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Added on: 07/30/2019

Gay Chinese find a place to be themselves on ‘Rainbow Cruise’ to Vietnam

07/28/2019

On the deck of a cruise ship in southern China, two grey-haired men stood in silence, shoulders touching, looking out to sea, as other passengers bustled on…

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Added on: 07/30/2019

President Joko Widodo says Islam in Indonesia is ‘tolerant’ as rights groups warn of rising fundamentalism

07/28/2019

In his first international television interview since being re-elected in May, Indonesian President Joko Widodo denied being concerned about the rise of fundamentalism in his country, saying…

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Added on: 07/29/2019

A city’s first pride march was meant to be a day of joy. The far right turned it into chaos

07/28/2019

Drag queens strut, rainbow flags flutter in the breeze, and smiling marchers form heart symbols with their hands. From certain angles, the pride parade looks just like…

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Added on: 07/29/2019

Do LGBT asylum seekers need to look and act queer?

07/26/2019

LGBTQI+ Muslims seeking asylum are more successful if they speak, dress and act in accordance with Western notions of homosexuality, according to a new study. The study,…

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Added on: 07/29/2019

Man who raped lesbian to ‘fix her’ must serve out life sentence

07/25/2019

A convicted rapist from Petrusville, who believed in “corrective rape” for lesbians, has lost his appeal against the life sentence he is currently serving Zabathini Jonas, 34,…

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Added on: 07/29/2019

Halifax LGBTQ community turns hate crime into ‘act of love’

07/28/2019

Devin Moore, Tim Gottschall and Rouge Fatale took the homophobic words spray-painted in red on a Dartmouth apartment and raised it a rainbow. Rouge Fatale and Moore,…

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Added on: 07/28/2019

Dallas police offer free self-defense class after attacks targeting LGBTQ community

07/27/2019

It can take years to master a martial art form, but learning a few simple moves can keep people safe on the streets, a self-defense instructor told…

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Added on: 07/28/2019

Philippines congress to re-discuss same-sex civil partnerships

07/28/2019

The Philippines is set to re-discuss allowing same-sex civil partnerships following a renewed push from Congressman Pantaleon Alvarez. Initial attempts stalled last year. The bill aims to…

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Added on: 07/28/2019

Russia arrests man over murder of LGBTQ activist

07/26/2019

Russian police said on Thursday they had detained a man over the fatal stabbing of an LGBTQ activist near her home in St Petersburg and were not…

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Added on: 07/28/2019

Polish campaigners fear renewed homophobic violence

07/26/2019

Polish LGBT groups are holding solidarity marches and events in 30 cities on Saturday to protest growing hate speech and violence against their community. Meanwhile a leading…

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Added on: 07/27/2019

Caribbean lawsuit challenges St. Vincent’s anti-gay law

07/27/2019

Today, two gay men filed court proceedings to challenge St Vincent and the Grenadines’ “buggery” and “gross indecency” laws, which criminalise homosexuality. Both men, who have been…

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Added on: 07/27/2019

In Nepal, 1,500 citizens have changed official gender

07/25/2019

At least 1,500 members of the LGBT community in Nepal have changed their gender on official documents. Following a historic court ruling in 2007, Nepal implemented one…

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Added on: 07/27/2019

Election of gay lawmaker in Japan spurs hopes for same-sex marriage

07/24/2019

Japan’s first openly gay male lawmaker said on Tuesday he believed the country would legalize same-sex marriage, months after Taiwan became the first place in Asia to…

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Added on: 07/27/2019

Trans Men And Queer Women Have Been Swept Up In Chechnya’s Anti-LGBTQ Crackdown

07/27/2019

The phone call that would change M.’s life came one spring evening in 2018. “You’re on the list,” the baritone voice on the other end of the…

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Added on: 07/25/2019

Georgia’s Culture War: The Push for LGBT Rights

07/24/019

LGBT activists in the Republic of Georgia this summer have been looking for ways to hold a parade on the streets of the capital, Tbilisi. While pride…

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Added on: 07/25/2019

Are You Proud? shows how far LGBT equality has come – and how far there is left to go

07/24/2019

“Why do you want to make a film about Pride? Everything’s fine!” This, Ashley Joiner tells PinkNews, was usually the response he got while looking for funding…

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Added on: 07/25/2019

Czechia’s trans community pushes to be visible

07/24/2019

Emerging from the few sensationalized tabloid headlines and TV shows that have been Czechia’s only exposure to the country’s transgender community, trans Czechs are stepping out and…

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Added on: 07/25/2019

Taiwan school adopts gender-neutral uniform policy

07/25/2019

Male and female students will be allowed to wear skirts at a school in Taiwan after it announced plans to drop gender-specific uniforms yesterday, a move LGBTQ…

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Added on: 07/24/2019

Demonstrators Rally In St. Petersburg To Mourn Slain Russian LGBT Activist

07/23/2019

Several dozen demonstrators rallied in St. Petersburg to mourn Yelena Grigoryeva, an LGBT rights campaigner who was slain near her home in Russia’s second-largest city. The rally…

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Added on: 07/24/2019

Germany condemns killing of Russian LGBT activist

07/23/2019

Germany is condemning the killing of a political activist in Russia and urging authorities to find out whether the crime was related to her advocacy of LGBT…

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Added on: 07/24/2019

LGBT Tunisia: Rift over Israel, tactics, morals of gay candidate

07/23/2019

Eleven Tunisian LGBT rights groups have attacked gay presidential candidate Mounir Baatour and his LGBT association, Shams, criticizing them for lack of hostility to Israel, for alleged…

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Added on: 07/23/2019

Indonesian city pushing for anti-LGBT law

07/22/2019

An Indonesian city of nearly two million people is planning an anti-LGBT law. The city council of Depok, not far from the capital Jakarta, is following other…

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Added on: 07/23/2019

Japan elects first openly-gay politician to national parliament

07/22/2019

Japan on Monday (22 July) elected its first openly-gay politician to the country’s national parliament. LGBTI rights activist turned lawmaker Taiga Ishikawa won a seat for the…

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Added on: 07/23/2019

In Bolsonaro’s Brazil, LGBT people take personal defense into their own hands

07/22/2019

Miguel Doldan couldn’t get the thought out of his head: People wanted him dead. The passersby on the streets, the riders on the bus – they looked…

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Added on: 07/23/2019

St Petersburg murder victim was ‘well-known LGBT rights activist’

07/23/2019

Russian campaigners have said that a woman found murdered with multiple stab wounds in the city of Saint Petersburg was a well-known activist who had received threats…

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Added on: 07/22/2019

Two women who fought against LGBT laws in India just came out as a couple

07/22/2019

Menaka Guruswamy and Arundhati Katju successfully challenged Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code which punishes LGBTQ+ relations. The Supreme Court lawyers opposed the draconian laws which…

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Added on: 07/22/2019

CONVERSION THERAPY BECOMES KEY TO ELECTIONS

07/22/2019

When Bayit Yehudi leader Rafi Peretz apologized for speaking in favor of conversion therapy for the LGBT community, he might have thought he had put the issue…

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Added on: 07/22/2019

Head of Islamic school for transwomen wins rights award

07/21/2019

The leader of the al-Fatah pesantren (Islamic boarding school) for transwomen, 57-year-old Shinta Ratri, has received the Front Line Defenders Award in honor of her work as…

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Added on: 07/22/2019

Youth Fleeing Persecution Lacks Access to Social Protection in Liberia

07/22/2019

Mohammed Kamara, on a break from one of his classes, walked into the seaside apartment of his friend in a clustered community of corrugated roofs for a…

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Added on: 07/21/2019

Native lesbian couple overjoyed about Oglala Sioux Tribe same-sex marriage ruling

07/20/2019

The Oglala Sioux Tribe says they’re making history by becoming the first tribe in South Dakota to legalize same-sex marriage. In June 2015, the U.S. Supreme Court…