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Added on: 03/24/2020

Andorra set to become latest nation to legalize gay marriage

Reuters
03/23/2020
Andorra, one of Europe’s smallest countries, is set to legalize gay marriage, highlighting that eastern European countries with anti-LGBT laws are “on the wrong side of history”,…
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Added on: 03/24/2020

LGBT+ homeless fear violence, illness as coronavirus shuts U.S. shelters

Reuters
03/23/2020
The coronavirus is causing the closure of homeless centers across the United States, putting LGBT+ people without housing at increased risk of suicide, health complications or hate…
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Added on: 03/23/2020

These South Korean women went abroad to get married. Then one spoke out at home, and the backlash began.

Washington Post
03/22/2020
Kim Kyu-jin doesn’t describe herself as an activist. That’s a label that tends to scare people in South Korea’s conformist society. She sees herself as just a…
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Added on: 03/23/2020

AS PEOPLE SOCIALLY DISTANCE, AN EMOTIONAL SUPPORT APP SEES A BOOST IN LISTENERS

Inverse
03/22/2020
Adam Lippin is the founder of a peer emotional support app called HearMe. Lippin was inspired to create this app because of his own experience dealing with…
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Added on: 03/22/2020

Gay YouTuber takes aim at Indonesia’s ‘sexual deviant’ bill

Reuters
03/21/2020
An Indonesian YouTube star, whose videos about being gay and living with HIV have generated millions of views, is hoping his popular channel will help fight moves…
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Global News

Added on: 03/21/2020

Scotland’s plans to reform gender-recognition laws could be ‘kicked into the long grass’ because of coronavirus

Pink News
03/20/2020
Scotland could put plans to reform gender recognition laws on hold because of the coronavirus crisis, according to The National. The reforms, which have been in the…
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Added on: 03/21/2020

Global Methodist conference in Minneapolis to address LGBT inclusion is postponed

Start Tribune
03/20/2020
A historic meeting of the global United Methodist Church — one in which its future position on LGBT clergy and marriage was expected to be determined —…
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Added on: 03/21/2020

Egypt’s Denial of Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity

Human Rights Watch
03/21/2020
The Egyptian government is refusing to recognize the existence of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people, flouting its responsibility to protect the rights of everyone. On…
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Added on: 03/20/2020

Over 140 LGBTQ couples marry in mass wedding in Mexico City

NBC News
03/17/2020
Ana Scarlett Vargas was assigned male at birth, but she said she knew she was a girl at just 7 years old. At 13, she started performing…
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Added on: 03/20/2020

‘A weight off my shoulders’: Argentina’s first openly gay basketball star on coming out

Reuters
03/19/2020
Traveling Argentina and the world as a professional basketball player, Sebastian Vega was living his childhood dream. But carrying a secret deep within was a nightmare. “When…
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Added on: 03/19/2020

‘It’s not safe for them’: Coronavirus lockdowns putting LGBT+ people at risk across Middle East

The Independent
03/18/2020
Coronavirus-induced isolation and lockdowns are putting LGBT+ people in the Middle East at risk, campaigners have warned. Many individuals are – or, due to money worries, fear…
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Added on: 03/19/2020

VIRAL VIGILANTES ARE TURNING YOUTUBE AND TIKTOK INTO A WEAPON

The Verge
03/18/2020
The video begins with an accidental, amateurish lens flare against the window of a car, before the teen’s phone camera settles on a supposedly 35-year-old man who…
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Added on: 03/19/2020

White nationalist groups surge as they move online

Al Jazeera
03/18/2020
A new report on hate groups in the United States detailed an increase in the number of white nationalist groups even as the overall number of hate…
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Added on: 03/18/2020

Transgender pastor defies court to conduct same-sex marriages in Hong Kong

Reuters
03/17/2020
A transgender pastor has vowed to officiate same-sex marriages in Hong Kong despite a legal challenge failing to provide assurances that he will not face arrest. Marrz…
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Added on: 03/18/2020

Lesbian police officer was fired by her terrible boss – now she’s running to replace him

Pink News
03/17/2020
A lesbian sheriff who was allegedly fired because of her sexuality is running to replace her boss and become the first female LGBT+ sheriff in her state….
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Added on: 03/17/2020

Nigerian Sun is issuing strange warnings about ‘homosexuals’

Go Tech Daily
03/16/2020
The Sun newspaper in Nigeria has published a diatribe on the rise of sadistic and hard-working “criminals”. Nigeria is one of the most dangerous countries in the…
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Added on: 03/17/2020

The government of Bermuda is trying to ban same-sex marriage for the third time

Pink News
03/16/2020
The government of Bermuda is trying to ban same-sex marriage for the third time, as it has been banned and then legalised on the island twice already….
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Added on: 03/17/2020

Coronavirus: Three Lessons from the AIDS Crisis

Towle Road
03/16/2020
As of March 15, Seattle had recorded 420 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 37 deaths. As a historian of 20th-century queer and trans politics, I know that’s nothing…
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Added on: 03/16/2020

A very queer and very vibrant art scene is thriving across Mexico

Pink News
03/15/2020
Unlike Puerto Vallarta, Chiapas is a less familiar state among tourists travelling to Mexico but San Cristóbal de las Casas is the perfect location to discover Chiapa’s…
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Added on: 03/16/2020

Catholic college responds to trans man coming out with ‘brilliant’ show of love and support

Pink News
03/15/2020
Ben Hodge, 20, didn’t feel able to come out as a trans man at school – despite coming out as non-binary at 14 and using they/them pronouns….
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Added on: 03/15/2020

The struggle for LGBT inclusion in US St Patrick’s Day parades

The Irish Times
03/14/2020
In 1992, Cork made history when its St Patrick’s parade included the first-ever LGBT float to take part, which also won best new entry in that year’s…
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Added on: 03/15/2020

Moscow’s first queer dance festival challenges homophobia

The Week
03/14/2020
In a dance studio tucked away off a Moscow side street, a couple dozen people are working on their tango. While the footwork is their focus, the…
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Added on: 03/14/2020

A Clash Across America Over Transgender Rights

New York Times
03/13/2020
By the time Peyton Badalucco came out to his mother as transgender, he had been secretly binding his chest in a desperate attempt to hide his body….
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Added on: 03/14/2020

How Indian Pride Festivals Have Become Political Battlegrounds

VICE
03/09/2020
For most queer people, pride is seen as a space to celebrate diversity and resist oppression. It’s a space where they feel safe and seen. But this…
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Added on: 03/14/2020

A British court ruling may change laws for LGBT+ people around the world

Gay Star News
03/13/2020
Years of legal battles around same-sex marriage in Bermuda will come to a head 5,548kms away in London on 7 and 8 December this year. And the…
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Added on: 03/14/2020

Russian LGBT activist faces porn trial for vagina drawings

Yahoo News
03/12/2020
Yulia Tsvetkova posted delicate drawings and embroidered images of vulvas on a social media page called “Vagina Monologues” that she hoped would help lift the taboo on…
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Added on: 03/13/2020

Ghana bans LGBT+ conference after Christian groups protest

Reuters
03/12/2020
Ghana’s government has said it will not allow a major gathering of LGBT+ activists to go ahead after an outcry from conservative Christian groups in the country….
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Added on: 03/13/2020

Advocates: Transgender Woman Sexually Assaulted at ICE Site

US News and World Report
03/12/2020
A transgender woman seeking asylum should be released after she was sexually assaulted and harassed while being detained in an Arizona immigration facility with men for nine…
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Added on: 03/13/2020

Toxic masculinity is literally toxic, causing health problems for men in later life

Pink News
03/2/2020
Toxic masculinity can actually be harmful to men’s health, causing a host of health problems in later life, according to a new study. The study, published in…
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Added on: 03/12/2020

LGBTQ community unites to empower one another

Tembisan
03/11/2020
It is said that for years, the LGBT or LGBTQ community has been overlooked and discriminated against. Over the past weekend, the LGBTQ community came together to…
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