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Added on: 09/09/2019

Why are so few LGBT Chinese couples taking advantage of laws that could protect their rights?

South China Morning Post
09/08/2019
A gay couple in Beijing recently made national headlines when they became the first same-sex couple to become each other’s legal guardian. The option – which allows…
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Added on: 09/09/2019

GayTravel.com Supports Disaster Relief Efforts for LGBT Bahamians

IEN News
09/08/2019
GayTravel.com, a trusted resource for LGBT travelers for over two decades, is leading the way by encouraging concerned travelers to participate in an online donation effort focused…
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Added on: 09/09/2019

Transgender woman healing after beaten in Oregon over bathroom use

Seattle Times
09/08/2019
The attack broke Lauren Jackson’s bones but not her spirit. “Thankfully, I’m still alive. Thankfully, the injuries weren’t worse,” she told The Oregonian/OregonLive. Jackson, a transgender woman,…
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Added on: 09/09/2019

Bosnian capital holds first Pride parade amid counter protests and a backdrop of violent opposition

The Independent
09/08/2019
Sarajevo has become the latest and last of the Balkan capitals to hold its first Pride parade as LGBT+ activists in Bosnia and Herzegovina marched amid a backdrop of protests and aggression…
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Added on: 09/08/2019

Hundreds march against Bosnia’s first LGBT pride parade

Associated Press
09/07/2019
Several hundred people marched in Bosnia’s capital Saturday to show their disapproval of a weekend LGBT pride parade that will be the country’s first. A pride parade…
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Added on: 09/08/2019

Brazil mayor blocked from banning Avengers comic over gay kiss

BBC
09/07/2019
A Brazilian judge has blocked attempts by the mayor of Rio de Janeiro to ban a Marvel comic showing two men kissing. Mayor Marcelo Crivella, a former…
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Added on: 09/08/2019

Pride flags greet Mike Pence on arrival in Iceland

The Guardian
09/05/2019
As Mike Pence pulled up to Höfði House in Reykjavík, he was met not only by Iceland’s president, Guðni Jóhannesson, but also a row of rainbow flags….
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Added on: 09/08/2019

Defeated in court, Philippine lawyer to enter politics to pursue LGBT+ rights

Reuters
09/05/2019
A gay lawyer from the Philippines said on Thursday he would pursue a career in politics to push for LGBT+ rights after losing a legal battle to…
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Added on: 09/08/2019

Trans Chinese teens forced into ‘conversion therapy’: study

Reuters
09/06/2019
Trans teenagers in China face abuse at home and bullying at school, with almost one in five forced into conversion therapies, according to a survey released on…
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Added on: 09/07/2019

The ex-gay Christianity movement is making a quiet comeback. The effects on LGBTQ youth could be devastating.

Washington Post
09/06/2019
For two decades, McKrae Game was a top-tier figure among ex-gay Christians and a leading advocate for conversion therapy, a counseling practice with the goal of helping…
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Added on: 09/06/2019

Judge has a lawyer arrested for defending the ‘Straight Pride’ protestors

LGBTQ Nation
09/06/2019
A judge had a lawyer arrested who was trying to defend her clients who were protesting against Straight Pride. 36 demonstrators were arrested while protesting the Straight Pride…
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Added on: 09/06/2019

2020 Democrat candidates focus on LGBT issues

USA Today
09/05/2019
Democratic presidential hopefuls will take to another stage in October to discuss their stances on issues pertaining to the LGBT community. CNN and LGBT advocacy group the Human…
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Global News

Added on: 09/05/2019

Education secretary says all schools will be given support to teach LGBT-inclusive lessons amidst protests

News Puddle
09/04/2019
Education secretary Gavin Williamson has pledged the government’s support for schools teaching LGBT-inclusive relationship and sex education. Williamson said that the government will be “supporting and backing…
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Added on: 09/05/2019

More than 50% of gay men in Hong Kong fear coming out, study finds

Pink News
09/04/2019
Around one in two gay men fear coming out to their loved ones in Hong Kong, a damning study has revealed. Against rapidly climbing HIV diagnoses and…
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Added on: 09/05/2019

Year after India gay ruling, a battle to change attitudes

Inquirere
09/05/2019
Vivek Kishore and Vishwa Srivastava hit it off soon after meeting at a cafe, little knowing what lay in store for them as a gay couple in…
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Added on: 09/05/2019

LGBTQ MPs quit Britain’s Liberal Democratic party after dramatic defection of ex-Tory Phillip Lee: ‘a homophobe, a xenophobe’

New York Daily News
09/04/2019
The party is over for some members of Parliament in the U.K. Former-member of the Conservative Party Phillip Lee might have messed up Boris Johnson’s Brexit chances…
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Added on: 09/05/2019

Groundbreaking report reveals reach of conversion therapy

Bay Area Reporter
09/04/2019
A first-of-its-kind report documenting conversion therapy around the world highlights the pervasiveness of the practice. The 73-page report, “Harmful Treatment: The Global Reach of So-Called Conversion Therapy,”…
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Added on: 09/05/2019

UK introduces new regulations to teach about LGBT and same sex relationships in schools

The Guardian
09/05/2019
This school year marks the beginning of the end of a decades-long campaign to get an inclusive education system in the UK. Despite recent controversy by some…
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Added on: 09/04/2019

Former Gay Conversion Leader Denounces ‘Harmful’ Movement After Coming Out

HuffPost
09/03/2019
The South Carolina-based founder of one of the nation’s largest “gay conversion” programs issued a formal apology for his role in the discredited movement this weekend ―…
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Added on: 09/04/2019

‘Disco outside the Dáil’ protest against Pence visit

Irish Times
09/03/2019
A “Disco outside the Dáil” organised in protest against the visit of US vice-president Mike Pence drew a crowd to Kildare Street this afternoon. Protesters led by…
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Added on: 09/04/2019

Lebanon: End Systemic Violence Against Transgender Women

Human Rights Watch
09/03/2019
Transgender women in Lebanon face systemic violence and discrimination, Human Rights Watch, Helem, and MOSAIC said in a report and video released today. Transgender women face discrimination…
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Added on: 09/04/2019

Conversion Therapy Crusader Comes Out As Gay

NBC
09/03/2019
The Post and Courier has reported that the Hope for Wholeness founder 51 year-old McKrae Game came out as gay, nearly two years after he was fired…
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Added on: 09/03/2019

Inside the Supreme Court Discrimination Cases That Could Change LGBTQ Rights

Daily Beast
09/03/2019
On Oct. 8, the High Court is set to hear three landmark LGBTQ workplace-discrimination cases. They are as intensely personal as they are political. Until 2012, Aimee…
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Added on: 09/03/2019

TOP PA DIPLOMAT IN UK DENIES DISCRIMINATION AGAINST LGBTQ IN THE WEST BANK

Jerusalem Post
08/03/2019
In August, the Palestinian Authority banned the LGBTQ group Al-Qaws for Sexual & Gender Diversity in Palestinian Society from carrying out any activity in the West Bank….
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Added on: 09/03/2019

New campaign raises awareness of dangers faced by LGBTQ people in UK immigration detention

Gay Times
08/03/2019
UK Lesbian and Gay Immigration Group have launched an important new campaign. The organisation’s first national social media campaign #LendYourVoice aims to raise awareness around the discrimination…
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Added on: 09/03/2019

‘Everyone needs a place’: Gay couple fights for Hong Kong public housing

Reuters
08/02/2019
Like many young married couples in Hong Kong, Nick Infinger and his partner struggled to find a home they could afford. So last year, they applied for…
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Added on: 09/02/2019

Groups argue law doesn’t protect transgender woman from workplace bias

Detroit News
09/02/2019
More than three dozen groups, from Christian colleges to feminists, filed friend-of-the-court briefs urging the U.S. Supreme Court to side with a Michigan funeral home business that…
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Added on: 09/02/2019

Appeal to stop gay marriage opens in Cayman Islands

Reuters
08/28/2019
A lawyer representing a lesbian couple whose court victory legalized same-sex marriage in the Cayman Islands five months ago said a government appeal against the ruling, which…
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Added on: 08/31/2019

The (queer) year that was

Hindustan Times
08/31/2019
If you’re a queer Indian, the reading down of Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code (a colonial-era law that criminalised consensual adult same sex relationships) on…
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Added on: 08/31/2019

Parents demand action after students from LGBTQ club in California HS allegedly harassed by group holding MAGA flags

New York Daily News
08/30/2019
A high school in Bakersfield, Calif., is investigating an alleged incident of harassment against students who participated in a meeting of an LGBTQ club. According to multiple…
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