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Added on: 09/02/2019

Indian state bans unnecessary surgery on intersex babies

08/28/2019

An Indian state has banned sex assignment surgery on babies whose sex is not clear at birth, a health official said on Wednesday, in a first to…

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Added on: 08/31/2019

The (queer) year that was

08/31/2019

If you’re a queer Indian, the reading down of Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code (a colonial-era law that criminalised consensual adult same sex relationships) on…

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Added on: 08/31/2019

How Silicon Valley fostered India’s LGBTQ+ movement

08/31/2019

The moment I heard that Section 377 had finally fallen, I wondered if my friends Arvind and Ashok, sitting far away from India in their two-storey house…

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Added on: 08/30/2019

Indian State Bans Unnecessary Surgery for Intersex Children

08/29/2019

India’s Tamil Nadu state government has issued an executive order banning medically unnecessary surgeries on children born with intersex variations. The order comes in response to an April…

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Added on: 08/30/2019

SOGIE bill won’t spoil rights of non-LGBTQ, says former DSWD chief

08/30/2019

Rights are not rice cakes that should be divided. This was the case posed by former Social Welfare Secretary Judy Taguiwalo on Friday, as she took up…

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Added on: 08/28/2019

China’s Parliament Says No to Marriage Equality

08/23/2019

Barely three months after Taiwan solidified same-sex marriage rights, political leaders in Beijing are shutting down any discussion of extending those rights to the Chinese mainland. Zang…

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Added on: 08/28/2019

India’s Chand confident of making Olympic cut

08/22/2019

Dutee Chand, India’s first openly gay sports star, has fought many battles off the track in recent years but for the next 12 months the sprinter is…

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Added on: 08/26/2019

Israeli Arabs indicted for attempted honor killing of gay teen

08/26/2019

Three Israeli Arab men from northern Israel were indicted in Tel Aviv Sunday in connection with the stabbing of a gay teenager in Tel Aviv last month,…

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Added on: 08/26/2019

Meet Kerala, India’s First “Married” Gay Couple

08/25/2019

A gay couple in India is getting mass attention for their love. And now, the couple are being referred to as the first “married” gay couple in…

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Added on: 08/26/2019

Transgender Refugee Fears Death for Being Deported to Syria

08/25/2019

Alarming stories of terror and heartbreak continue to surface amid Turkey’s ruthless campaign to deport thousands of refugees back to Syria’s Idlib province, which faces a deadly…

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Added on: 08/24/2019

‘It’s not legal’: UN stands by as Turkey deports vulnerable Syrians

08/23/2019

When summer began, Ward’s* biggest worry was her sick boyfriend. A Syrian with a gentle voice, and all her identity documents in order, Ward thought she could…

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Added on: 08/22/2019

Duterte expressed full support for LGBTQ community in Palace meet Monday

08/20/2019

President Rodrigo Duterte has expressed his full support to the LGBTQ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer/questioning) community, neophyte Senator Christopher Lawrence ‘’Bong’’ T. Go said on…

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Added on: 08/22/2019

Palestinian Authority Bans Activities by Gay Rights Group

08/19/2019

A Palestinian gay and transgender rights group vowed on Monday to continue its activities after the Palestinian Authority police barred the group from holding events in the…

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Added on: 08/21/2019

China’s parliament rules out allowing same-sex marriage

08/21/2019

Limiting marriage to a relationship between a man and a woman will remain China’s legal position, a parliament spokesman said on Wednesday, ruling out following neighboring Taiwan…

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Added on: 08/20/2019

PA BANS LGBTQ ACTIVITIES IN WEST BANK

08/19/2019

The Palestinian Authority banned members of the Palestinian Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer (LGBTQ) community from carrying out any activities in the West Bank. The ban…

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Added on: 08/20/2019

After legal win for LGBT residents, Hong Kong Marriage Equality hopes city can follow in Taiwan’s footsteps

08/17/2019

Hong Kong’s LGBT rights activists have renewed their push for marriage equality by launching the city’s first pressure group dedicated to putting same-sex unions on the statute…

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Added on: 08/19/2019

Law needed to stop abuses vs LGBTQ

08/18/2019

A law is needed to discourage and prevent abuses against members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) community, Laguna Third District Rep. Sol Aragones…

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Added on: 08/17/2019

Watch: Nepal pride rally calls for better LGBT rights

08/16/2019

Hundreds of people gathered in Nepal’s capital on Friday for the annual gay pride parade. The participants used the event in Kathmandu to call for better rights….

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Added on: 08/16/2019

Mumbai: LGBT people raise clamour for gender-neutral laws

08/16/2019

Two city youths have decided to take the next step in the assertion of LGBT rights and have more queer-friendly laws in the country. To enable their…

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Added on: 08/14/2019

Far-right anti-gay party links LGBT, Reform Jews to Nazis

08/14/2019

A new campaign video by the Noam party, which went viral on Tuesday evening among Hebrew-speaking social media users, compares Reform Jews, left-wing activists and gay rights…

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Added on: 08/13/2019

India SC Rejects Review Plea Seeking Same-Sex Marriage

08/12/2019

The Supreme Court has dismissed a plea seeking review of its order which had rejected a petition seeking various civil rights such as same-sex marriage, adoption and…

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Added on: 08/12/2019

Gay couple in Beijing become first to take advantage of new legal rights

08/09/2019

Same-sex couples can now apply for guardianship rights. Photo: ReutersSame-sex couples can now apply for guardianship rights. A same-sex couple in Beijing have become the first in…

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Added on: 08/11/2019

Meet Mumbai’s LGBTQ heroes without capes

08/11/2019

In 2012, when the city got its first Gender Reassignment Clinic at Kolkilaben Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital, Andheri, Dr Dheeraj Kapoor, consulting endocrinologist, was one of the key…

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Added on: 08/08/2019

IDF moves to expand integration of transgender troops

08/07/2019

Israel’s army is taking into account a slow but steady growth in number of transgender soldiers going through sex change processes before or during their military service,…

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Added on: 08/06/2019

Transsexuals more acceptable in Thai society: Nida Poll

08/04/2019

Transsexual people have become more acceptable in Thai society, according to an opinion survey released on Sunday by the National Institute of Development Administration, or Nida Poll….

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Added on: 08/04/2019

Lebanon protest: Boycott festival that blocked LGBT-led band

08/03/2019

Hundreds of petitioners are urging a boycott of the upcoming Byblos International Festival because the festival cancelled a performance by the LGBT-led band Mashrou’ Leila. “Stand up…

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Added on: 08/04/2019

Qatar World Cup sponsors and broadcasters ‘risk red card’ over anti-gay laws

08/04/2019

An international risk consultancy has called on RTE and other broadcasters to put pressure on Qatar to suspend anti-homosexuality laws before the 2022 football World Cup is…

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Added on: 08/03/2019

Pinoy LGBT group in Europe rallies support for LGBT in Asia

08/01/2019

The Pride Movement in Asia has been growing over the years and 2019 has been so far a particularly historic year for LGBTQ history. This year, Taiwan…

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Added on: 08/02/2019

Police arrest 3rd suspect in Arab LGBT youth’s stabbing

08/02/2019

Police on Thursday arrested a third suspect in a stabbing last Friday in Tel Aviv that left an LGBT teen from the Arab town of Tamra seriously…

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Added on: 07/31/2019

‘We need freedom’: Sehaq, the party space for Amsterdam’s queer refugees

07/31/2019

At the dinner table, conversations bubble around people as they tuck into a three-course meal. A plethora of different nationalities and identities have pulled up a chair…