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Added on: 01/13/2019

Three reasons Thailand is winning on same-sex rights in Asia

01/13/2019

Last month, the Thai government supported a bill that would make Thailand the first Asian jurisdiction to allow same-sex civil partnerships (“Thai government approves same-sex civil unions”,…

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Added on: 01/13/2019

Indian army chief draws flak over ‘no gay sex’ remarks

01/11/2019

India’s army chief drew flak on Friday for saying gay sex would not be tolerated among soldiers, months after the country scrapped a colonial-era ban on same-sex…

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Added on: 01/13/2019

First-time father reveals his baby will have two mummies and two daddies

01/12/2019

A first-time father has revealed his baby will have two mummies and two daddies. Carl Austin-Behan and husband Simon are expecting a girl in March after conceiving with a lesbian couple who are…

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Added on: 01/13/2019

An evangelical group is trying to strip LGBTQ protections from an anti-lynching bill

01/11/2019

Congress is finally close to passing a bill that makes lynching a hate crime — but an evangelical group is trying to remove any reference to LGBTQ…

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Added on: 01/12/2019

More people identify as LGBT as social awareness grows in Japan: study

01/11/2019

At least one in eleven people identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender, according to a survey conducted by advertising giant Dentsu Inc., while more than two-thirds…

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Added on: 01/12/2019

LGBT+ refugees in Kenya accuse U.N. of failing on protection, shelter

01/11/2019

It wasn’t long after Joe’s father was shot dead for being gay that the 24-year-old Ugandan college student realized the men from his church would be coming…

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Added on: 01/12/2019

Reports surface of fresh anti-gay purge in Chechnya

01/11/2019

Activists in Russia’s North Caucasus republic of Chechnya are warning of a new gay purge even as Chelyabinsk celebrated a small victory. The Associated Press on Friday cited activist…

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Added on: 01/12/2019

Regional authorities in China shut down two LGBTI organizations

01/11/2019

Regional authorities in China shut down two LGBTI organizations on Tuesday (8 January). The Municipal Affairs Bureau in the southern metropolis Guangzhou labeled the Guangzhou University Rainbow Group and…

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Added on: 01/11/2019

Israeli Doctors Ban ‘Conversion Therapy’ for Gay People

01/10/2019

A ban on conversion therapy by Israeli doctors will help protect gay people from treatments that claim to make them straight, but more work needs to be…

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Added on: 01/11/2019

Human Rights Commission warns Depok’s policies produce potential for anti-LGBT discrimination

01/09/2019

State-sanctioned discrimination in Indonesia against the LGBT community and individuals saw a sharp increase towards the end of last year as officials in a number of cities…

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Added on: 01/11/2019

Inspired by her daughter, this first-time author is shining a light on LGBT Muslim teen experiences

01/10/2019

Four weeks before the release of her debut novel, author Sabina Khan tweeted she hadn’t been sure anyone would read her story when she first began writing. “I wasn’t…

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Added on: 01/10/2019

Biggest Ever LGBTI Asian Contemporary Art Show Heading to Bangkok

01/09/2019

A Hong Kong-based charity that uses art to fight sexual-orientation discrimination is taking the largest ever LGBT Asian contemporary art exhibition to Bangkok in November. “Spectrosynthesis II”…

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Added on: 01/10/2019

Two Thirds of Teachers Have No Training on LGBTI Issues, Says Survey

01/09/2019

More than two thirds of teachers in Scotland have no recent grounding in LGBT+ issues, according to a new survey. The results of the research, released by Scotland’s…

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Added on: 01/10/2019

Evangelical Activists Want LGBTI People Excluded from Anti-lynching Bill

01/08/2019

Evangelical activists are pressing Republican lawmakers to strip protections for LGBT+ people from an anti-lynching bill. The Justice for Victims of Lynching Act cleared the US Senate on…

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Added on: 01/09/2019

Out gay Nigerian prepares online help for others

01/06/2019

Nigerian gay man Dan Yomi is gearing up to launch an online project that he hopes will help other gay people deal with issues relating to their…

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Added on: 01/09/2019

Bisexual poverty is overlooked by the LGBT+ community

01/07/2019

Poverty is one of the main issues facing bisexual people. Yet it is a problem that is seriously overlooked. Bisexual people are the “invisible majority” of the…

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Added on: 01/09/2019

Colorado swears in the United States’ first ever openly gay governor

01/08/2019

Jared Polis on Tuesday (8 January) was sworn in as governor of Colorado. With his inauguration, he became the state’s first Jewish governor and the country’s first openly gay…

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Added on: 01/09/2019

Marriage equality campaigners urge UK govt. to extend rights to Northern Ireland

01/06/2019

Campaigners said they will increase the pressure on Westminster to spread marriage equality to all parts of the UK. Stephen Donnan, a campaigner with LGBTI rights group…

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Added on: 01/09/2019

New asylum policy has big ramifications for Nogales, Sonora

01/07/2019

Four months after fleeing their home in El Salvador, the six members of the Meneses family arrived in Nogales, Sonora on Dec. 25 with documents ready to…

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Added on: 01/08/2019

Same-sex marriages top number of church marriages

01/04/2019

The number of same-sex marriages topped the number of marriages done in church, based on the Saipan Mayor’s Office records for January through September 2018. Saipan Tribune…

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Added on: 01/08/2019

Our lives, Our rights

01/04/2019

Have you ever felt excluded from the society and from your own family? Have you ever been discriminated by your classmates based on your gender? If you…

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Added on: 01/08/2019

Trans Indians ramp up protests against ‘discriminatory’ bill

01/07/2019

Transgender Indians and their allies have been urgently rallying against a transgender bill. They want the bill to be overhauled before it is considered by the upper…

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Added on: 01/08/2019

Judge rules that UK magistrates’ “intolerant views” must be respected

01/05/2019

The ruling came after a magistrate lost his job following him expressing anti-LGBTQ views on adoption. A UK judge, Her Honour Judge Katherine Tucker, has ruled that…

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Added on: 01/08/2019

LGBTQ Protections Now in Place for Congressional Staffers

01/05/2019

On the Democrats’ first day in power, they passed a rules package that says that bars representatives and House employees from discriminating against LGBTQ people, according to LGBTQ…

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Added on: 01/07/2019

HUNDREDS OF DUTCH PROTESTANT PASTORS SIGN ANTI-LGBTQ MANIFESTO

01/07/2019

Hundreds of Dutch Protestant pastors, prominent people in the church, as well as the party leader and a senator of Christian party SGP, signed a manifesto against…

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Added on: 01/07/2019

Rebuild Taiwan’s LGBT Movement – Fight Back Against Patriarchal Capitalism

01/07/2019

The victory of the anti-LGBT referendum in November, by a large margin, was a blow to the struggle for marriage equality in Taiwan. Taiwan’s LGBT movement, seen…

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Added on: 01/06/2019

Trans community confront police for taking their sound systems

01/04/2019

Trans women in a small Pakistani city have accused police of illegally confiscating their sound system. Dancing at weddings and other special occasions is often the only…

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Added on: 01/06/2019

New US ambassador Kyle McCarter speaks Kiswahili, opposes gay unions

01/04/2019

On Wednesday, the United States Senate approved the appointment of former Senator Kyle McCarter as the new Ambassador to Kenya. McCarter comes to a familiar territory with…

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Added on: 01/06/2019

Chinese gay dating app halts registration after underage HIV report

01/06/2019

Chinese gay dating app Blued is halting new user registration for a week, it said on Sunday, following media reports that underage users caught HIV after going…

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Added on: 01/06/2019

In this UK city, new sex education lessons are a victory for trans rights

01/05/2019

The city of Brighton and Hove in the United Kingdom will be teaching a more inclusive sex education curriculum. School children in the city’s schools will now…