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Added on: 03/13/2023

Inside China’s LGBTQIA+ re-education camps: survivors claim shock treatment and beatings

03/12/2023

Members of China’s LGBTQIA+ community claim they have been sent to government-sanctioned re-education camps. Some say they spent years in the camps and experienced forced conversion therapy,…

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Added on: 03/13/2023

India government opposes recognizing same-sex marriage: Court filing

03/12/2023

NEW DELHI — The Indian government opposes recognizing same-sex marriages, it said in a filing to the Supreme Court on Sunday, urging the court to reject challenges…

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Added on: 03/12/2023

India’s LGBTQ revolution: paving the way for global change?

03/11/2023

Aditi Anand and Susan Dias want to get married in India, and they are willing to fight for it. For more than a decade, the couple have…

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Added on: 03/11/2023

An LGBTQ revolution in India sets the pace for global change

03/10/2023

Aditi Anand and Susan Dias want to get married in India, and they’re willing to fight for it. For more than a decade, the couple put in…

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Added on: 03/08/2023

Indonesian media cautioned against anti-LGBT progaganda

03/07/2023

Activists and an independent journalists’ body in Indonesia have warned the media against giving undue importance to politicians’ efforts to exploit Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT)…

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Added on: 03/08/2023

Dreams Of ‘Normal Life’ Fuel Hong Kong Trans Activist’s Fight

03/07/2023

Identified as “female” on his Hong Kong ID, trans activist Henry Tse waged an arduous legal battle to have his real gender recognised. Six years later, he…

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Added on: 03/07/2023

How a rabbit god became an icon for Taiwan’s gay community

03/06/2023

During a quiet mid-week afternoon on the eighth floor of an office building, A-wei is meditatively separating flower petals to make an offering to Tu’er Shen the…

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Added on: 03/07/2023

Gay people ‘abandoning’ Japan for legal marriage, joy

03/06/2023

An aide to Prime Minister Fumio Kishida who was sacked over a homophobic tirade said some Japanese people would “abandon” their country if same-sex marriage was legalized….

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Added on: 03/06/2023

Publishing house for trans writers opens in India

03/05/2023

A transgender activist has founded a publishing house for trans writers in India. Earlier this month, transgender activist and writer Grace Banu founded Queer Publishing House exclusively for…

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Added on: 03/06/2023

Israel: First summit of LGBTQ+ professionals, students next week in Tel Aviv

03/05/2023

An international summit organized by Israel’s LGBT Tech and Madrid’s IE University will allow students and professionals in the LGBTQ+ community to “inspire and support” each other…

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Added on: 03/03/2023

The Gay Marriage Fight Gets a Lift From Japan’s Biggest Companies

03/02/2023

On a recent Congressional trip to Japan, US Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez called on the host country to do more for its LGBT population, noting that Japan is the lone…

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Added on: 03/02/2023

Ban on same-sex marriage not discrimination: Japan PM’s remark sparks row

03/01/2023

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said the country’s ban on same-sex marriage is not discriminatory, insisting that constitutional freedom of marriage only envisions heterosexual unions, a comment…

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Added on: 02/28/2023

Lebanon’s LGBTQ community faces digital exploitation, blackmail

02/27/2023

Lebanon’s LGBTQ community is no longer safe online, as its members have become a target of both security officers and private individuals seeking to exploit them. In…

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Added on: 02/28/2023

On Zero Discrimination Day, UNAIDS urges Asia Pacific countries to decriminalise to save lives

02/27/2023

On Zero Discrimination Day, commemorated on March 1, UNAIDS highlights the need to remove laws that criminalise people living with HIV and key populations. (Key populations are…

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Added on: 02/28/2023

Parents of LGBTQ children in Japan call for anti-discrimination legislation

02/26/2023

Parents of LGBTQ children in Japan have called for the enactment of legislation that clearly stipulates discrimination is unacceptable. The group held an online news conference on…

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Added on: 02/25/2023

In Bangladesh, new school textbook features transgender people

02/23/2023

Wearing bright saris and heavy make-up, many of Bangladesh’s transgenders, or hijras, spend their days begging from people stuck in traffic and shopkeepers who give them small…

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Added on: 02/24/2023

Narrow but Significant Win for LGBT Rights in South Korea

02/23/2023

SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA — When a South Korean court this week delivered the country’s biggest legal victory for marriage equality, Kim Yong-min was immediately aware of how much…

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Added on: 02/22/2023

Pakistan’s Transgender Community Rises Up

02/21/2023

Dr. Sarah Gill was just 14 when she ran away from home in Karachi. For most of her childhood, she had suffered the humiliation of feeling like…

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Added on: 02/22/2023

30 years later: Filipinas who marched in first lesbian pride recall historic milestone

02/21/2023

Of all places Giney Villar could have first felt the urge to speak openly about being a lesbian, few would have imagined it to be in a…

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Added on: 02/22/2023

How nations in Middle East and North Africa target LGBT citizens online

02/21/2023

Government officials across the Middle East and North Africa region are targeting lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people based on their online activity on social media,…

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Added on: 02/21/2023

South Korea: High Court health insurance ruling offers hope for marriage equality

02/20/2023

Responding to a South Korean High Court decision ordering the country’s national health insurance service to resume coverage for a partner in a same-sex relationship, Amnesty International’s…

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Added on: 02/20/2023

Hong Kong’s landmark transgender ruling: will the rest of Asia now follow suit?

02/19/2023

LGBTQ advocates are hopeful that a landmark court ruling on transgender rights in Hong Kong earlier this month will create a legal ripple effect granting greater official recognition…

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Added on: 02/20/2023

Several parties pledge to ensure rights of LGBTQ community in Sri lanka

02/19/2023

Marking a historic day in Sri Lankan politics, representatives from several major political parties came together to discuss their views on ensuring the rights of LGBTQ Sri…

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Added on: 02/18/2023

Transgender Persons Act

02/17/2023

What was considered to be a historic act in the country’s history is now being amended to erase any minor gains or goodwill that was generated. On…

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Added on: 02/17/2023

Changing gender identity: Countries that make it easy

02/16/2023

Spain on Thursday joined a small but growing club of nations that allow people to change their gender on their ID card through a simple administrative declaration. Several…

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Added on: 02/16/2023

China’s Charm Offensive Shouldn’t Deflect Europe on Rights

02/15/2023

After the Chinese government reversed its draconian “Zero Covid” policy and fully lifted pandemic restrictions, it is now beaming a new message into Europe: China is open…

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Added on: 02/16/2023

“This Is Why We Became Activists”

02/15/2023

In June 2021, Amani’s girlfriend ended their relationship. Amani told Human Rights Watch that for months prior to the breakup, her girlfriend’s parents had been “refusing to…

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Added on: 02/15/2023

Prominent Orthodox Israeli journalist Yair Cherki comes out as gay

02/14/2023

A veteran Orthodox journalist on the country’s most-watched news network came out as gay on Tuesday. “I love men and I love God, and this is neither…

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Added on: 02/14/2023

Transgender Discrimination Continues in Kuwait, Despite a Court Ruling

02/13/2023

A year ago, Kuwait’s Constitutional Court overturned a law that criminalized “imitating the opposite sex,” ruling that Article 198 of the penal code, which authorities had used…

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Added on: 02/14/2023

Amendments to ‘Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Act, 2018’ discussed

02/13/2023

The Meeting of the Senate Standing Committee on Human Rights was held here at the Parliament House on Monday with Senator Walid Iqbal in the chair. The…