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Added on: 05/22/2020

No medicine, no food: Coronavirus restrictions amplify health risks to LGBT+ people with HIV

05/22/2020

It started with headaches then came nausea and diarrhea. Within two weeks, gay Ugandan barber Eric had became so weak without his HIV medication he could not…

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Added on: 05/21/2020

‘If I don’t have sex I’ll die of hunger’: Covid-19 crisis for Rio’s trans sex workers

02/20/2020

Social distancing is keeping people off the streets of central Rio de Janeiro. And that has created serious challenges for its trans sex workers, who have seen…

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Added on: 05/21/2020

Virus pushes Pakistan’s transgender dancers out of their homes

02/20/2020

Before the virus shutdown, dancer Adnan Ali had carved out a comfortable living performing at parties for newlyweds and newborns, avoiding the financial hardship faced by many…

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Added on: 05/21/2020

Health care for SA’s LGBT+ community needs boost

05/20/2020

South Africa’s LGBTI community continues to face extreme discrimination and inadequate health care. Every day, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) people face violence, exclusion and…

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Added on: 05/20/2020

‘Panic’ as Hungarian parliament bans trans people from changing gender on IDs

05/19/2020

Hungary’s parliament voted Tuesday to ban transgender people from changing their gender on identity documents, in a move that LGBT+ advocates said was creating panic among trans…

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Added on: 05/20/2020

Supreme Court Strikes Down Bigotry in Brazil’s Schools

05/19/2020

Amid the public health crisis in the country, Brazil has recently achieved two significant victories for the right to education and the rights of women and lesbian,…

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Added on: 05/19/2020

FINALLY FREE: ORDER FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE ISSUED FOR #COSF19

05/18/2020

Uganda’s LGBTIQ community has reason to jubilate amidst the COVID-19 hardships as an order for immediate release has this afternoon been issued for the #COSF19. This comes…

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Added on: 05/19/2020

Iraqi leader who blames coronavirus on same-sex marriage demands Islamic flag is raised across UK and EU to counter-protest Pride flag

05/18/2020

Iraqi Shia cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, who is head of the Sadrist Movement and the Saraya al-Salam militia, said in March: “One of the most appalling things that…

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Added on: 05/19/2020

Coronavirus causing a humanitarian crisis for LGBT+ people around the world

05/18/2020

LGBT+ people around the world are facing a humanitarian crisis. And COVID-19 risks decimating the organizations they rely on for support. UK-based international LGBT+ charity, the Kaleidoscope…

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Added on: 05/18/2020

Map Shows Where It’s Illegal To Be Gay – 30 Years Since WHO Declassified Homosexuality As Disease

05/17/2020

It’s still illegal to be LGBT+ in 70 countries, and you could be given the death penalty in 12, as the world marks 30 years since “homosexuality”…

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Added on: 05/17/2020

May 17 Is International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia, Biphobia

05/16/2020

May 17 is International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia. First observed in 2004, the day was designed to focus “attention on the violence and discrimination experienced…

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Added on: 05/17/2020

Albania becomes third European country to ban gay ‘conversion therapy’

05/16/2020

Albania’s psychologists have banned so-called “conversion therapy”, which tries to change the sexual orientation of young LGBT people, a move hailed on Saturday by the country’s rights…

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Added on: 05/17/2020

LGBT families in Ireland still caught in legal loophole

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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…