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Added on: 05/23/2019

For China’s LGBTQ people, Taiwan’s rainbow victory is a moment of joy and pain

05/23/2019

When Chinese gay rights activist Peng Yanhui heard that Taiwan had approved a bill legalizing same-sex marriage on May 17 as he boarded a flight, he burst…

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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: 05/22/2019

Kenya’s High Court to Rule Friday on Legality of Gay Sex

05/21/2019

This Friday, Kenya’s High Court is set to rule on a case challenging colonial-era laws that criminalize homosexuality. The petitioners want the court to declare those laws…

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Added on: 05/22/2019

Philadelphia Woman Becomes Fifth Transgender Person Killed in 2019

05/21/2019

Michelle “Tamika” Washington, 40, is the fifth transgender person killed in 2019, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) reports. A longtime trans-rights advocate, Washington was fatally shot Sunday…

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Added on: 05/19/2019

‘I am with you’ – the trans women helping trafficking victims in Brazil

05/14/2019

When Valeria Rodrigues accompanies Brazilian police on dawn raids to rescue transgender women trafficked into prostitution, she goes armed with snacks – chocolate, bread, pieces of fruit….

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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

Advocates boycott African human rights conference in Egypt

05/16/2019

The 64th session of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (ACHPR), held in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt, was a sad time for the African continent’s…

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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

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

M’sia must not bow to international pressure on LGBT issues, says Anwar

05/15/2019

Malaysia must not bow down to international pressure over lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) issues, says PKR president Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim. He said although the…

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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: 05/15/2019

Eight Men Charged With Murder Of LGBT Activists In Bangladesh

05/14/2019

Eight men have been charged by police in Bangladesh for the 2016 murders of LGBT+ rights activists Xulhaz Mannan and Mahbub Tonoy. Mannan and Tonoy were brutally…

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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: 05/13/2019

Lavender Scare’ bill seeks to address midcentury purging of gay federal workers

05/09/2019

Democratic lawmakers are trying to make amends for a dark period in U.S. history — when thousands of federal employees were fired or forced to resign between…

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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: 05/12/2019

LGBT rights backers, foes rally outside Legislative Yuan

05/09/2019

More than 1,000 LGBT rights advocates and opponents yesterday demonstrated outside the Legislative Yuan in Taipei ahead of a cross-caucus negotiation on bills related to same-sex marriage….

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Added on: 05/10/2019

Russian LGBTIs risk arrest by holding public vigil for gay Holocaust victims

05/10/2019

In an act of brave defiance, a group of LGBTI Russians commemorated the gay victims of the Nazi Holocaust. Leading LGBTI activist Petr Voskresenskii secretly planned the…

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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…

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Added on: 05/07/2019

Governments urged to keep pressure on Brunei after gay sex death penalty halt

05/06/2019

Diplomatic pressure on Brunei should not be eased until anti-LGBT+ laws are completely repealed, human rights advocates said on Monday, dismissing the Southeast Asian country’s move to…

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Added on: 05/07/2019

From Spain to Turkey, the rise of the far right is a clash of cultures not civilisations

05/06/2019

Vox and other extremists are making huge political gains for the first time in years. Their success risks tearing societies apart. I spent part of my childhood…

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Added on: 05/07/2019

LGBT in West Africa: Arrests, lynchings, discrimination, denial

05/06/2019

West African nations display a mix of mostly abusive responses to LGBT people, including denial that they exist, lynchings and arrests even without anti-homosexuality laws. The context…

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Added on: 05/07/2019

Jamaica: LGBTs Want Seat At National Table

05/05/2019

Members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) community are insisting that they be included in national campaigns that focus on the protection of the rights…

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Added on: 05/05/2019

Support for gay rights seen growing in Singapore

05/02/2019

Singapore has seen “distinct shifts” in attitudes to gay rights in the last five years, with support for same-sex marriage rising, a survey released on Thursday showed….