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Added on: 07/03/2020

South Africa: Officials banned from ‘refusing to marry’ same-sex couples

07/01/2020

There has been a major victory for same-sex couples looking to tie the knot in South Africa, after the National Council of Provinces (NCOP) passed a rule…

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Added on: 07/03/2020

Vietnam’s ‘first trans dad’ shows LGBT+ openness and challenges

07/02/2020

When Dao Minh Khang halted his hormone therapy last year, little did he know he would quickly get pregnant and become Vietnam’s first transgender father. Khang’s pregnancy…

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Added on: 07/02/2020

Montenegro legalises same-sex civil partnerships

07/01/2020

Montenegro voted to legalise same-sex civil partnerships on Wednesday, becoming the first European country outside of Western Europe and the European Union to legally recognise gay and…

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Added on: 07/02/2020

Costa Rica Continues to Strive Towards Equality: Same-Sex Couples May Adopt Children

07/01/2020

Following the legalization of equal marriage, Costa Rica now offers same-sex couples the opportunity for joint adoption and guarantees the rights of children from homo-parental families. On…

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Added on: 07/02/2020

Pride celebrations stir tensions in Turkey

07/01/2020

This year’s LGBT Pride celebrations have exposed fault lines in Turkey as authorities called for caution against what they call LGBT propaganda, while companies who adopted rainbow…

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Added on: 07/02/2020

Trump administration wants to end another Obama-era protection for transgender people

07/01/2020

The Department of Housing and Urban Development announced Wednesday that it plans to roll back an Obama-era rule that barred federally funded homeless shelters from discriminating against…

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Added on: 07/01/2020

Iraqi news media ‘promoting hate speech’ against LGBT people

06/30/2020

Iraqi media outlets have become key promoters of “hate speech” against LGBT people, according to a new report by Iraqi LGBT rights organisation IraQueer published on Tuesday….

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Added on: 07/01/2020

‘Work to do’ as coronavirus hits LGBT+ Jamaicans hard

06/30/2020

Paris Lewinsky has been taking hormones for almost a year and is starting to grow breasts. But the transgender Jamaican’s long-held dream of physically transitioning is now…

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Added on: 07/01/2020

Despite racial marginalization, Black transgender women “at the front” of the LGBT movement

06/30/220

The 51st annual Pride Month was commemorated amidst the coronavirus pandemic and a national and international uprising against anti-Black racism and police brutality sparked by the killing…

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Added on: 06/30/2020

Gabon votes to reverse ban on homosexuality

06/29/2020

Gabon’s Senate voted on Monday to decriminalise homosexuality, a landmark result that makes the country one of the few in Africa to reverse a ban on same-sex…

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Added on: 06/30/2020

Turkey defends anti-gay tweet by head of Turkish Red Crescent

06/29/2020

Turkey defended an anti-gay tweet by the head of the Turkish Red Crescent, describing him as a victim of “LGBT propaganda” after his comments were condemned by…

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Added on: 06/30/2020

China’s LGBT couples ‘wed’ online as gay marriage push stalls

06/29/2020

Engaged for over three years, Guo and Zhu are fed up waiting for Chinese lawmakers to approve same-sex marriage — instead, they have turned online to gain…

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Added on: 06/30/2020

Philippines Police Crack Down on LGBT Protest

06/29/2020

On June 26, police in Manila arrested at least 20 people at an LGBT Pride event protesting an anti-terrorism bill that threatens rule of law in the…

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Added on: 06/29/2020

Gay, trans Brazilians pummeled by coronavirus economic crisis

06/28/2020

One in four unemployed gay and trans Brazilians has lost their job recently during the coronavirus outbreak, a survey released on Sunday found, showing the joblessness among…

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Added on: 06/29/2020

Berlin holds substitute Pride parade

06/28/2020

Despite the pandemic, over 3,500 protesters took to the streets of the German capital to support freedom for LGBT+ people. Activists said they wanted to bring attention…

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Added on: 06/29/2020

Fighting for the right to recognize same-sex marriage in Japan

06/27/2020

Ikuo Sato knows he will be in trouble if he becomes infected with COVID-19. “I’m over 60, I’ve got diabetes, I’m HIV-positive and I’m on artificial dialysis,”…

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Added on: 06/28/2020

Vietnam lotto shows just the ticket for marginalised LGBT community

06/27/2020

Each night that Nha Vy steps proudly on stage in her traditional Vietnamese ao dai, or sometimes mini dress and heels, memories grow fainter of the taunts…

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Added on: 06/28/2020

Police detains over 30 protesting LGBT activists in Moscow – monitoring group

06/27/2020

Russian police on Saturday detained more than 30 people, most of them women, who were staging separate one-person protests in central Moscow against charges of spreading pornography…

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Added on: 06/28/2020

LGBT+ Marches From London to New York Call for End to Racism

06/27/2020

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: 06/28/2020

Survey on acceptance in Indonesia gives hopes to LGBT community

06/27/2020

A recent survey about homosexuality acceptance in Indonesia has given gay and human rights activists some hope for a future where the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender…

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Added on: 06/27/2020

Dahlgren Division LGBT Pride Month Profile – Yeoman 2nd Class Joshua Kelley

06/26/2020

Yeoman 2nd Class (AW) Joshua Kelley joined the Navy in 2016 and is currently stationed at Naval Air Station Oceana Dam Neck Annex. His accomplishments at Naval…

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Added on: 06/27/2020

New York’s Stonewall Inn seeks help to fight closure after lockdown

06/26/2020

The owners of New York City’s Stonewall Inn are appealing for help to save the historic LGBT+ bar from closure after more than three months of not…

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Added on: 06/27/2020

Poland casts its vote as a nation divided. But can the election deliver true change?

06/25/2020

It’s been Poland’s strangest presidential election campaign in living memory. Granted, it’s the first that’s taken place during a pandemic, but in the last three months the…

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Added on: 06/26/2020

Sanna Marin – Finland’s female millennial prime minister, from an LGBT family, leading the war on coronavirus

06/25/2020

Germany, Taiwan, New Zealand, Iceland, Norway, Denmark and Finland. These countries are among those with the lowest numbers of cases, deaths and, so far, the best responses…

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Added on: 06/26/2020

Israelis split on acceptance of homosexuality – Pew report

06/25/2020

Israeli society is split on its acceptance of homosexuality, but is still far more accepting than other Middle Eastern countries, according to a new report by the…

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Added on: 06/26/2020

From Kenya to Canada, support grows worldwide for homosexuality

06/25/2020

Acceptance of homosexuality is rising broadly across the world, according to a survey published on Thursday, even as sharp divisions persist by region and economic development. Support…

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Added on: 06/26/2020

American Pastors Network Says Supreme Court’s LGBTQ Ruling Undermines Biblical Order and Invites God’s Judgment

06/25/2020

The American Pastors Network devoted time in recent episodes of its “Stand in the Gap” broadcast to denouncing the Supreme Court’s June 15 ruling that federal civil…

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Added on: 06/25/2020

A Lesbian Archive Sends Its Love Letter: Find History, Find Yourself

06/24/2020

I am deeply urban. My shoes, clothes, eyeglasses, are all assembled with an understanding of how they relate to pavement, changeable weather, and the glare bouncing off…

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Added on: 06/25/2020

LGBT+ community in Gabon fears backlash after vote to legalise gay sex

06/24/2020

Gabon’s LGBT+ community said on Wednesday they feared a homophobic backlash after the lower house of parliament voted to legalise gay sex, less than a year after…

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Added on: 06/25/2020

Trump to meet Polish president known for anti-LGBTQ rhetoric

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….