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Added on: 03/14/2019

BOTSWANA COURT CASE TO CHALLENGE LEGALITY OF GAY SEX

Jerusalem Post
03/14/2019
Botswana’s High Court will hear on Thursday a case challenging the decriminalization of homosexual intercourse, offering campaigners a rare chance to argue for lesbian, gay, bisexual and…
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Added on: 03/14/2019

Guinea-Bissau’s ‘Big Mamas’ advance gay pride in conservative West Africa

Thomson Reuters Foundation
03/13/2019
Edimilson Silva wears tight jeans, sparkly jewellery and sometimes lipstick – outfits that in neighbouring countries could get him harassed, jailed or even killed. But in his…
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Added on: 03/14/2019

This transgender woman is running for a seat in India’s national parliament

Gay Star News
03/13/2019
India’s commercial hub, Mumbai has its first-ever transgender candidate for upcoming parliament elections. Sneha Kale announced she would contest the north-central constituency as an independent candidate this…
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Added on: 03/14/2019

Caribbean cricket lesson: ‘Nothing wrong with being gay’

Erasing 76 Crimes
03/12/2019
In the Caribbean, anti-gay slurs are less acceptable than they used to be. A star West Indies cricketer learned that the hard way last month. Umpires imposed…
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Added on: 03/13/2019

Poland’s ruling party launches attack on LGBT community at party convention

Emerging Europe
03/11/2019
Poland’s ruling Law and Justice Party (PiS) has launched an attack on gay rights as part of its election strategy ahead of European elections in May and…
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Added on: 03/13/2019

Cameroon university blocks career of LGBTI activist

Erasing 76 Crimes
03/11/2019
Kundy (a pseudonym) is one of the most experienced LGBTI activists in Cameroon. At age 30+, he has had an impressive amount of experience protecting and advocating…
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Added on: 03/13/2019

Two Brazilian police arrested over killing of activist Marielle Franco

Digital Journal
03/11/2019
Two police officers were arrested Tuesday in the killing of Rio city councilor and black gay rights activist Marielle Franco, prosecutors said, almost a year to the…
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Added on: 03/12/2019

Egyptian Transgender Woman Forcibly Arrested, at Risk of Torture and Sexual Violence

Morocco World News
03/10/2019
19-year-old Malak al-Kashef, who recently had sex reassignment surgery, has not been heard from ever since she was taken by the Egyptian national security at the early…
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Added on: 03/12/2019

American Transgender ‘Woman’ Named ‘Miss International Queen’

Liberty Headlines
03/09/2019
American contestant Jazell Barbie Royale was crowned “Miss International Queen” in Thailand on Friday at a beauty pageant for transgender women, becoming the first person of colour…
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Added on: 03/12/2019

Dutch Reformed Church forced to allow same-sex marriage

Pink News
03/08/2019
A South African court has overturned a decision by the Dutch Reformed Church not to recognise same-sex unions. The Gauteng High Court in Pretoria scrapped the church’s…
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Added on: 03/12/2019

Trump to host Brazil’s anti-gay president Jair Bolsonaro at White House

Pink News
03/09/2019
Donald Trump has invited Brazil’s anti-LGBT president Jair Bolsonaro to the White House. The far-right Brazilian leader, who holds extreme anti-LGBT beliefs, will meet with Trump at…
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Added on: 03/11/2019

On International Women’s Day: End daily ‘corrective rapes’

76 Crimes
03/08/2019
Today is International Women’s Day #IWD2019: We celebrate and stand in solidarity with all women, noting their tenacity and fortitude, especially those who courageously survive violence and…
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Added on: 03/11/2019

In Muslim Malaysia, Uproar Over LGBT Groups at Women’s Day March

US News
03/10/2019
A Malaysian minister has decried the presence of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) groups at a march celebrating International Women’s Day on Saturday, calling it “a…
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Added on: 03/11/2019

Queer women in Russia’s North Caucasus ‘face sexual violence, forced marriage, and murder’

Global Voices
03/07/2019
Queer women in Russia’s North Caucasus face attempts to ‘cure’ them, beatings, rape, forced marriages, and murder, according to a recent report interviewing a number of queer…
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Added on: 03/10/2019

Rabbi Sadan: Silencing LGBT debate endangers democracy

Israel National News
03/07/2019
Rabbi Eli Sadan, the head of the pre-military preparatory committee, compared the silence surrounding the Muslim immigration process imposed on the public in Europe to the public…
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Added on: 03/10/2019

Meet the young Nigerian running an LGBT clothing brand

Erasing 76 Crimes
03/06/2019
Rex Young, a young Lagos-based Nigerian entrepreneur, is tapping into the country’s LGBT market. Young, a professional graphic designer, has delved into an untapped market of making…
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Added on: 03/09/2019

Homophobic, transphobic flyers appear before Sydney election

Pink News
03/06/2019
Homophobic and transphobic flyers have appeared around Sydney, Australia, in the run up to this month’s state election. The flyers, which appeared on Reddit, are written in…
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Added on: 03/09/2019

Mashrou’ Leila: the Lebanese indie band championing Arab gay rights

The Guardian
03/07/2019
Mashrou’ Leila are giants in Lebanon. Walking through Beirut with the band on a warm afternoon, it feels like everyone is staring. We squeeze into a retro…
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Added on: 03/08/2019

Fears for transgender Egyptian woman held in men’s prison

Independent
03/07/2019
An Egyptian transgender woman arrested for inciting anti-government protests is at risk of torture and sexual violence, activists and rights groups have warned. Malak al-Kashef, 19, has…
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Added on: 03/08/2019

Tourism Minister reportedly tells German press there’s no gays in Malaysia

Yahoo News
03/06/2019
German news agency Deutsche Welle is reporting that our Tourism minister, Mohammaddin bin Ketapi told a room full of journalists (so, essentially, planet Earth) that Malaysia does…
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Added on: 03/08/2019

Cameroon death threats: 2 gay lovers outed by each other

Erasing 76 Crimes
03/07/2019
After a financial dispute last month, Steeve, a pastor of the Evangelical Church of Cameroon, attacked his lover, Boris, and publicly revealed that Boris is a homosexual….
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Added on: 03/08/2019

China urged to take action on LGBT+ rights after backing U.N. changes

Thomson Reuters Foundation News
03/07/2019
China’s acceptance of the U.N. Human Rights Council’s recommendations on LGBT+ rights is a “milestone”, gay rights groups said on Thursday, urging Beijing to work with activists…
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Added on: 03/07/2019

Brazilians Demand Answers for Marielle Franco’s Murder at Rio Carnival

The Guardian
03/05/2019
Nearly a year after the still-unsolved murder of Rio de Janeiro councilwoman and LGBT activist Marielle Franco, Brazilian revellers have used their country’s annual carnival to demand answers….
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Added on: 03/07/2019

“I thought Australia was safe”: At Least Four LGBTI People Assaulted on Mardi Gras Weekend

ABC
03/05/2019
At least four LGBTI men were bashed before Sydney’s Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras on the weekend, triple j Hack can reveal. Hack understands the attacks followed a…
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Added on: 03/07/2019

Author Samantha Allen’s Road Trip Through Red States Reveals LGBTI Communities Everywhere

GBP Radio News
03/05/2019
Author and journalist Samantha Allen wanted to go beyond the headlines in her new book, “Real Queer America: LGBT Stories from Red States.” “Often the stories we hear…
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Added on: 03/07/2019

Chechnya’s Gay Purge: A Timeline of the Atrocities

Gay Star News
03/04/2019
The world has been aware for the last couple of years that LGBT people in Chechnya face arrest and persecution. But what exactly is happening in the…
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Added on: 03/06/2019

Turkish TV Station Pulls the Plug On Show After Interview Defending LGBTI Rights

Ahval News
03/05/2019
A Turkish Islamist television station said it would take a show off air following an interview with an opposition party mayoral candidate who spoke of the need…
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Added on: 03/06/2019

British Female Olympians Argue Against ‘unfair’ Trans Women Athletes

Reuters
03/05/2019
British female Olympians lined up to criticize the inclusion of transgender women in women’s sport on Tuesday, as debate rages over whether male-to-female athletes retain unfair physical…
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Added on: 03/06/2019

Rafał Trzaskowski: Warsaw Mayor Faces Backlash for Protecting LGBTI Rights

Pink News
03/04/2019
Rafał Trzaskowski, the Mayor of Poland’s capital city, Warsaw, has received backlash after signing a declaration to protect LGBT+ rights. The declaration is the first ever LGBT+…
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Added on: 03/05/2019

The Gay-Rights Activists Hoping for a Legal Victory in Kenya

The New Yorker
03/03/2019
On a recent Friday, gay and lesbian couples, dressed in matching outfits, posed for photos outside of a Nairobi courthouse, in anticipation of a decision that they…
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