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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…

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Added on: 07/30/2019

Giving a voice to the LGBT+ community in China

07/30/2019

With the Amsterdam Pride in full swing, it’s the perfect moment to take a look at some developments in the LGBT+ community in China. We talk with…

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Added on: 07/30/2019

Gay Chinese find a place to be themselves on ‘Rainbow Cruise’ to Vietnam

07/28/2019

On the deck of a cruise ship in southern China, two grey-haired men stood in silence, shoulders touching, looking out to sea, as other passengers bustled on…

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Added on: 07/30/2019

President Joko Widodo says Islam in Indonesia is ‘tolerant’ as rights groups warn of rising fundamentalism

07/28/2019

In his first international television interview since being re-elected in May, Indonesian President Joko Widodo denied being concerned about the rise of fundamentalism in his country, saying…

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Added on: 07/28/2019

Philippines congress to re-discuss same-sex civil partnerships

07/28/2019

The Philippines is set to re-discuss allowing same-sex civil partnerships following a renewed push from Congressman Pantaleon Alvarez. Initial attempts stalled last year. The bill aims to…

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Added on: 07/27/2019

In Nepal, 1,500 citizens have changed official gender

07/25/2019

At least 1,500 members of the LGBT community in Nepal have changed their gender on official documents. Following a historic court ruling in 2007, Nepal implemented one…

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Added on: 07/27/2019

Election of gay lawmaker in Japan spurs hopes for same-sex marriage

07/24/2019

Japan’s first openly gay male lawmaker said on Tuesday he believed the country would legalize same-sex marriage, months after Taiwan became the first place in Asia to…

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Added on: 07/25/2019

Taiwan school adopts gender-neutral uniform policy

07/25/2019

Male and female students will be allowed to wear skirts at a school in Taiwan after it announced plans to drop gender-specific uniforms yesterday, a move LGBTQ…

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Added on: 07/23/2019

Indonesian city pushing for anti-LGBT law

07/22/2019

An Indonesian city of nearly two million people is planning an anti-LGBT law. The city council of Depok, not far from the capital Jakarta, is following other…

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Added on: 07/23/2019

Japan elects first openly-gay politician to national parliament

07/22/2019

Japan on Monday (22 July) elected its first openly-gay politician to the country’s national parliament. LGBTI rights activist turned lawmaker Taiga Ishikawa won a seat for the…

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Added on: 07/22/2019

Two women who fought against LGBT laws in India just came out as a couple

07/22/2019

Menaka Guruswamy and Arundhati Katju successfully challenged Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code which punishes LGBTQ+ relations. The Supreme Court lawyers opposed the draconian laws which…

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Added on: 07/22/2019

CONVERSION THERAPY BECOMES KEY TO ELECTIONS

07/22/2019

When Bayit Yehudi leader Rafi Peretz apologized for speaking in favor of conversion therapy for the LGBT community, he might have thought he had put the issue…

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Added on: 07/22/2019

Head of Islamic school for transwomen wins rights award

07/21/2019

The leader of the al-Fatah pesantren (Islamic boarding school) for transwomen, 57-year-old Shinta Ratri, has received the Front Line Defenders Award in honor of her work as…

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Added on: 07/20/2019

India introduces new trans rights bill in parliament after backlash

07/19/2019

India’s government on Friday presented a revised version of its transgender rights bill to parliament after criticism from the country’s vibrant transgender community, who said sections of…

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Added on: 07/19/2019

CONVERSION THERAPY CAN KILL: RELIGIOUS LGBT COMMUNITY MEMBERS SPEAK OUT

07/19/2019

A 20-year-old religious Zionist yeshiva student from Jerusalem, who asked to remain anonymous, said he wanted to cry when he heard Education Minister Rabbi Rafi Peretz say…

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Added on: 07/18/2019

Bullied by peers, India’s LGBT+ children drop out of schools

07/18/2019

The school bullies started by teasing six-year-old Shemba for walking in a feminine way, and graduated to stone-throwing when the transgender girl – initially raised as a…

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Added on: 07/16/2019

Star India Extends Mediclaim To Partners Of Its LGBT Employees

07/15/2019

In a major gender inclusion step, broadcasting major Star India has extended the group health insurance cover to the partners of its employees from the LGBT community….

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Added on: 07/15/2019

India’s first LGBTI job fair draws a crowd in Bangalore

07/12/2019

India’s first ever LGBTI job fair attracted a sellout crowd Friday as some of the biggest names in business lined up to interview hundreds of candidates in…

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Added on: 07/15/2019

HUNDREDS PROTEST IN TEL AVIV AFTER ISRAELI EDUCATION MINISTER PRAISES GAY CONVERSION THERAPY

07/14/2019

LGBT activists in Israel are calling for the resignation of Education Minister Rafi Peretz after he claimed gay conversion therapy could work. “I think it’s possible,” Peretz,…

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Added on: 07/14/2019

LGBT community hopes election spurs gay rights debate, legislation

07/14/2019

The LGBT community and their allies hope the upcoming upper house election will help advance the national discussion on LGBT rights in Japan and lead to legal…