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Added on: 06/05/2020

LGBT+ Pride events turning focus to racial injustice in U.S

Reuters
06/04/2020
Organizers of LGBT+ Pride events in major U.S. cities are shifting their focus to racism and police violence, they said this week, addressing the concerns and demands…
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Added on: 06/05/2020

Edinburgh Pride: Scotland to become first nation in the world to put LGBTQ history on curriculum

Ediburgh Live
06/04/2020
Next year Scotland will become the first nation IN THE WORLD to teach LGBTQ history in schools. In November 2018, Scottish Ministers accepted in full the recommendations…
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Added on: 06/04/2020

Ukraine and Albania urged to protect LGBT+ people from hate and discrimination

Reuters
06/03/2020
Ukraine should reform its laws to combat homophobic hate crimes and Albania should give more rights to same-sex couples and trans people, a top European rights body…
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Added on: 06/04/2020

YouTube takes down anti-gay ad after outrage in Russia

Reuters
06/03/2020
An online video suggesting Russians back constitutional reform or see gay couples win adoption rights was taken down by YouTube on Wednesday after LGBT+ groups said it…
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Added on: 06/04/2020

Costa Rica’s Progress on Marriage Equality Should Inspire the Region

Human Rights Watch
06/03/2020
Costa Rica became the first Central American country to allow same-sex marriage on May 26. This is no small political feat in a country where the issue…
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Added on: 06/04/2020

Counter protester embedded inside Operation Pridefall reveals truth behind terrifying cyber attack aimed at LGBT+ community

Pink News
06/03/2020
Alt-right 4chan users plan to belabour LGBT+ people’s social media accounts, as well as boycott and assail companies that run Pride campaigns throughout Pride Month, as part…
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Added on: 06/03/2020

World Leaders, Pop Stars and Drag Queens to Headline Livestream for Gay Pride

New York Times
06/02/2020
World leaders, human rights activists, international musical acts and drag queens will participate in a 24-hour online celebration of gay pride organized after the coronavirus pandemic forced…
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Added on: 06/03/2020

Costa Rica: 82 same-sex couples have joined their lives and await registration of their marriages

AM Prensa
06/02/2020
82 same-sex couples have joined their lives and hope that their marriages in the country will be registered very soon. This is confirmed by data provided by…
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Added on: 06/03/2020

Chinese dancer’s wedding photos revive same-sex marriage debate

South China Morning Post
06/02/2020
A dancer has reignited a debate about same-sex marriage after posting pictures of her wedding ceremony online in a rare move for a public figure in China….
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Added on: 06/03/2020

‘Completely Crazy’: Activists Slam Antigay Ad As Russia’s Constitutional Vote Looms

Radio Free Europe
06/02/2020
A Russian media group linked to a close associate of President Vladimir Putin has produced an antigay political ad ahead of a vote on constitutional amendments that…
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Added on: 06/02/2020

LGBTQ Groups Call to Bring Into Movement Anti-racism, End to White Supremacy

South Florida Gay News
06/01/2020
Amid the national horror following the police killing of George Floyd in Minnesota, LGBTQ and civil rights groups have issued a joint statement declaring anti-racism and an…
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Added on: 06/02/2020

As protests roar, LGBT+ activists see chance to return to ‘radical roots’

Reuters
06/01/2020
As widespread protests over racial injustice roiled the country, LGBT+ campaigners on Monday, the start of the annual Pride month, called for a return to the rebellious…
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Added on: 06/02/2020

Hungary’s new anti-transgender law is threatening to set hard-won LGBT rights back decades

Euro News
06/01/2020
The Hungarian parliament has voted to strip transgender people of their current rights to legally change their gender. The new law defines gender on the basis of…
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Added on: 06/01/2020

Liberal mayor’s entry revs Polish presidential race

Democrat Gazette
05/31/2020
Childhood actor. Pro-democracy activist. Avid supporter of the European Union and LGBT rights. Warsaw’s liberal mayor, Rafal Trzaskowski, made a late entry into Poland’s presidential election and…
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Added on: 06/01/2020

Families are major source of abuse for gay women, trans people, report says

Reuters
05/31/2020
Family members are often the main perpetrators of abuse against lesbians, bisexual women and transgender people, according to a major global report published on Monday. The study…
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Added on: 06/01/2020

Minneapolis Queer Business Owners Watch Protests And Worry

Forbes
05/31/2020
As the world watches live television coverage of night after night of demonstrations in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and in dozens of cities across the U.S., so have the…
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Added on: 06/01/2020

Pride is a feeling, not a parade

KITV
05/31/2020
The sight of thousands of topless women marching smack dab down the middle of Fifth Avenue in Manhattan would be a pretty provocative thing for the average…
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Added on: 05/31/2020

Brazil’s crisis deepens as Bolsonaro holds on to the military for support

CGTN
05/30/2020
Brazil has kicked political drama to the curb. Between scandals, powerplay episodes, and a slew of surprising statements, the South American country has been a mainstay in…
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Added on: 05/31/2020

Davao City Mayor recruits LGBT+ for COVID food distribution

QN
05/30/2020
Faced with corrupt officials giving away emergency rice supplies, Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte called on the local LGBT+ community to help. Davao City is on the…
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Added on: 05/31/2020

Teacher reveals high price of coming out as gay in China

South China Morning Post
05/30/2020
When he came out as gay, teacher Cui Le made local news headlines and was subject to censorship and surveillance by his university in southern China. It…
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Added on: 05/30/2020

Israel: New government could bring real change for LGBT community

YNet News
05/28/2020
While many were disappointed at the sight of this bloated amalgam called Israel’s 35th government, maybe, just maybe it will be the one to actually take steps…
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Added on: 05/30/2020

Fact check: The LGBTQ community is not adding “P” to their acronym

Reuters
05/29/2020
Social media users have been sharing posts online that falsely imply the LGBTQ community is accepting of “pedosexuals”. There are different versions of the posts, but most…
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Added on: 05/30/2020

The Coronavirus Thrives on Hate

The Nation
05/29/2020
On May 1, just before social distancing rules were officially relaxed, a man went out to a few gay clubs in Seoul. He was later confirmed to…
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Added on: 05/30/2020

Dozens of LGBTQ Groups Denounce Racist Violence

Gay City News
05/29/2020
Following a series of racist incidents and fatal police shootings targeting Black individuals, a coalition of leaders representing at least 75 LGBTQ organizations signed a joint statement…
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Added on: 05/29/2020

Gay people in Myanmar have adopted a secret language

The Economist
05/28/2020
Wednesday has just turned into Thursday in Yangon, Myanmar’s biggest city, and pleasure-seekers are on the prowl in a glitzy neighbourhood. Drivers slow down to inspect sex…
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Added on: 05/29/2020

Pride, Juneteenth flags to be raised at Richmond City Hall

Richmond Standard
05/28/2020
The Juneteenth and LGBT Pride flags will be raised at Richmond City Hall on Monday, June 1, in a ceremony that the public can view via Zoom…
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Added on: 05/29/2020

Widower’s U.S. court win secures social security benefits for LGBT+ couples

Reuters
05/28/2020
Gay and lesbian spouses in the United States can claim social security survivor’s benefits even if they were married for less than nine months, a federal court…
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Added on: 05/29/2020

China’s same-sex couples heartened by property protection rights in new civil code

The Guardian Canada
05/28/2020
It was an ambush, said He Meili, a 51-year-old lesbian woman, describing how she met with her dead partner’s step-parents at a police station where they demanded…
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Added on: 05/28/2020

Iraq, Iran outraged by rainbow flags, LGBT-tolerant poster

Erasing 76 Crimes
05/27/2020
In Iraq and Iran, politicians stirred up homophobic disputes focusing on the May 17 celebration of the International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia, Intersexism and Transphobia (Idahobit) and…
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Added on: 05/28/2020

Malaysian wins landmark right to challenge Muslim gay sex ban

Reuters
05/27/2020
Malaysia’s top court has given the go-ahead for a man to challenge an Islamic ban on sex “against the order of nature”, his lawyer said on Wednesday,…
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