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Added on: 05/17/2020

LGBT families in Ireland still caught in legal loophole

The Irish Times
05/16/2020
In the run-up to the marriage referendum, one of the key pieces of legislation that was on the table was the Children and Family Relationships Act 2015….
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Added on: 05/16/2020

Gay Korea: homophobia sparked by Seoul coronavirus cluster driven by Protestant right

The Conversation
05/15/2020
The Korean LGBTQ+ community knew to prepare for an anti-gay onslaught after it emerged that a person with an asymptomatic COVID-19 infection had been partying in Itaewon,…
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Added on: 05/15/2020

Why banning anti-LGBT ‘conversion therapy’ isn’t enough

Open Democracy
05/14/2020
Lawmakers around the world have proposed new legislation to ban ‘conversion therapy’ – attempts to change a person’s sexual orientation or gender identity. In Canada, for example,…
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Added on: 05/14/2020

These queer Muslims are finding ways to stay connected, focused and safe this Ramadan – even under lockdown

Pink News
05/13/2020
Halfway through Ramadan, Sabah Choudrey, a “reluctant activist on most things trans, brown and hairy” and the co-founder of Trans Pride Brighton, says they’re still figuring things…
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Added on: 05/14/2020

LGBT+ asylum seekers are sharing bedrooms with strangers during coronavirus

Gay Star News
05/13/2020
The Covid-19 pandemic is revealing how our dysfunctional asylum and immigration system is failing to support people in need. The system prevents people from accessing health services…
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Added on: 05/13/2020

Contact tracing South Korea’s latest coronavirus outbreak exposes LGBT+ people to hate

Gay Star News
05/13/2020
A new coronavirus outbreak in the South Korean capital, Seoul, has also seen a rise in homophobic hate speech. The southeast Asian nation has achieved enviable results…
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Added on: 05/13/2020

‘No one wants to be tested:’ Social stigmas are crippling coronavirus containment

Fortune
05/12/2020
Public health officials around the world have agreed that testing and contact tracing are vital to containing the coronavirus pandemic. But for many people, coming forward to…
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Added on: 05/13/2020

Uganda court sets bail hearing for 19 LGBT detainees

Erasing 76 Crimes
05/12/2020
May 18 is the new date when 19 members of Children of the Sun Foundation (CosfUganda) who were arrested at the Cosf shelter are expected to be…
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Added on: 05/13/2020

LGBT community hit hard by COVID-19 lockdown in Lakhimpur

Northeast Now
05/12/2020
The LGBT community in Assam’s Lakhimpur district is hit hard by the impact of nation-wide COVID-19 lockdown. The victims are four transgender persons in the district who…
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Added on: 05/12/2020

LGBT+ adults in US are more than twice as likely to be homeless

Gay Star News
05/11/2020
Almost one in five LGB adults in the US has experienced homelessness at some point in their lives. Moreover, trans people are even more likely to be…
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Added on: 05/12/2020

Germany becomes the fifth country in the world to ban conversion therapy

Gay Star News
05/11/2020
Germany has become the fifth country in the world to ban ‘conversion therapy’ of LGBT+ minors. The new vote in the Bundestag, Germany’s parliament, confirms a ban…
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Added on: 05/12/2020

South Korea struggles to contain new outbreak amid anti-gay backlash

The Guardian
05/11/2020
Authorities in South Korea are struggling to contain a new coronavirus outbreak linked to the capital’s nightclub district as a backlash against the country’s gay community increases,…
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Added on: 05/11/2020

Franklin Graham Is Taking Down His N.Y. Hospital, but Not Going Quietly

New York Times
05/10/2020
The last patients have been discharged from the Central Park field hospital run by Samaritan’s Purse, the evangelical organization led by the Rev. Franklin Graham. Its white…
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Added on: 05/10/2020

Radical Russian Imperial Movement Expanding Global Outreach

Voice of America
05/09/2020
The Russian Imperial Movement (RIM), a white supremacist group based in St. Petersburg, is increasingly expanding its outreach beyond Russia through the establishment of transnational networks with…
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Added on: 05/10/2020

Brazil’s Supreme Court throws out rules that limit gay men donating blood

Reuters
05/09/2020
Brazil’s Supreme Court has overturned rules that limit gay and bisexual men from donating blood in a decision considered a human rights victory for LGBT+ people in…
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Added on: 05/09/2020

The millennials changing the face of sex education in Vietnam

Al Jazeera
05/08/2020
Tu Nguyen never had a formal sex education (sex-ed) class at his school in Hanoi, nor was he trained as an educator on the subject, but he…
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Added on: 05/09/2020

LGBT sector tapped to lead rice distribution to barangays

Davao Today
05/08/2020
Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio has assigned the city’s LGBT sector to manage the city’s next round of rice distribution after receiving complaints from residents that barangay…
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Added on: 05/09/2020

Aimee Stephens, transgender woman at center of pending landmark Supreme Court case, is in hospice care

Metro Times
05/08/2020
Aimee Stephens made national headlines when she said she was fired from her job at metro Detroit-based GR & RG Funeral Homes in 2013 after coming out…
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Added on: 05/08/2020

Activists call on Tinley Park to show support for gay rights in Polish Sister City

Chicago Tribune
05/07/2020
Activists in Europe are calling on Tinley Park residents and village officials to show support for gay rights in a Sister City community in Poland. European rights…
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Added on: 05/08/2020

Korean media’s focus on ‘gay’ club in COVID-19 case further stigmatizes LGBT people

Korea Herald
05/07/2020
A 29-year-old man living in Yongin tested positive for COVID-19. He went clubbing in Itaewon, a party district in Seoul, when he had no symptoms, exposing at…
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Added on: 05/08/2020

Minister defends Germany’s limited gay therapy ban

Reuters
05/07/2020
Germany’s ban on so-called gay conversion therapies needs to be robust enough to withstand court challenges, Health Minister Jens Spahn said in response to criticism that his…
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Added on: 05/07/2020

Forced exorcisms touted as ‘cure’ for LGBT Indonesians

Bangkok Post
05/06/2020
Andin is haunted by memories of being forced into an exorcism to “save” her from being transgender — a ritual that could become mandatory for Indonesia’s LGBT…
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Added on: 05/07/2020

One in three trans people targeted for ‘conversion therapy’ in Colombia

Reuters
05/06/2020
One in five LGBT+ people have undergone “conversion therapy” to make them straight in Colombia, rising to one in three trans people, researchers said on Wednesday, amid…
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Added on: 05/07/2020

Kenya LGBT refugee protest ends with tear gas and batons

Bay Area Reporter
05/06/2020
Police attempted to disband a protest of about 60 LGBT refugees outside the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugee’s office in Kakuma, Kenya at the end of…
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Added on: 05/06/2020

LAWS ALLOWING LEGAL GENDER CHANGE WITHOUT SURGERY INTRODUCED IN AUSTRALIAN STATE OF VICTORIA

Gay Express
05/05/2020
New laws have come into effect in the Australian state of Victoria that now allow trans and gender diverse Victorians to alter the sex recorded on their…
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Added on: 05/05/2020

In Ganjam’s quarantine centres, no separate provision for the transgender community

The Hindu
05/04/2020
Due to the lack of separate arrangements for transgender persons at a quarantine centre, Prasant*, an 18-year-old transgender person, had to spend a 14-day quarantine period, till…
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Added on: 05/03/2020

Turkey: Criminal Case for Opposing Homophobic Speech

Human Rights Watch
05/01/2020
The Ankara Prosecutor’s office in Turkey has opened a criminal investigation into the Ankara Bar Association after it filed a complaint against the head of Turkey’s Religious…
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Added on: 05/03/2020

Trans woman sets herself on fire in Georgia as virus lockdown cuts income

Reuters
05/02/2020
A transgender woman set herself on fire in Georgia to highlight the plight of trans sex workers with no income during the coronavirus lockdown, LGBT+ groups said…
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Added on: 05/02/2020

Brazil’s president accuses World Health Organization of turning kids gay

LGBTQ Nation
05/01/2020
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro accused the World Health Organization (WHO) of trying to turn children gay in a series of bizarre claims on Facebook. He later deleted…
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Added on: 05/02/2020

Pope Francis just threw his support behind a small community of Italian transgender sex workers

Pink News
05/01/2020
Sex workers, particularly those who are undocumented, have been badly hit by the pandemic as many are unable to work or claim benefits. This was the case…
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