Supreme Court of Nepal has ruled that Rukshana Kapali, a transgender woman, should be legally recognized on all documents as a woman without having to submit to…
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Added on: 08/01/2024

Kazakhstan: Reject rights-violating petition, say UN experts

ReliefWeb
07/31/2024
GENEVA – The Government of Kazakhstan should reject a petition it is considering that calls for legislation that would violate freedoms of expression, peaceful assembly and association…
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Added on: 07/31/2024

For trans youth, working in corporate India is a losing battle

Scroll.in
07/30/2024
It was a smoggy November morning in 2023. At the Gurugram shelter run by the Transgender Welfare Equity and Empowerment Trust, Ajay*, a trans man in his…
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Added on: 07/28/2024

Man ‘held in psychiatric hospital’ after trying to set up Pakistan’s first gay club

PinkNews
07/27/2024
A man is reportedly being held in a psychiatric institution by local authorities after attempting to create Pakistan’s first gay club. The individual, who has not been…
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Added on: 07/23/2024

‘A big F’: LGBTQ+ groups disappointed with Marcos SONA

Rapler
07/23/2024
LGBTQ+ groups are disappointed with President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s third State of the Nation Address (SONA) as he did not mention equal rights as a priority issue…
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Added on: 07/23/2024

Israel LGBTQ+ Medical Society launches course on transgender-friendly protocols

Times of Israel
07/22/2024
When Y. J. Chichester Salant, a 27-year-old trans woman, went to an ENT doctor in Tel Aviv because of a serious upper respiratory infection, one of the…
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Added on: 07/22/2024

Police advice to LGBTQ+ individual to avoid public restrooms ruled as rights violation

The Korea Times
07/21/2024
A court has ruled that police advising an LGBTQ+ individual, who was undergoing the process of gender correction and changing their resident registration number, to avoid using…
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Added on: 07/22/2024

From fear to freedom: LGBTQ+ migrants seek safe haven in Germany

MSN
07/21/2024
Faced with rape threats, forced conversion therapy, and the necessity to flee their homeland, four queer individuals share their experiences with DW. “The Russian police threatened to…
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Added on: 07/22/2024

Bangladesh Supreme Court sets aside government jobs for third-gender people

Erasing 76 Crimes
07/21/2024
The Supreme Court of Bangladesh ruled today that 1 percent of government jobs must be set aside for third-gender people and those with physical challenges. The human rights…
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Added on: 07/21/2024

‘Better days’ ahead for South Korea LGBTQ couples after landmark ruling

Manila Times
07/20/2024
When South Korea was run by a military-backed authoritarian government in the 1970s, a “coffee house” where lesbians secretly gathered was an easy target. The country has…
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Added on: 07/20/2024

Marriage equality comes to Aruba and Curacao; South Korea sees progress on LGBTQ unions

Gay City News
07/19/2024
The global push to recognize the rights of LGBTQ couples continued in separate parts of the world this month when the Dutch Supreme Court ordered the legalization…
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Added on: 07/17/2024

Tel Aviv backs housing for transgender community with support from religious factions

The Jerusalem Post
07/16/2024
The Tel Aviv City Council has approved a proposal by council member Reut Nagar to consider allocating part of the city’s affordable housing project to the transgender…
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Added on: 07/17/2024

We Are Being Killed’: A Gay Man Forced To Escape Turkmenistan

Radio Free Europe Radio Liberty
07/16/2024
David Omarov, a native of Turkmenistan, says he was arrested and tortured there for being gay — a crime under the country’s repressive regime. He was also…
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Added on: 07/13/2024

Osaka Court Again Overturns Asylum Denial for LGBTQ Refugee

Unseen Japan
07/12/2024
Is Japan warming up to refugees? An Osaka court has overturned a denial of a gay man’s request for asylum – the second time it’s done so….
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Added on: 07/12/2024

Court in Japan allows transgender woman to officially change gender without compulsory surgery

ABC News
07/11/2024
TOKYO — A Japanese high court has approved a legal gender change for a transgender woman without requiring compulsory gender-affirming surgery, a step that LGBGQ+ groups on Thursday…
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Added on: 07/11/2024

Kazakhstan Should Reject Attempt to Curtail LGBT People’s Rights

Human Rights Watch
07/10/2024
In June, Kazakhstan’s Ministry of Culture and Information said it was reviewing a petition, “We Are against Open and Hidden LGBT Propaganda in Kazakhstan!” initiated by the head…
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Added on: 07/10/2024

Isolated by their ‘allies,’ LGBTQ Jews gather to parse Pride’s anti-Israel leanings

The Times of Israel
07/09/2024
Leah Forester knows what rejection feels like. When the Orthodox Jewish comedian came out as a lesbian several years ago, her Haredi family stopped speaking to her….
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Added on: 07/08/2024

Does The New Criminal Code (BNS) Protect Men And Trans Persons From Sexual Violence?

Feminism in India
07/07/2024
Institutional understanding of sexual violence is often informed by patriarchy and misogyny. Courts, police and lawmakers are all prone to this bias. The institutionalisation of such patriarchal…
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Added on: 07/08/2024

Website tracks legal rights for trans people in Middle East and North Africa

Erasing 76 Crimes
07/07/2024
The Cairo 52 Legal Research Institute has unveiled the MENA Trans Archive, a new, free online archive focused on legal and sharia-law information for trans people living in…
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Added on: 07/06/2024

Push toward anti-‘gay propaganda’ laws in two former Soviet republics

Erasing 76 Crimes
07/05/2024
Two former Soviet republics are considering Russian-style anti-LGBTQ laws. Neither the nation of Georgia nor that of Kazakhstan is considering criminalizing same-sex intimacy, but both are dealing…
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Added on: 07/04/2024

Courage amid crisis: Gendered impacts of the coup and the pursuit of gender equality in Myanmar

ReliefWeb
07/02/2024
GENEVA (2 July 2024) – The military coup was a devastating setback for gender equality in Myanmar and has left women, girls, and LGBT people acutely vulnerable…
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Added on: 07/01/2024

Can Japan’s First Same-Sex Dating Reality Show Change Hearts and Minds?

The New York Times
06/03/2024
Japan is the only country among the world’s wealthiest democracies that has not legalized same-sex unions. Few celebrities are openly gay. Conservative groups oppose legislative efforts to protect the L.G.B.T.Q. community. But now,…
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Added on: 07/01/2024

Assam Trans Student Ousted From School Due To Bikini Photos, Sparks Outcry

News 24
06/30/2024
“My daughter, born in a male body but identifying as a girl, didn’t choose this difficult life where she faces bullying and hatred for being herself. A…
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Added on: 06/28/2024

How a Neighborhood in Kathmandu Became a Haven for LGBTQ+ People

Global Press Journal
06/27/2024
If you take a walk in Lazimpat, here is what you might see: narrow streets buzzing with life, cozy cafes filled with laughter and lively conversations, and…
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Added on: 06/27/2024

Pride Month is a secret celebration in Bangladesh

Voice of America
06/26/2024
DHAKA, BANGLADESH — Pride Month, the monthlong celebration of LGBTQ+ culture and rights, is not publicly celebrated in Bangladesh, a Muslim-majority country where same-sex relationships are illegal under…
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Added on: 06/26/2024

A US officiant marries 10 same-sex couples in Hong Kong via video chat

Associated Press
06/26/2024
Ten same-sex couples got married in the United States over the internet from Hong Kong, a semi-autonomous southern Chinese city that does not formally recognize such unions…
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