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Added on: 06/24/2019

Ukraine holds largest gay pride event to date in Kiev

BBC
06/23/2019
Thousands have marched through the Ukrainian capital for its annual gay pride event, the largest and most peaceful the country has seen. Ukrainian politicians joined the celebration…
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Added on: 06/24/2019

Taiwan: More than 1,000 gay couples wed in first month of equal marriage

Pink News
06/24/2019
Taiwan has wed 1,173 same-sex couples since becoming the first Asian country to introduce equal marriage on May 24. In the first month of equal marriage, 790…
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Added on: 06/24/2019

Thousands in Costa Rica celebrate in first pride march since gay marriage ruling

Reuters
06/23/2019
Tens of thousands of Costa Ricans celebrated gay pride on Sunday in the capital, San Jose, in the first such march since the country’s constitutional court promised…
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Added on: 06/24/2019

In first, Ibaraki Prefecture to issue partnership certificates for LGBT couples from July

Japan Times
06/24/2019
Authorities in Ibaraki Prefecture said Monday they would start issuing partnership certificates for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender couples from July 1, in an effort to address…
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Added on: 06/24/2019

Thousands march in Romanian capital’s pride parade

Yahoo News
06/23/2019
Thousands of people joined a LGBT pride march in Bucharest on Saturday, nearly a year after Romania held a failed referendum to ban same sex marriage. Socially…
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Added on: 06/23/2019

‘Fear and shame holding LGBT community back’

Times of India
06/23/2019
Patna may have taken giant strides in many fields, but there are areas where it still lags behind other cities. The inclusivity of the lesbian, gay, bisexual…
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Added on: 06/23/2019

Struggle among progress as countries restrict LGBTQ rights

New York Times
06/23/2019
The world has been transformed in many ways in the 50 years since the uprising at the Stonewall Inn, with major shifts in the past decade alone…
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Added on: 06/23/2019

Watch: Fleeing persecution, LGBT+ Brazilians find refuge in Portugal

Yahoo News
06/22/2019
Since the election of Brazil’s far-right president Jair Bolsonaro, homophobic or transphobic attacks have multiplied. Advocates say a member of the LGBT+ community is now murdered every…
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Added on: 06/23/2019

With gay couple as stars, Mexican telenovela set to make history

Reuters
06/22/2019
A Mexican soap opera that debuts on Sunday is set to make television history as the country’s first telenovela to feature a gay couple as the leading…
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Added on: 06/23/2019

Georgia’s LGBT community postpones march due to tensions

Interfax
06/22/2019
Georgia’s LGBT community has posted the Dignity March planned in Tbilisi for June 23 due to the tense situation in the country. “Given the events on Rustaveli…
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Added on: 06/23/2019

How the US shapes queer activism in Liberia

The Nation
06/22/2019
As the sun set over the Atlantic Ocean, dozens of queer Liberians and their friends and family gathered on a stretch of beach outside Monrovia, the West…
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Added on: 06/23/2019

How a housepainter and an army widow led the secret fight to save LGBT people from ISIS

BuzzFeed News
06/22/2019
The first time Majid and Ahlam saved a gay person’s life, they didn’t even know what LGBT stood for. Word had reached them that three men were…
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Added on: 06/22/2019

Even Under Bolsanaro’s Criticism, LGBT Parade in São Paulo Should Attract 12 Percent More Tourists

Rio Times
06/22/2019
More than three million people are expected to cross Avenida Paulista, in Sao Paulo, next Sunday, during the 23rd edition of the LGBT Pride Parade, according to…
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Added on: 06/22/2019

Senate confirms judge who’s so anti-LGBTQ even Susan Collins voted no

Salon
06/21/2019
The Senate voted to confirm a Trump-appointed federal judge with a long history of anti-LGBTQ statements to a lifetime appointment Wednesday. The Senate voted to confirm Matthew…
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Added on: 06/22/2019

An inclusive Pride flag is the first step in confronting racism in LGBT+ spaces

The Guardian
06/21/2019
Until people from black and minority ethnic backgrounds feel comfortable in LGBT+ communities, the new black and brown stripes are vital. The first bricks at the Stonewall…
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Added on: 06/22/2019

Ukrainian gay couple hope Danish wedding will change mindsets at home

Reuters
06/21/2019
Before Kiev celebrates Pride on Sunday, Roman Ivasiy and Anton Pozdnyakov want to speak publicly about their wedding in the hope it will help change hostile attitudes…
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Added on: 06/21/2019

Gay refugees sent back to ‘homophobic Kenya camp’

BBC
06/19/2019
Kenya’s government has ordered a group of 76 refugees to return to a camp they had fled after some of them faced homophobic attacks, a UN agency…
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Added on: 06/21/2019

Israeli city Raanana holds its first gay pride parade

Israel National News
06/20/2019
The central Israeli bedroom community of Raanana held its first Pride march. Up to 3,000 people took part in the parade in the city of some 80,000…
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Added on: 06/20/2019

Transgender migrants find safe haven in Juarez

KTSM
06/19/2019
A rainbow flag sways in the wind outside a pink two-story house in an out-of-the-way Juarez neighborhood. Inside, 38 men and boys tell jokes, try on new…
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Added on: 06/20/2019

LGBT-community attacked in Kyiv

112
06/20/2019
On June 16-23 a week in support of LGBT-community is held in Kyiv. On June 19, a group of perpetrators committed an attack at the participants of…
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Added on: 06/20/2019

LGBT rights across the world: Progress achieved in 50 years

The Hindu
06/19/2019
Fifty years since the 1969 Stonewall Riots in New York City, which sparked an LGBT liberation movement in the U.S. and elsewhere, 36% of countries are yet…
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Added on: 06/20/2019

Sinaloa Congress says no to same-sex marriage by 20-18

Mexico News Daily
06/19/2019
Sinaloa lawmakers voted Tuesday against a measure that would have legalized same-sex marriage in the state with 20 votes against and 18 in favor. Most of the…
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Added on: 06/20/2019

Liberal Democratic Party and tradition may stymie push for same-sex marriage in Japan

Japan Times
06/19/2019
As Japanese lawmakers grapple with a landmark same-sex marriage bill, campaigners fear it may die at the first legislative hurdle as lawmakers pander to aging voters and…
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Added on: 06/19/2019

LGBT Refugees Allege Harassment in Kenya, a Rare Safe Haven

Associated Press
06/19/2019
Burundi national Nina Muregwa says she feels threatened again. After escaping death threats back home over her sexual identity the 17-year-old thought she had found a sanctuary…
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Added on: 06/19/2019

Jean Wyllys Travels Abroad and Says ‘Stupidity Virus’ Strikes Part of Brazil

Rio Times
06/19/2019
Nearly a month after resigning from his political office and leaving the country under threat, former federal deputy Jean Wyllys is touring Europe giving talks on the…
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Added on: 06/19/2019

Malaysia PM Mahathir Mohamad: Gays shouldn’t get married because they can’t have kids

Pink News
06/17/2019
Malaysia Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad has claimed that same-sex marriage is “regressive.” In an appearance at the Cambridge Union in the UK on Sunday (June 17), the…
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Added on: 06/19/2019

St. Lucia plans its first Pride celebration

Saint Lucia
06/18/2019
The Caribbean island nation of St. Lucia is gearing up for its first Pride celebration, although it still clings to anti-gay laws. On paper, St. Lucia’s laws…
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Added on: 06/18/2019

What it’s like to be gay and Qatari

Doha News
08/05/2016
Homosexuality is so taboo in Qatar that it doesn’t feature in public discourse, yet practically it very much exists. Being gay is frowned upon here, and a…
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Added on: 06/18/2019

Scuffles break out at anti-trans rally in Vancouver

Gay Star News
06/17/2019
Tempers flared between pro- and anti-trans rights protestors in Vancouver on Saturday (15 June). Several hundred people from both sides converged outside the Vancouver Art Gallery in…
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Added on: 06/18/2019

The Lavender Scare: the shocking true story of an anti-LGBT witch-hunt

The Guardian
06/18/2019
When Josh Howard began working on his documentary The Lavender Scare, way back in 2009, America was a very different place – not least for its LGBT…
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