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Added on: 01/12/2022

‘I saw myself in RuPaul’: how Drag Race inspired LGBTQ+ Kenyans to find freedom.

01/11/2022

An audience wearing face masks sits around the edges of a nondescript room in an unassuming building in the centre of Nairobi. Sparsely furnished and decorated with…

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Added on: 01/12/2022

A CNY gay teen shares his ‘biggest challenge’; school’s response sets off a storm.

01/11/2022

Tully, N.Y. — When Tyler Johnson, 17, was selected as a “Senior Spotlight” for his school’s January newsletter, he had to answer several questions. One asked about…

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Added on: 01/11/2022

Tokyo same-sex partner plans highlight road ahead for LGBTQ rights.

01/10/2022

Many welcomed Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike’s recent announcement that a same-sex partnership system would be introduced for all of Tokyo in fiscal 2022. But some LGBTQ activists…

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Added on: 01/11/2022

Calls in Denmark for gay fathers to get legal rights at birth.

01/10/2022

A petition in Denmark calling for two gay fathers to be granted equal parental rights for their child, on Monday received more than the 50,000 signatures required…

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Added on: 01/11/2022

No to “minority propaganda” in French schools, far-right’s Zemmour says.

01/10/2022

French far-right candidate Eric Zemmour on Monday attacked anti-racist and anti-homophobia groups in schools, saying they were brainwashing pupils, as he urged a return to a more…

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Added on: 01/10/2022

“Switzerland – Dozens apply for gender change after law is eased “

01/09/2022

(MENAFN– Swissinfo) Since January 1, transgender and intersex people have been able to apply for a sex and name change in the civil register without a medical…

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Added on: 01/10/2022

The first transgender woman officeholder in Baja wants to make Tijuana more inclusive

01/09/2022

TIJUANA — The first transgender woman to hold public office in Baja California is determined to help develop a more inclusive language in Tijuana — and with it, a…

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Added on: 01/10/2022

Man stabbed, beaten and called ‘batty boy’ by group of boys who suspected him of being gay

01/09/2022

Perry Ato Inkoom told SVTV Africa that in the early evening of 19 December he was attacked by the young people following a birthday party. In Tema, a coastal…

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Added on: 01/09/2022

SYDNEY GAY PENGUINS CELEBRATE THREE YEARS TOGETHER

1/9/22

A gay penguin couple has celebrated their third anniversary at Sydney’s SEA LIFE Aquarium. In November 2021 Sphen and Magic celebrated three years together with a frozen…

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Added on: 01/09/2022

‘No words’: gay Australian footballer Josh Cavallo calls out homophobic crowd abuse

1/8/22

Josh Cavallo, who last year became the only openly gay professional top flight men’s footballer in the world, says he has “no words” to describe his disappointment…

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Added on: 01/09/2022

Priest to be charged with hate speech for saying being gay is ‘worse than being possessed’

1/8/22

A rabble-rousing local priest known for his anti-LGBT+ outbursts is to be charged in court for hate speech in Malta. Earlier this month, Father David Muscat went…

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Added on: 01/08/2022

Germany appoints first LGBTQ rights commissioner

1/7/22

Accepting his new position on January 5, Green Party politician Sven Lehmann said “everyone should be able to live freely, safely, and with equal rights.” In the…

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Added on: 01/08/2022

Gay South Korean couple lose equal coverage lawsuit against health insurer

1/7/22

A Seoul court rejected a landmark lawsuit by a same-sex couple over shared health insurance benefits Friday, a ruling that advocates say highlights the challenges the lesbian,…

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Added on: 01/08/2022

Work resumes on the nation’s only major transgender study

1/7/22

After two years of delays, work on the only comprehensive study of transgender life has restarted. The National Center for Transgender Equality announced on Monday that it…

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Added on: 01/07/2022

Pope Francis praises Sister Jeannine Gramick’s 50 years of L.G.B.T. ministry in handwritten letter

01/06/2022

In another sign of support for L.G.B.T. Catholics and those who advocate on their behalf, Pope Francis sent a handwritten letter on Dec. 10 to Jeannine Gramick,…

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Added on: 01/07/2022

Turkish court releases two Bogazici students from jail

01/06/2022

ISTANBUL (Reuters) – A Turkish court ruled on Friday to release two students from jail in the first hearing of a broader case over campus protests against…

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Added on: 01/07/2022

‘Gay cake’ case shows power of US Christian Right

01/06/2022

Gay rights activist Gareth Lee has lost his seven-year battle with the Christian owners of a Northern Ireland bakery who refused to make him a cake decorated…

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Added on: 01/07/2022

Transgender woman referred to prosecutors for using Osaka ladies room

01/06/2022

A transgender woman was referred to prosecutors Thursday for suspected trespassing after using the ladies room in a commercial facility in Osaka, in a case an expert…

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Added on: 01/06/2022

Is Korean media silencing LGBT voices?

01/05/22

A rendition of Lady Gaga’s LGBT anthem “Born This Way” with a missing lyric by a South Korean group on New Year’s Eve has caused controversy, with…

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Added on: 01/06/2022

Ugandan LGBT ally Sylvia Tamale receives honorary doctorate

01/05/2022

Professor Sylvia Tamale, a Ugandan LGBT ally and academic scholar, has been awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Laws by the University of Pretoria in South Africa in recognition of…

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Added on: 01/06/2022

U.K. expands ‘Turing’s Law’ to pardon past same-sex convictions

01/06/2022

In a long-awaited triumph for the U.K.’s LGBTQ community, the government on Tuesday announced that anyone convicted of consensual same-sex activity under now-defunct laws will soon be…

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Added on: 01/06/2022

Senegal rejects bid to toughen strict anti-LGBT law

01/05/2022

DAKAR, Jan 5 (Reuters) – Senegalese lawmakers on Tuesday stopped from passing to parliamentary vote a draft bill that sought to toughen already severe laws against same-sex…

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Added on: 01/05/2022

Lawmakers in Senegal Reject Bill to Double Penalties for Same-sex Relations.

01/04/2022

Over the Christmas holidays, parliamentary lawmakers in Senegal rejected a proposed bill that sought to double the jail time for people convicted under the country’s anti-sodomy law…

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Added on: 01/05/2022

‘I’d been set up’: the LGBTQ Kenyans ‘catfished’ for money via dating apps.

01/04/2022

One day after work last month, Tom Otieno went to a shopping centre in Nairobi to pick up groceries before heading home. He got a call from…

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Added on: 01/05/2022

Intersex bill, again, dies in committee.

01/04/2022

Lacking the votes to pass his bill banning medically unnecessary surgeries on intersex children out of committee, gay state Senator Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco) announced January 4…

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Added on: 01/05/2022

2022 WORLD CUP CEO SAYS HOMOSEXUALITY ‘NOT AUTHORISED’ IN QATAR.

01/04/2022

The CEO of the 2022 FIFA World Cup organising committee, Nasser Al Khater, says “homosexuality is not authorised” in his home country of Qatar. In 2010, the…

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Added on: 01/04/2022

Meet Trinetra Haldar Gummaraj, Karnataka’s First Transgender Doctor.

01/03/2022

Transgender activist, surgeon in training, and Instagram influencer Trinetra Haldar Gummaraju is fighting bigotry. She is taking on prejudice against the trans community and hopes to improve…

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Added on: 01/04/2022

Israel opens surrogacy to same-sex couples, single fathers, transgender people.

01/04/2022

Israel announced on Tuesday that the country will begin allowing same-sex couples, single fathers and transgender individuals to pursue parental surrogacy. The news was delivered by Israeli…

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Added on: 01/04/2022

How a music video about a gay teen may have saved hundreds of lives.

01/03/2022

The 2017 music video for rapper Logic’s song “1-800-273-8255” may have saved hundreds of lives, a new study found. The song’s title is the phone number of…

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Added on: 01/03/2022

Tucson nonprofit seeks to build tiny house community for transgender women of color

01/02/2022

With 2021 poised to be the deadliest year on record for violence against transgender or gender non-conforming people living in the United States, one local nonprofit is…