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Added on: 07/07/2020
07/06/2020
The global fight against AIDS was faltering even before the COVID-19 pandemic, and this newly-emerged viral disease is now threatening to put progress against HIV back by…

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Added on: 07/04/2020
07/03/2020
President Vladimir Putin on Friday mocked the U.S. embassy in Moscow for flying a rainbow flag to celebrate LGBT rights, suggesting it reflected the sexual orientation of…

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Added on: 07/01/2020
06/30/2020
Before it was renowned as a party, Pride was (and still is) a protest movement built out from the Stonewall riots. Stonewall couldn’t have happened without Black…

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Added on: 06/28/2020
As thousands of people marched in support of Pride and racial justice globally this weekend, many demonstrators called for an end to often-overlooked racism within the LGBT+…

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Added on: 06/27/2020
06/26/2020
TikTok “MyPride” was intended to virtually “celebrate the diverse and incredible LGBT+ creator community on TikTok” during Pride Month. The event, held via Zoom on Thursday (June…

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Added on: 06/25/2020
06/24/2020
US President Donald Trump is facing criticism for hosting Poland’s president at the White House days before his visitor faces a tougher than expected fight for re-election….

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Added on: 06/18/2020
06/17/2020
In 2017, Sarah Hegazi was arrested and said she was tortured for waving a rainbow gay pride flag at a concert in Cairo. Last weekend, the 30-year-old…

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Added on: 06/17/2020
06/16/2020
Much progress has been made in attitudes towards sexual equality and gender identity – but in many places a dramatic backlash by conservative forces has followed. On…

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Added on: 06/16/2020
06/15/2020
Clearly, most people will know about SpongeBob, but do you think you should give a bit of basic info for the odd reader who has, say, been…

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Added on: 06/11/2020
06/10/2020
With the Covid-19 pandemic still ongoing, hundreds of pride events have been cancelled across America. But the celebrations will continue online. There will be digital parties but…

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Added on: 06/10/2020
06/08/2020
Calls are growing for police to be banned from marching in Pride parades and for the LGBT+ events to return to their roots as rebellions against police…

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Added on: 06/06/2020
06/05/2020
Pride Month began Monday. Many in the LGBTQ community, however, were unsure how to celebrate without overshadowing the ongoing nationwide protests over racial injustice spurred by the…

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Added on: 06/04/2020
06/03/2020
Alt-right 4chan users plan to belabour LGBT+ people’s social media accounts, as well as boycott and assail companies that run Pride campaigns throughout Pride Month, as part…

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Added on: 06/03/2020
06/02/2020
World leaders, human rights activists, international musical acts and drag queens will participate in a 24-hour online celebration of gay pride organized after the coronavirus pandemic forced…

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Added on: 06/02/2020
06/01/2020
As widespread protests over racial injustice roiled the country, LGBT+ campaigners on Monday, the start of the annual Pride month, called for a return to the rebellious…

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Added on: 06/02/2020
06/01/2020
Grindr responded to yearslong accusations of racism levelled at the dating app popular among queer folk for its premium “ethnicity feature” by removing it altogether. For years,…

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Added on: 06/01/2020
05/31/2020
Family members are often the main perpetrators of abuse against lesbians, bisexual women and transgender people, according to a major global report published on Monday. The study…

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Added on: 05/30/2020
05/29/2020
Social media users have been sharing posts online that falsely imply the LGBTQ community is accepting of “pedosexuals”. There are different versions of the posts, but most…

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Added on: 05/24/2020
05/23/2020
The United States and South Korea sit on opposite ends of the spectrum when it comes to the successful containment of COVID-19. As South Korea enters its…

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Added on: 05/22/2020
05/22/2020
It started with headaches then came nausea and diarrhea. Within two weeks, gay Ugandan barber Eric had became so weak without his HIV medication he could not…

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Added on: 05/22/2020
05/21/2020
Six in 10 gay and lesbian Europeans avoid holding hands with same-sex partners in public, and over half of LGBTQ people in Europe are almost never open…

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Added on: 05/19/2020
05/18/2020
Iraqi Shia cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, who is head of the Sadrist Movement and the Saraya al-Salam militia, said in March: “One of the most appalling things that…

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Added on: 05/19/2020
05/18/2020
LGBT+ people around the world are facing a humanitarian crisis. And COVID-19 risks decimating the organizations they rely on for support. UK-based international LGBT+ charity, the Kaleidoscope…

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Added on: 05/18/2020
05/17/2020
Arriving in New Zealand to start my doctorate in 2017, I immediately sensed it was a more welcoming environment for LGBT people than my home country. On…

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Added on: 05/18/2020
05/17/2020
It’s still illegal to be LGBT+ in 70 countries, and you could be given the death penalty in 12, as the world marks 30 years since “homosexuality”…

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Added on: 05/17/2020
May 17 is International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia. First observed in 2004, the day was designed to focus “attention on the violence and discrimination experienced…

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Added on: 05/15/2020
05/14/2020
Lawmakers around the world have proposed new legislation to ban ‘conversion therapy’ – attempts to change a person’s sexual orientation or gender identity. In Canada, for example,…

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Added on: 05/10/2020
The Russian Imperial Movement (RIM), a white supremacist group based in St. Petersburg, is increasingly expanding its outreach beyond Russia through the establishment of transnational networks with…

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Added on: 05/10/2020
In February, 27-year-old Sharni Edwards and Robyn Peoples, 26, became the first gay couple to legally marry in Northern Ireland. The country is the world’s latest to…

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Added on: 05/09/2020
05/08/2020
Scores of volunteers from LGBT groups in Taiwan embarked on a signature campaign Saturday to petition the government on laws that restrict same-sex marriage between couples from…