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Added on: 10/24/2019

Taiwan: What’s next after marriage equality?

Taipei Times
10/24/2019
When the annual Taipei LGBT Pride sets off from City Hall on Saturday, it promises to be an especially joyful occasion. With the legalization of marriage equality…
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Added on: 10/23/2019

How PrEP is changing safe sex practices for India’s LGBTQ community

News Minute
10/22/2019
The dating, hook-up and relationship-seeking culture in the LGBTQ community has always had its own secret set of codes that allowed its members to navigate this dicey…
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Added on: 10/23/2019

LGBT In Turkmenistan: Go To Jail Or Live A Lie

Radio Free Europe
10/22/2019
To his friends and colleagues in Turkmenistan, Kamil is a successful cardiologist working at a prestigious clinic and an eligible bachelor from a well-connected family. Only a…
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Added on: 10/20/2019

The challenge of adolescent SRH services in Bangladesh

Daily Star
10/20/2019
The adolescent population (between the ages of 10 and 19) covers more than one-fifth of the total population of Bangladesh, which consists of approximately 36 million in…
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Added on: 10/18/2019

Hong Kong court turns down first judicial challenge for same-sex marriage but urges government to review policies

South China Morning Post
10/18/2019
A Hong Kong court on Friday turned down the city’s first judicial challenge for same-sex marriage and civil union partnerships, but urged the government to “undertake a…
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Added on: 10/17/2019

UN Body Urges South Korea to Improve Sexuality Education

Human Rights Watch
10/16/2019
The United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child is urging South Korea to revamp its sexuality education curriculum to cover age-appropriate topics like pregnancy, HIV/AIDS,…
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Added on: 10/17/2019

Bans, censors, jail: perfect storm for gay arts in Singapore?

Reuters
10/16/2019
Homosexuality is banned in Singapore and arts are strictly censored – yet performers say the tough line helps foment a thriving, LGBT+ cultural scene in this conservative…
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Added on: 10/16/2019

India’s HIV-positive trans people find ‘new strength’ in technology

Reuters
10/15/2019
Shoved, cursed and ridiculed, Nisha’s hospital visits were always stressful as a transgender woman and got worse after she was diagnosed as HIV-positive. But a new app…
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Added on: 10/15/2019

LGBT Issues Get a Push From India Firms a Year After Key Ruling

Bloomberg News
10/14/2019
In the year since India’s Supreme Court issued a landmark ruling that decriminalized homosexuality, Deutsche Bank vice-president Ketty Avashia has noticed a small yet important shift toward…
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Added on: 10/14/2019

Transman anchors Malayalam news show

Times of India
10/14/2019
For someone who aspired to be a journalist, Hrithik M (27), was living the dream. When Jeevan TV telecast its weekly roundup, ‘Azhchavattom’ with Hrithik as news…
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Added on: 10/13/2019

‘The protagonist’s identity of marginalised gay Muslim Afghan refugee is definitely mine’

Scroll.in
10/12/2019
August 22, 2013 was an important day in Afghan history, and also in Nemat Sadat’s life. Sadat was the first person from Afghanistan to come out, through…
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Added on: 10/05/2019

Japanese MP makes waves by linking same-sex marriage to revising constitution

Reuters
10/04/2019
A conservative ally of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has called for discussion on revising Japan’s constitution to allow same-sex marriage, annoying colleagues in the ruling party who…
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Added on: 09/30/2019

Devi Durga to click photos, LGBT people draw graffiti in Kolkata puja

India TV News
09/29/2019
From Goddess Durga clicking a photograph of a visitor with an AI smart camera in one puja marquee, to drawing of traditional ‘alpana’ before the idol by…
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Added on: 09/29/2019

Beirut Pride organizers cancel opening event after threats

Reuters
09/26/2019
Organizers of Beirut Pride said they have canceled the event’s opening concert after threats meant they could not guarantee the safety of attendees at Lebanon’s third annual…
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Added on: 09/28/2019

Gay man’s murder raises questions over Uzbek human rights reforms

Reuters
09/27/2019
The murder of a gay man in Uzbekistan has cast the spotlight on the treatment of LGBT+ people in the country and raised questions over government reforms…
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Added on: 09/26/2019

LGBT activist and retired GP Roy Tan files new court challenge against Section 377A

Straits Times
09/25/2019
An activist for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) rights, who is a retired general practitioner, has filed a new court challenge against Section 377A of the…
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Added on: 09/25/2019

Thousands protest against Indonesian bill to ban extramarital sex

Asia One
09/24/2019
Thousands of students protested at rallies across Indonesia on Monday against a new criminal code that would outlaw sex outside marriage and gay sex, as lawmakers met…
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Added on: 09/24/2019

Pop-up venue Pride House opens in Tokyo for LGBT fans ahead of 2019 Rugby World Cup

Japan Times
09/20/2019
As the Rugby World Cup got underway Friday, a pop-up venue for LGBT and other sexual minority fans opened in Tokyo, in an initiative organizers hope to…
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Added on: 09/23/2019

‘Yes, I am transgender’: Indonesian singer braves hostility in emotional video

Asia One
09/23/2019
“It has been my inner turmoil for the last two years, but today I want to be honest. The rumours that you’ve heard out there about me…
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Added on: 09/21/2019

The Plight of the LGBT Community in the Palestinian Authority and Muslim Countries

Global Diaspora News
09/20/2019
The Palestinian Authority (PA)’s violent treatment of the gay community under its rule offers a gloomy reminder of this community’s difficult situation in most Muslim countries. On…
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Added on: 09/21/2019

Indonesian president postpones plans to outlaw extramarital sex

The Guardian
09/20/2019
Indonesia’s president, Joko Widodo, has ordered his government to postpone the ratification of a deeply controversial criminal code that would outlaw living together outside marriage, extramarital sex…
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Added on: 09/20/2019

FEWER FEMALE, LGBT MEMBERS IN NEW KNESSET

Jerusalem Post
09/20/2019
The 22nd Knesset will have eight new members and nine MKs returning after a hiatus when it is inaugurated on October 3, a final count of 4,440,141…
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Added on: 09/19/2019

Myanmar’s ‘tomboys’ stride out of the shadows

Nikkei Asian Review
09/18/2019
In seventh grade, at school in a small town five hours’ drive north of Yangon, Jel Li developed a crush on another girl. Confused, she wrote her…
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Added on: 09/18/2019

Nepal’s sexual minorities say progress in rights has stalled

Times Argus
09/18/2019
Nepal seized the lead in equal rights for sexual minorities in South Asia four years ago with a new constitution that forbids all discrimination based on sexual…
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Added on: 09/16/2019

China: Discrimination against same-sex couples must come to an end

South China Morning Post
09/15/2019
Despite government commitment to equal opportunities for all, many discriminatory practices are still entrenched by policies and legislation. More often than not, the court needs to step…
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Added on: 09/15/2019

Death threats ‘broke my heart’ says popular Lebanese band singer

Reuters
09/12/2019
The lead singer of one of the Middle East’s most popular bands said on Thursday he was heartbroken by rising homophobia in Lebanon, after death threats stopped…
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Added on: 09/14/2019

Kazakhstan: Feminist Group Denied Registration

Human Rights Watch
09/13/2019
An appeals court in Kazakhstan on September 3 upheld a decision denying Feminita, a national feminist initiative, registration as a nongovernmental organization (NGO). The group’s focus includes…
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Added on: 09/13/2019

US citizen sues Japanese government for denying him long-term visa to be with husband

The Independent
09/13/2019
US citizen barred from receiving a long-term visa to live with his husband in Japan has sued the country’s government, claiming he is being denied a family…
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Added on: 09/12/2019

Indian city encouraged trans people to apply for police force. Instead of being given jobs, they were outed

Pink News
09/11/2019
Forty young transgender folk in Chhattisgarh, a state in central India, left their jobs and homes when the local government announced a recruitment drive for trans police…
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Added on: 09/11/2019

ILGA-Europe welcome landmark decision by Kazakhstan’s Supreme Court to uphold the privacy of a lesbian couple

ILGA Europe
09/04/2019
A controversial case that took a year and a half for Kazakhstan’s court system to hear has turned out to be the first legal victory for LGBTIQ…
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