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Added on: 01/08/2020

The ‘ex-closeted gay jihadist’ bringing meditation to Jakarta

01/07/2020

When Bagia Arif Saputra was growing up in a university town near Jakarta, becoming a jihadist seemed a natural choice for young men like him, who were…

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Added on: 01/07/2020

Section 377 crusader Ashok Row Kavi steps down as Humsafar Trust Chairman

01/06/2020

Ashok Row Kavi, the founder Chairperson of Mumbai-based Humsafar Trust has stepped down from his post. The Indian journalist and LGBT rights activist had founded the Trust…

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Added on: 01/07/2020

LGBT Muslim charity condemns spike in hate crimes after Birmingham school protests

01/06/2020

The LGBT+ education row centred on two Birmingham primary schools and was led mainly by Muslim parents. The disruptive protests began in March 2019 and continued for…

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Added on: 01/07/2020

Why is China raising the prospect of same-sex marriage?

01/06/2020

China has taken a step forward to allow same-sex marriage, a move that could undo years of discrimination, delight rights activists and give new rights to the…

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Added on: 01/07/2020

Taiwan’s president is battling a deluge of election-linked homophobic fake news

01/06/2020

Taiwan is often described as Asia’s most gay-friendly place. It was, after all, the first country in Asia to legalize same-sex marriage. It boasts the biggest Pride…

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Added on: 01/06/2020

Why China’s Gay Academics Feel They Must Stand Out or Stay Hidden

01/05/2020

Since 2018, I’ve interviewed 40 gay men who either currently teach or have previously taught at Chinese colleges and universities. My aim was to discover what challenges…

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Added on: 01/06/2020

ANOTHER HISTORIC MOMENT FOR CROATIA’S GAY COMMUNITY

01/05/2020

After years of fighting to foster or to adopt children in Croatia, Ivo Šegota and Mladen Kožić won the long-lasting legal battle against the state. The Zagreb-based…

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Added on: 01/06/2020

Philippines SC junks same-sex marriage petition ‘with finality’

01/05/2020

The Supreme Court on Monday denied with finality a motion for reconsideration filed by Jesus Falcis and other LGBT advocates seeking recognition of same-sex marriage in the…

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Added on: 01/05/2020

Advocates blast $750,000 bail for suspect in transgender teen’s slaying

01/03/2020

Advocates in the Washington LGBTQ community on Thursday blasted a judge’s decision to set bail at $750,000 for a man charged with a hate crime in the…

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Added on: 01/05/2020

Prominent Christian activist says “the Nazi Party started in a gay bar”

01/04/2020

A prominent Christian conservative is now claiming that the Nazi Party was founded and staffed by gay people. “Let’s not forget that the Nazi Party started in…

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Added on: 01/04/2020

Thailand faces LGBT pressure on marriage rights

01/04/2020

Thailand’s blossoming gay community is generating new business opportunities, including bars and cafes. The Tourism Authority of Thailand launched a campaign targeting lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender…

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Added on: 01/04/2020

‘The Periphery Has Potency’ Festival Unites Art and Literature in the Peripheries at the Galpão Bela Maré

01/03/2020

On December 17, the Galpão Bela Maré arts center held the Periferia Tem Potência (The Periphery Has Potency) festival in partnership with the Favelas Observatory, the Instituto…

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Added on: 01/03/2020

A transgender teen helped pass a new birth certificate law. She’s now the first in Colorado to benefit from it.

12/02/2020

Jude spent so many years fighting for the bill to allow transgender Coloradans to more easily change their names and gender designations on identity documents that, eventually,…

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Added on: 01/03/2020

Anti-LGBT Christian group threatens legal action over equal marriage in Northern Ireland

01/02/2020

Gay weddings are set to begin in the region on Valentine’s Day after Westminster moved to extend equal marriage to the region in the absence of a…

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Added on: 01/03/2020

Uruguay, the most LGBT-friendly country in Latin America

01/02/2020

Uruguay is ranked 18th in the world in the LGBT + Danger Index ranking that evaluates the friendliest and most dangerous destinations for the lesbian, bisexual and…

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Added on: 01/03/2020

The region which legislates who you can love

12/01/2020

“It’s mainly snide remarks due to toxic masculinity,” Aziza Lake says. But homophobia in Antigua and Barbuda sometimes manifests itself in sporadic brutality too, she continues. In…

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Added on: 01/01/2020

How the U.S. immigration system nearly tore this LGBTQ couple apart

12/31/2019

After living as an openly gay couple in Honduras, Oscar Juarez Hernandez and Darwin Garcia Portillo thought the United States was the last place where their inability…

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Added on: 01/01/2020

Transgender Germans demand compensation for sterilization

12/31/2019

When German authorities insisted Tsepo Bollwinkel get sterilized in order to be legally considered a man 25 years ago, he was “eager to follow the rules, even…

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Added on: 01/01/2020

Rio police ID suspect in attack on Netflix gay Jesus filmmakers

12/31/2019

Police in Rio de Janeiro have identified one of the people responsible for a gasoline bomb attack targeting satirists behind a Christmas program on Netflix that some…

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Added on: 01/01/2020

The Top LGBTQ Stories of the Decade

12/31/2019

The decade of the 2010s saw unprecedented steps forward for the LGBTQ community in the U.S., with the winning of the right to marry same-sex partners and…

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Added on: 12/31/2019

Belize court upholds finding that LGBT people are protected by non-discrimination laws

12/30/2019

The Court of Appeal has today delivered a judgment denying the Belize Government’s appeal of a 2016 ruling decriminalising adult consensual same-sex relations. The three-judge bench reaffirmed…

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Added on: 12/31/2019

Rainbow crossing: conversion therapy by another name?

12/19/2019

Fundamentalist Christian groups from 23 countries descended on Taipei in October to strategize about how to roll back protections for sexual minorities and influence public opinion and…

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Added on: 12/31/2019

Opening doors: Pakistan’s first transgender beauty salon

12/11/2019

As a transgender woman, Bebo Haider struggled for years to find a beauty salon in Pakistan that would cut her hair. She tried many top-notch salons in…

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Added on: 12/31/2019

The Demagogue’s Cocktail of Victimhood and Strength

12/30/2019

For the European demagogue, victimhood and strength go hand in hand. In the agitators’ worldview, a host of powerful forces—domestic and foreign—are targeting their people, their nation,…

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Added on: 12/30/2019

Over the rainbow: A life of LGBTQ dignity is within reach

12/29/2019

If someone told Sindhuja in the dying moments of 2009 that a decade later, she would be standing as a full citizen and garnering the adulation of…

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Added on: 12/30/2019

Asia’s first LGBT-focused streaming service tackles taboos

12/29/2019

A rom-com about a lesbian flight attendant and a romance in a gay spa are among the shows featured on Asia’s first LGBT-focused streaming service, which is…

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Added on: 12/30/2019

A very LGBTQ decade: Gay marriage, trans rights and a ‘rainbow wave’

12/29/2019

At the dawn of the year 2010, few Americans could predict that the coming decade would revolutionize the legal and cultural landscape for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender…

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Added on: 12/29/2019

LGBT refugees: Repeatedly attacked in Kenya but unable to leave

12/29/2019

On Christmas Day, LGBT refugees in Kenya again were the targets of homophobic attacks. It was just the latest outrage against LGBT asylum-seekers who are repeatedly told…

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Added on: 12/29/2019

What happened? The policies Scott Morrison’s government appears to have abandoned

12/28/2019

Governments should be judged not just on what they do with their time in office but also on what they don’t do. There are only so many…

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Added on: 12/29/2019

UN official: Past decade has seen human rights `backlash’

12/28/2019

The past decade has seen a backlash against human rights on every front, especially the rights of women and the LGBT communities, according to a top U.N….