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Added on: 02/10/2020

Five Urgent Issues for Indonesia’s President to Address

Human Rights Watch
02/09/2020
On February 10, Indonesian President Joko Widodo (known as Jokowi) will address Australia’s parliament. Indonesia is often referred to as the democratic success story of Southeast Asia…
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Added on: 02/10/2020

The 200-year-old diary that’s rewriting gay history

BBC
02/10/2020
A diary written by a Yorkshire farmer more than 200 years ago is being hailed as providing remarkable evidence of tolerance towards homosexuality in Britain much earlier…
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Added on: 02/09/2020

‘It Just Shows What All the Work Was For.’ Meet the First Same-Sex Couple to Get Married in Northern Ireland Next Week

Time Magazine
02/08/2020
When Belfast native Robyn Peoples found out that her girlfriend had planned a romantic trip to Paris to see Ariana Grande perform, she knew she wanted to…
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Eight men sentenced to two years in prison for ‘imitating women’ at a birthday party in Mauritania

Pink News
02/08/2020
Police arrested ten men when a video that appeared to be Mauritania’s ‘first gay wedding’ began circulating on social media. Homosexuality is strictly illegal in the North…
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Added on: 02/09/2020

Working towards making the world a more inclusive space, says Mr Gay India 2020

Hindustan Times
02/08/2020
A 31-year-old Punekar has been working towards creating safe spaces for the LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender) community since the past decade in the country. “I…
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Added on: 02/09/2020

Buttigieg’s Iowa success unleashes emotion and commentary on his gay identity

Washington Post
02/08/2020
Within moments of Pete Buttigieg officially finishing at the top of the Iowa caucuses this week, the LGBTQ Victory Fund announced its conclusion: “America is ready for…
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Added on: 02/08/2020

Russian Jury Acquits Gay Man’s Murder Suspect

Moscow Times
02/08/2020
A Moscow jury has acquitted a man accused of killing a gay man last year, the LGBT rights group Stimul reported Thursday. Security cameras captured 40-year-old Roman…
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Added on: 02/08/2020

Spain’s far-right Vox party takes Twitter to court over tweet ban

KFGO
02/07/2020
Spain’s ultra-conservative Vox party has filed a criminal complaint in a Spanish court against Twitter, alleging the social media company violated its basic rights by blocking it…
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Added on: 02/08/2020

Activist aims to shame Polish towns opposed to LGBT community

Reuters
02/07/2020
An activist has begun photographing members of Poland’s LGBT community next to a fake “LGBT-free zone” sign outside towns that passed motions rejecting what they call “LGBT…
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Added on: 02/07/2020

‘Don’t ask, don’t tell’: Less than 1 in 5 LGBT teachers come out over career fears

Irish Examiner
02/07/2020
A ‘don’t ask, don’t tell’ culture still exists in schools with a religious ethos when it comes to LGBT teachers. That is the finding of a new…
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Added on: 02/07/2020

Swiss vote on anti-homophobia law as critics decry censorship

Reuters
02/06/2020
When 41-year-old Jehanne, a lesbian, was repeatedly insulted for supporting LGBT rights during a tram ride in the Swiss city of Geneva last month, she threatened to…
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Added on: 02/07/2020

Witness no-show causes new delay in Lagos homosexuality case

News 24
02/06/2020
The trial of 47 Nigerian men charged with homosexuality, punishable by 14 years in jail in the West African country, stalled again on Wednesday as their accusers…
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Added on: 02/07/2020

National firestorm on horizon as states consider criminalizing transgender treatments for youths

USA Today
02/06/2020
Rep. Fred Deutsch, sponsor of the South Dakota’s HB 1057, said he introduced the bill Jan. 14 to prevent doctors from pushing children to change their bodies….
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Added on: 02/06/2020

Anti-LGBT Hate Crimes Up in Russia, Watchdog Says

Moscow Times
02/05/2020
The number of hate crimes against members of Russia’s LGBT community increased in 2019, according to an annual report by the prominent SOVA Center nonprofit, which tracks…
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Russian police threaten activist; she flees, wins asylum

Erasing 76 Crimes
02/05/2020
An LGBT activist fled southern Russia for the Netherlands after facing threats of prosecution from law enforcement and retribution from conservative vigilantes, she said in an interview…
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Added on: 02/06/2020

Guyana gay-rights manifesto: Seeking support from political parties

Erasing 76 Crimes
02/05/2020
Gay rights advocates in Guyana have compiled a manifesto aimed at persuading Guyanese political parties to embrace measures to end repression of the LGBT community. News Room…
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Evangelical Pastor Pushed Pompeo to Fire Yovanovitch for LGBT Support

BuzzFeed News
02/05/2020
In the summer of 2018, an American evangelical pastor and dozens of Ukrainian Christian groups prayed for Marie Yovanovitch to be fired from her job as the…
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Added on: 02/05/2020

Guyana urged to end ban on gay sex

St. Lucia News
02/04/2020
A host of foreign governments on Wednesday urged Guyana to decriminalise sexual activity between men and urged protection for the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) community….
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Added on: 02/05/2020

Mumbai: 51 booked for sedition for pro-Sharjeel Imam slogans at queer pride march

Scroll India
02/04/2020
The Mumbai Police have filed a sedition case against 51 persons, including activist Urvashi Chudawala, for allegedly chanting slogans in support of Jawaharlal Nehru University student Sharjeel…
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Nigerian court adjourns case of 47 men charged under homosexuality law

Reuters
02/04/2020
After months of delays, Nigerian prosecutors began presenting their evidence against 47 men charged with public displays of affection with members of the same sex, but asked…
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Added on: 02/05/2020

Change to the Refugees Act moves South Africa much closer to Donald Trump’s America

Daily Maverick
02/04/2020
Since its inception, the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa has protected South Africa from its government. A document heralded internationally as a model of democratic…
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Added on: 02/04/2020

How Pete Buttigieg Found Support in Iowa’s Formerly Anti-LGBTQ Communities

Mother Jones
02/03/2020
Pete Buttigieg doesn’t often remind people that he’s running a historic presidential campaign. The 38-year-old former mayor of South Bend, Indiana, has emphasized an easy-to-like persona: a…
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Added on: 02/04/2020

LGBTIQ+ Nigerians get new chat and counseling mobile app

Rights Africa
02/03/2020
NoStrings Development Initiatives, Nigeria’s leading LGBTIQ+ media advocacy group, has launched a new social and counseling mobile app for the country’s lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex and…
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Added on: 02/04/2020

Rising populism stokes homophobic hate speech across Europe

Thomson Reuters
02/02/2020
Homophobic and transphobic rhetoric and other anti-LGBT+ hate crimes are rising across Europe, fuelled by divisive politics and socially conservative groups that also campaign against abortion access,…
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Added on: 02/04/2020

Nepal’s next census to count LGBT+ people for the first time

Reuters
02/03/2020
Nepal will count LGBT+ people for the first time in its next census, a move that campaigners on Monday said could help sexual minorities gain better access…
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Added on: 02/03/2020

Mumbai Police denies permission for Pride 2020 at August Kranti Maidan

Mumbai Mirror
02/01/2020
Pride 2020, scheduled for February 1, the annual march of LGBTQIA+ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer or questioning, intersex, and asexual) community in the city, the Mumbai…
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Added on: 02/03/2020

‘It’ll be OK. Spain is kinder to us migrants than the British are’

The Guardian
02/01/2020
If a fair few of the 300,000 Britons who live in Spain woke with pounding heads on Saturday morning, many could at least console themselves with the…
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Added on: 02/03/2020

Iceland Expands Its Evangelical Ban To Include Anti-LGBT Methodists

Patheos
02/02/2020
The parliament of this island country in the North Atlantic declared today it is increasing its travel ban to include American evangelicals who are members of the…
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Added on: 02/02/2020

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo refuses to meet with LGBT activists in Ukraine

Pink News
02/01/2020
Donald Trump’s anti-LGBT+ Secretary of State Mike Pompeo visited Ukraine this week, but refused to meet with LGBT+ community leaders. Pompeo made the trip to show America’s…
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Added on: 02/02/2020

Tanzania ‘anti-gay’ force official Paul Makonda banned from US

BBC
02/01/2020
A top Tanzanian official who launched a surveillance squad dedicated to hunting down gay people has been banned by the US from entering the country. The US…
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