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Added on: 05/05/2020

In Ganjam’s quarantine centres, no separate provision for the transgender community

05/04/2020

Due to the lack of separate arrangements for transgender persons at a quarantine centre, Prasant*, an 18-year-old transgender person, had to spend a 14-day quarantine period, till…

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Added on: 05/04/2020

Husband, father, sex worker: As adults, Afghanistan’s ‘dancing boys’ lead double lives

05/03/2020

In conservative Afghanistan, former dancing boy Farhad leads a double life; married father-of-six by day, cross-dressing dancer and sex worker by night. The practice of “bacha bazi”…

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Added on: 05/01/2020

A Court Guessed How Gay Men From Conservative Families Would React After First Having Sex. It Cost Two Men Their Refugee Status.

04/3/2020

Two young men from Pakistan who feared persecution because they were in a homosexual relationship had their refugee claims rejected because a tribunal made “illogical” assumptions about…

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Added on: 04/29/2020

How Iran’s anti-LGBT policies put transgender people at risk

04/28/2020

Despite repressive laws against homosexuality, gender reassignment surgery remains legal in Iran. But Iranians who seek sex-change operations are faced with a harsh approval process and a…

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Added on: 04/28/2020

Thailand Constitutional Court rejects marriage law petition

04/27/2020

On 31 December 2019, the Constitutional Court of Thailand decided not to accept a petition made by two LGBT couples and the Foundation for SOGI Rights and…

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Added on: 04/27/2020

Japan NGO offers same-sex ‘partnership certificates’ to address gaps in current provision

04/26/2020

About 20 companies in Japan will start accepting “partnership certificates,” issued to same-sex couples by a nongovernmental organization, from July as a way of providing employees with…

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Added on: 04/26/2020

Lesbian Indonesian singer bats away messages of hate to pen songs about acceptance of LGBT minority and respect for all

04/25/2020

Indonesian singer and songwriter Kai Mata realised, as a teenager in Jakarta, she liked women more than men – but her realisation was quickly followed by disillusionment….

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Added on: 04/26/2020

Lockdown, religion, migrant, survival, and more

04/25/2020

The good thing about this Chinese virus is that it has knocked the stuffing out of religion. Where are monotheism, polytheism, in fact theism itself? What about…

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Added on: 04/25/2020

Brunei’s stoning for ‘gay-sex’ law flies under the radar

04/24/2020

In April 2019, the words ‘Sultan’, ‘Brunei’, ‘stoning’ and ‘gay-sex’ were trending globally. Condemnation of Brunei’s death by stoning law for proven acts of liwat — consensual…

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Added on: 04/24/2020

Lesbian Couple’s Custody Case Takes China Into Uncharted Legal Waters

04/23/2020

A Chinese lesbian couple’s landmark court battle over the custody of their two children has stirred debate over LGBT rights and put a spotlight on a legal…

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Added on: 04/23/2020

Israel Shows Us the Future of Protest

04/22/2020

Rabin Square in Tel Aviv has always been a popular site for demonstration. Israelis gathered on this expansive plaza to protest the Gaza War in 2014 and…

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Added on: 04/22/2020

Court rules against Beersheba print shop that refused to serve LGBT group

04/21/2020

The Beersheba Magistrate’s Court ruled Tuesday that a local print shop must compensate an LGBT rights group after it refused to print its posters. The Aguda Association…

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Added on: 04/22/2020

One of Turkmenistan’s top showmen and entertainers has been arrested for the crime of being gay

04/21/2020

A well-known actor has been arrested in Turkmenistan for the simple crime of being gay, local media reports claim. The man, who has not been named, was…

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Added on: 04/21/2020

LGBT people in Japan worry getting coronavirus may result in outing

04/20/2020

A 34-year-old man who lives with his same-sex partner in Fukuoka, southwestern Japan, has chosen not to be open about his sexual orientation at his office. But…

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Added on: 04/20/2020

Helping others: Manado LGBT community raises funds for COVID-19 food aid

04/20/2020

The members of an LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender) community in Manado, North Sulawesi, have joined hands to raise funds and distribute relief aid to those…

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Added on: 04/16/2020

Amnesty Slams ‘Offensive’ Against Human Rights In Eastern Europe, Central Asia

04/15/2020

Many governments across Eastern Europe and Central Asia have pursued an “extensive offensive” against human rights, deploying draconian tactics and tools of the state to suppress protests,…

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Added on: 04/15/2020

Gay man forced to flee Turkmenistan after police assaulted him for being HIV-positive

04/14/2020

A gay man from Turkmenistan was forced to flee his home country after he was arrested and assaulted for being HIV-positive. Speaking to RadioFreeEurope, the 23-year-old was…

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Added on: 04/13/2020

NGO DISTRIBUTES FOOD TO TRANSGENDER COMMUNITY IN DELHI AMID LOCKDOWN

04/12/2020

The members of Mitr Trust NGO on Saturday distributed food among the transgender community in Delhi amid COVID-19 lockdown. Rudrani Chettri, NGO Director said, “Many people are…

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Added on: 04/12/2020

‘Father’ of modern Iraqi architecture dies after contracting coronavirus

04/11/2020

Rifat Chadirji, a man often referred to as the father of modern Iraqi architecture, has died after contracting coronavirus. The 93-year-old architect and photographer was living in…

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Added on: 04/09/2020

Rights monitor blasts humiliation of 3 LGBT curfew violators

04/08/2020

Authorities north of the Philippine capital “publicly humiliated” 3 members of the LGBT community who violated a curfew aimed at halting the coronavirus pandemic, a researcher for…

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Added on: 04/08/2020

Indonesia police will not bring murder charges in case of transgender woman burned to death

04/08/2020

Indonesian police said on Wednesday they would not bring murder charges against suspects accused of killing a transgender woman by dousing her with petrol and setting her…

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Added on: 04/05/2020

Hong Kong’s LGBT+ community calls for new top judge to work with them

04/04/2020

Hong Kong’s LGBT+ community urged the territory’s new top judge to work with them as they campaign for the recognition of same-sex marriage and to stop widespread…

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Added on: 04/04/2020

India: LGBT is the hardest hit group in these coronavirus times

04/03/2020

The one group of people which is always gets excluded from discussion on any subject of national importance is LGBT or Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender. The…

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Added on: 04/02/2020

Hong Kong’s LGBT+ community calls for new top judge to work with them

04/01/2020

Hong Kong’s LGBT+ community urged the territory’s new top judge to work with them as they campaign for the recognition of same-sex marriage and to stop widespread…

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Added on: 04/01/2020

Singapore: Two men file appeals against High Court decision to dismiss Section 377A challenge

03/31/2020

Two men have filed appeals against a High Court decision to dismiss their legal challenges against the law criminalising sex between men. Lawyers representing Mr Johnson Ong…

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Added on: 03/30/2020

Singapore Upholds Colonial Anti-Gay Laws: Being Gay Remains Illegal For 5.7M People

03/30/2020

Singapore’s High Court today ruled to uphold the criminalisation of homosexuality, the Human Dignity Trust have confirmed. The decision would have overturned an anti-gay colonial law instated…

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Added on: 03/26/2020

Malaysian LGBT podcast hosts on being queer in a conservative society

03/25/2020

“One episode that stands out to this day involved an interview with a person who participated in chemsex,” the Malaysian podcast host known as J says when…

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Added on: 03/26/2020

India’s ‘invisible’ trans community struggles as coronavirus shuts life down

03/25/2020

India’s coronavirus lockdown leaves transgender people at heightened risk of poverty and ill health because they exist on the margins of society, eking out a living through…

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Added on: 03/23/2020

These South Korean women went abroad to get married. Then one spoke out at home, and the backlash began.

03/22/2020

Kim Kyu-jin doesn’t describe herself as an activist. That’s a label that tends to scare people in South Korea’s conformist society. She sees herself as just a…

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Added on: 03/22/2020

Gay YouTuber takes aim at Indonesia’s ‘sexual deviant’ bill

03/21/2020

An Indonesian YouTube star, whose videos about being gay and living with HIV have generated millions of views, is hoping his popular channel will help fight moves…