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Added on: 04/04/2019

As India election nears, officials urge trans Indians to vote

04/02/2019

India is seeking to increase participation by its transgender citizens in the elections that are scheduled to begin April 11. Although hijra, trans, and other non-binary people…

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Added on: 04/04/2019

Gay sex now officially punishable by death by stoning in Brunei

04/03/2019

New Islamic criminal laws took effect in Brunei on Wednesday that make gay sex and adultery punishable by stoning offenders to death. The laws have triggered an…

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Added on: 04/03/2019

Lebanon urged to abolish anti-LGBT law, after military acquits soldiers on ‘sodomy’ charges

04/02/2019

Lebanon has been urged to abolish a law criminalising homosexuality after the top military prosecutor declined to prosecute a “sodomy” case. The rights group called the decision,…

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Added on: 04/03/2019

Brunei’s new anti-LGBT+ laws condemned as ‘inhuman’ and ‘draconian’ by UN

04/01/2019

A move by Brunei to punish gay sex by stoning to death has been condemned as “inhuman” by the UN. The new penal code is due to…

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Added on: 04/02/2019

Transgender guitarist strikes a different note

03/28/2019

Shika Corona strums her guitar on a Kuala Lumpur stage, the crowd dancing as she launches into a chorus, “Gender doesn’t lie between your thighs!” Shika, 42,…

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Added on: 04/02/2019

Chinese gay rights activists out to challenge censored cut of Freddie Mercury movie Bohemian Rhapsody

03/29/2019

Yanzi, founder of the Guangzhou-based LGBT Rights Advocacy of China group, this week asked Chinese film-goers what they thought about the censored version of Bohemian Rhapsody, the…

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Added on: 04/01/2019

The LGBT advocate set to be an MP

04/01/2019

Ranked 9th on the Future Forward Party (FFP) list, award-winning filmmaker and LGBT advocate Tanwarin Sukkhapisit will almost certainly become Thailand’s first transgender MP. She has been…

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Added on: 04/01/2019

Lebanon court ‘acquits military personnel’ in sodomy case

03/30/2019

Judge Peter Germanos on Saturday cleared the group of charges of committing sexual acts “contrary to nature” and declined to issue warrants for their arrest, the Daily…

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Added on: 03/31/2019

70 percent of Singaporeans disapprove of same-sex relations, study finds

03/30/2019

Almost 70 percent of people in Singapore disapprove of same-sex relationships, a recent study has found. The number of people who disapprove was highest among Singaporean Muslims,…

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Added on: 03/31/2019

Transgender band plays upbeat songs in conservative Malaysia

03/28/2019

Shika Corona strums her guitar on a Kuala Lumpur stage, the crowd dancing as she launches into a chorus, “Gender doesn’t lie between your thighs!” Shika, 42,…

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Added on: 03/30/2019

CPI-M releases manifesto, calls for anti-discriminatory bill

03/29/2019

The Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPI-M) released its manifesto in New Delhi on March 28 calling for a comprehensive anti-discriminatory bill covering the LGBTQIA+ community of…

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Added on: 03/30/2019

Taiwan to amend LGBT education law

03/27/2019

Taiwan’s education ministry has revised a 2004 law that promotes sexual orientation and gender identity education in the country’s schools. Luckily, the ministry’s proposed changes this week…

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Added on: 03/29/2019

LGBT refugee leader steps down

03/27/2019

The Organization for Refuge, Asylum & Migration’s founder and leader announced he would be stepping down from the LGBT-focused organization after a decade of advocating for queers…

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Added on: 03/29/2019

Japanese footballer comes out as gay and encourages others to do the same before Tokyo 2020

03/25/2019

Female Japanese footballer Shiho Shimoyamada has come out as gay and has encouraged other athletes to do the same before the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. The 24-year…

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Added on: 03/28/2019

First LGBT-inclusive textbooks for elementary schools in Japan

03/28/2019

Publishers of elementary school textbooks in Japan have included LGBT information in the latest editions of their books. Two out of five government-accredited publishers have included content…

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Added on: 03/27/2019

Indonesian University Censors Lesbian Love Story

03/26/2019

A student news website in Indonesia that published a story about a woman expressing her love for another young woman was ordered by university officials to shut…

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Added on: 03/27/2019

Brunei urged to halt introduction of strict new anti-LGBT+ laws

03/25/2019

Brunei must rowback on plans to implement changes to its penal code next month that could see LGBT+ people whipped or stoned to death for same-sex activity,…

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Added on: 03/26/2019

Little Mix fly the LGBT flag at Dubai concert despite strict homosexuality laws in UAE

03/25/2019

Little Mix made quite the statement during their performance in Dubai over the weekend, proudly flying the rainbow flag to support LGBT+ rights. The Shout Out To…

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Added on: 03/26/2019

Political Rocks Stars Turn Up Heat Ahead of Thai Elections

03/23/2019

From an upstart entrepreneur to a transgender person hoping to find a political voice for the LGBT community, this Sundays Thai election is proving inclusive even if…

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Added on: 03/25/2019

Seeing yourself on the big screen

03/22/2019

Shin Thant tried to create a metaphor for the experience of feeling culturally excluded and vilified on the big screen. It went like this; A transgender person…

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Added on: 03/25/2019

Thailand’s transgender politician Pauline Ngarmpring: ‘I do it for future generations’

03/21/2019

On March 24, Thai voters will elect a new parliament, which is set to end five years of direct military rule. 52-year-old Pauline Ngarmpring, a transgender candidate,…

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Added on: 03/24/2019

Malaysia seeks gay tourists, but targets its gay citizens

03/21/2019

Malaysia’s tourism industry wants the country to keep attracting the money of gay and lesbian tourists, even though Malaysia keeps cracking down on its LGBT citizens. The…

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Added on: 03/24/2019

Tomomi Inada’s uphill battle to ‘promote understanding’ of LGBT issues in Japan

03/21/2019

Tomomi Inada isn’t trying to get Japan to legalize same-sex marriage or ban discrimination against gay citizens. The conservative lawmaker just wants to “promote understanding” of LGBT…

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Added on: 03/22/2019

Justice Ministry overturns deportation order for gay Taiwanese man without visa

03/22/201

In a rare move, the Justice Ministry has revoked a deportation order for a gay Taiwanese man who remained in Japan illegally after overstaying his visa, apparently…

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Added on: 03/22/2019

Loud and proud at Arab summit

03/21/2019

Luxembourg’s openly gay prime minister, Xavier Bettel, has boldly condemned Arab countries’ conduct towards LGBT individuals – much to their dismay. Leaders from Arab countries were taken…

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Added on: 03/22/2019

Lebanon’s LGBT community is often denied healthcare, and it’s not OK

03/22/2019

With absent or inadequate sex education in school curricula, Lebanese youth are pushed to learn about sex from unreliable sources, with all the risks it entails. The…

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Added on: 03/21/2019

A Chinese Dating App for Gay Men Is Helping Them Have Kids, Too

03/20/2019

The urge to have a child hit Geng Le hard after age 35. A former cop from China’s Hebei province, he’d launched a gay dating app called Blued…

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Added on: 03/21/2019

Japan Urged to Stop Requiring Transgender People to be Sterilised

03/20/2019

Human Rights Watch has urged Japan to drop its requirement that transgender people be sterilised to have their gender changed on official documents. A 2004 law says people…

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Added on: 03/20/2019

#GoodNews: India’s First LGBT Theatre Group Launched in Kerala

03/18/2019

At the back of the temporary stage built on Queer Pride day, Prijith stands looking tense. He looks preoccupied even as he describes to journalists the new…

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Added on: 03/19/2019

Google’s queer female pi world record breaker hopes to inspire LGBT community

03/18/2019

Emma Haruka Iwao, a queer software engineer at Google, who calculated pi to a new world record, has said that she hopes her achievement will inspire others…