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Added on: 10/25/2019

Uganda arrests 16 LGBT activists on suspicion of gay sex

The Guardian
10/24/2019
Uganda has said it has arrested 16 LGBT activists on suspicion of gay sex, which is punishable with life imprisonment, in what fellow activists called an escalating…
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Added on: 10/25/2019

‘Any day you can be taken’: Inside what it’s like to be gay in Chechnya

ABC News
10/25/2019
Ricky was just 19 when he said the police came for him. He was at work and they took him to the local police station. From there…
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Added on: 10/24/2019

The Nations With the Highest Levels of LGBT Acceptance (and Lowest)

The Advocate
10/23/2019
An updated study from the Williams Institute at UCLA School of Law ranked the world’s nations by levels of LGBT acceptance. The current report updates and expands…
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Added on: 10/24/2019

Anti-homosexuality Bill poses severe threat to human rights

Scoop NZ
10/24/2019
Uganda is facing a serious threat to human rights and the HIV response with the announcement of plans to introduce legislation that will impose the death penalty…
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Added on: 10/23/2019

Polish Parliament Should Scrap Bill Against Sex Education

Human Rights Watch
10/18/2019
Threatening sex educators with jail may seem extreme – but it seems Poland’s ruling Prawo i Sprawiedliwość (PiS) party is willing to go there to cement power…
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Added on: 10/23/2019

How PrEP is changing safe sex practices for India’s LGBTQ community

News Minute
10/22/2019
The dating, hook-up and relationship-seeking culture in the LGBTQ community has always had its own secret set of codes that allowed its members to navigate this dicey…
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Added on: 10/22/2019

Conversion therapy: PM concerned about ‘vulnerable’ LGBT youth

Stuff NZ
10/21/2019
The Prime Minister has expressed concern about “vulnerable” youth at risk of undergoing gay or trans conversion therapy. Conversion therapy is where people try to change lesbian,…
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Global News

Added on: 10/22/2019

Northern Ireland prepares for momentous gay marriage, abortion changes

NBC News
10/21/2019
Campaigners who fought for decades to end Northern Ireland’s same-sex-marriage ban and restrictions on abortion prepared on Monday for a momentous change to the laws on both…
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Added on: 10/21/2019

Praying to wake up in a girl’s body: LGBT group hosts transgender women explaining why, how they transitioned

Chicago Tribune
10/20/2019
Three individuals who transitioned from male to female shared their journeys recently when the Oak Park Area Lesbian & Gay Association hosted a Transgender Education Panel at…
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Added on: 10/21/2019

‘They paid a guy to kill me’: health workers fight homophobia in Uganda

The Guardian
10/21/2019
Maria Nantale is enjoying a beer at a rickety wooden bar after a long day’s work. “Forty people tested today,” she reflects. “Found three positives. One of…
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Added on: 10/21/2019

Details of gay man’s electroshock treatment endured at Belfast university

Irish Central
10/20/2019
In a story for The Belfast Telegraph, the man, given the pseudonym “John,” says that while a student at QUB he was referred to the school’s Department…
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Added on: 10/20/2019

The challenge of adolescent SRH services in Bangladesh

Daily Star
10/20/2019
The adolescent population (between the ages of 10 and 19) covers more than one-fifth of the total population of Bangladesh, which consists of approximately 36 million in…
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Added on: 10/19/2019

Coming Out in Uganda Was a Death Sentence. The U.S. Border Was a Trap.

Rolling Stone
10/18/2019
Margaret didn’t know what was going to happen when she approached the bridge between Juárez and El Paso, but she knew she couldn’t wait anymore. Six months…
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Added on: 10/19/2019

HIV POSITIVE BABY ADOPTED BY GAY COUPLE AFTER BEING REJECTED 10 OTHER TIMES

Newsweek
10/17/2019
An Argentinian gay couple have adopted an HIV positive baby girl who had previously been rejected by 10 other families. The child, named Olivia, was born with…
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Added on: 10/18/2019

Scotland: The LGBT+ elderly dance club tackling isolation

BBC
10/17/2019
A project aimed at bringing older members of the LGBTI+ community together through dance clubs has launched in Scotland. Arts company All the Queen’s Men came up…
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Added on: 10/17/2019

Amid ‘Kill the Gays’ bill uproar, Ugandan LGBTQ activist is killed

NBC News
10/16/2019
Ugandan LGBTQ activist Brian Wasswa died on Oct. 5, one day after the 28-year-old was attacked at home amid rising tensions in the east African nation over…
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Added on: 10/17/2019

School transgender support guidelines published

BBC
10/16/2019
The first detailed guidelines for schools in Northern Ireland on how to support transgender pupils have been published. The guidance is from the Education Authority (EA). It…
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Added on: 10/16/2019

Federal judge overturns ObamaCare transgender protections

The Hill
10/15/2019
A federal judge on Tuesday overturned ObamaCare protections for transgender patients, ruling that a 2016 policy violates the religious freedom of Christian providers. Judge Reed O’Connor in…
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Added on: 10/16/2019

India’s HIV-positive trans people find ‘new strength’ in technology

Reuters
10/15/2019
Shoved, cursed and ridiculed, Nisha’s hospital visits were always stressful as a transgender woman and got worse after she was diagnosed as HIV-positive. But a new app…
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Added on: 10/15/2019

Scotland pardons gay men convicted under homophobic laws

Reuters
10/14/2019
Gay and bisexual men in Scotland prosecuted for consensual same-sex activity will receive an automatic pardon under a law which came into effect on Tuesday aiming to…
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Added on: 10/13/2019

Activists defiant as Uganda proposes death penalty for gay sex

CNN
10/12/2019
The Ugandan government’s plan to reintroduce a bill that could impose the death penalty for homosexuality is being met with defiance from the LGBTQ community in the…
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Added on: 10/12/2019

International donors ‘stand with’ LGBT+ Ugandans over ‘Kill the Gays’ bill

Reuters
10/11/2019
Major donors of aid to Uganda including the United States and the European Union said on Friday they were closely examining a plan by the east African…
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Added on: 10/11/2019

Mum of teen who died by suicide after being outed demands urgent action

Pink News
10/10/2019
A mother whose son took his own life after bullies outed him online is calling for action on the “epidemic” of LGBT+ bullying. Tyler Clementi, 18, tragically…
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Added on: 10/10/2019

This negative guy schooling people about HIV on Scruff is a breath of fresh air

Pink News
10/09/2019
A negative guy educated a man he met on Scruff about HIV, clarifying some common misconceptions, and Twitter is taken aback by how well it went. Grant,…
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Added on: 10/08/2019

Gay men seen dying from AIDS due to Africa’s homophobic laws

Reuters
10/07/2019
Thousands of gay men in Africa are likely dying from HIV-related illnesses every year due to homophobic laws that stifle their chances of being tested and treated,…
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Added on: 10/08/2019

HIV diagnosis for 15 men waiting for drug on NHS

BBC
10/04/2019
At least 15 people in England have tested HIV positive while waiting to get a place on a trial for a pill which prevents the disease. Pre-exposure…
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Added on: 10/04/2019

No, there’s no such thing as ‘rapid onset gender dysphoria’

Pink News
10/03/2019
Australian experts have debunked ‘rapid onset gender dysphoria’ in a strongly-worded position statement. The phrase emerged in 2018 and posits that a “social and peer contagion” is…
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Added on: 10/04/2019

Here’s why Ghana’s sex education program is controversial

Africa News
10/03/2019
Ghanaians are still debating a proposed school sex education program after religious groups said it was part of a “satanic” attempt to promote LGBT+ values. The backlash…
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Added on: 09/28/2019

‘Basic human rights are being rejected’: Northern Ireland’s anti-DUP protest music

The Guardian
09/27/2019
The dark upstairs room of an old sports bar in Belfast is an unassuming venue for a revolution. Against a backdrop of silver streamers and placards from…
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Added on: 09/28/2019

Brexit could lead to a shortage of HIV-preventing PrEP drugs, experts warn

Pink News
09/27/2019
A hard Brexit could lead to a shortage of HIV-preventing drugs used for PrEP, experts have warned. PrEP drug Truvada can drastically reduce the risk of being…
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