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Added on: 06/06/2019

‘It’s humiliating for us’: village disowns Dutee Chand, India’s first openly gay athlete

The Guardian
06/05/2019
Supporters of India’s first openly gay athlete fear for her safety after her decision to come out prompted a backlash in her home village. Local reaction was…
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Why we should (try to) take the Boston Straight Pride parade seriously

The Independent
06/05/2019
“It’s LGBT Pride Month, but straight people aren’t going to let that stop them. Yesterday, news hit the wires that a group of men referring to themselves…
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Polish court backs citizenship for LGBT couple’s child

Taiwan News
06/05/2019
A court in Poland has upheld the groundbreaking registration of a child raised by a same-sex couple. The decision by the Provincial Court in the southern city…
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Dance club for LGBT elders to be held in South Australia for the first time

ABC
06/05/2019
A dance club for LGBT elders will be held in South Australia for the first time, as part of the Adelaide Cabaret Festival. The free event is…
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LGBT tour operator faces death threats over Ethiopia trip

The Guardian
06/05/2019
An LGBT tour operator has received death threats and hate messages on social media after launching a holiday to Ethiopia. Chicago-based Toto Tours’ 16-day trip to Ethiopia…
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Most of Spain’s LGBT community still closeted at work

Progressive Spain
06/04/2019
A new study carried out by some of Spain’s leading corporations has found that 62 percent of LGBT people in Spain say they do not openly discuss…
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Lyft will now let passengers specify their preferred pronouns

CNN
06/04/2019
June is LGBT Pride month, and as part of its observance, ride-share company Lyft has announced a new feature which lets passengers specify their preferred pronouns. In…
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Added on: 06/05/2019

Zimbabwe’s economic crisis driving homeless boys into illegal gay sex trade

Reuters
06/04/2019
On a sunny morning in the central business district of Zimbabwe’s second city Bulawayo, 14-year-old Tapiwa is basking in the sunlight on a busy pavement. After running…
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San Marino bans discrimination based on sexual orientation

EuroNews
06/04/2019
Citizens of San Marino, one of Europe’s smallest countries, have chosen to ban discrimination based on sexual discrimination by constitution. The motion passed with 71.46% of votes…
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Far-right extremists vow to disrupt Jerusalem Pride Parade

Times of Israel
06/04/2019
The leader of a far right-wing group said Tuesday his organization plans to disrupt this week’s Jerusalem Pride Parade in order to fight what he called “LGBT…
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Added on: 06/04/2019

Gay rugby player faces deportation to Kenya as asylum claim rejected

The Guardian
06/03/2019
A gay rugby player who is facing deportation to Kenya, where he fears he will be subjected to persecution and violence because of his sexuality, has had…
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Added on: 06/04/2019

QATAR BANS HOMOSEXUALITY AS AL JAZEERA IN ENGLISH MARKS LGBT PRIDE MONTH

Jerusalem Post
06/03/2019
Qatar bans homosexuality, but the Qatar-backed Al Jazeera’s AJ+ still recently marked June as LGBT Pride Month with a tweet about speaking to the cast of “Queer…
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Added on: 06/04/2019

17 Pictures That Changed The Course Of LGBT History

BuzzFeed News
06/03/2019
In the 1960s and ’70s, amid a climate of political upheaval and civil rights activism, LGBT communities across the US were uniting for visibility and change. Events…
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Added on: 06/04/2019

Japan Opposition Parties Submit Same-Sex Marriage Bill

Bloomberg
06/03/20219
Japan’s major opposition parties submitted a bill Monday calling for same-sex marriage in the world’s third-biggest economy, a move that comes weeks after Taiwan became the first…
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Added on: 06/04/2019

Defeat in Kenya didn’t reverse gay Africans’ gains

Erasing 76 Crimes
06/03/2019
On May 24, three months late, Kenya’s High Court decided whether to legalise gay sex. Human rights advocates had hoped to watch the start of a rainbow-colored…
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Added on: 06/03/2019

H&M Malaysia does not carry pro-LGBT collection, rep confirms

Malay Mail
06/02/2019
Fashion retailer H&M has confirmed that its collection supporting the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community is not available in Malaysia. Malaysiakini reported Sweden-based H&M’s Malaysia…
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Added on: 06/03/2019

LGBT people: Sharing their dreams, confessing their fears

Times of India
06/01/2019
‘I WANT TO DRESS UP AS A BRIDE’ “Sometimes, you have to hide your dreams from the world,” says Kolkata’s Amit Bittoo Dey, who would often tell…
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Pink Dot: how Singapore’s LGBT movement became a ‘tangible force’ where others struggle to survive

South China Morning Post
06/03/2019
It was an obvious choice for Manda Foo when she was asked to sign a pledge in April to reduce discrimination faced by the lesbian, gay, bisexual,…
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Added on: 06/03/2019

This lawyer helped pioneer the gay rights movement in late-1800s Germany

AV
06/02/2019
This week’s entry: Karl Heinrich Ulrichs What it’s about: A man many see as the father of the gay rights movement. Ulrichs was a journalist and lawyer…
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Added on: 06/02/2019

President Trump’s Anti-LGBT Agenda Is Louder Than His Pride Message

Daily Beast
05/31/2019
On Friday, President Trump tweeted a message in support of Pride month, which was breathtakingly disingenuous given his administration’s systematic assault on LGBT rights. After ignoring LGBTQ…
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Added on: 06/02/2019

U.S. embassy in Seoul faces backlash for flying Pride flag

CTV News
05/31/2019
The American embassy in South Korea is facing backlash from the country’s conservative and Christian groups for displaying a Pride flag on its building during Pride celebrations…
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Added on: 06/02/2019

After Brunei episode, Aceh now in spotlight in fight for LGBT rights

New Straits Times
06/01/2019
George Clooney’s star power helped in Brunei, but LGBT+ advocates said a similar celebrity boycott of businesses in another anti-LGBT+ hotspot in Southeast Asia is unlikely to…
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Added on: 06/02/2019

South Korea’s pride parade marks 20 years in blaze of colour

France 24
06/01/2019
Tens of thousands of LGBT South Koreans and their supporters paraded through central Seoul Saturday for the capital’s 20th gay rights march, with ruling Democratic Party members…
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Added on: 06/01/2019

Is your life expectancy different because you are LGBTQ+?

Instinct
05/31/2019
What do you feel your life expectancy is? Do you think it is different because you are LGBTQ+? The current life expectancy for the “average” American is…
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Added on: 06/01/2019

10 very different countries. 10 very different rules for LGBTQ+ individuals

Refinery29
05/31/2019
On May 24, 2019, same-sex couples in Taiwan registered their unions as the country’s historic new law legally recognizing same-sex marriages went into effect. On the same…
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Added on: 06/01/2019

Philippines President Duterte says he was once gay ‘But I cured myself’

Newsweek
05/31/2019
Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte has claimed he was once gay but “cured” himself of homosexuality in controversial remarks made during a trip to Japan. According to Rappler,…
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Added on: 06/01/2019

Vienna’s changing LGBT spaces – a cartoon

The Guardian
05/31/2019
As the city prepares to host EuroPride, Lars van Roosendaal paints the places at the heart of its storied queer scene. Gay pick-up behaviour has changed a…
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Added on: 06/01/2019

In Colombia’s remote tribes, LGBT+ people face abuse, shame

Yahoo News
05/31/2019
Colombia’s LGBT+ people who live in black and indigenous communities must cope with violence, humiliation and efforts to “cure” them of their sexual identities, according to research…
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Added on: 06/01/2019

Pakistan human rights minister appoints first transgender employee

Pink News
05/30/2019
Pakistan’s Human Rights Minister Dr Shireen Mazari has appointed a transgender woman to her department for the first time. Dr Mazari announced the appointment of Ayesha Moghul…
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Added on: 05/31/2019

Lady Phyll, new LGBTQ rights leader, promotes cooperation

Erasing 76 Crimes
05/30/2019
As Lady Phyll prepared for her new role as the leader of the Kaleidoscope Trust international LGBTQ rights group, she expressed her support for this blog’s model…
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