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Added on: 11/02/2023

Where Do Trans Rights Stand in Taiwan After Same-Sex Marriage Legalization?

11/02/2023

An estimated 5,000 people gathered in Ximending on the evening of October 27 for the fifth annual Taiwan Trans March, making it the largest Trans March to…

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Added on: 10/31/2023

Malaysia to require kill switch at concerts after The 1975’s LGBTQ rant, same-sex kiss

10/30/2023

Malaysia has begun demanding that concert organisers install a kill switch to “cut off electricity supply if there is any unwanted incident” after members of British band…

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Added on: 10/30/2023

Gay groups in India wrestle with court’s ‘landmark failure’ on marriage equality

10/29/2023

“We have been fighting for long and will keep doing so,” said Anjali Gopalan, one of the petitioners after a five-judge bench threw out the appeals. “This…

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Added on: 10/28/2023

This country will be the first in Southeast Asia to legalize same-sex marriage

10/27/2023

Prime Minister (PM) Thailand Srettha Thavisin next week will submit a bill (RUU) legalizing same-sex marriage. This move will make Thailand the first country in the region…

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Added on: 10/27/2023

Parliament Panel May Tell Government To Criminalise Adultery Again

10/26/2023

New Delhi: A parliamentary committee is likely to recommend re-criminalisation of the adultery law and criminalisation of non-consensual sex between men, women and/or trans members, as part of an…

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Added on: 10/27/2023

South Korean court upholds ban on gay sex in military, in setback for LGBTQ community

10/26/2023

Seoul, South KoreaCNN — South Korea’s Constitutional Court has upheld a law banning same-sex relations in the military, citing a threat to combat-readiness, in a judgment decried by the…

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Added on: 10/27/2023

Japan’s Top Court Strikes Down Required Sterilization Surgery to Officially Change Gender

10/26/2023

Japan’s Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled that a law requiring transgender people to undergo sterilization surgery in order to officially change their gender is unconstitutional, a landmark…

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Added on: 10/26/2023

LGBTQ+ hopes high in Japan as top court to rule on trans surgery law

10/24/2023

TOKYO, Oct 24 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – An unprecedented ruling by a Japanese court this month is buoying hopes in the transgender community that a national law…

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Added on: 10/26/2023

India’s LGBTQ community battles same-sex marriage ‘heartbreak’ from court

10/24/2023

New Delhi, India – In the summer of 2018, three bodies were recovered from the Sabarmati River in Ahmedabad, a sprawling city in western India’s Gujarat state….

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Added on: 10/25/2023

China’s biggest gay dating app wants to beat Grindr

10/23/2023

To Thitiwatt “Pete” Sirasjtakorn, the gay dating app Blued offers more than hookups. Struggling with depression, a recent breakup, and the stigma that came with his HIV…

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Added on: 10/25/2023

Japan Court To Make Landmark Transgender Decision

10/24/2023

Japan’s top court will decide Wednesday on the legality of requiring transgender people to be sterilised in order to change their legal gender. Under rules introduced in…

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Added on: 10/24/2023

Sometimes it’s vote of conscience: CJI on judgement on queer couples

10/23/2023

Chief Justice of India (CJI) DY Chandrachud on Monday said he stands by his minority judgement in favour of civil unions of queer couples, as sometimes it…

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Added on: 10/23/2023

Growing number of Japan municipalities ban outing LGBT individuals

10/22/2023

A growing number of Japanese municipalities have introduced ordinances banning the outing, or revealing, of a person’s sexual orientation or gender without their consent, researchers and officials…

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Added on: 10/23/2023

Partner of fallen LGBTQ IDF soldier decries inequality, Knesset speaker intervenes

10/22/2023

The tragic story of Captain (res.) Sagi Golan, a soldier in the special forces counter-terrorism unit who fell in the battle over kibbutz Be’eri, highlights the absurdity…

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Added on: 10/21/2023

LGBTQ+ Afghans plead with United Nations to investigate horrific Taliban abuses: ‘End the silence’

10/20/2023

Rainbow Afghanistan, a grassroots organisation that campaigns for LGBTQ+ rights in Taliban-controlled Afghanistan, has hit out at the UN and other human rights organisations for ignoring their…

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Added on: 10/21/2023

In Gaza, ‘Queering the Map’ Reveals Heartbreaking Notes of LGBT Love and Loss

10/20/2023

These days, it’s not easy for anyone living in Gaza. Hardly any safe refuge can be found amid Israel’s unrelenting airstrikes of the territory in retaliation to…

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Added on: 10/21/2023

India to consider more LGBTQ rights but not legalising same-sex marriage, sources say

10/20/2023

India will consider giving equal financial rights and legal protection to the LGBTQ community but legalising same-sex marriage is not on the agenda despite the Supreme Court…

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Added on: 10/20/2023

Same-sex marriage: LGBTQ+ Indians vow to fight on after setback

10/17/2023

NEW DELHI/MUMBAI, Oct 17 (Openly) – LGBTQ+ Indians pledged on Tuesday to keep fighting for marriage equality after the Supreme Court declined to legalise same-sex weddings, but said…

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Added on: 10/20/2023

Jakim stand on LGBT community consistent, says Mohd Na’im

10/19/2023

KUALA LUMPUR: The Department of Islamic Development Malaysia (Jakim) has been consistent on its stand about the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community, says Datuk Dr…

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Added on: 10/19/2023

Marriage Equality Hits a Challenge in Nepal

10/18/2023

Two lower courts in the Himalayan country of Nepal have defied the country’s Supreme Court and refused to issue a marriage license to a couple. The couple, a transgender woman and…

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Added on: 10/19/2023

Unpacking Indian Supreme Court’s verdict on same-sex marriage

10/18/2023

India’s top court has declined to grant legal recognition to same-sex marriages, drawing criticism from LGBTQ rights activists, who dubbed the verdict “regressive”. “The court has failed its…

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Added on: 10/18/2023

Hong Kong court rules that gay couples get equal housing rights

10/17/2023

A Hong Kong court on Tuesday dismissed a government bid to deny same-sex married couples the right to rent and own public housing saying that it was…

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Added on: 10/18/2023

India’s Supreme Court refuses to legalize same-sex marriage, says it is up to govt

10/17/2023

India’s top court on Tuesday refused to legalize same-sex marriages, passing the responsibility back to Parliament in a ruling that disappointed campaigners for LGBTQ+ rights in the…

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Added on: 10/17/2023

Japan Court Rules Against Mandatory Transgender Sterilization

10/16/2023

A Japanese family court has ruled that the country’s requirement that transgender people be surgically sterilized to change their legal gender is unconstitutional. The ruling is the…

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Added on: 10/16/2023

India’s top court is set to rule on same-sex marriage.

10/15/2023

It wasn’t love at first sight when Aditi Anand met Susan Dias at a book club in Mumbai. “We didn’t get along with each other at all,”…

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Added on: 10/12/2023

Nepal Courts Refuse to Register Same-Sex Marriages

10/11/2023

Two lower courts in Nepal have denied a couple recognition of their marriage, in defiance of the Supreme Court’s recent interim order to register same-sex marriages while legislative change is…

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Added on: 10/10/2023

An American LGBTQ+ activist who fled Israel during Hamas attacks says she never imagined feeling safer in Dubai, where being gay is a crime

10/09/2023

As an American LGBTQ+ activist, Rachael Fried never thought she would feel a sense of relief upon landing in Dubai, where homosexuality is a crime. But when…

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Added on: 10/10/2023

They’re afraid of joy’: Pakistan’s trans community fights hate

10/09/2023

Clad in a Barbie-pink shalwar kameez, influencer and doctor Mehrub Moiz Awan reels off endless examples of harassment she’s received since becoming the sharp-tongued figurehead of Pakistan’s…

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Added on: 10/09/2023

Why this Buddhist monk has become an LGBTQ+ role model in Tokyo

10/08/2023

How did you become both a monk and makeup artist? – My father is a monk and I was born in a temple in Tokyo. My parents…

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Added on: 10/04/2023

What is it like being gay in communist Vietnam?

10/03/2023

Vietnam’s queer scene is thriving with many trendy bars, vibrant cafes, underground parties, exuberant drag shows, and even a proposed law to make LGBTQ+ people more accepted….