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Added on: 01/29/2020

A GOP lawmaker, the son of an Auschwitz survivor, compared doctors treating transgender children to Nazis

01/28/2020

The South Dakota legislature is considering the nation’s first law that could send doctors to jail for treating transgender youths younger than 16 with hormone therapy or…

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Added on: 01/29/2020

Israel Folau joins Europe rugby league team after being axed for homophobic comments

01/28/2020

Australian rugby player Israel Folau has been signed by the Catalan Dragons, a Super League rugby team, for a 12-month contract. The 30-year-old dual-code international was dropped…

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Added on: 01/29/2020

Lesbians more accepted than gay men around the world, study finds

01/28/2020

A new study exploring the attitudes toward nonheterosexual men and women in 23 Western and non-Western countries found lesbians are more accepted than gay men around the…

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Added on: 01/28/2020

Queensland religious groups fight move to make gay conversion therapy a crime

01/27/2020

Religious schools and organisations are fighting a move by the Queensland government to make LGBT-related conversion therapy a crime in the state. In late November, the Queensland…

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Added on: 01/28/2020

Hong Kong citizens back same-sex marriage and LGBT+ protection

01/27/2020

Support for LGBT+ people has soared to record levels in Hong Kong, a new survey has found. The Sexualities Research Programme at the Chinese University of Hong…

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Added on: 01/28/2020

Gay Couple Moves Kerala HC For Recognition Of Homosexual Marriages Under Special Marriage Act

01/27/2020

Nikesh and Sonu, the first ‘married’ gay couple from Kerala, have moved the High Court of Kerala challenging the provisions of Special Marriage Act 1954 to the…

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Added on: 01/28/2020

Why are Dine LGBTQ people denied access to ceremony?

01/27/2020

When Rei Yazzie started his transition and his voice began to change, he knew it was time to prepare for a tá’cheeh – a traditional male puberty…

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Added on: 01/27/2020

72 LGBT organisations write to MSPs supporting trans rights

01/26/2020

Seventy two LBGT organisations have penned an open letter to MSPs, underlining their support for the government’s proposed changes to the Gender Recognition Act. Sports teams, pride…

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Added on: 01/27/2020

Gay, Irish and radical – the invisible women who revolutionised Manchester

01/26/2020

Walk down Canal Street today and you’ll find a bustling strip of waterside bars, rainbow bunting fluttering overhead and people living their lives out and proud. Wind…

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Added on: 01/27/2020

This Is How UK LGBTQ Rights Change After Brexit This Week

01/26/2020

Ever since the UK public was asked if they wanted to stay or leave the European Union – many LGBTQ people have been worried about what leaving…

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Added on: 01/27/2020

Court Rules for Gay Couple in Indiana Birth Certificate Suit

01/26/2020

A federal appeals court sided with a gay married couple who challenged Indiana’s birth records law, arguing that it discriminates against them and their children because birth…

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Added on: 01/26/2020

New Documentary Cloaks Anonymous Sources in ‘Face Doubles’

01/25/2020

In documentaries, anonymous sources have often been reduced to a shadowy, voice-distorted figure — or worse, a pixelated blur. But a new documentary premiering Sunday at the…

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Added on: 01/26/2020

Guatemalan Actor Enrique Salanic Blocked From Entering US to Promote LGBT Film ‘José’

01/25/2020

Guatemalan actor Enrique Salanic has been blocked from entering the United States ahead of the U.S. premiere of his award-winning movie “José,” in which he stars. The…

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Added on: 01/26/2020

Support for LGBT+ rights soaring in the Czech Republic with two-thirds backing marriage equality

01/25/2020

Support for marriage equality in the Czech Republic is soaring, with around two-thirds of the public backing same-sex marriage, a new poll published Thursday showed. In results…

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Added on: 01/26/2020

Denver school board votes to require gender neutral bathrooms in all public schools

01/25/2020

A new school board for Denver Public Schools unanimously passed a resolution in its first meeting requiring all district schools to have at least one all-gender bathroom….

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Added on: 01/25/2020

Who’s the ‘Q’ in LGBTQ? Study shines light on ‘queer’ identities.

01/23/2020

For some, “queer” is a loaded word — a negative epithet from a less accepting time that was hurled at anyone perceived to be gay. But for…

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Added on: 01/25/2020

Scandal overshadows Peru election’s focus on gender equality

01/24/2020

Scandals involving domestic violence and marital infidelity have overshadowed the campaign to elect a new congress in Peru, in which gender equality and women’s rights have been…

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Added on: 01/25/2020

Church of England: Sex is for married heterosexual couples only

01/24/2020

The Church of England has stated that sex belongs only within heterosexual marriage, and that sex in gay or straight civil partnerships “falls short of God’s purpose…

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Added on: 01/25/2020

When lesbians led the women’s suffrage movement

01/24/2020

As Americans commemorate the centennial of the 19th Amendment, which granted voting rights to some – but not all – women, it is important to acknowledge the…

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Added on: 01/24/2020

Dozens of anti-LGBTQ state bills already proposed in 2020, advocates warn

01/23/2020

Like most high school students, Aerin Geary does not typically pay attention to state legislation. However, the South Dakota teenager has been closely following House Bill 1057,…

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Added on: 01/24/2020

Football faces up to homophobia in Mexico

01/23/2020

Mexican Ricardo Canabal gave up playing football when he was 21, unable to reconcile his sexuality with what LGBT+ campaigners say is a deep-rooted homophobia in the…

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Added on: 01/24/2020

These photos highlight the human hurt over Poland’s ‘LGBT-free zones’

01/23/2020

An activist has released pictures of gay people in front of Polish municipalities that declared themselves LGBT-free. Bart Staszewski said he wanted to show the real people…

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Added on: 01/24/2020

LGB Alliance founder says there shouldn’t be LGBT clubs in schools because of ‘predatory gay teachers’

01/23/2020

Malcolm Clark, co-founder of controversial anti-trans group the LGB Alliance, has denounced LGBT+ clubs in schools. Clark said LGBT+ clubs – a safe space for many LGBT+…

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Added on: 01/23/2020

Israel agrees to Russia’s no-LGBT adoptions rule

01/22/2020

Israel and Russia signed an adoption agreement on Wednesday, after a decade of negotiations, stipulating that same-sex couples may not adopt children from Russia. The countries finalized…

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Added on: 01/23/2020

GLENN GREENWALD ON BRAZIL’S CHARGES AGAINST HIM

01/22/2020

On Tuesday, Brazilian prosecutors charged the journalist Glenn Greenwald with “cybercrimes” as part of what the government claims was his role in a “criminal organization.” They allege…

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Added on: 01/23/2020

California governor asked to pardon late gay rights leader Bayard Rustin

01/22/2020

The California Legislature’s LGBTQ and black caucuses on Tuesday asked Gov. Gavin Newsom to posthumously pardon a civil rights leader who was jailed for having gay sex…

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Added on: 01/23/2020

Young Russian Tries to Sue Over Violent Lesbian ‘Exorcism’ in Chechnya

01/22/2020

A young woman from Russia’s conservative republic of Chechnya is seeking criminal charges against her parents, one of their acquaintances and a psychiatric clinic for allegedly torturing…

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Added on: 01/22/2020

Fighting for LGBT rights in Myanmar with a ‘pink pinky’

01/22/2020

LGBT activists in Myanmar campaigning to decriminalise same-sex relations are urging thousands of people to paint their little finger pink as they try to highlight the issue…

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Added on: 01/22/2020

South Korea transgender soldier to sue over dismissal

01/21/2020

A transgender soldier in South Korea says she will sue the army after it dismissed her for violating regulations following her sex change. Byun Hui-soo, 22, joined…

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Added on: 01/22/2020

Ecuador’s LGBT+ community seen suffering deadliest year in a decade

01/21/2020

Last year was the deadliest in at least a decade for gay and transgender people in Ecuador, campaigners have said, citing a possible backlash against new laws…