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Added on: 09/03/2019

New campaign raises awareness of dangers faced by LGBTQ people in UK immigration detention

08/03/2019

UK Lesbian and Gay Immigration Group have launched an important new campaign. The organisation’s first national social media campaign #LendYourVoice aims to raise awareness around the discrimination…

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Added on: 08/31/2019

The (queer) year that was

08/31/2019

If you’re a queer Indian, the reading down of Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code (a colonial-era law that criminalised consensual adult same sex relationships) on…

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Added on: 08/30/2019

SOGIE bill won’t spoil rights of non-LGBTQ, says former DSWD chief

08/30/2019

Rights are not rice cakes that should be divided. This was the case posed by former Social Welfare Secretary Judy Taguiwalo on Friday, as she took up…

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Added on: 08/27/2019

Shining a light on lesbian experiences in Nigeria

08/22/2019

“If you haven’t come out to yourself, it’s difficult to come out to [other] people … At first, it might look like a difficult task, like something…

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Added on: 08/23/2019

New school transgender rules fire debate in Portugal

08/22/2019

New rules on gender identity at schools are causing a stir in Portugal, where some parents are expressing alarm that transgender children will be able to choose…

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Added on: 08/21/2019

In a first for Africa, Kenya census to count intersex people

08/20/2019

Kenya will become the first African country to recognize its intersex population in a census on Saturday that counts people born with a sexual anatomy that does…

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Added on: 08/19/2019

Two conversion therapy survivors want protections for LGBTQ youth

08/18/2019

For Thomas Argue, growing up in Victoria County in the 1990s was idyllic in some ways, humiliating and painful in others. Argue, who is gay, was raised…

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Added on: 08/18/2019

New survey finds a decrease in homophobic attitudes in Nigeria

08/18/2019

A survey from The Initiative for Equality Rights has found that homophobic attitudes in Nigeria are decreasing. The survey was last conducted in 2017, and this time…

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Added on: 08/18/2019

A gay couple in Russia was forced to flee the country simply because they told their adopted children they are married

08/17/2019

A Russian couple was forced to flee the country because they told their two adopted sons that they are married. As far-fetched as that may sound, the…

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Added on: 08/16/2019

Côte d’Ivoire: Bill to Amend Marriage Law Approved

08/09/2019

On March 27, 2019, the Council of Ministers of Côte d’Ivoire approved a bill that would substantially amend the country’s marriage law. It must now be presented…

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Added on: 08/16/2019

‘Scandal’ as English gay men at risk without access to HIV prevention pill

08/14/2019

Delays in rolling out an HIV prevention pill in England are putting gay men’s lives at risk, with thousands buying it online without medical supervision, HIV campaigners…

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Added on: 08/16/2019

How Multinationals Can Help Advance LGBT Inclusion Around the World

08/15/2019

As the rainbow flags come down in New York City after the WorldPride and Stonewall 50 celebrations, and as flags go up for pride events in other…

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Added on: 08/15/2019

Bill to allow transgender people to change birth certificate without surgery clears first hurdle in Victoria

08/15/2019

A bill to allow transgender and gender diverse people to change the sex listed on their birth certificate without surgery has cleared its first hurdle, passing the…

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Added on: 08/14/2019

Fear: If unchained, faith-based bias would crush LGBT medical care

08/13/2019

Gay Africans barred from medical care. A rise in HIV infections in homophobic countries. Reduced access to health care for LGBTI people both in the United States…

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Added on: 08/12/2019

Gay couple in Beijing become first to take advantage of new legal rights

08/09/2019

Same-sex couples can now apply for guardianship rights. Photo: ReutersSame-sex couples can now apply for guardianship rights. A same-sex couple in Beijing have become the first in…

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Added on: 08/11/2019

Meet Mumbai’s LGBTQ heroes without capes

08/11/2019

In 2012, when the city got its first Gender Reassignment Clinic at Kolkilaben Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital, Andheri, Dr Dheeraj Kapoor, consulting endocrinologist, was one of the key…

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Added on: 08/10/2019

LGBT+ murders at ‘alarming’ levels in Latin America – study

08/08/2019

Four LGBT+ people are murdered every day in Latin America and the Caribbean, according to “alarming” new research released on Thursday by a regional network of gay…

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Added on: 08/09/2019

Anthropological project Gaysian Faces aims to increase visibility of the LGBT+ South Asian community

08/09/2019

A South Asian queer anthropology photography project titled Gaysian Faces has been created in a bid to increase visibility around LGBT+ individuals within Birmingham’s South Asian community….

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Added on: 08/08/2019

Swaziland: LGBTI Discrimination in Swaziland Leads to Big Mental Health Issues, Report Finds

08/08/2019

LGBTI people in Swaziland/eSwatini suffer mental health issues and many have attempted suicide because of the way they are discriminated against in the kingdom. This has prompted…

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Added on: 08/08/2019

IDF moves to expand integration of transgender troops

08/07/2019

Israel’s army is taking into account a slow but steady growth in number of transgender soldiers going through sex change processes before or during their military service,…

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Added on: 08/06/2019

Murder, ‘gay-hunters’ strike terror in Russia’s LGBT community

08/05/2019

When LGBT activist Yelena Grigoryeva found her name on a hit list of a “gay-hunting” group, she did not appear to take the threat seriously. The group…

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Added on: 08/05/2019

Hate crimes in schools in region affected by anti-LGBT+ protests surge

08/04/2019

The number of hate crimes in schools and colleges in the county affected by protests against LGBT+ lessons has surged by more than 50 per cent in…

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Added on: 08/04/2019

LGBT in Russia: smashing stereotypes and creating a queer future

08/03/2019

For Russia’s LGBT community, homophobia and violence are part of day-to-day reality. Some cases, like the murder of activist Yelena Grigoryeva last week or torture in Chechnya,…

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Added on: 08/03/2019

Australian booksellers petitioned to pull ‘conversion therapy’ titles

08/01/2019

Equality Australia have launched a petition calling on Australian booksellers to remove titles promoting harmful LGBTIQ “conversion therapy”. The group’s call comes after Amazon recently agreed to…

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Added on: 08/02/2019

LGBT people are ‘being made homeless due to religion’

07/30/2019

Nearly half of young LGBT people who are left homeless after coming out are from religious backgrounds. That’s according to research by the Albert Kennedy Trust (AKT),…

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Added on: 08/02/2019

Police arrest 3rd suspect in Arab LGBT youth’s stabbing

08/02/2019

Police on Thursday arrested a third suspect in a stabbing last Friday in Tel Aviv that left an LGBT teen from the Arab town of Tamra seriously…

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Added on: 07/31/2019

‘We need freedom’: Sehaq, the party space for Amsterdam’s queer refugees

07/31/2019

At the dinner table, conversations bubble around people as they tuck into a three-course meal. A plethora of different nationalities and identities have pulled up a chair…

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Added on: 07/31/2019

Hate crimes rise to decade high in US with LGBT people among most targeted, finds report

07/31/2019

Hate crimes have risen across the USA to a decade high, with most extremist homicides carried out by white nationalists or those in the far right, according…

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Added on: 07/30/2019

Gay Chinese find a place to be themselves on ‘Rainbow Cruise’ to Vietnam

07/28/2019

On the deck of a cruise ship in southern China, two grey-haired men stood in silence, shoulders touching, looking out to sea, as other passengers bustled on…

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Added on: 07/29/2019

Man who raped lesbian to ‘fix her’ must serve out life sentence

07/25/2019

A convicted rapist from Petrusville, who believed in “corrective rape” for lesbians, has lost his appeal against the life sentence he is currently serving Zabathini Jonas, 34,…