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Added on: 10/28/2019

Uganda moves to allay fears over anti-gay sex law

10/25/2019

Uganda has sought to reassure sexual minorities that they are safe, saying it has no plans to introduce the death penalty for gay sex after reports of…

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Added on: 10/28/2019

This trans intersex person explains why they didn’t need surgery to be ‘fixed’

10/27/2019

A trans intersex person has explained, in a moving opinion piece for Intersex Awareness Day (October 26), why they didn’t need surgery to be “fixed”. There are…

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Added on: 10/28/2019

Uganda arrested 16 LGBTQ activists. Here’s where else gay rights are a battleground in the world.

10/26/2019

This week Ugandan police arrested 16 LGBTQ activists on charges of gay sex — which is punishable by life imprisonment. Police arrested them at the sexual health…

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Added on: 10/27/2019

For a conservative city, Beijing has a remarkable gay nightlife

10/24/2019

By day edmund yang is an accountant at a multinational firm. At night he can sometimes be found quietly sipping a cocktail at Destination, his club-cum-cultural centre….

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Added on: 10/27/2019

Texas Is Afraid Of A 7-Year-Old Transgender Girl

10/26/2019

What did 7-year-old Luna Younger of Dallas do that has mobilized conservatives and Christian fundamentalists across Texas into action? She declared, at age 3, “I’m a girl.”…

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Added on: 10/27/2019

Record 200,000 people march in Taipei LGBT pride parade

10/26/2019

A record-breaking 200,000 people marched through Taipei Saturday in a vivid and exciting annual lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) pride parade, calling for the public to…

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Added on: 10/27/2019

Lawyer who announced the launch of the anti-trans LGB Alliance is thrown under the bus by her law firm

10/26/2019

Lawyer Allison Bailey of Garden Court Chambers, who describes herself as “gender critical”, wrote a tweet on Tuesday (October 22) announcing the launch of the group. She…

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Added on: 10/26/2019

LGBTQ+ Community Rallies Against Anti-Trans ‘LGB Alliance’

10/25/2019

A new lesbian, gay, and bisexual alliance group was blasted by on social media for excluding trans and nonbinary communities. The “LGB Alliance” group launched Tuesday evening…

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Added on: 10/26/2019

Anti-gay law ‘like a gun pointing at us’ says eSwatini activist

10/25/2019

When LGBT+ people took to the streets last year for the first ever Pride march in eSwatini, formerly known as Swaziland, some hardly believed they could celebrate…

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Added on: 10/26/2019

17th Taiwan LGBT Pride parade to take place today

10/26/2019

The 17th Taiwan LGBT Pride parade is to take place in Taipei today, the first after the nation legalized same-sex marriage earlier this year. Taiwan on May…

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Added on: 10/26/2019

In Bolsonaro’s Brazil, the fashion industry emerges as a center for LGBT resistance

10/25/2019

Sam Porto and his mirror have never gotten along. When the transgender man was growing up in Brazil, the sight of his developing breasts disgusted him. But…

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Added on: 10/25/2019

Anti-LGBT rhetoric stokes tensions in eastern Europe

10/25/2019

In a recent survey, Poles were asked to identify what they felt to be the biggest threats facing them in the 21st century, choosing from options such…

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Added on: 10/25/2019

Uganda arrests 16 LGBT activists on suspicion of gay sex

10/24/2019

Uganda has said it has arrested 16 LGBT activists on suspicion of gay sex, which is punishable with life imprisonment, in what fellow activists called an escalating…

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Added on: 10/25/2019

Chinese-owned TikTok Bans LGBT Content Even Where Homosexuality Is Legal

10/24/2019

The draw of being a part of social media and gathering followers is the big reason for many to jump on their phones. TikTok seems to be…

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Added on: 10/25/2019

‘Any day you can be taken’: Inside what it’s like to be gay in Chechnya

10/25/2019

Ricky was just 19 when he said the police came for him. He was at work and they took him to the local police station. From there…

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Added on: 10/24/2019

The Nations With the Highest Levels of LGBT Acceptance (and Lowest)

10/23/2019

An updated study from the Williams Institute at UCLA School of Law ranked the world’s nations by levels of LGBT acceptance. The current report updates and expands…

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Added on: 10/24/2019

Taiwan: What’s next after marriage equality?

10/24/2019

When the annual Taipei LGBT Pride sets off from City Hall on Saturday, it promises to be an especially joyful occasion. With the legalization of marriage equality…

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Added on: 10/24/2019

Anti-homosexuality Bill poses severe threat to human rights

10/24/2019

Uganda is facing a serious threat to human rights and the HIV response with the announcement of plans to introduce legislation that will impose the death penalty…

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Added on: 10/23/2019

Polish Parliament Should Scrap Bill Against Sex Education

10/18/2019

Threatening sex educators with jail may seem extreme – but it seems Poland’s ruling Prawo i Sprawiedliwość (PiS) party is willing to go there to cement power…

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Added on: 10/23/2019

Christian Council plans showdown with Bahamas Pride

10/22/2019

The Bahamas Christian Council (BCC) will mount a series of events opposing the Bahamas Pride celebrations slated for October 2020. BCC President Bishop Delton Fernander said yesterday…

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Added on: 10/23/2019

How PrEP is changing safe sex practices for India’s LGBTQ community

10/22/2019

The dating, hook-up and relationship-seeking culture in the LGBTQ community has always had its own secret set of codes that allowed its members to navigate this dicey…

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Added on: 10/23/2019

LGBT In Turkmenistan: Go To Jail Or Live A Lie

10/22/2019

To his friends and colleagues in Turkmenistan, Kamil is a successful cardiologist working at a prestigious clinic and an eligible bachelor from a well-connected family. Only a…

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Added on: 10/22/2019

Conversion therapy: PM concerned about ‘vulnerable’ LGBT youth

10/21/2019

The Prime Minister has expressed concern about “vulnerable” youth at risk of undergoing gay or trans conversion therapy. Conversion therapy is where people try to change lesbian,…

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Added on: 10/22/2019

The Terror Gap: U.S. Laws Let White Supremacists Operate Like ISIS

10/22/2019

The recent arrests of Jarrett William Smith, a former U.S. Army soldier who discussed plans to “bomb a major U.S. news network,” and Conor Climo, a Las…

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Added on: 10/22/2019

Christian group claims Ethiopia is soft on homosexuality

10/21/2019

A group affiliated with Ethiopia’s Orthodox Church is condemning what it calls the government’s silence on homosexuality in the country. Speaking at a conference [Sept. 8] in…

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Added on: 10/22/2019

Northern Ireland prepares for momentous gay marriage, abortion changes

10/21/2019

Campaigners who fought for decades to end Northern Ireland’s same-sex-marriage ban and restrictions on abortion prepared on Monday for a momentous change to the laws on both…

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Added on: 10/21/2019

Ghana: Former Pres Kufuor Urges Fight Against Same Sex Marriages

10/21/2019

Former president John Agyekum Kufuor has urged the world to fight against same sex marriages. He stated that no amount of argument could change the fact that…

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Added on: 10/21/2019

Praying to wake up in a girl’s body: LGBT group hosts transgender women explaining why, how they transitioned

10/20/2019

Three individuals who transitioned from male to female shared their journeys recently when the Oak Park Area Lesbian & Gay Association hosted a Transgender Education Panel at…

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Added on: 10/21/2019

‘They paid a guy to kill me’: health workers fight homophobia in Uganda

10/21/2019

Maria Nantale is enjoying a beer at a rickety wooden bar after a long day’s work. “Forty people tested today,” she reflects. “Found three positives. One of…

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Added on: 10/21/2019

Details of gay man’s electroshock treatment endured at Belfast university

10/20/2019

In a story for The Belfast Telegraph, the man, given the pseudonym “John,” says that while a student at QUB he was referred to the school’s Department…