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Added on: 01/11/2020

Depok mayor calls for more anti-LGBT raids in wake of Reynhard Sinaga case

01/11/2020

In response to reports that the family of Reynhard Sinaga, an Indonesian convicted serial rapist in the United Kingdom, lives in Depok, West Java, the city’s mayor…

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Brazil top court rejects attempt to remove LGBT movie from Netflix

01/10/2020

Brazil’s Supreme Court on Thursday rejected a lower court’s decision to remove a Netflix comedy that displayed Jesus Christ in a gay relationship. Minister Dias Toffoli stated…

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Perth dance for older members of the LGBT community

01/10/2020

Older members of the local LGBT community will be able to attend a social dance next weekend. The LGBT Elders Social Dance will be held at Perth…

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Trump Adviser Promoted Gay Conversion Therapy and Said HIV Was ‘God’s Moral Law’

01/09/2020

President Donald Trump recently appointed anti-Muslim and anti-LGBTQ cable news pundit Jenna Ellis as a senior legal adviser to him and his campaign. Ellis has promoted harmful…

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Added on: 01/10/2020

Brazil issues new rules, lowers age for gender reassignment surgery

01/09/2020

Brazil’s independent medical regulator announced new rules for treating transgender patients on Thursday, including lowering the age when trans people can have gender reassignment surgery to 18…

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Prominent Tunisian LGBT+ activist flees death threats

01/09/2020

A former presidential candidate and leader of Tunisia’s largest LGBT+ rights group said he has been forced to flee to France after “very serious” death threats from…

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Indonesia’s LGBT community fears repercussions after UK’s ‘most prolific rapist’ jailed

01/09/2020

When the reports surfaced about Britain’s “most prolific rapist” Reynhard Sinaga — an Indonesian national sentenced to life for 150 crimes, including 136 rapes against men —…

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African LGBT refugees plead UN for safe shelter after Kenya camp attacks

01/09/2020

Dozens of African LGBT+ refugees in northwestern Kenya’s sprawling Kakuma refugee camp pleaded on Thursday with the United Nations to relocate them to a safer place, saying…

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Added on: 01/09/2020

Bulgarian Women Battle on for Recognition of Their Marriage

01/08/2020

For two years, Lili and Darina Babulkova have been struggling to have their marriage in the UK legalised in Bulgaria, where LGBT marriages are not recognised. Their…

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Added on: 01/09/2020

India’s LGBTQ community joins citizenship law protests

01/02/2020

More than 1,000 members of India’s LGBTQ community, rights groups and their supporters marched through the streets of the capital on Friday to protest a citizenship law…

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Added on: 01/09/2020

Poland opposition parties hit back at escalating homophobia by appointing gay candidate for presidential election

01/08/2020

The strongly conservative Catholic country has seen a huge surge in homophobia after the ruling party Law and Justice (PiS) based its winning 2019 parliamentary election campaign…

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Added on: 01/08/2020

Support for laws against LGBT discrimination in Hong Kong rising, Chinese University survey finds

01/07/2020

Opposition to legal protections for Hong Kong’s sexual minorities is on the wane, a university survey showed on Tuesday, as the professor behind it called on the…

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Added on: 01/08/2020

TRUMP ADVISOR PRAISES ZAMBIA FOR ANTI-GAY LAW

01/07/2020

Donald Trump’s religious advisor, Tony Perkins, welcomed the decision to overthrow an American ambassador who condemned an anti-gay law in Zambia. Tony Perkins, who sits on the…

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Added on: 01/08/2020

Masculinity is back! The lesbian comics rediscovering their butch side

01/07/2020

Sarah Keyworth has, she says, a “weird kind of relationship with masculinity”. She appears confident in her dapper, boyish looks, with her short quiffed hair, but behind…

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Added on: 01/08/2020

The ‘ex-closeted gay jihadist’ bringing meditation to Jakarta

01/07/2020

When Bagia Arif Saputra was growing up in a university town near Jakarta, becoming a jihadist seemed a natural choice for young men like him, who were…

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Added on: 01/07/2020

Section 377 crusader Ashok Row Kavi steps down as Humsafar Trust Chairman

01/06/2020

Ashok Row Kavi, the founder Chairperson of Mumbai-based Humsafar Trust has stepped down from his post. The Indian journalist and LGBT rights activist had founded the Trust…

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Added on: 01/07/2020

LGBT Muslim charity condemns spike in hate crimes after Birmingham school protests

01/06/2020

The LGBT+ education row centred on two Birmingham primary schools and was led mainly by Muslim parents. The disruptive protests began in March 2019 and continued for…

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Added on: 01/07/2020

Why is China raising the prospect of same-sex marriage?

01/06/2020

China has taken a step forward to allow same-sex marriage, a move that could undo years of discrimination, delight rights activists and give new rights to the…

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Added on: 01/07/2020

Taiwan’s president is battling a deluge of election-linked homophobic fake news

01/06/2020

Taiwan is often described as Asia’s most gay-friendly place. It was, after all, the first country in Asia to legalize same-sex marriage. It boasts the biggest Pride…

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Why China’s Gay Academics Feel They Must Stand Out or Stay Hidden

01/05/2020

Since 2018, I’ve interviewed 40 gay men who either currently teach or have previously taught at Chinese colleges and universities. My aim was to discover what challenges…

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Added on: 01/06/2020

ANOTHER HISTORIC MOMENT FOR CROATIA’S GAY COMMUNITY

01/05/2020

After years of fighting to foster or to adopt children in Croatia, Ivo Šegota and Mladen Kožić won the long-lasting legal battle against the state. The Zagreb-based…

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Added on: 01/06/2020

Philippines SC junks same-sex marriage petition ‘with finality’

01/05/2020

The Supreme Court on Monday denied with finality a motion for reconsideration filed by Jesus Falcis and other LGBT advocates seeking recognition of same-sex marriage in the…

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Added on: 01/06/2020

Kate McKinnon Opens Up About Being Gay During Golden Globes

01/05/2020

Kate McKinnon was not in the closet. She’s been open about being a lesbian for years. She joked about it with Jerry Seinfeld on “Comedians in Cars…

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Added on: 01/05/2020

Same-sex ‘Dancing on Ice’ couple sparks hopes of greater LGBT+ representation

01/02/2020

Two men taking to the ice might seem uncontroversial, but as a same-sex couple competing together this week on British reality TV show “Dancing On Ice”, singer…

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Added on: 01/05/2020

Advocates blast $750,000 bail for suspect in transgender teen’s slaying

01/03/2020

Advocates in the Washington LGBTQ community on Thursday blasted a judge’s decision to set bail at $750,000 for a man charged with a hate crime in the…

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Added on: 01/05/2020

Prominent Christian activist says “the Nazi Party started in a gay bar”

01/04/2020

A prominent Christian conservative is now claiming that the Nazi Party was founded and staffed by gay people. “Let’s not forget that the Nazi Party started in…

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Added on: 01/04/2020

Thailand faces LGBT pressure on marriage rights

01/04/2020

Thailand’s blossoming gay community is generating new business opportunities, including bars and cafes. The Tourism Authority of Thailand launched a campaign targeting lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender…

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Added on: 01/04/2020

‘The Periphery Has Potency’ Festival Unites Art and Literature in the Peripheries at the Galpão Bela Maré

01/03/2020

On December 17, the Galpão Bela Maré arts center held the Periferia Tem Potência (The Periphery Has Potency) festival in partnership with the Favelas Observatory, the Instituto…

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Added on: 01/04/2020

Conservative, liberal Methodists to split over gay marriage

01/03/2020

The United Methodist Church plans to split into two later this year, church officials said on Friday, a schism that follows years of contention over whether the…

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Added on: 01/04/2020

Pakistan to provide free healthcare for trans people

12/03/2020

Pakistan has extended a government health insurance scheme to transgender people for the first time, in a move aimed at ending discrimination in access to care, an…