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Added on: 12/27/2019

From parades to punishments: 10 headline LGBT+ stories in 2019

12/25/2019

Millions of people joined Pride marches around the world in 2019 and gay, bisexual and transgender rights were increasingly in the spotlight, with some countries legalizing gay…

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Added on: 12/23/2019

US urges 69 nations, including Iran, to decriminalize homosexuality

12/21/2019

US Ambassador to Germany Richard Grenell and American Ambassador to the United Nations Kelly Craft used the UN bully pulpit on Wednesday to call on 69 nations,…

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Added on: 12/21/2019

Anti-gay laws in 2019: You win some, you lose some

12/20/2019

2019 has been a mixed year for opponents of the anti-gay laws that still oppress LGBTQ people in dozens of countries worldwide. During 2019, millions fewer people…

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Added on: 12/19/2019

European Assembly Blasts Polish ‘Anti-LGBT’ Zones

12/18/2019

The European Parliament on Wednesday blasted Poland for creating zones “free from any LGBTI ideology” and suggested closer attention should be paid as a result to EU…

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Added on: 12/19/2019

Anti-LGBT discrimination has a huge human toll. Research proves it.

12/18/2019

In a trio of cases heard in October, the Supreme Court weighed whether discrimination against LGBT people should be legal. Over the course of those and related…

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Added on: 12/16/2019

A guide to how gender-neutral language is developing around the world

12/15/2019

What pronoun do you use to identify yourself? He? She? They? Something altogether different? It’s a question asked increasingly often as acceptance of a spectrum of gender…

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Added on: 12/12/2019

‘God Has A New Africa’: Undercover in a US-led anti-LGBT ‘hate movement’

12/11/2019

This year, I accomplished a feat that I never thought I would: I went undercover to investigate a group that hates me. Not long after I took…

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Added on: 12/10/2019

For LGBTQ Youth, Human Rights Day Has Special Meaning

12/10/2019

“Youth Standing Up for Human Rights” — this year’s Human Rights Day theme — has particular resonance for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender youth around the world….

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Added on: 12/09/2019

Attack the OAS: Inside the ultra-conservative war on the Inter-American human rights system

12/05/2019

“The attack first started when I was president”, Margarette May Macaulay, a lawyer and former judge from Jamaica who was elected to the top post at the…

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Added on: 12/08/2019

TikTok admits it censored LGBT users in ‘wrong’ attempt to tackle online bullying

12/04/2019

Documents obtained by the German site netzpolitik.org from an anonymous source at the Chinese-owned company showed that accounts and posts from LGBT+ people, body positive advocates and…

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Added on: 12/04/2019

‘Google is no longer listening’: four fired workers file charges against tech giant

12/03/2019

The four worker-activists who were fired by Google during Thanksgiving week plan to file federal charges alleging that their former employer fired them to quash worker organizing,…

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Added on: 11/30/2019

Vogue cover spotlights Mexico’s transgender ‘muxe’ women

11/20/2019

A culture of indigenous transgender women that has been part of southern Mexico’s heritage for centuries is primed for global fashion cachet thanks to one of the…

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Added on: 11/30/2019

Latin American Human Rights Lawyers Join Forces for LGBT Rights

11/29/2019

In a gathering in Bogota, Colombia on Nov. 19, 40 human rights lawyers from across Latin America launched an innovative “Red Litigio LGBT” – an LGBT Litigation…

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Added on: 11/28/2019

U.N. awards Cyndi Lauper first social justice prize for LGBT+ work

11/27/2019

U.S. singer Cyndi Lauper, who is set to win the United Nations’ new social justice award, said on Wednesday that her drive to end LGBT+ homelessness began…

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Added on: 11/28/2019

Hungary pulls out of Eurovision amid rise in anti-LGBTQ+ rhetoric

11/27/2019

Hungary will not participate in next year’s Eurovision song contest, amid speculation the decision was taken because the competition is “too gay” for the taste of the…

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Added on: 11/27/2019

From the US to Peru, these ‘parent groups’ targeting sex education are all backed by the Christian right

11/24/2019

In the US, numerous ‘concerned parent’ and ‘mommy groups’ have taken stands against LGBTIQ justice, comprehensive sex education and ‘drag queen story hours’. But many of these…

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Added on: 11/26/2019

Survey of 167 countries shows tolerance toward LGBT people rising globally

11/25/2019

LGBT people have seen a rise in tolerance in almost every region of the world over the last decade, according to an index released on Monday. Iceland…

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Added on: 11/21/2019

LGBT advocates call for Australia to release Saudi gay journalist couple

11/20/2019

Two gay Saudi journalists, who claim they were outed in retaliation for contacts one of them had with a foreign media outlet, have been detained in Australia…

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Added on: 11/21/2019

What is International Transgender Day of Remembrance and why is it so important?

11/21/2019

Today, November 20, is the International Transgender Day of Remembrance – a day to honour and remember the many lives lost to transphobic violence. Trans allies across…

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Added on: 11/13/2019

LGBTQ acceptance grew globally over past four decades — but not everywhere

11/12/2019

The “most accepting” LGBTQ countries are becoming “more accepting,” while “the least accepting” are becoming “less accepting,” according to a recent report from The Williams Institute, a…

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Added on: 11/01/2019

ICE ALLEGEDLY DETAINING LGBT ASYLUM SEEKER IN DEFIANCE OF COURT RULING

10/31/2019

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) have allegedly been detaining an LGBT asylum seeker in defiance of a federal judge’s ruling. Darwin Garcia Portillo and his partner…

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Added on: 10/30/2019

How Alfred Kinsey armed the early gay rights movement with research

10/29/2019

There was a time when one out of every two Americans Gallup polled knew Alfred Kinsey’s name, and to gay men, lesbians, and bisexuals he was a…

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Added on: 10/28/2019

This trans intersex person explains why they didn’t need surgery to be ‘fixed’

10/27/2019

A trans intersex person has explained, in a moving opinion piece for Intersex Awareness Day (October 26), why they didn’t need surgery to be “fixed”. There are…

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Added on: 10/25/2019

Chinese-owned TikTok Bans LGBT Content Even Where Homosexuality Is Legal

10/24/2019

The draw of being a part of social media and gathering followers is the big reason for many to jump on their phones. TikTok seems to be…

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Added on: 10/24/2019

The Nations With the Highest Levels of LGBT Acceptance (and Lowest)

10/23/2019

An updated study from the Williams Institute at UCLA School of Law ranked the world’s nations by levels of LGBT acceptance. The current report updates and expands…

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Added on: 10/12/2019

International donors ‘stand with’ LGBT+ Ugandans over ‘Kill the Gays’ bill

10/11/2019

Major donors of aid to Uganda including the United States and the European Union said on Friday they were closely examining a plan by the east African…

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Added on: 10/12/2019

LGBTQ people share how they revealed their sexuality to others for International Coming Out Day

10/11/2019

For many LGBTQ people, coming out of the closet is a monumental step in their lives. The first International Coming Out Day was organised in the United…

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Added on: 10/01/2019

Pope meets U.S. priest attacked by conservatives for ministering to gays

09/30/2019

Pope Francis on Monday gave a high-profile private audience to a prominent American Jesuit priest who has been attacked repeatedly by conservative Catholics and media outlets for…

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Added on: 09/29/2019

Barbie toymaker Mattel creates gender-neutral dolls

09/25/2019

The toymaker behind Barbie launched a range of gender-neutral dolls on Wednesday which can be styled as either girls or boys, saying children were moving away from…

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Added on: 09/29/2019

TikTok censored all positive LGBT content in countries deemed conservative

09/28/2019

The social media video app TikTok has been censoring pro-LGBT+ content in some conservative countries, even if homosexuality has never been illegal there. A report by The…