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Added on: 03/16/2019

LGBT Brazilians’ Mental Health Plummets With Anti-Gay President

South Florida Gay News
03/13/2019
When the proudly homophobic President Jair Bolsonaro took office in January, LGBT community members were worried their rights would be taken away. Two months later, watchdog groups…
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Added on: 03/16/2019

Groups blast ‘homophobic’ and ‘unjust’ family bill

Taipei Times
03/15/2019
A coalition of LGBT rights groups yesterday urged Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) Legislator Lai Shyh-bao to withdraw his draft bill on same-sex families, which they said could…
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Added on: 03/15/2019

Nigerian lesbian: I need to marry a gay man

Erasing 76 Crimes
03/13/2019
In Nigeria, many LGBTI persons grow anxious as they get older and confront pressures from their families and society to get married. They can’t simply marry the…
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Added on: 03/15/2019

Dutch priest who petitioned for pro-LGBT ‘rainbow crossing’ in front of basilica withdraws petition

LGBT Life
03/12/2019
Fr. Maickel Prasing, the Dutch priest who launched an online petition for a rainbow crossing to be placed in front of the Catholic Basilica of Oudenbosch, Brabant,…
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Added on: 03/14/2019

BOTSWANA COURT CASE TO CHALLENGE LEGALITY OF GAY SEX

Jerusalem Post
03/14/2019
Botswana’s High Court will hear on Thursday a case challenging the decriminalization of homosexual intercourse, offering campaigners a rare chance to argue for lesbian, gay, bisexual and…
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Added on: 03/14/2019

Guinea-Bissau’s ‘Big Mamas’ advance gay pride in conservative West Africa

Thomson Reuters Foundation
03/13/2019
Edimilson Silva wears tight jeans, sparkly jewellery and sometimes lipstick – outfits that in neighbouring countries could get him harassed, jailed or even killed. But in his…
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Added on: 03/14/2019

This transgender woman is running for a seat in India’s national parliament

Gay Star News
03/13/2019
India’s commercial hub, Mumbai has its first-ever transgender candidate for upcoming parliament elections. Sneha Kale announced she would contest the north-central constituency as an independent candidate this…
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Added on: 03/14/2019

Thailand’s Tourism Industry Looks to Cash In on Same-Sex Partner Law

Bloomberg
03/12/2019
Thailand is advancing same-sex partnership legislation. And one of the nation’s biggest industries, tourism, is paying close attention. Amid an election campaign, a measure that would give…
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Added on: 03/14/2019

Caribbean cricket lesson: ‘Nothing wrong with being gay’

Erasing 76 Crimes
03/12/2019
In the Caribbean, anti-gay slurs are less acceptable than they used to be. A star West Indies cricketer learned that the hard way last month. Umpires imposed…
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Added on: 03/13/2019

Where does Malaysia stand on gay rights?

South China Morning Post
03/11/2019
An outburst by a Malaysian minister who criticised a feminist rally attended by gay rights campaigners is the latest sign the government is reneging on pre-election vows…
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Added on: 03/13/2019

Poland’s ruling party launches attack on LGBT community at party convention

Emerging Europe
03/11/2019
Poland’s ruling Law and Justice Party (PiS) has launched an attack on gay rights as part of its election strategy ahead of European elections in May and…
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Added on: 03/13/2019

Two Brazilian police arrested over killing of activist Marielle Franco

Digital Journal
03/11/2019
Two police officers were arrested Tuesday in the killing of Rio city councilor and black gay rights activist Marielle Franco, prosecutors said, almost a year to the…
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Added on: 03/12/2019

Egyptian Transgender Woman Forcibly Arrested, at Risk of Torture and Sexual Violence

Morocco World News
03/10/2019
19-year-old Malak al-Kashef, who recently had sex reassignment surgery, has not been heard from ever since she was taken by the Egyptian national security at the early…
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Added on: 03/12/2019

American Transgender ‘Woman’ Named ‘Miss International Queen’

Liberty Headlines
03/09/2019
American contestant Jazell Barbie Royale was crowned “Miss International Queen” in Thailand on Friday at a beauty pageant for transgender women, becoming the first person of colour…
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Added on: 03/12/2019

Dutch Reformed Church forced to allow same-sex marriage

Pink News
03/08/2019
A South African court has overturned a decision by the Dutch Reformed Church not to recognise same-sex unions. The Gauteng High Court in Pretoria scrapped the church’s…
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Added on: 03/12/2019

Trump to host Brazil’s anti-gay president Jair Bolsonaro at White House

Pink News
03/09/2019
Donald Trump has invited Brazil’s anti-LGBT president Jair Bolsonaro to the White House. The far-right Brazilian leader, who holds extreme anti-LGBT beliefs, will meet with Trump at…
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Added on: 03/12/2019

After decades-long legal battle, gay couple’s 1971 marriage officially recognized

NBC News
03/07/2019
In 1971, gay couple Michael McConnell and Jack Baker applied for a marriage license from Blue Earth County, Minnesota. The clerk, not realizing one of the individuals…
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Added on: 03/11/2019

On International Women’s Day: End daily ‘corrective rapes’

76 Crimes
03/08/2019
Today is International Women’s Day #IWD2019: We celebrate and stand in solidarity with all women, noting their tenacity and fortitude, especially those who courageously survive violence and…
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Added on: 03/11/2019

In Muslim Malaysia, Uproar Over LGBT Groups at Women’s Day March

US News
03/10/2019
A Malaysian minister has decried the presence of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) groups at a march celebrating International Women’s Day on Saturday, calling it “a…
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Added on: 03/11/2019

Queer women in Russia’s North Caucasus ‘face sexual violence, forced marriage, and murder’

Global Voices
03/07/2019
Queer women in Russia’s North Caucasus face attempts to ‘cure’ them, beatings, rape, forced marriages, and murder, according to a recent report interviewing a number of queer…
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Added on: 03/11/2019

Italian lesbian reveals years of corrective rape by father

Pink News
03/08/2019
A 23-year-old Italian woman has spoken out about the years of sexual assault she suffered at the hands of her father, who attempted to “correct” her sexuality….
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Added on: 03/10/2019

Equality Florida Sounds Alarm Over Preemption Bill

South Florida Gay News
03/07/2019
Equality Florida, the only statewide LGBT rights group, is sounding an alarm over HB 3, which could threaten local LGBT rights protections if passed. “So House Bill…
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Added on: 03/10/2019

‘I’m ready,’ says first transgender candidate for Thai PM

Reuters
03/07/2019
Pauline Ngarmpring thought she would take it slow as she began her new life as a transgender woman after transitioning at the age of 49. Instead, three…
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Added on: 03/09/2019

71% of LGBT voters would choose Remain in a second Brexit referendum

Gay Star News
03/06/2019
LGBT voters could decide the outcome of a second Brexit referendum, a YouGov poll found. A January 2019 survey showed that, if there is a new public…
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Added on: 03/09/2019

Homophobic, transphobic flyers appear before Sydney election

Pink News
03/06/2019
Homophobic and transphobic flyers have appeared around Sydney, Australia, in the run up to this month’s state election. The flyers, which appeared on Reddit, are written in…
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Added on: 03/09/2019

LGBT in India: What it’s like six months after gay sex was decriminalised

BBC News
03/06/2019
Up until six months ago, 20-year-old Tish felt like a criminal. He faced long-term prison time in India because he was an out and proud gay man,…
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Added on: 03/08/2019

Fears for transgender Egyptian woman held in men’s prison

Independent
03/07/2019
An Egyptian transgender woman arrested for inciting anti-government protests is at risk of torture and sexual violence, activists and rights groups have warned. Malak al-Kashef, 19, has…
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Added on: 03/08/2019

Tourism Minister reportedly tells German press there’s no gays in Malaysia

Yahoo News
03/06/2019
German news agency Deutsche Welle is reporting that our Tourism minister, Mohammaddin bin Ketapi told a room full of journalists (so, essentially, planet Earth) that Malaysia does…
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Added on: 03/08/2019

Trump’s newly confirmed federal judge has ties to anti-gay ‘hate group’

NBC News
03/06/2019
The U.S. Senate voted Tuesday to confirm Allison Jones Rushing to the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, handing the 36-year-old judge a lifetime seat on one…
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Added on: 03/07/2019

Author Samantha Allen’s Road Trip Through Red States Reveals LGBTI Communities Everywhere

GBP Radio News
03/05/2019
Author and journalist Samantha Allen wanted to go beyond the headlines in her new book, “Real Queer America: LGBT Stories from Red States.” “Often the stories we hear…
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