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Added on: 12/07/2019

Brazilian Foundation Develops App to Map Risk Areas for LGBT Population

12/07/2019

Fiocruz (Oswaldo Cruz Foundation) has developed an App to map the areas of the country regarded as the most violent for the LGBT population. Users will point…

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Added on: 12/07/2019

Trump’s Rollback of Transgender Rights Extends Through Entire Government

12/06/2019

Whether it means serving in the military, working for a federal contractor or seeking medical help, regulations that once protected transgender people are under attack. Nicolas Talbott,…

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Added on: 12/06/2019

Florida dad accused of abandoning son at closed police station because he thought child was gay

12/04/2019

A father in Florida is facing child neglect charges after he left his son outside of a closed police station on Sunday night because he thought the…

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Added on: 12/06/2019

Gay marriage soared ahead of Bolsonaro presidency in Brazil

12/05/2019

Gay Brazilians rushed to the altar ahead of President Jair Bolsonaro taking office, according to newly released data that campaigners say reflected fears the incoming leader would…

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Added on: 12/06/2019

Federal court to consider bathroom use by transgender student

12/05/2019

A transgender student’s fight over school bathrooms comes before a federal appeals court Thursday, setting the stage for a groundbreaking ruling. The 11th U.S. Circuit Court of…

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Added on: 12/05/2019

Senate calls on government to expedite asylum claim of two gay Saudi journalists in ‘arbitrary’ detention

12/04/2019

The Senate has passed a motion calling on the government to recognise the increased risk it has placed on two gay Saudi journalists by keeping them in…

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Added on: 12/05/2019

Republican Christian fired for coming out as transgender has powerful message for bigots hiding behind religion

12/04/2019

A lifelong Republican voter and conservative Christian has written a powerful piece about why the fight for transgender rights must cut across religious and political divides. Trans…

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Added on: 12/04/2019

Brazilian mum gets 25 years jail for brutal murder of gay son

12/03/2019

A jury has sentenced Brazilian woman was sentenced to more than 25 years in prison for brutally murdering her gay son. Tatiana Lozano Pereira never accepted her…

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Added on: 12/04/2019

‘Google is no longer listening’: four fired workers file charges against tech giant

12/03/2019

The four worker-activists who were fired by Google during Thanksgiving week plan to file federal charges alleging that their former employer fired them to quash worker organizing,…

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Added on: 12/04/2019

Kenyan police brutally beat and lob teargas bombs at queer refugees peacefully protesting the camp’s horrific conditions

12/03/2019

Kenyan police brutally battered LGBT+ refugees and lobbed teargas bombs in an attack that led to four in a coma today, activists on the ground have claimed….

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Added on: 12/04/2019

He gave thanks for his two dads. His teacher condemned gay couples

01/02/2019

A substitute teacher at a Utah public school asked students in a fifth-grade class what they were thankful for before they left for Thanksgiving break. When one…

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Added on: 12/02/2019

Zambia: 15-year prison sentences ‘shocked the world’

11/29/2019

The 15-year prison sentences imposed this week on a gay Zambian couple are a shocking miscarriage of justice, African gay-rights activists declare. The U.S. ambassador to Zambia…

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Added on: 12/02/2019

Gay homeowner challenges Hong Kong inheritance law over fears husband may not get house if he dies

1/29/2019

A gay homeowner who previously took the Hong Kong government to court over a rule that prevented him from living with his husband has mounted a second…

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Added on: 12/02/2019

Gay marriage in Baja: reforms aim to address discrimination

12/01/2019

Same-sex marriage is legal in Baja California. Sort of. To get married in the state, gay and lesbian couples are legally required to overcome costly and lengthy…

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Added on: 12/02/2019

Guyana: ‘God-fearing political party’ aims to end homosexuality, restore integrity to high offices

12/01/2019

The People’s Republic Party (PRP) is the newest political party to join the race for office come March 2, 2020. Led by Dr. Valerie Leung, a re-migrant…

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Added on: 12/01/2019

North Vancouver filmmaker documents transgender model’s transition

11/30/2019

It was close to coffee break time on a construction job when Kas Baker’s phone buzzed and an unfamiliar voice made an extraordinary request. Would he step…

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Added on: 12/01/2019

Gay man in hiding from Russian police after explaining sexuality to kids in innocent viral video

11/30/2019

A gay Russian man who took part in a YouTube video where children asked him about his sexuality has been forced to go into hiding after authorities…

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Added on: 12/01/2019

Catholic Pastor Tells Lesbian Chief Judge: ‘No Communion For You’

11/30/2019

This is the first Sunday of Advent for the Roman Catholic Church, including St. Stephen in East Grand Rapids, Mich., a 96-year-old parish experiencing the same steady…

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Added on: 12/01/2019

Cambodia’s first gay dance company

12/01/2019

Prumsodun Ok is a choreographer and founder of Cambodia’s first gay dance company. He performs Khmer dance, an ancient dance form with roots in Buddhism, Hinduism and…

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Added on: 11/30/2019

Latin American Human Rights Lawyers Join Forces for LGBT Rights

11/29/2019

In a gathering in Bogota, Colombia on Nov. 19, 40 human rights lawyers from across Latin America launched an innovative “Red Litigio LGBT” – an LGBT Litigation…

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Added on: 11/30/2019

Why India’s transgender people are protesting against a Bill that claims to protect their rights

11/26/2019

Four days after the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Bill 2019 was tabled in the Rajya Sabha on November 20, members of the transgender community marched in…

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Added on: 11/30/2019

LGBT activists in China seek to change marriage civil code

11/28/2019

It was only after her partner’s death that He Meili realized the full meaning of marriage. As a lesbian couple in China, He and Li Qin kept…

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Added on: 11/29/2019

Gay sex is banned – so Ghanaians dance against homophobia

11/28/2019

Gay sex may be illegal in Ghana – dancing isn’t. So rappers and singers are using music videos to embrace LGBT+ life and fight homophobia in this…

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Added on: 11/29/2019

Teenagers admit homophobic London bus attack on two women

11/28/2019

Three teenage boys pleaded guilty on Thursday to public order offences over a homophobic attack on two women on a London bus in which one of the…

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Added on: 11/29/2019

SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER CAUGHT ON VIDEO SAYING ‘CRY ME A RIVER’ OVER TRANSGENDER SUICIDE TO LGBT ACTIVISTS

11/27/2019

An Indiana school board member was caught on camera telling an activist to “cry me a river” after confronted about unmet needs of transgender students at a…

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Added on: 11/28/2019

Anti-LGBT priest defrocked after report finds he was sexually harassing young men in his church

11/27/2019

The founder of St. Peter’s Anglican Cathedral in Tallahassee, Florida, has been removed from the priesthood after a report revealed his penchant for sexually harassing men at…

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Added on: 11/28/2019

U.N. awards Cyndi Lauper first social justice prize for LGBT+ work

11/27/2019

U.S. singer Cyndi Lauper, who is set to win the United Nations’ new social justice award, said on Wednesday that her drive to end LGBT+ homelessness began…

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Added on: 11/28/2019

47 Nigerian men plead not guilty to homosexuality charge

11/27/2019

Forty-seven Nigerian men pleaded innocent on Wednesday to a charge of public displays of affection with members of the same sex, an offence that carries a 10-year…

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Added on: 11/28/2019

Hungary pulls out of Eurovision amid rise in anti-LGBTQ+ rhetoric

11/27/2019

Hungary will not participate in next year’s Eurovision song contest, amid speculation the decision was taken because the competition is “too gay” for the taste of the…

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Added on: 11/28/2019

Japan’s Support for Gay Marriage Is Soaring. But Can It Become Law?

11/27/2019

Ikuo Sato stood in front of a Tokyo court in April and told the world he was gay. To a packed room, he described the anxiety he…