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Added on: 04/25/2019

Polish leader: LGBT rights an import that threatens nation

04/24/2019

The chairman of Poland’s conservative ruling party, Jaroslaw Kaczynski, has called the LGBT rights movement a foreign import that threatens the Polish nation. Kaczynski, Poland’s most important…

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Added on: 04/25/2019

New IRA claims responsibility Northern Ireland lesbian journalist’s death

04/24/2019

Members of the New IRA apologized for last week’s killing of prominent lesbian journalist Lyra McKee by one of its volunteer members in a statement to the…

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Added on: 04/25/2019

Trans voters use correct identity in Indian general election for first time

04/24/2019

Members of Delhi’s transgender and non-binary community have voted for the first time under their correct identity in India’s general election. The Indian election—which takes place from…

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Added on: 04/25/2019

ANTI-GAY KUWAITI ACADEMIC CLAIMS SUPPOSITORY “CURE” FOR HOMOSEXUALITY

04/24/2019

A homophobic Kuwaiti academic claimed on Scope TV in March that she invented a cure for homosexuality based on Islamic medicine. “I discovered therapeutic suppositories that curb…

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Added on: 04/25/2019

Exposed: How Malaysia fosters anti-LGBT bias, violence

04/23/2019

In Malaysia, a wide range of government-sponsored programs spread misinformation about LGBT people, which leads to anti-gay discrimination and violence. After human rights defender Numan Afifi described…

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Added on: 04/24/2019

Facebook has quietly removed three bogus far-right networks in Spain ahead of Sunday’s elections

04/23/2019

Facebook has quietly removed three far-right networks that were engaged in coordinated inauthentic behavior intended to spread politically divisive content in Spain ahead of a general election…

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Added on: 04/24/2019

India opens health clinic run entirely for and by LGBT people

04/23/2019

India has opened the doors to its first health clinic run entirely for and by LGBT+ people. The healthcare centre, located in Mumbai, employs LGBT+ receptionists, pharmacists,…

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Added on: 04/24/2019

How a gay student’s suicide after being outed is helping Japan’s LGBT community speak up

04/22/2019

The name of a gay student who died after being outed may remain known to only a small number of people – his immediate family, friends, classmates,…

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Added on: 04/24/2019

Condoms: A controversial idea for fighting HIV in Jamaican prisons

04/23/2019

The doubling of HIV cases in Jamaica’s prisons has resurrected the debate on formally offering condoms to curb the spread of sexually transmitted infections, with a clergyman…

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Added on: 04/24/2019

Supreme Court to Decide Whether Landmark Civil Rights Law Applies to Gay and Transgender Workers

04/23/2019

The Supreme Court announced on Monday that it would decide whether the Civil Rights Act of 1964 guarantees protections from workplace discrimination to gay and transgender people…

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Added on: 04/23/2019

Malaysian police investigate LGBT activist over UN speech

04/22/2019

Malaysian Police are investigating LGBTI rights activist, Numan Afifi, after he reported on the LGBTI rights situation at a UN Human Rights Council session last month. Police…

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Added on: 04/23/2019

Soldier reveals how he faced the South Korean military’s gay witch hunt

04/21/2019

A soldier has detailed what happened to him after he was caught up in South Korea’s hunt for gay people in the military. While same-sex activity is…

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Added on: 04/23/2019

Chechnya: Islam + tribal honor = danger for gays

04/22/2019

In Chechnya, traditional leaders feel threatened by society’s free access to information online, by empowered and independent women, and by the very existence of queer people. The…

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Added on: 04/23/2019

‘Dedicated LGBT cell need of the hour’: Priya Dutt

04/21/2019

Extending support to the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community, Priya Dutt, the Congress candidate from Mumbai North Central constituency, on Sunday said she would push…

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Added on: 04/23/2019

‘Stigma does not go away’: Mumbai’s dedicated LGBT health clinic

04/23/2019

Vivek Sharma has travelled 20km from his home to the congested eastern suburb of Mumbai for his HIV treatment. But the journey is no hardship for the…

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Added on: 04/22/2019

United Methodists edge toward breakup over LGBT policies

04/20/2019

There’s at least one area of agreement among conservative, centrist and liberal leaders in the United Methodist Church: America’s largest mainline Protestant denomination is on a path…

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Added on: 04/22/2019

More needs to be done’ to support North-East LGBT community

04/20/2019

A LEADING campaigner who believe life is improving for the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community says that much more needs to be done to bring about…

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Added on: 04/22/2019

Court lifts ban on LGBT Pride events in Turkey’s capital city

04/20/2019

LGBT+ Pride events can now be held in Ankara, the capital city of Turkey, as a court has lifted a ban that previously prohibited such celebrations. The…

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Added on: 04/22/2019

Our time to seek justice is now’: Transgender woman speaks for first time since Oak Cliff attack

04/20/2019

A transgender woman made her first public comments Saturday, a week after she was attacked by a large group in east Oak Cliff. Edward Dominic Thomas was…

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Added on: 04/22/2019

Lyra McKee: kindness defined her, we must fight for her memory

04/21/2019

Like a lot of gay people, Lyra McKee spent a long time hiding first. Of course she did. The Bible told her she was going to Hell….

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Added on: 04/21/2019

THOUSANDS TURN OUT TO SAY NO TO SAME-SEX MARRIAGES IN CAYMAN

04/17/2019

An estimated 2,000 people filled Cayman’s capital on Saturday (13 April) to rally against same-sex marriage in the Cayman Islands. It comes on the heels of the…

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Added on: 04/21/2019

LGBT ally and psychiatrist who argued homosexuality isn’t a disorder dies

04/19/2019

A pioneering LGBTQ ally and psychiatrist has died at the age of 82. Richard Green was one of the first psychiatrists to speak out against labelling homosexuality…

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Added on: 04/21/2019

China’s largest e-commerce site removes LGBTI products

04/19/2019

China’s largest e-commerce site, Taobao, began removing LGBTI-themed items from online stores this week. Taobao, owned by Chinese billionaire Jack Ma, told Vendors selling products such as…

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Added on: 04/20/2019

Northern Ireland Mourns Lyra McKee, Journalist and LGBT Activist Shot at Nationalist Riot

04/19/2019

Lyra Mckee, a young journalist and activist for LGBT rights in Northern Ireland, was killed Thursday night by a bullet fired in the direction of police officers…

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Added on: 04/20/2019

Jamaica: Gay panic defense in killing of Pride icon

04/17/2019

The man who killed fashion designer Dexter Pottinger had his murder charge reduced to manslaughter after he told Jamaican authorities that he stabbed Pottinger 25 times after…

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Added on: 04/20/2019

Russian LGBT activists arrested in St.Petersburg Day of Silence protest

04/18/2019

A group of Russian LGBT+ activists have been arrested in St. Petersburg during an annual “Day of Silence” protest for sex and gender equality. Some 11 people…

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Added on: 04/20/2019

Trans weddings in Japan: forced surgery before ‘I do’

04/17/2019

For Tacaquito Usui to marry his partner, Japanese law first requires him to undergo sterilisation surgery and be diagnosed with a mental disorder because he is transgender….

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Added on: 04/19/2019

Amnesty to monitor Italian politicians’ social media for hate speech

04/18/2019

The Italian arm of Amnesty International said it would be tracking comments posted amid concerns verbal and physical violence is on the rise under Italy’s populist government….

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Added on: 04/19/2019

Politicians urged to cut ties with ‘homophobic’ pastor

04/18/2019

Two assembly members have been urged to sever their links with a controversial pastor who claimed homosexuality is a “sin”. Yang Tuck Yoong called homosexuality an “abomination”…

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Added on: 04/19/2019

Thousands feared at risk after Mexico reforms HIV+ regime

04/17/2019

Thousands of Mexicans living with HIV or at risk of infection could be left without life-saving services after the government changed the way it funds treatment, according…