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Added on: 03/06/2019

Two Arrested for Alleged Murder of Trans Woman Found Dead in Spanish Orchard

Gay Star News
03/04/2019
Two arrested for alleged murder of trans woman found dead in Spanish orchard. The woman was found in a church in Castelló de la Plana, Spain.  Two…
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Added on: 03/05/2019

In a Virginia school, a celebration of transgender students in a kindergarten class

The Washington Post
03/03/2019
When Jaim Foster began teaching nearly two decades ago in Nebraska, he said he was discouraged from being an openly gay educator. He had championed LGBT causes…
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Added on: 03/04/2019

Merkel successor Kramp-Karrenbauer under fire for anti-LGBT joke

Detsche Welle
03/03/2019
The CDU leader mocked the idea of gender-neutral bathrooms during a Carnival-themed program on public broadcaster SWR. Politicians and activists called the incident a “travesty.” Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer,…
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Added on: 03/04/2019

Transgender soldier on fighting the Australian army’s attempt to dismiss her

Pink News
03/02/2019
Transgender soldier Bridget Clinch has opened up about how she fought against the Australian army after it tried to dismiss her following her gender reassignment surgery. When…
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Added on: 03/04/2019

The Kimberley Queen who escaped persecution in Indonesia to find sanctuary in Broome

ABC News
03/01/2019
Escaping persecution as a gay man in Indonesia several years ago, the reigning Kimberley Queen has instead found a supportive community in the northern Western Australia town…
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Added on: 02/28/2019

Homophobia and Rising Islamic Intolerance Push Indonesia’s Intersex Bissu Priests to the Brink

ABC Australia
02/26/2019
Once kingmakers in one of the most gender fluid societies on earth, the intersex bissu priests of Sulawesi — Indonesia’s third-largest island — are on the verge…
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Added on: 02/27/2019

Pakistan opens public school for transgender students

Pink News
02/25/2019
Pakistan has opened a public school exclusively for transgender pupils, believed to be one of the first of its kind in the country. Around 20 students will…
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Added on: 02/27/2019

LGBT Kenyans’ Patience Has Gone Unrewarded

Human Rights Watch
02/26/2019
Kenya’s High Court on Friday postponed a much-awaited decision on a colonial-era law that has long deprived one group of Kenyans of uhuru, or freedom, promising to…
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Added on: 02/27/2019

Drag queens protest at border wall to raise money for LGBTQ asylum-seekers

NBC News
02/25/2019
Beatrix Lestrange stood in front of a crowd wearing a multicolored dress, red wig, black pumps and a choker with studs. “Who’s ready to have a political…
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Added on: 02/26/2019

Kids Love Drag Queen Storytime. Anti-LGBT Groups Want To Shut Them Down

Daily Beast
02/23/2019
The children who listen to the drag queens reading stories in Houston, Michigan, and South Carolina love it. Anti-LGBT groups are mobilizing to menace the events out…
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Added on: 02/25/2019

Spain’s far-right debuts in Senate by blocking anti-homophobia motion

Reuters Openly
02/21/2019
Spain’s far-right party Vox debuted in the upper house of parliament by blocking a motion calling for an official stance against homophobia in sport. Vox automatically obtained…
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Added on: 02/25/2019

GOP lawmakers push to ban LGBT conversion therapy in Utah

ABC News
02/21/2019
Two Republican lawmakers proposed a ban on gay conversion therapy for minors in conservative Utah on Thursday, a plan that’s been hailed as a milestone by advocates…
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Added on: 02/25/2019

Colombia’s ‘Madonna’ helps LGBTQ people fleeing Venezuela

Al Jazeera
02/21/2019
Gusts of hot desert wind drift through the broken window, shattered by a stone, in the house that Madonna Badillo shares with seven Venezuelan sex workers. Badillo…
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Added on: 02/23/2019

Iran: activist charged with normalising same sex relations

6Rang
02/22/2019
Rezvaneh Mohammadi, gender equality activist’s first court session was held in Tehran’s Revolutionary Court Branch 28 on February 18, 2019, presided by the notorious Judge Moghiseh, according…
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Added on: 02/20/2019

Gujarat Govt Establishes Transgender Welfare Board; Housing, Education & Other Issues To Be Taken Care Of

The Logical Indian
02/19/2019
A Transgender Welfare Board has been established by the Gujarat government, which has been constituted by the Department of Social Justice and Empowerment. The community’s housing, education,…
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Added on: 02/20/2019

Inside Monica Roberts’ Mission to Identify Transgender Murder Victims

Daily Beast
02/19/2019
Monica Roberts does in 30 minutes what reporters have been failing to do for years. She identifies murder victims who are transgender. Whenever she discovers through Facebook…
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Added on: 02/19/2019

‘We are equal’: Thai party candidate aims to be first transgender Prime Minister

SBS News
02/15/2019
Pauline Ngarmpring wants to become Thailand’s first transgender prime minister to bring hope to the marginalised and make political life accessible for future LGBT people. As Pinit Ngarmpring,…
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Added on: 02/18/2019

LGBTQ Armenians Face Reign of Terror

Advocate
02/16/2019
On Monday, there was another gay-bashing in Armenia, this time against a member of Right Side NGO, a trans activism organization. Max Yarzhapetyan was walking on the…
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Added on: 02/15/2019

How British Feminism Became Anti-Trans

New York Times
02/07/2019
The most vocal trans-exclusionary voices are, ostensibly, “feminist” ones, and anti-trans lobbying is a mainstream activity. Case in point: Ms. Parker told the podcast “Feminist Current” that…
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Added on: 02/14/2019

Japan Launches First LGBTI Safe House

Gay Star News
02/12/2019
Japan opened its first LGBTI safe house in Tokyo this week. Nijiiro House supports LGBTI people who have fallen into homelessness due to their sexuality or gender…
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Added on: 02/13/2019

Mexico: LGBT Activist Oscar Cazorla Found Dead: Promoted Zapotec ‘3rd gender’

Yucatan Expat Life
02/12/2019
A defender of LGBT rights and proponent of muxe culture in Oaxaca has been found dead in an apparently violent attack. Óscar Cazorla was at home in…
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Added on: 02/13/2019

Faith Leaders Urge Government to Support LGBTI Education in Schools

Pink News
2/12/2019
More than 50 members of religious organisations, campaigners and education leaders have signed an open letter asking the Department of Education (DfE) to support LGBT+ education in…
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Added on: 02/12/2019

“This Is Me”: Nippon Television’s Tanio Toshimi on Being True to Oneself

Nippon.com
02/08/2019
Transgender commentator Tanio Toshimi debuted on News Zero around the time that Diet member Sugita Mio made headlines for describing the LGBT community as childless and “unproductive.” While LGBT…
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Added on: 02/11/2019

LGBTQ HATE INCIDENTS UP 54% IN 2018

The Jerusalem Post
02/10/2019
Harassment of members of the LGBTQ community increased dramatically in 2018, with a 54% increase in reported incidents of homophobia, the Nir Katz Center revealed on Sunday…
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Added on: 02/11/2019

Two transgender women joined migrant caravan. Only one survived journey to San Francisco.

San Franciso Chronicle
02/10/2019
Moments before paramedics rushed Roxsana Hernandez out of an ICE jail in New Mexico, Charlotte consoled her dying friend. They’d known each other only a few months,…
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Added on: 02/11/2019

Amnesty: Ukrainian Authorities ‘Slow To React’ To Attacks Against Journalists, Rights Advocates

Radio Free Europe/ Radio Liberty
02/10/2019
Ukraine has failed to prevent or investigate “numerous” human rights violations committed last year against rights activists, political opponents, and ethnic minorities, according to Amnesty International. “2018…
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Added on: 02/11/2019

LGBTQ pride and Mexican culture in sweet harmony

ABC 7 News
02/09/2019
Mariachi music is one of Mexico’s most beloved forms of music. It’s also among the most traditional. After coming out as a gay man, Carlos Samaniego found…
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Added on: 02/07/2019

Anastasia Pirveli: Georgia’s Transgender Star

Georgia Today
02/05/2019
Every day, I’m in touch with people who could be homophobic. It’s because of my strong way that people are very kind and polite, there are no…
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Added on: 02/06/2019

LGBTI Community Reaches Out to the Poor with Medicine Bank

Times of India
02/05/2019
Bebo Kinnar, a transgender from Jamshedpur, grew up as a subject of ridicule and discrimination. But today, her initiative – Dava Daan Jeevan Daan – started in…
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Added on: 02/05/2019

CA would ban infant intersex surgeries under Wiener bill

The Bay Area Reporter
02/04/2019
California would become the first state in the nation to ban surgeries performed on intersex infants if state lawmakers approve a bill authored by gay state Senator…
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