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Added on: 06/20/2019

Liberal Democratic Party and tradition may stymie push for same-sex marriage in Japan

06/19/2019

As Japanese lawmakers grapple with a landmark same-sex marriage bill, campaigners fear it may die at the first legislative hurdle as lawmakers pander to aging voters and…

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Added on: 06/19/2019

LGBT Refugees Allege Harassment in Kenya, a Rare Safe Haven

06/19/2019

Burundi national Nina Muregwa says she feels threatened again. After escaping death threats back home over her sexual identity the 17-year-old thought she had found a sanctuary…

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Added on: 06/19/2019

Jean Wyllys Travels Abroad and Says ‘Stupidity Virus’ Strikes Part of Brazil

06/19/2019

Nearly a month after resigning from his political office and leaving the country under threat, former federal deputy Jean Wyllys is touring Europe giving talks on the…

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Added on: 06/19/2019

Malaysia PM Mahathir Mohamad: Gays shouldn’t get married because they can’t have kids

06/17/2019

Malaysia Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad has claimed that same-sex marriage is “regressive.” In an appearance at the Cambridge Union in the UK on Sunday (June 17), the…

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Added on: 06/19/2019

St. Lucia plans its first Pride celebration

06/18/2019

The Caribbean island nation of St. Lucia is gearing up for its first Pride celebration, although it still clings to anti-gay laws. On paper, St. Lucia’s laws…

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Added on: 06/19/2019

Mumbai LGBT film festival celebrates pride

06/17/2019

A gay-and-lesbian themed film festival in Mumbai, said to be the biggest of its kind in India, concluded on Sunday (June 16), manifesting celebrations of colours, art,…

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Added on: 06/18/2019

What it’s like to be gay and Qatari

08/05/2016

Homosexuality is so taboo in Qatar that it doesn’t feature in public discourse, yet practically it very much exists. Being gay is frowned upon here, and a…

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Added on: 06/18/2019

Scuffles break out at anti-trans rally in Vancouver

06/17/2019

Tempers flared between pro- and anti-trans rights protestors in Vancouver on Saturday (15 June). Several hundred people from both sides converged outside the Vancouver Art Gallery in…

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Added on: 06/18/2019

Zanele Muholi captures powerful portraits of South Africa’s LGBT community

06/16/2019

Last week, Botswana’s High Court made history when it overturned colonial-era laws criminalizing consensual same-sex relations. The ruling, which came mere weeks after Kenya’s High Court ruled to uphold its…

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Added on: 06/18/2019

The Lavender Scare: the shocking true story of an anti-LGBT witch-hunt

06/18/2019

When Josh Howard began working on his documentary The Lavender Scare, way back in 2009, America was a very different place – not least for its LGBT…

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Added on: 06/17/2019

Fighting For Recognition in Japan

06/16/2019

When 13 LGBTQ couples sued the Japanese government earlier this year, arguing for legal recognition of same-sex marriage, it made headlines around the world as a historic…

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Added on: 06/17/2019

Young people key to combatting homophobia: LGBT rugby chief

06/17/2019

Educating young people about the evils of homophobia was a key message from Europe’s largest LGBT+ inclusive rugby tournament, the biennial Union Cup, held in Dublin last…

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Added on: 06/17/2019

Teens on growing up LGBTI in Iran: ‘My boyfriend was killed’

06/17/2019

Teens have opened up about what it’s like to grow up LGBTI in Iran. Dozens of young people revealed they are ‘depressed’ and ‘frustrated’ by living in…

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Added on: 06/17/2019

Male couple refused entry to restaurant ‘because a couple is a man and woman’

06/16/2019

A male couple were told they couldn’t dine at a restaurant in the northern city of Nazareth Illit because the special event was reserved for families and…

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Added on: 06/16/2019

Legalising homosexuality: Germany did it 25 years ago – what about other European countries?

06/14/2019

This week Germany celebrated legalising homosexuality twenty-five years ago. Until June 11, 1994, it was still considered a crime in Germany even though since 1969 homosexuals were…

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Added on: 06/16/2019

‘Police are a force of terror’: The LGBT activists who want cops out of Pride

06/14/2019

It took half a century, but this LGBT Pride month, the New York police department (NYPD) finally apologized for the infamous 1969 raid on the Stonewall gay…

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Added on: 06/16/2019

Understanding of LGBT realities ‘non-existent’ in most countries, says UN expert

06/12/2019

In a statement issued ahead of presenting his latest report to the Human Rights Council later this month, Victor Madrigal-Borloz urged States to collect more data in…

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Added on: 06/16/2019

Detective investigated for calling for execution of LGBT people

06/13/2019

A church sermon by a sheriff’s detective is being investigated after it called LGBT+ people to be arrested and executed. The Knox County Attorney General’s Office is…

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Added on: 06/16/2019

Brazilian president says decision to criminalise homophobia ‘completely wrong’

06/15/2019

Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro criticised the country’s Supreme Court after they ruled to criminalise homophobia, making it a crime equivalent to racism in Brazil. Bolsonaro told reporters…

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Added on: 06/15/2019

Malaysian human rights group reject LGBTI rights in letter

06/13/2019

A Malaysian human rights campaigner has rejected LGBTI rights, claiming they are a ‘western import’. Azril Mohd Amin from the Centre for Human Rights Research and Advocacy…

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Added on: 06/15/2019

Gay people unlikely to report intimate partner violence: expert

06/14/2019

It is possible that more that 90 percent of individuals subject to intimate partner violence in homosexual relationships in Taiwan do not seek help from government-run support…

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Added on: 06/15/2019

AP Explains: The rocky rise of LGBT rights in Latin America

06/13/2019

Despite a dark past, today many LGBT citizens in Latin America are enjoying the right to marry, choose their gender identity and adopt children. But while laws…

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Added on: 06/15/2019

Same-sex couple on viral London bus attack: ‘We were just sexual objects’

06/15/2019

A same-sex couple have opened up about the homophobic and misogynistic attack they suffered on a bus in north London. A picture of a bloody and crying…

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Added on: 06/15/2019

Supporters and opponents of LGBT pride march clash in Tbilisi

06/14/2019

Participants of a protest demonstration of LGBT activists in the center of Tbilisi in front of the government office building clashed with Orthodox activists last evening. The…

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Added on: 06/14/2019

Time for Swaziland to Follow Botswana’s Lead and Decriminalise Gay Sex

06/13/2019

Swaziland should follow the example of its near-neighbour Botswana and decriminalise gay sex. The kingdom, also known as eSwatini, has much in common with Botswana. Both were…

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Added on: 06/14/2019

Mexico City’s LGBT-Inclusive School Uniforms Policy

06/14/2019

Mexico City’s Mayor Claudia Sheinbaum announced on June 3 that children in Mexico City would be allowed to choose the uniform they wear to school. The policy…

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Added on: 06/14/2019

Ecuador approves same-sex marriage as LGBT+ groups hail landmark week

06/13/2019

Ecuador’s decision to allow same-sex marriage has topped a landmark week for LGBT+ rights after Botswana decriminalised gay sex and Bhutan took the first steps to do…

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Added on: 06/13/2019

Brazil transgender soccer team fights prejudice

06/12/2019

On a late May afternoon, the Bigtboys soccer team played its first match, a friendly game on a flood-lit neighborhood pitch bordered by chain-link fencing. With only…

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Added on: 06/13/2019

Samoa Fa’afafine Association protests censor of Elton John film

06/12/2019

LGBTI rights advocates in Samoa are protesting against the censoring of the Elton John biopic Rocketman. Samoa’s only cinema revealed the ban on Friday on its Facebook…

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Added on: 06/13/2019

Bermuda to hold first gay pride march

06/12/2019

Bermuda’s first march to celebrate gay pride is to be held this summer. LGBTQ people and same-sex marriage campaigners said the Bermuda Pride event would help to…