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Added on: 11/26/2019
11/25/2019
The Honourable Justice Bere awarded Ricky Nathanson, a transgender woman and activist originally from Bulawayo, $400,000 in damages. The High Court awarded Ms Nathanson damages for unlawful…

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Added on: 11/25/2019
11/22/2019
After years of debating gay rights, the United Methodist Church is probably headed for a big split. Months after global Methodist leaders voted against LGBTQ rights this…

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Added on: 11/25/2019
Uganda’s government has told more than 12,000 charities that they can no longer operate in the country. Following a review that took place in August and September,…

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Added on: 11/25/2019
11/23/2019
In just two days, two trans women were found dead by Colombian authorities in a spree of anti-LGBT violence that has battered the country. Jerrika Rivas Ruíz…

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Added on: 11/25/2019
11/22/2019
Intimate portraits of friends created by a Chinese artist before he took his own life. An Indian painter’s depiction of life before and after gay sex was…

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Added on: 11/25/2019
11/22/2019
Nearly all Malawians think LGBT+ human rights should be protected, yet the same number could not accept a gay or lesbian family member, according to a first-of-its…

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Added on: 11/25/2019
11/24/2019
The goals are big for an all-transgender hockey team known as Team Trans. Comprised of more than a dozen players from Canada and the United States, it’s…

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Added on: 11/25/2019
11/24/2019
Aubrey Moog-Ayers was outside of an apothecary shop a few years ago, working as an orientation interpreter at Colonial Williamsburg in Virginia, when two men pulled her…

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Added on: 11/21/2019
Two gay Saudi journalists, who claim they were outed in retaliation for contacts one of them had with a foreign media outlet, have been detained in Australia…

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Added on: 11/21/2019
11/20/2019
The Ljubljana LGBT Film Festival is back for its 35th edition, officially starting Saturday, 23 November, and with events planned for Ptuj, Koper, Maribor, Bistrica ob Sotli,…

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Added on: 11/21/2019
Last week Lil Nas X made history when his earworm of a hit “Old Town Road” nabbed a Country Music Assn. award, making him the first openly…

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Added on: 11/21/2019
11/21/2019
Ireland’s reputation among LGBT holidaymakers has fallen slightly, according to a new global poll. Gallup asked 1,000 Irish participants ‘Is the city or area where you live…

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Added on: 11/20/2019
11/20/019
A slew of musical videos featuring LGBT characters have been released and become YouTube sensations in 2019. The most popular has been Truc Nhan’s song titled “Sang…

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Added on: 11/20/2019
11/20/2019
Malaysia’s LGBT community is on high alert after its members have received rare jail terms, raising fears of increased persecution by religious authorities as the government steps…

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Added on: 11/20/2019
11/19/2019
The U.S. physicians’ group the American Medical Association announced on Tuesday it would begin supporting a ban on so-called conversion therapy, as well as working toward more…

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Added on: 11/20/2019
11/18/2019
Abby Stein discovered what the word “transgender” meant — and that the term accurately described her — when she snuck on the internet for the very first…

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Added on: 11/19/2019
11/18/2019
U.S. fast-food chain Chick-fil-A said on Monday it had stopped funding two Christian organizations, including The Salvation Army, that have come under fire from LGBT+ campaigners. The…

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Added on: 11/19/2019
11/18/2019
Two gay Saudi Arabian journalists detained in Australia while attempting to seek asylum have spoken out about their ordeal, labelling their treatment “unconscionable”. Last week, The Guardian…

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Added on: 11/19/2019
11/18/2019
Victor Farrell is the Brexit Party’s candidate for Glenrothes in Scotland. His bizarre social media rants against “perverts pushing sodomite rights” were revealed on Monday by SNP…

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Added on: 11/18/2019
11/18/2019
Adding to the long list of prejudices faced by the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community in Indonesia, some government institutions are refusing to recruit those…

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Added on: 11/18/2019
11/17/2019
A Straight Pride event at Dallas City Hall plaza attracted three supporters on Saturday. The march was hosted by the anti-LGBTQ group Protecting Our Next Generations (PONG)….

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Added on: 11/18/2019
The Ugandan authorities should drop charges against dozens of people arrested over the last month in Kampala, the capital, on the basis of their presumed sexual orientation…

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Added on: 11/17/2019
11/16/2019
One is the son of a communist who smuggled messages in kebabs for party members. The other is an army widow whose husband was killed by al-Qaeda….

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Added on: 11/17/2019
11/16/2019
Driving over the hills into north Belfast, as fields give way to houses, the visitor is plunged into election fever. Images of Nigel Dodds, the Democratic Unionist…

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Added on: 11/17/2019
11/16/2019
A well-known national transgender policy group finds itself having to rebuild after a mass exodus of staff members amid discontent over its leadership, claims of retaliation for…

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Added on: 11/17/2019
Thousands from Hong Kong’s LGBT community showed up at an annual pride rally on Saturday after police banned organisers’ application for a march for the first time…

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Added on: 11/16/2019
11/15/2019
Despite being seen as a bastion of relative freedom in the largely conservative Middle East, Lebanese society remains reluctant to extend rights to the LGBT+ community. Nationwide…

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Added on: 11/16/2019
11/15/2019
Pope Francis said on Friday politicians who rage against homosexuals, gypsies and Jews remind him of Hitler. “It is not coincidental that at times there is a…

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Added on: 11/16/2019
11/15/2019
Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg has topped a new poll which could prove crucial to his campaign. Mayor Pete, as he is known to the residents of…

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Added on: 11/16/2019
11/15/2019
LGBTIQ+ people seeking asylum in Australia face a unique set of challenges and often find themselves isolated in a new country, say a support group working to…