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Added on: 11/28/2020

Gay veterans in Germany to be eligible for compensation as nation deals with past discrimination

11/27/2020

Gays who faced discrimination in the German military will receive financial compensation and have their records cleared, Chancellor Angela Merkel’s cabinet decided this week in an attempt…

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Added on: 11/27/2020

Australia’s gay penguin power couple adopts second chick

11/23/2020

The gay Australian power couple that took the world by storm two years ago is welcoming a new member of their family in an episode of the…

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Added on: 11/27/2020

Climate protester who climbed Big Ben in Boris Johnson wig avoids jail

11/27/2020

A climate change protester who climbed Big Ben dressed as Boris Johnson has avoided a jail sentence. Tree surgeon Benjamin Atkinson, 44, scaled the clock tower during…

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Added on: 11/27/2020

LGBT Marching Band Is First To Perform In Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade

11/27/2020

The Lesbian & Gay Big Apple Corps (LGBAC) on Thursday became the first LGBT marching band to perform in the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. LGBAC, one of…

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Added on: 11/27/2020

Transgender Pakistanis find solace in a church of their own

11/26/2020

Pakistan’s Christian transgender people, often mocked, abused and bullied, say they have found peace and solace in a church of their own. Shunned by other churches, they…

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Added on: 11/26/2020

#EndSARS: LGBT Nigerians get extra help to cope with crisis

11/24/2020

More than a dozen LGBT Nigerians suffering from violence stirred up by #EndSARS protests have benefited from an emergency community relief program run by the LGBTIQ+ advocacy…

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Added on: 11/26/2020

New Zealand School Locked Down Over ‘Credible Threat’ To LGBT+ Student Community

11/26/2020

New Zealand’s openly gay Deputy Prime Minister Grant Robertson has shown his support on social media toward a school in the Nation’s Capital that has been sent…

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Added on: 11/26/2020

Norway outlaws hate speech against trans people

11/25/2020

LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Norway’s parliament outlawed hate speech against transgender people on Tuesday, expanding its penal code which has protected gay and lesbian people since…

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Added on: 11/26/2020

Finland’s feminist prime minister Sanna Marin comes out swinging for trans people’s right to self-identify

11/25/2020

Sanna Marin, Finland’s prime minister, has spoken out about plans to reform the Trans Act to enable trans people to legally self-identify. When asked whether she sees…

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Added on: 11/25/2020

Placement of trans woman in men’s prison inhumane, unlawful: Activists

11/25/2020

Activists have strongly condemned law enforcement officials for placing a transgender woman in a men’s detention facility, calling it an insensitive move against the special needs and…

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Added on: 11/25/2020

Russian Lawmaker, LGBT Activist Named Among World’s Most Influential Women

11/25/2020

Feminist Russian lawmaker Oksana Pushkina and prosecuted LGBT activist Yulia Tsvetkova have been named among the world’s 100 most inspirational and influential women in 2020 by the…

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Added on: 11/25/2020

First LGBT+ digital banking platform launches in United States

11/25/2020

NEW YORK (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – The first LGBT+-owned and targeted digital banking platform launched in the United States this week, part of a growing effort to…

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Added on: 11/25/2020

Argentina’s army now has a 1% transgender quota while the US still bans transgender service members

11/24/2020

While the U.S. still bans transgender people from serving in the military, a new employment quota for Argentina’s army will soon require the service’s personnel to be…

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Added on: 11/25/2020

Trump’s ban on transgender troops hurts military, former top service physicians say

11/24/2020

The Trump administration’s ban on transgender troops has harmed the military’s ability to protect the nation, according to former military surgeons general. Three top former military health…

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Added on: 11/25/2020

The House Drops a Bill That Will Require Indonesians to Turn in Gay Family Members

11/24/2020

Jakarta. A controversial bill proposed by an Islamic political party that will dictate how husbands, wives, and family members behave has stalled at the House of Representatives…

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Added on: 11/25/2020

Tasmania’s Attorney-General leaves door open to amendments to state’s landmark gender reform legislation

11/24/2020

Attorney-General Elise Archer has told a budget estimates committee she will not rule out amendments to Tasmania’s landmark transgender reforms regarding birth certificates. State Liberal parties members…

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Added on: 11/25/2020

Kenya’s LGBTQ Community Faces Increased Abuse During Pandemic

11/24/2020

NAIROBI – Kenya has acknowledged that COVID-19 restrictions are fueling cases of gender-based-violence but has been less open on abuses against the LGBTQ community. Homosexuality is illegal…

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Added on: 11/25/2020

Israel’s Gantz announces major step for LGBTQ rights

11/23/2020

Israel’s gay community recorded one of the greatest achievements of its long struggle for equal rights on Nov. 19 when Defense Minister and Alternate Prime Minister Benny…

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Added on: 11/25/2020

This Digital Posada Is All About Helping The LGBTQ Migrant Community, Who Face A Uniquely Challenging Reality

11/23/2020

With homosexuality still illegal in more than 60 countries around the world and attitudes towards transgendered people often even less welcoming, it’s obvious why so many people…

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Added on: 11/25/2020

LGBTQ support lends ‘new taste’ to Thai politics

11/24/2020

It takes Siraphob Attohi three hours to transform from a harried student into his drag queen persona Masala Bold — a wisecracking MC, who raises calls for…

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Added on: 11/24/2020

Evangelical pastor forces delay in Dominica lawsuit

11/23/2020

Conservative Christians in Dominica are seeking to torpedo a lawsuit that challenges the nation’s anti-sodomy law. Merely by requesting the right to enter the lawsuit, an evangelical…

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Added on: 11/24/2020

Trump’s ban on transgender troops hurt the military, former service surgeons general say

11/22/2020

President Trump’s order banning many transgender people from serving has eroded the military’s ability to fight and win wars by narrowing its recruiting pool and lowering morale…

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Added on: 11/24/2020

Gay couple risk 100 lashes after being attacked and dragged out of their home by mob

11/22/2020

A gay couple in Banda Aceh, Indonesia, was forcibly dragged out of their homes to a police station and now run the risk of being lashed 100…

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Added on: 11/24/2020

Slander, HIV, bias at work – Qtalk helps LGBTQ+ Nigerians

11/22/2020

Kola, a Lagos-based gay man, is deeply worried because his photograph ended up on a popular Facebook page along with accusations that he is an anti-gay blackmailer….

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Added on: 11/24/2020

Pride celebrations were held together on the North & South Poles for the first time

11/22/2020

Two years after Pride officially reached all seven continents on the globe, the first-ever Polar Pride Day was celebrated last week. People working at both poles of…

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Added on: 11/22/2020

The brutal institutions ‘transforming’ China’s LGBT, nonconformist youth

11/21/2020

In March 2018, when Huang Xiaodi turned 17, her family told her to return home to Jiangyin, in eastern China’s Jiangsu province, so they could throw a…

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Added on: 11/22/2020

Native American LGBT+ youth are at a terrifyingly high risk of suicide: ‘There’s an urgent need to de-colonise systems’

11/22/2020

New research from the Trevor Project shows that LGBT+ youth from American Indian and Alaskan Native backgrounds are 2.5 times more likely to report a suicide attempt…

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Added on: 11/22/2020

Nigeria’s First Lesbian Film Courts Controversy Ahead of Online Debut

11/22/2020

“Ife” is a love story, pure and simple, the film’s producer said. The title is taken from the word for “love” in the Yoruba language of Nigeria….

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Added on: 11/22/2020

Federal appeals court strikes down ‘conversion therapy’ bans in Florida

11/21/2020

A divided federal appeals court Friday struck down measures passed in Palm Beach County and the city of Boca Raton that blocked the controversial practice known as…

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Added on: 11/21/2020

Intersex lesbian born with testicles and a vagina insists ‘people like me are not freaks’

11/20/2020

Courtney Skaggs, 29, is genetically male but was also born with a clitoris. However, her body rejected its male hormones and she now lives as an ‘intersex…