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Medical Students Push For More LGBT Health Training To Address Disparities

01/20/2019

When Sarah Spiegel was in her first year at New York Medical College in 2016, she sat in a lecture hall watching a BuzzFeed video about what…

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Added on: 01/21/2019

Court Decisions on LGBT Rights Echo ‘A Wild Wish’

01/17/2019

More than two centuries ago Mary Wollstonecraft laid the foundations for feminist thought with a simple premise: lack of equal opportunity diminished individual self-worth and hobbled social…

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Added on: 01/21/2019

The ‘angels’ helping migrants at US-Mexico border

01/16/2019

Hugo Castro rubs his temples before joining the sea of evening rush-hour traffic that snakes all the way from San Diego to the Mexican border. The beat-up…

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Yale announced ‘non-binary’ gender option in response to Trans Rights Coalition Petition

01/18/2019

Registering as “non-binary” is now a non-issue at Yale. A November petition by the Ivy League university’s LGBT community has successfully changed the Student Information System. Students…

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Added on: 01/17/2019

LGBTI Book is Pulled From School Libraries for Not Being ‘age appropriate’

01/16/2019

A book with LGBT+ characters has been removed from libraries in elementary schools in Ottawa, Canada’s capital, for not being “age appropriate.” The Ottawa Catholic School Board quietly…

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Kelly Reinstates Protections for LGBTI State Workers in Kansas Eliminated by Brownback

01/15/2019

Gov. Laura Kelly ordered Kansas state agencies on Tuesday to again prohibit on-the-job discrimination against gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender state employees. And the first openly gay…

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New York bans gay conversion therapy, and passes historic trans protection law

01/15/2019

The state of New York has passed bills banning gay conversion therapy and adding gender identity to its anti-discrimination legislation. The state’s legislative body approved the bills on Tuesday…

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Here’s why some gay Brazilians support their country’s rabidly anti-LGBTQ president

01/13/2019

In his first week in office, newly elected Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro started actions to roll back LGBTQ rights. So it was only a matter of time before…

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Conservative group sues to block trans women from using faith-based shelter

01/13/2019

A conservative Christian group in the US has urged a district judge to block trans women from using a faith-based women’s shelter. Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF) sued…

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Added on: 01/15/2019

Countries that allow gay people to serve in army

01/12/2019

Months after Supreme Court decriminalised consensual gay sex between adults, Army chief Gen Bipin Rawat has reignited the debate around gay rights by insisting that homosexuality is…

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Added on: 01/13/2019

An evangelical group is trying to strip LGBTQ protections from an anti-lynching bill

01/11/2019

Congress is finally close to passing a bill that makes lynching a hate crime — but an evangelical group is trying to remove any reference to LGBTQ…

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Added on: 01/12/2019

Fans mourn fatal shooting of openly gay rapper Kevin Fret in Puerto Rico

01/11/2018

Fans are mourning the fatal shooting of Kevin Fret, one of Puerto Rico’s only openly urban music artists. The rapper, who was 24, was shot several times…

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Inspired by her daughter, this first-time author is shining a light on LGBT Muslim teen experiences

01/10/2019

Four weeks before the release of her debut novel, author Sabina Khan tweeted she hadn’t been sure anyone would read her story when she first began writing. “I wasn’t…

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For LGBTI People in Lebanon, They Go Through Their Own Stonewall

01/08/2019

It is reported that on the night of June 28, 1969, transgender revolutionary Sylvia Rivera, infuriated and exhausted with the way the queer community had been treated,…

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Evangelical Activists Want LGBTI People Excluded from Anti-lynching Bill

01/08/2019

Evangelical activists are pressing Republican lawmakers to strip protections for LGBT+ people from an anti-lynching bill. The Justice for Victims of Lynching Act cleared the US Senate on…

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Added on: 01/09/2019

Colorado swears in the United States’ first ever openly gay governor

01/08/2019

Jared Polis on Tuesday (8 January) was sworn in as governor of Colorado. With his inauguration, he became the state’s first Jewish governor and the country’s first openly gay…

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Added on: 01/09/2019

New asylum policy has big ramifications for Nogales, Sonora

01/07/2019

Four months after fleeing their home in El Salvador, the six members of the Meneses family arrived in Nogales, Sonora on Dec. 25 with documents ready to…

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Same-sex marriages top number of church marriages

01/04/2019

The number of same-sex marriages topped the number of marriages done in church, based on the Saipan Mayor’s Office records for January through September 2018. Saipan Tribune…

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LGBTQ Protections Now in Place for Congressional Staffers

01/05/2019

On the Democrats’ first day in power, they passed a rules package that says that bars representatives and House employees from discriminating against LGBTQ people, according to LGBTQ…

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New Jersey to introduce gender-neutral birth certificates in February

01/06/2019

New Jersey birth certificates will have the option of a third, non-binary gender starting on 1 February. Governor Phil Murphy signed this legislation, the Babs Siperstein Bill,…

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New US ambassador Kyle McCarter speaks Kiswahili, opposes gay unions

01/04/2019

On Wednesday, the United States Senate approved the appointment of former Senator Kyle McCarter as the new Ambassador to Kenya. McCarter comes to a familiar territory with…

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Life of a gay migrant: Racism exists in the LGBT community too

01/05/2019

Ireland may be known as the land of céad míle fáilte, but a report in the last months of 2018 suggests more needs to be done to…

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Camden Names Law School’s First Woman, African-American, LGBTI Co-Dean

01/02/2019

The new co-dean of Rutgers Law School in Camden is the first woman, the first African American and the first LGBT law dean at Rutgers, The State…

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Trump official plans to welcome anti-LGBT Russian politician Dmitry Rogozin

01/01/2018

A senior Trump administration official has sparked concerns over a plan to waive sanctions against extremist Russian politician Dmitry Rogozin to allow him to visit the US. Politico…

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Stanford scholar explores the history of gay rights in Germany

12/29/2018

Less than 80 years after roughly 6,000 gay men perished in Nazi concentration camps, Germany has become one of the countries mostly widely accepting of lesbian, gay,…

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Added on: 12/31/2018

Tanzania dismisses travel advisory by US

12/29/2018

Tanzania has reacted angrily to an advisory issued by the US to its citizens, against travelling to the East African country, terming the action malicious. Government spokesman…

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Canadian gay bishop marries in Toronto cathedral

12/30/2018

An Anglican gay bishop has married his partner surrounded by friends and family at a cathedral in Toronto. Bishop Kevin Robertson has married his partner Mohan Sharma at St…

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Added on: 12/30/2018

This Egyptian LGBT couple received threats post-engagement in Canada

12/28/2018

For two Egyptian women, being in a relationship without risking their lives meant traveling all the way to Canada. Soon after they arrived there, Miral Mokhtar and…

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Added on: 12/29/2018

Activists Agree With Canada Warning To Lgbtqi Community

12/28/2018

TWO LGBTQI activists yesterday agreed with Canadian government’s crime advisory warning Canadians to consider the risks of traveling to The Bahamas because homosexuality is not widely accepted….

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Added on: 12/28/2018

Trans prisoner moved to female prison after year-long court battle

12/28/2018

A trans woman prisoner has been transferred to a female prison in Illinois after a year-long court battle. Deon ‘Strawberry’ Hampton described being treated like a ‘sex slave’ while housed in multiple in male penitentiaries…