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Added on: 08/07/2020

Thailand: Gender recognition bill set to be tabled

08/06/2020

The Ministry of Social Development and Human Security will table its gender recognition bill for consideration by parliament in October amid concerns it will leave behind those…

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Added on: 08/07/2020

Taiwan gets on its bike to showcase how it is a beacon for LGBT+ rights

08/06/2020

Taiwan’s LGBT+ community is celebrating their status as a beacon for LGBT+ rights in Asia by launching a charity bike ride. The first Asia Rainbow Ride is…

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Added on: 08/07/2020

Poland LGBT protests: Three charged with hanging rainbow flags off statues

08/06/2020

Three people accused of hanging LGBT rainbow flags off statues in Warsaw have been arrested and charged. Polish police charged them with desecrating monuments and offending religious…

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Added on: 08/06/2020

Russia: Reject Anti-LGBT ‘Traditional Values’ Bill

08/05/2020

A draft bill before Russia’s parliament would significantly affect the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people, Human Rights Watch said today. Among the proposed…

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Added on: 08/06/2020

Polish minister says the entire country should become ‘an LGBT-free zone’

08/05/2020

As part of the LGBTQ+ community, I am petrified by what is happening in Poland right now. 2 hours and 25 minutes is the time it would…

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Added on: 08/06/2020

In search of his lost love, 90-year-old man comes out as gay

08/05/2020

Kenneth Felts didn’t plan on coming out to the world. In fact, he didn’t plan on coming out to anyone until the coronavirus pandemic struck. The 90-year-old…

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Added on: 08/05/2020

Gay billionaire Peter Thiel funded campaign of anti-LGBT+ Republican for US senate

08/04/2020

Gay billionaire PayPal founder Peter Thiel funded the campaign of an anti-LGBT+ Republican running for US senate in Kansas. Kansas US senate candidate Kris Kobach lost the…

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Added on: 08/05/2020

Tunisia: Homosexuality Convictions Upheld

08/04/2020

A Tunisian appeals court on July 28, 2020 upheld the conviction of two men accused of sodomy but reduced their sentence to one year in prison, Human…

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Added on: 08/05/2020

Nigerian singer Simi apologizes for anti-LGBT comments

08/04/2020

The singer, who made the comments in March on her YouTube show “Stoopid Sessions”, has now retracted her words, but members of the community are not letting…

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Added on: 08/04/2020

Lesbian student sues Chinese publisher for describing homosexuality as ‘a mental disorder’ in a textbook

08/03/2020

A Chinese university student has sued a publisher for producing a textbook that classifies homosexuality as a ‘sexual physiological disorder’. The lesbian woman, 23, also brought a…

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Added on: 08/04/2020

Fact check: “Clovergender” is an alt-right hoax

08/03/2020

Posts on social media claim that people identifying as “Clovergender” are attempting to justify pedophilia. This damaging claim stems from an alt-right hoax intended to slur members…

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Added on: 08/03/2020

Relief eludes transgender gharanas of Bhopal

08/02/2020

Their income has dried up due to COVID-19 restrictions. “They came for men and women but not us,” lamented Devi Singh, 30, from the Mangalwara gharana [family]…

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Added on: 08/03/2020

In America’s summer of discontent, a transgender doctor becomes a flashpoint

08/02/2020

In Johannesburg, three decades ago, the homophobes were out in force: bible-thumpers trying to save our souls; right-wingers with their AWB swastikas. Last week, too, there were…

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Added on: 08/03/2020

This Lesbian Policewoman Couple in Gujarat Fought for Their Right to Be Together

08/02/2020

Gujarat’s Mahisagar – known for the discovery of dinosaur eggs and fossils in the 1980s – in the news once again, this time for a courageous story…

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Added on: 08/03/2020

Edinburgh’s Lord Provost writes to Mayor of Krakow seeking clarification on LGBT+ rights

08/02/2020

THE Lord Provost of Edinburgh, Frank Ross, has written to the Mayor of Krakow asking him to clarify the Polish city’s opposition to homophobia and LGBT+ oppression….

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Added on: 08/02/2020

Racist, anti-abortion group plans in-person “straight pride” event in a U.S. COVID-19 hotspot

08/01/2020

The so-called National Straight Pride Coalition (NSPC) is planning an event in Modesto, California for August 29, 2020—in the middle of the ongoing coronavirus epidemic—even though their…

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Added on: 08/02/2020

Italy is one step closer to protecting LGBT+ people with a new bill, if the far-right doesn’t tear it down first

08/01/2020

Although Italy approved same-sex civil unions in 2016, the country still lags behind other European countries in enacting measures against homotransphobia. In fact, 24 years after then-MP…

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Added on: 08/02/2020

LGBT+ domestic abuse centre named for Stonewall pioneers Marsha P Johnson and Sylvia Rivera opens

08/01/2020

London’s The Outside Project has opened a new LGBT+ domestic abuse refuge, named for transgender pioneers Sylvia Rivera and Marsha P. Johnson. The grassroots organisation, which in…

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Added on: 08/02/2020

LGBT youth ‘robbed’ by coronavirus, says head of suicide-prevention org The Trevor Project

08/01/2020

The coronavirus pandemic has “robbed” LGBT+ youth – who already had a higher risk of mental-health problems – of support, the head of The Trevor Project has…

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Added on: 08/01/2020

EU blocks funding for six towns that declared themselves ‘LGBT-Free Zones’

07/31/2020

The European Union has denied funding to six Polish towns that declared themselves to be “LGBT-Free Zones.” In announcing the decision on Thursday, the European Commission said…

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Added on: 08/01/2020

Cayman Islands fail to pass domestic partnership, making full marriage equality more likely

07/31/2020

The Cayman Islands have failed to pass a Domestic Partnership Bill – but that makes full marriage equality more likely. As GSN reported last week, the Domestic…

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Added on: 08/01/2020

Builders will start work on this new £2.4million LGBT+ center for Manchester next week

07/30/2020

Builders are to start work creating a bespoke £2.4million LGBT+ center for Manchester, the northern capital of LGBT+ Britain. And TV writer and producer Russell T Davies…

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Added on: 08/01/2020

Cameroon: Lesbian love affair ends in death, but who was the killer?

07/31/2020

The drama unfolded on July 30 in the city of Bertoua in eastern Cameroon when two young lesbians met in private at a family home. The women,…

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Added on: 07/31/2020

How Latino dads are using TikTok to connect with their children

07/30/2020

Wearing a sultry look on his face and a long, curly gray wig, Genaro Rangel pulled his fake hair out of a ponytail and whipped it dramatically…

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Added on: 07/31/2020

El Salvador police sentenced in nation’s first trans murder convictions

07/30/2020

A court in El Salvador has sentenced three police officers to 20-year prison sentences for the murder of a transgender woman, the nation’s first convictions in a…

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Added on: 07/31/2020

‘Don’t come back, they’ll kill you for being gay’

07/30/2020

For years Mohamed’s family tried to make him more like other boys – tougher, more “masculine”. They even sent him to have a female spirit driven out…

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Added on: 07/31/2020

Sri Lankan poll candidate under fire for homophobic remarks

07/30/2020

Rights activists have condemned a former Catholic parliamentarian and candidate for Sri Lanka’s Aug. 5 parliamentary election for his comments on the LGBT community. In an online…

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Added on: 07/30/2020

Thai students rally over gender rights, uniforms and haircut rules

07/29/2020

Dozens of students rallied in Thailand on Wednesday to demand from the government greater gender rights and an end to what they called outdated curriculum and discriminatory…

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Added on: 07/30/2020

Pro-Trump preacher unleashes homophobic rant at Chicago’s lesbian mayor Lori Lightfoot

07/29/2020

Pro-Trump preacher Dave Daubenmire has taken aim at the mayor of Chicago, Lori Lightfoot, for being a married lesbian. Daubenmire, more commonly known as right-wing internet persona…

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Added on: 07/30/2020

Ugandan LGBT advocate wins HIV/AIDS global award

07/29/2020

Susan Atuhura was honored for her study of the successes of community-based adherence clubs in reducing HIV levels and increasing the levels of self-care among for men…