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Added on: 04/08/2019

‘It’s dangerous to go out now’: young, gay and scared in Brunei

04/06/2019

Draconian new laws have spread unease rather than outright panic in a population that is used to finding ways around legislation. A day after it became legally…

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Added on: 04/07/2019

Netanyahu refuses to commit to LGBT agenda

04/07/2019

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu hosted a group of representatives of the LGBT community at the Prime Minister’s Residence on Sunday. The meeting was also attended by the…

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Added on: 04/06/2019

Most Albertans say parents shouldn’t be notified when child joins GSA, online survey suggests

04/01/2019

Most people think parents should not be notified when their children join gay-straight alliance groups at school, according to a recent survey of more than 74,000 people…

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Added on: 04/05/2019

After court battle, Cayman Islands legalises same-sex marriage

04/02/2019

Same-sex marriage has become legal in the Cayman Islands following a landmark court case brought by a lesbian couple which their lawyers said on Monday could have…

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Added on: 04/05/2019

Jakarta election commission reaching out to transgender community to help them exercise voting rights

03/28/2019

With anti-LGBT sentiment at “alarmingly” high levels in Indonesia (stoked at least in part by political interests), few Indonesian authorities are brave enough to speak out in…

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Added on: 04/04/2019

Gay sex now officially punishable by death by stoning in Brunei

04/03/2019

New Islamic criminal laws took effect in Brunei on Wednesday that make gay sex and adultery punishable by stoning offenders to death. The laws have triggered an…

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Added on: 04/03/2019

Brunei’s new anti-LGBT+ laws condemned as ‘inhuman’ and ‘draconian’ by UN

04/01/2019

A move by Brunei to punish gay sex by stoning to death has been condemned as “inhuman” by the UN. The new penal code is due to…

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Added on: 04/02/2019

International anti-LGBT, anti-abortion congress opens in Verona

03/29/2019

The World Congress of Families, an anti-gay and reproductive rights conference organized by a designated hate group, opened in the northern Italian city of Verona on Friday…

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Added on: 04/02/2019

Letter to Prime Minister Plenković on Balkans Trans and Intersex Pride March

03/27/2019

We write to urge you to provide appropriate security and protection to ensure the rights to freedom of assembly and expression are protected during the March 30,…

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Added on: 04/01/2019

No matter their allegiance, Ukraine’s politicians are ignoring LGBT rights

03/29/2019

Ahead of Ukraine’s presidential elections, the problems of the country’s LGBT community are being ignored by our leading politicians. None of the leading candidates’ programmes even mention…

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Added on: 03/30/2019

Taiwan to amend LGBT education law

03/27/2019

Taiwan’s education ministry has revised a 2004 law that promotes sexual orientation and gender identity education in the country’s schools. Luckily, the ministry’s proposed changes this week…

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Added on: 03/29/2019

First same-sex couple to marry in UK says five-year anniversary ‘marred’ by inequality for Northern Ireland couples

03/28/2019

Five years since the first same-sex UK marriage, Peter McGraith calls for marriage equality to be extended to Northern Ireland Equal marriage advocates Conor McGinn MP and…

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Added on: 03/29/2019

Japanese footballer comes out as gay and encourages others to do the same before Tokyo 2020

03/25/2019

Female Japanese footballer Shiho Shimoyamada has come out as gay and has encouraged other athletes to do the same before the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. The 24-year…

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Added on: 03/28/2019

Zambian fleeing from arrest for Homosexuality denied Refugee Asylum in South Africa

03/28/2019

A young gay man who left a well-paid government job and fled from Zambia because of his sexual orientation has been denied refugee status by the South…

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Added on: 03/27/2019

Brunei urged to halt introduction of strict new anti-LGBT+ laws

03/25/2019

Brunei must rowback on plans to implement changes to its penal code next month that could see LGBT+ people whipped or stoned to death for same-sex activity,…

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Added on: 03/27/2019

LGBT refugees protest Kenya arrests and jail time

03/26/2019

LGBT refugee activists gathered outside a Nairobi courtroom today to protest the mistreatment of 20 LGBT refugees who were arrested at an earlier protest and have been…

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Added on: 03/25/2019

Michigan will no longer fund adoption agencies that deny LGBT parents

03/22/2019

Michigan will no longer fund adoption agencies that turn away parents who are LGBT because of religious objections, a move that was part of the terms of…

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Added on: 03/25/2019

UK lawmakers calls against detention of LGBT asylum seekers

03/21/2019

Britain should not put LGBT+ asylum seekers in immigration detention centres where they risk being abused and harassed by staff and other detainees, lawmakers said on Thursday….

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Added on: 03/24/2019

Gay politician Robert Biedron challenges Polish leaders on gay marriage

03/22/2019

Openly gay politician Robert Biedron is demanding the Polish government and president to recognise LGBT+ equality, including same-sex marriage. Biedron, a long-time LGBT+ campaigner who became Poland’s…

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Added on: 03/24/2019

Canada’s military issues new policies to welcome transgender troops as Trump insists on ban

03/19/2019

As U.S. President Donald Trump moves to banish transgender troops from the ranks, Canada’s military is welcoming such recruits with revamped policies that promote equality, respect and…

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Added on: 03/24/2019

Tomomi Inada’s uphill battle to ‘promote understanding’ of LGBT issues in Japan

03/21/2019

Tomomi Inada isn’t trying to get Japan to legalize same-sex marriage or ban discrimination against gay citizens. The conservative lawmaker just wants to “promote understanding” of LGBT…

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Added on: 03/23/2019

United Airlines now offers nonbinary gender options for travelers booking flights

03/23/2019

United Airlines will now offer travellers booking flights non-binary gender options for identifying themselves, the airline announced Friday. “United is determined to lead the industry in LGBT…

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Added on: 03/23/2019

Can the Czech Republic Tear Down Europe’s Rainbow Curtain?

03/21/2019

Eastern Europe has long resisted same-sex marriage. Prague might be about to change that. When Veronika Sediva, a 32-year-old consultant, visited the passport office in Prague two…

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Added on: 03/22/2019

Prominent LGBT+ organisation in Kenya wins right to be recognised as a charity

03/22/2019

A prominent LGBT+ organisation in Kenya won the right to be recognised as a charity on Friday in a Court of Appeal ruling that could give greater…

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Added on: 03/22/2019

Loud and proud at Arab summit

03/21/2019

Luxembourg’s openly gay prime minister, Xavier Bettel, has boldly condemned Arab countries’ conduct towards LGBT individuals – much to their dismay. Leaders from Arab countries were taken…

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Added on: 03/22/2019

Lebanon’s LGBT community is often denied healthcare, and it’s not OK

03/22/2019

With absent or inadequate sex education in school curricula, Lebanese youth are pushed to learn about sex from unreliable sources, with all the risks it entails. The…

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Added on: 03/21/2019

Japan Urged to Stop Requiring Transgender People to be Sterilised

03/20/2019

Human Rights Watch has urged Japan to drop its requirement that transgender people be sterilised to have their gender changed on official documents. A 2004 law says people…

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Added on: 03/21/2019

These LGBT Refugees Came to Kenya Seeking Freedom. Now They Say They’ve Been Imprisoned and Abused

03/19/2019

On Feb. 22, activists, reporters and well-wishers from Kenya and all over the world gathered in a courtroom in Nairobi, hoping to witness a historic moment: the decriminalization…

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Added on: 03/19/2019

Dramatic increase in violence against LGBT people in Cameroon

03/18/2019

Humanity First Cameroon and Alternatives-Cameroon are two leading organizations advocating for human rights in Cameroon, with a particular focus on the rights of LGBT people. Working together…

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Added on: 03/19/2019

Russian court jails top Chechen rights activist for 4 years

03/18/2019

A Russian court on Monday sentenced a top Chechen rights activist to four years in a penal colony after a drugs trial that has drawn condemnation from…