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Added on: 05/10/2019

Bold and timely’: New LGBT-friendly Cathay Pacific ad wins praise

05/10/2019

Hong Kong airline Cathay Pacific rolled out a new promotional campaign this week – though one ad, in particular, stole the spotlight. Netizens have posted photos of…

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Russian LGBTIs risk arrest by holding public vigil for gay Holocaust victims

05/10/2019

In an act of brave defiance, a group of LGBTI Russians commemorated the gay victims of the Nazi Holocaust. Leading LGBTI activist Petr Voskresenskii secretly planned the…

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Added on: 05/10/2019

Ramadan: The holiest but loneliest time of year for many LGBTI Muslims

05/09/2019

As the Muslim world gets stuck into observing and celebrating the holiest month on the Islamic calendar, LGBTI Muslims are preparing themselves in an entirely different way….

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Added on: 05/09/2019

Cuban government talks to LGBT group about parade

05/08/2019

During a dialogue where Raul Castro’s daughter was present, members of the Cuban LGTBQ community were told the now-canceled gay parade would be used by foreign forces…

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Added on: 05/09/2019

This New Happiness Survey Is Asking LGBT People Around the World, ‘How Happy Are You?’

05/09/2019

Happiness and quality of life are both essential to people’s well-being. Yet in too many countries those qualities in LGBT people are seriously compromised due to the…

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Added on: 05/09/2019

No Outsiders’ teacher to lead Birmingham Pride parade

05/08/2019

A teacher whose lesson programme covering LGBT relationships has been at the centre of protests will lead a parade during Birmingham Pride. Andrew Moffat started the ‘No…

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Added on: 05/09/2019

Russia: New Anti-Gay Crackdown in Chechnya

05/08/2019

Police in Chechnya have carried out a new round of unlawful detentions, beatings, and humiliation of men they presume to be gay or bisexual, Human Rights Watch…

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First It was the Word ‘Gay”

05/06/2019

First, it was the word “gay.” For decades, conservatives objected to people using the word to describe homosexuality on the grounds that it corrupted a perfectly good…

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Added on: 05/08/2019

Cuba cancels its annual gay rights parade, ‘Conga Against Homophobia’

05/07/2019

The Cuban government announced Tuesday that it has canceled this year’s edition of a parade widely seen as a sign of progress on gay rights on the…

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Added on: 05/08/2019

Poles stage protest rally in support of LGBT activist

05/07/2019

Hundreds of Polish gay rights activists staged a protest rally on Tuesday evening over the brief detention of a woman who posted images near a church of…

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Added on: 05/08/2019

Pro-LGBT poster with revered icon stirs Poland

05/07/2019

Rights groups and government critics in Poland protested Tuesday after police temporarily detained a human rights activist for putting up posters depicting the country’s most revered Catholic…

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Added on: 05/08/2019

Hong Kong’s lesbian tycoon launches new bid for marriage equality

05/07/2019

Renowned Hong Kong businesswoman, Gigi Chao, is leading a new bid for marriage equality in the city. Chao, along with lawyer Azan Marwah and other activists, will…

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Added on: 05/07/2019

Businesses encouraged to fly rainbow flag for LGBT equality

05/06/2019

May 17 marks the annual International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia (IDAHOT). In an open letter, the Myanmar Centre for Responsible Business and Myanmar NGO Colours Rainbow…

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Added on: 05/07/2019

Rainbow flags confiscated at Singapore concert of openly gay singer Troye Sivan

05/06/2019

Fans of the openly gay singer Troye Sivan were told not to wave rainbow flags during a concert in Singapore last Friday. LGBTQ rights activist Benjamin Xue…

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Added on: 05/07/2019

Peru holds out some hope for Venezuelan migrants with HIV

05/06/2019

Sulaida Ramirez Davila sat in a support group for those with AIDS and HIV, like her son, Rafael Olivares. Tears welled up as she recalled her decision…

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Added on: 05/07/2019

From Spain to Turkey, the rise of the far right is a clash of cultures not civilisations

05/06/2019

Vox and other extremists are making huge political gains for the first time in years. Their success risks tearing societies apart. I spent part of my childhood…

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Added on: 05/07/2019

LGBT in West Africa: Arrests, lynchings, discrimination, denial

05/06/2019

West African nations display a mix of mostly abusive responses to LGBT people, including denial that they exist, lynchings and arrests even without anti-homosexuality laws. The context…

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Looted art, gay rights merge in recovery of Polish painting

05/05/2019

A same-sex Los Angeles couple was dumbfounded when Homeland Security agents showed up at their home in 2016 with the news that a beloved old portrait hanging…

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Added on: 05/07/2019

Jamaica: LGBTs Want Seat At National Table

05/05/2019

Members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) community are insisting that they be included in national campaigns that focus on the protection of the rights…

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Edmonton students walk out of school to protest UCP education policies

05/01/2019

Chanting, “We have voices” and clutching signs reading “GSAs save kids,” more than 100 students walked out of Victoria School of the Arts Friday morning to protest…

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Poland’s ruling party confronts the “LGBT dictatorship”

05/02/2019

Poland faces an “attack on the family”, says Jaroslaw Kaczynski, chairman of the ruling Law and Justice (pis) party. In 2015 the party swept back to power…

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LGBTI rights in the Balkans: A perpetual struggle

05/03/2019

Romanian Adrian Coman and his American-born partner Clai Hamilton had two major reasons to celebrate when they tied the knot last June. One of course, was their…

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Ireland ‘still on’ for gay-hate preacher Steven Anderson after Dutch ban

05/05/2019

An American preacher who says homosexuals should be executed, and who was banned by Dutch authorities last week from entering the Schengen area, still plans to visit…

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LGBT in the Persian Gulf: Hiding is critical

05/03/2019

In the Persian Gulf, LGBT persons in general hide their sexual orientation and non-conforming gender identity. Expressing them could put them at grave risk of violence and…

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Are isolated LGBTI Japanese finally about to step out of the closet?

05/04/2019

Tomoyuki Oishi is probably the only LGBTI person living in his small village in Nagano prefecture, Japan. ‘I like the village, but it feels very cramped’ the…

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Added on: 05/03/2019

Dance Film ‘Memories of My Body’ Takes a Battering From Conservatives in Indonesia

05/02/2019

Muslim groups in Indonesia are calling for a ban on the film “Memories of My Body,” a drama from the country’s best-known art house director, Garin Nugroho….

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Added on: 05/02/2019

My LGBT-friendly mosque saved me from being radicalised’

05/01/2019

Sitting in my bedroom alone, a wave of fear washed over me. I was 12 years old, confused, and scared – I was beginning to realise I…

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Added on: 05/02/2019

LGBTs visit US-Mexico border, meet asylum seekers

05/01/2019

President Donald Trump threw asylum seekers and immigration advocates another wrench April 29, proposing new restrictions targeting the United States’ southwestern border. Late Monday, Trump ordered acting…

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Added on: 05/02/2019

You’re always told you can’t be queer and a politician. That needs to change says creator of Pink List.

04/28/2019

There’s a rainbow wave sweeping the country this time with a record number of LGBT individuals in the poll fray. A young trio comprising Anish Gawande, a…

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Added on: 05/02/2019

Ex-president Da Silva: Brazil governed by ‘crazy people’

04/26/2019

From the federal police headquarters where he is serving a sentence for corruption and money laundering, Brazil’s former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said the South…