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Added on: 02/27/2019

How being an LGBT international student in Australia changed me

02/26/2019

When Bijan Kardouni was 23, he went to the wedding of his secret lover. Bijan had met Sami* through the underground LGBT community in Iran, using a…

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Added on: 02/27/2019

LGBT Kenyans’ Patience Has Gone Unrewarded

02/26/2019

Kenya’s High Court on Friday postponed a much-awaited decision on a colonial-era law that has long deprived one group of Kenyans of uhuru, or freedom, promising to…

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Added on: 02/27/2019

Drag queens protest at border wall to raise money for LGBTQ asylum-seekers

02/25/2019

Beatrix Lestrange stood in front of a crowd wearing a multicolored dress, red wig, black pumps and a choker with studs. “Who’s ready to have a political…

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Added on: 02/26/2019

Anti-LGBT discrimination costs Kenya ‘up to $1.3 billion’ a year

02/25/2019

A culture of anti-LGBT discrimination could be costing Kenya up to $1.3 billion a year, a new report claims. The report from the pro-LGBT Open for Business…

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Added on: 02/26/2019

Story of a trans man who suffers Brazil’s hostile environment to LGBTQ

02/25/2019

Growing up in an evangelical Christian family in Brazil, life was pretty tough for Ariel Nobre. Designated female at birth, the 31-year-old transgender man was sent to…

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Added on: 02/26/2019

Kids Love Drag Queen Storytime. Anti-LGBT Groups Want To Shut Them Down

02/23/2019

The children who listen to the drag queens reading stories in Houston, Michigan, and South Carolina love it. Anti-LGBT groups are mobilizing to menace the events out…

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Added on: 02/26/2019

Force British territories to legalise gay marriage, report says

02/22/2019

Last year, the British governor of Bermuda – the most populous territory – allowed legislation denying LGBT+ people the right to marry in favour of domestic partnerships. British…

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Added on: 02/25/2019

Spain’s far-right debuts in Senate by blocking anti-homophobia motion

02/21/2019

Spain’s far-right party Vox debuted in the upper house of parliament by blocking a motion calling for an official stance against homophobia in sport. Vox automatically obtained…

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Added on: 02/25/2019

Tunisia targets pro-gay advocacy at Shams

02/22/2019

The Tunisian government has appealed a 2016 court decision that granted official recognition to the group Shams, which advocates the repeal of the nation’s anti-gay law. “The…

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Added on: 02/25/2019

Colombia’s ‘Madonna’ helps LGBTQ people fleeing Venezuela

02/21/2019

Gusts of hot desert wind drift through the broken window, shattered by a stone, in the house that Madonna Badillo shares with seven Venezuelan sex workers. Badillo…

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Added on: 02/25/2019

Cabinet Unveils Draft Bill and Picks a Side in Taiwan’s Gay Marriage Fight

02/22/2019

The administration of Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) has approved a draft bill which, if passed, will make Taiwan the first country in Asia to legally enact…

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Added on: 02/24/2019

Hazon’s aggressive anti-Left, anti-LGBT campaign draws backlash, support

02/24/2019

“A father and a mother = a family. The courage to be normal.” Thus read a large banner displayed on a hotel near the entrance to Jerusalem….

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Added on: 02/24/2019

Tunisian government moves to shutter LGBTQ group, advocate says

02/22/2019

The Tunisian government is attempting to disband one of the country’s few, and arguably its most prominent, LGBTQ rights groups, according to the group’s leader. Mounir Baatour,…

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Added on: 02/24/2019

Poland moves step closer to banning gay conversion therapy

02/22/2019

Politicians in Poland have submitted a draft bill to the Parliament which bans the use of gay conversion therapy. Lawmakers from the liberal Nowoczesna party drafted the…

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Added on: 02/23/2019

Iran: activist charged with normalising same sex relations

02/22/2019

Rezvaneh Mohammadi, gender equality activist’s first court session was held in Tehran’s Revolutionary Court Branch 28 on February 18, 2019, presided by the notorious Judge Moghiseh, according…

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Added on: 02/22/2019

Gay teacher threatened over LGBT lessons named as finalist for world’s top teaching award

02/20/2019

A gay teacher who has been threatened over lessons on homosexuality has been named as a top 10 finalist for one of the world’s top teaching awards….

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Added on: 02/22/2019

Ex-child soldier fights for trans rights in Colombia

02/21/2019

When Colombia’s FARC guerrillas turned up at the home of Cristian Camilo Gonzalez nearly two decades ago and shoved him into a truck when he was just…

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Added on: 02/22/2019

One in four pre-teen suicides may be LGBT youth

02/22/2019

Youth 12 to 14 years old LGBT are much more likely to die by suicide than their heterosexual peers, a disparity that persists but becomes less pronounced…

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Added on: 02/21/2019

Kenyan court to rule on decriminalising gay sex

02/21/2019

Kenya’s High Court is to rule on Friday whether to decriminalise gay sex. The court’s verdict could make history if it decides to scrap the law that…

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Added on: 02/21/2019

Singaporeans Remain Deeply Divided on the Issues of Recognizing Gay Civil Partnerships Here

02/19/2019

Home Affairs Minister K Shanmugam was right — Singapore remains “deeply split” on the matter of gay rights in the country. According to a new study by…

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Added on: 02/21/2019

LGBTI People With Disability to Launch Fearless Express at Sydney Mardi Gras

02/19/2019

LGBTI people with disability will raise awareness for accessible public transport at the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras pride parade on 2 March. Five Australian disability organizations have…

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Added on: 02/21/2019

LGBTQIA Members Walk for Pulwama Martyrs

02/19/2019

I’m gay, that’s okay. I’m trans, that’s okay, I’m straight, that’s okay’…these slogans were chanted at the fourth edition of Nagpur Pride organised at Samvidhan Chowk on…

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Added on: 02/20/2019

LGBT+ Africans optimistic as Kenya set to rule on decriminalising gay sex

02/19/2019

There is a quiet air of excitement at the offices of the National Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission (NGLHRC), as the countdown draws closer to Friday…

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Added on: 02/20/2019

Gujarat Govt Establishes Transgender Welfare Board; Housing, Education & Other Issues To Be Taken Care Of

02/19/2019

A Transgender Welfare Board has been established by the Gujarat government, which has been constituted by the Department of Social Justice and Empowerment. The community’s housing, education,…

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Added on: 02/20/2019

Kenyan United Methodists oppose allowing LGBT clergy, pray for church unity worldwide

02/18/2019

During a recent prayer service here at the Kayole St. John’s United Methodist Church, more than a hundred worshippers followed Rev. Wilton Odongo, one of the church’s…

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Added on: 02/20/2019

Inside Monica Roberts’ Mission to Identify Transgender Murder Victims

02/19/2019

Monica Roberts does in 30 minutes what reporters have been failing to do for years. She identifies murder victims who are transgender. Whenever she discovers through Facebook…

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Added on: 02/19/2019

Gay Pastoral Ministers in the Netherlands Publish Open Letter to Pope Francis

02/15/2019

Gay pastoral ministers in the Netherlands have published an open letter to Pope Francis protesting the Vatican’s ban on gay priests and claiming the Gospel’s credibility is…

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Added on: 02/19/2019

Algerian student murdered, ‘he is gay’ written on wall with his blood

02/15/2019

Two assailants executed an Algerian medical student in a shocking homophobic killing on Sunday, in which victim’s blood was smeared on a wall reading “He is Gay.”…

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Added on: 02/18/2019

LGBTQ Armenians Face Reign of Terror

02/16/2019

On Monday, there was another gay-bashing in Armenia, this time against a member of Right Side NGO, a trans activism organization. Max Yarzhapetyan was walking on the…

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Added on: 02/18/2019

Federal judge temporarily blocks military from forcing out HIV-positive airmen

02/15/2019

A federal judge on Friday blocked the military from forcing out a pair of HIV-positive airmen, saying she had seen no evidence that the disease should prevent…