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Added on: 06/04/2019

Defeat in Kenya didn’t reverse gay Africans’ gains

06/03/2019

On May 24, three months late, Kenya’s High Court decided whether to legalise gay sex. Human rights advocates had hoped to watch the start of a rainbow-colored…

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Added on: 06/01/2019

Is your life expectancy different because you are LGBTQ+?

05/31/2019

What do you feel your life expectancy is? Do you think it is different because you are LGBTQ+? The current life expectancy for the “average” American is…

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Added on: 06/01/2019

In Colombia’s remote tribes, LGBT+ people face abuse, shame

05/31/2019

Colombia’s LGBT+ people who live in black and indigenous communities must cope with violence, humiliation and efforts to “cure” them of their sexual identities, according to research…

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Added on: 05/31/2019

I had to leave Lebanon after I came out as gay and HIV positive on TV

05/30/2019

I am a 29-year-old filmmaker and refugee from Lebanon living in the UK. My claim to asylum is based on my sexuality and my HIV status. I…

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Added on: 05/29/2019

World Health Organization removes “gender identity disorder” from list of mental illnesses

05/28/2019

The World Health Organization (WHO) will remove “gender identity disorder” from its global manual of diagnoses — a major win for transgender rights. The change was announced…

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Added on: 05/28/2019

Brazil’s LGBTQ Challenege: Live and Let Live or Discriminate and Hate?

05/27/2019

Last week’s vote by the Federal Supreme Court (STF) laid the foundation for landmark legislation which will include protection for sexual minorities in the nation’s anti-discrimination laws….

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Added on: 05/28/2019

LESBIAN TIED TO A TREE AND BEATEN IN INDIA FOR ‘BESMIRCHING’ HER VILLAGE

05/27/2019

A woman in eastern India has been tied up to a tree and beaten after neighbors discovered she was in a same-sex relationship. Sarmila Malla, 19, was…

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Added on: 05/26/2019

Men raid Russian activist’s home, threaten to kill people helping LGBTI Chechens escape

05/25/2019

A group of seven unknown men raided a Russian activist’s home in St Petersburg last week (17 May). The activist, who wishes to remain anonymous, works as…

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Added on: 05/25/2019

Gay Ugandans regret fleeing to Kenya

05/24/2019

Hundreds of people in Uganda’s lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community have fled the country to escape homophobia and persecution. But many are now stuck in…

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Added on: 05/25/2019

Russian Files Chechnya ‘Gay Purge’ Complaint With European Rights Court

05/24/2019

A gay Russian man who says he was abducted and tortured by police in Chechnya has filed a complaint with the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR)…

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Added on: 05/24/2019

Asia’s Newest Nation of Timor-Leste Is Fighting for LGBTQ Rights

05/21/2019

On a sunny morning last July, thousands of Timor-Leste residents took to the streets of Dili. Clad in white shirts, gripping rainbow-striped banners and flags, they were…

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Added on: 05/23/2019

Brazil’s top court set to rule on outlawing homophobia

05/22/2019

Homophobia and transphobia could become crimes in Brazil if its highest court rules in favor of reform on Thursday, amid fears that its right-wing president could roll…

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Added on: 05/23/2019

Anti-LGBTI violence still acceptable in many countries, new study shows

05/22/2019

Homophobic violence is still widely endorsed in several countries, new research highlights. The study on the Journal of Interpersonal Violence by the Honour Abuse Research Matrix (HARM)…

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Added on: 05/19/2019

Amid fear, Brazil’s LGBT+ politicians vow to fight back against attacks

05/17/2019

Brazilian openly gay politician Fabio Felix used to feel comfortable holding his boyfriend’s hand and kissing him in public, but after the swearing in of far-right President…

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Added on: 05/18/2019

How LGBT friendly is Ghana?

05/16/2019

Ghana, like many other countries in Africa, has not yet entirely accepted the LGBT community into our society. While many groups are defending them, they still face…

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Added on: 05/18/2019

Violent mob attacks Indian priest because they think he is gay

05/16/2019

Disturbing footage has emerged of an Indian holy man being attacked and beaten in the street by an angry mob because they believed he was gay. In…

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Added on: 05/18/2019

U.N. urges calm after protests by LGBT+ refugees in Kenya turn violent

05/17/2019

The United Nations has urged LGBT+ refugees in Kenya to show “calm and restraint” after protests demanding better treatment turned violent, with police firing tear gas and…

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Added on: 05/17/2019

Mexican icon Vicente Fernandez refused liver transplant, fearing gay donor

05/16/2019

Mexican singer and actor Vicente Fernandez said in a recent interview he refused a liver transplant fearing the donor was gay, or a drug addict, causing controversy….

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Added on: 05/16/2019

Fewer rainbows, less social media for China’s LGBT community

05/16/2019

China’s LGBT community has had a tough year: Censors have shut down social media forums, news media have curbed coverage of gay issues, and online shops have…

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Added on: 05/16/2019

Māori, Pasifika, LGBT and disabled over-represented in Auckland homeless count

05/16/2019

More than 3600 people were living without shelter or in temporary accommodation on one night in Auckland last year, and nearly 40 per cent of those were…

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Added on: 05/16/2019

How This Black Gay Politician Is Standing Up to the Far-Right Government in Brazil

05/16/2019

For his first two weeks in Brazil’s Congress in February, David Miranda was too scared to take the microphone. Far-right firebrand Jair Bolsonaro, known for homophobic and…

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Added on: 05/15/2019

Trump administration opposes Equality Act ‘filled with poison pills’

05/14/2019

The Trump administration does not support the Equality Act, which the House is expected to take a vote on Friday. “The Trump administration absolutely opposes discrimination of…

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Added on: 05/15/2019

A Queer Film Festival in Tunisia — Where Being Gay Is Illegal

05/14/2019

For four days in March, a sanctuary for queer and trans people sprung up in Tunisia — a country where being gay is illegal. Mawjoudin Queer Film…

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Added on: 05/14/2019

Azerbaijan, Armenia, Turkey Most Restrictive On Gay Rights In Europe

05/13/2019

Azerbaijan, Turkey, and Armenia have the most restrictive lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) equality laws and policies in Europe, a campaign group says. Azerbaijan scored just…

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Added on: 05/14/2019

‘I Knew I Had to Get Out to Survive’—Violence Drives LGBT Central Americans North

05/13/2019

The desperation of daily life in Honduras is driving thousands of people to join other Central American migrants in their long march northward toward what they hope…

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Added on: 05/14/2019

Record number of anti-LGBTQI+ attacks in France: report

05/14/2019

Assaults in France on lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people hit a new record in 2018, “a dark year” for the LGBT community, French group SOS Homophobie…

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Added on: 05/12/2019

Brunei LGBT community living in fear despite sultan’s death penalty reprieve

05/10/2019

When the Sultan of Brunei last week announced a moratorium on the much-condemned death penalty for gay sex, some hailed the move as a major advance. But…

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Added on: 05/10/2019

More than 80% of LGBT students in China report depression

05/10/2019

Around 85% of LGBTQ students in China report struggling with depression, according to a survey. The poll, carried out by Beijing Normal University and analysed by Chinese…

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Added on: 05/09/2019

This New Happiness Survey Is Asking LGBT People Around the World, ‘How Happy Are You?’

05/09/2019

Happiness and quality of life are both essential to people’s well-being. Yet in too many countries those qualities in LGBT people are seriously compromised due to the…

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Added on: 05/09/2019

Russia: New Anti-Gay Crackdown in Chechnya

05/08/2019

Police in Chechnya have carried out a new round of unlawful detentions, beatings, and humiliation of men they presume to be gay or bisexual, Human Rights Watch…