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Added on: 05/29/2021

Japan ruling party abandons LGBT bill as consensus elusive

Nikkei Asia
05/28/2021
Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party on Friday gave up on legislation to promote public awareness of sexual minorities, proving unable to overcome opposition within its own ranks….
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Added on: 05/29/2021

Namibia considers scrapping colonial-era gay sex ban

Reuters
05/28/2021
Namibia could soon scrap a colonial-era law that criminalises gay sex between men, the justice minister said on Friday, calling the legislation “outdated and discriminatory”. The law…
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Added on: 05/28/2021

Jewish Press Editor-in-chief, Caught on Film Storming the U.S. Capitol, Is Fired

Haaretz
05/27/2021
Nearly five months after joining a violent mob in storming the U.S. Capitol building in a failed bid to undo the results of the 2020 presidential election,…
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Added on: 05/27/2021

Major donors urge Ghana to respect LGBT+ rights amid crackdown

Openly News
05/25/2021
Major foreign aid donors called on Ghana on Tuesday to respect LGBT+ rights following a crackdown including arrests of people from sexual minorities and an increase in…
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Added on: 05/27/2021

Cops raid Bangkok gay sauna party, nab 62

Bangkok Post
05/24/2021
Police raided a gay sauna in Wang Thonglang district of the capital yesterday before dawn after a tip-off that a party of drugs and debauchery would be…
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Added on: 05/27/2021

Americans Strongly Support Trans Rights — In Some Cases

NPR
05/26/2021
Americans strongly support trans service members being in the military — even as they say trans athletes should compete in sports according to the sex listed on…
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Added on: 05/26/2021

Lithuania parliament votes against debating same-sex partnership bill

Reuters
05/25/2021
Lithuania’s parliament on Tuesday voted narrowly against debating a bill legalising same-sex civil partnerships, but supporters said they would adjust the proposal and eventually resubmit it to…
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Added on: 05/26/2021

LGBT Groups Join Hydropower Protest, Ask Leaders to Condemn Homophobic Violence

Civil.ge
05/25/2021
Two key local LGBT rights groups, the Tbilisi Pride and the Equality Movement reiterated their support for the protest against Namakhvani Hydropower Plant, now held in the…
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Added on: 05/26/2021

Japan: New Momentum to Reform Transgender Law

Human Rights Watch
05/25/2021
Transgender people in Japan face continuing barriers to changing their legally recognized gender, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. The Japanese government should heed…
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Added on: 05/26/2021

Gay activists in Ghana demand release of 21 people arrested at LGBTQI conference

CNN
05/25/2021
Ghana’s LGBTQ community has called for the release of 21 people, who were arrested by security forces last week while attending a conference in the southeastern city…
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Added on: 05/25/2021

No safe haven: gay and transgender Africans fleeing persecution at home attacked in refugee camps

The Telegraph
05/24/2021
When Bijoux Ferrazza realised she was transgender, she took a good look around her. Transgender women are nowhere to be seen in Cameroon. Every once in a…
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Added on: 05/25/2021

Members of the LGBTQ community share reality of being queer in South Korea

Talon Marks
05/24/2021
“I went to this bar and they were doing this competition. And then I was like ‘Oh shit! It exists here, that’s so cool. I have been…
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Added on: 05/25/2021

Hong Kong’s Transgender Community Speaks Out Against Stigma

The Diplomat
05/24/2021
In Hong Kong, transgender people are far from accepted. Members of the community spoke out against discrimination after a survey published ahead of the International Day Against…
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Added on: 05/25/2021

Japanese politicians refuse to pass LGBTQ rights bill as Olympics approach

LGBTQ Nation
05/24/2021
Advocates around the world are calling foul on Japan, worrying that the country won’t meet their pledge to pass a LGBTQ rights law before hosting the Olympics…
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Added on: 05/24/2021

SENEGALESE RALLY TO CRIMINALISE HOMOSEXUALITY

Eyewitness News
05/23/2021
Several hundred protesters rallied Sunday in Dakar to demand that homosexuality be made a crime in Senegal, according to AFP journalists. It is not illegal to identify…
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Added on: 05/24/2021

SOUTH AFRICA HIT BY A WAVE OF GAY AND TRANS HATE MURDERS

Star Observer
05/23/2021
A wave of brutal murders of gay men and trans women has hit South Africa. The death toll over the last three months has now reached at…
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Added on: 05/24/2021

Germany’s quiet Catholic rebellion on gay blessings and women preachers

BBC
05/23/2021
The church bells fade away, the organ starts playing and Father Jan Korditschke walks up to the altar to say Mass. It all looks like a very…
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Added on: 05/24/2021

Most Taiwanese support same-sex marriage two years after legalization: survey

Focus Taiwan
05/23/2021
A government survey released on Sunday shows that Taiwanese people’s acceptance of same-sex marriage has significantly increased to 60.4 percent in 2021 from 37.4 percent in 2018…
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Added on: 05/23/2021

Japanese Lawmaker Says LGBT Rights Go Against Preservation of Species Amid Record-Low Birth Rates

Newsweek
5/22/21
Japanese lawmaker Kazuo Yana of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) has said that LGBT rights go against the preservation of species amid record-low birth rates in…
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Added on: 05/23/2021

Ghana LGBT: Police explain why dem arrest 21 suspected gay, Lesbians, Transgender & odas

BBC Pidgin
5/22/21
Police say dem arrest these pipo for unlawful Assembly as dem dey promote LGBTQI activities during one conference for di Nurses and midwives Hotel, for di South-eastern…
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Added on: 05/23/2021

Ukraine march in support of more transgender rights

EuroNews
5/22/21
Scores of people rallied in Ukraine on Saturday in support of the Trangender and LGBT community. Crowds gathered in the capital Kyiv, waving flags and chanting as…
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Added on: 05/22/2021

Vietnam’s first openly gay candidate seeks change with parliament run

Bangkok Post
5/21/21
As an LGBTQ activist, legal whizz-kid and Vietnam’s first openly gay candidate running for a seat in its rubber-stamp parliament, Luong The Huy is determined to lead…
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Added on: 05/22/2021

Singapore Rebukes US Embassy Over LGBT Rights Event

The Diplomat
5/21/21
Singapore’s government has told the U.S. Embassy “not to interfere” in local matters after it hosted a webinar with local LGBT advocates earlier this week. The invitation-only…
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Added on: 05/21/2021

Outcast to icon: Peter Tatchell’s 50 years of LGBT+ activism

Devi Discourse
05/20/2021
Driven by passion and motivated by justice, veteran activist Peter Tatchell says LGBT+ equality remains elusive despite his 50-year campaign for gay rights in Britain and beyond….
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Added on: 05/21/2021

GAY ACTIVIST SHOT, SET ABLAZE IN BRAZIL

Star Observer
05/20/2021
The body of a 25-year-old teacher, Professor Lindolfo Kosmaski, who was active in his local LGBTQI community was found on April 30th, shot and burnt alive in…
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Added on: 05/21/2021

Serbia Mulls Sacking Ambassador for Supporting Poland’s LGBT community

Balkan Insight
05/20/2021
Serbian Foreign Minister Nikola Selakovic stated that the Belgrade government is considering the recall of its Warsaw Ambassador, Nikola Zurovac, who signed a letter of support to…
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Added on: 05/20/2021

Japan LDP Puts Off LGBT Bill Approval amid Cautious View

Nippon.com
05/20/2021
Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party on Thursday postponed approving a draft bill to promote understanding of sexual minorities as conservative members grew cautious about it. Their cautious…
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Added on: 05/20/2021

Indonesian LGBT+ magazines find a second life online

Reuters
05/18/2021
Two men embracing on a magazine cover was more than risqué for Indonesia, thought LGBT+ researcher Ais, when he first discovered a trove of retro LGBT+ zines…
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Added on: 05/20/2021

Namibia issues travel documents to gay couple’s children

Reuters
05/18/2021
Namibia on Tuesday issued emergency travel documents to the twin daughters of a gay couple who have been battling to take them home following their birth to…
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Added on: 05/20/2021

Rights Court OKs Iceland’s Denial of Parental Rights in Lesbian Adoption Case

Courthouse News Service
05/18/2021
STRASBOURG, France (CN) — Iceland wasn’t wrong to deny parental rights to a lesbian couple who had a child via surrogacy, Europe’s top rights court held Tuesday….
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