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Added on: 05/08/2019

First It was the Word ‘Gay”

City Watch LA
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’

Los Angeles Times
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

Reuters
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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Pro-LGBT poster with revered icon stirs Poland

KIRO 7
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

Gay Star News
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

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

New York Daily News
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

Cronkite News
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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Governments urged to keep pressure on Brunei after gay sex death penalty halt

Thomson Reuters Foundation
05/06/2019
Diplomatic pressure on Brunei should not be eased until anti-LGBT+ laws are completely repealed, human rights advocates said on Monday, dismissing the Southeast Asian country’s move to…
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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

The Guardian
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

Erasing 76 Crimes
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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Added on: 05/07/2019

Looted art, gay rights merge in recovery of Polish painting

Associated Press
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

The Gleaner
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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Added on: 05/05/2019

Edmonton students walk out of school to protest UCP education policies

Openly
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”

The Economist
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

Inter Press Service
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

Suday Times
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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Added on: 05/05/2019

LGBT in the Persian Gulf: Hiding is critical

Erasing 76 Crimes
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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Added on: 05/05/2019

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

Gay Star News
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

Variety
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’

BBC News
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

Bay Area Reporter
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.

Times of India
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’

Houston Chronicle
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…
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Added on: 05/02/2019

Furia Marica – the meaning of ‘faggot’ and LGBT rights In Colombia

World Crunch
04/26/2019
In a country like Colombia, which has somehow taught itself to use the word gonorrhea as a term of endearment, it is not surprising that the word…
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Added on: 05/01/2019

Belgian tennis couple blazing a trail for LGBT community: ‘We want to inspire people struggling with coming out’

The Telegraph
05/01/2019
Having pulled off one of the greatest wins of her career a year ago at Wimbledon – storming past defending champion Garbine Muguruza to reach the third…
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Added on: 05/01/2019

South Africa to host Mr Gay World 2019 pageant after China pulled out

Face2Face Africa
04/30/2019
All roads will lead to Cape Town, South Africa for the 2019 edition of Mr Gay World pageant where 24 finalists will compete for this year’s crown….
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Added on: 05/01/2019

Is America Ready for a Gay President? ‘You’re Going to See the Wall Crumble’

New York Times
04/30/2019
In 2009, Raymond Buckley was the only openly gay state chairman in the Democratic Party. His state, New Hampshire, was one of very few that had passed…
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Added on: 05/01/2019

With spirits high, the LGBT community and supporters marks Tokyo’s 25th pride march

Japan Times
04/28/2019
With rainbow flags flying high and colorful signboards vividly displayed under a clear blue sky, thousands of members of the LGBT community and their supporters took to…
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Added on: 05/01/2019

China’s resistance to gay relationships and surrogate births, seen through a filmmaker’s own family

South China Morning Post
04/30/2019
Chinese documentarian Hao Wu’s latest film, All in My Family, focuses on Chinese family tradition, social expectations, gay relationships and children born using surrogacy through an extremely…
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