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Added on: 11/02/2020

‘Corona-freed’ Taiwan celebrates gay pride

11/01/2020

Rainbow-masked revelers paraded through Taiwan’s capital, Taipei, Saturday, celebrating equality gains since it allowed same-sex marriages last year, despite objections from religious conservatives. President Tsai Ing-wen, re-elected…

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Added on: 10/31/2020

True colours: the dating app giving gay men in China a new sense of freedom

10/30/2020

Like many gay Chinese growing up at the turn of the millennium, Duan Shuai began his long, deliberate process of coming out online. After school, he would…

Global News

Added on: 10/30/2020

National prayer breakfast canceled following spat over LGBT remark

10/29/2020

The annual National Prayer Breakfast in Taiwan will be canceled this year, the first time in 20 years, following controversy over a recent social media post by…

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Added on: 10/30/2020

Queer Japan Shows the Asian Nation’s ‘LGBT Boom’ in New Trailer

10/29/2020

A new documentary, directed by Graham Kolbeins, explores the LGBTQ+ culture in Tokyo and other regions through the eyes of its leading out figures. Kolbeins, along with…

Global News

Added on: 10/28/2020

Taiwanese military mass wedding to feature its first same-sex couples

10/27/2020

Two same-sex couples are to be married in the Taiwanese army’s annual mass wedding ceremony this week, in a first after the island’s government legalised marriage equality…

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Added on: 10/27/2020

Prince Azim, Son of Sultan of Brunei, Dies

10/26/2020

Prince Haji ‘Abdul’ Azim, a Hollywood film producer and the son of the Sultan of Brunei, died on Saturday morning, CNN reports. As a Hollywood insider with…

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Added on: 10/27/2020

Foreigners Living with HIV in Jordan Face an Impossible Choice

10/26/2020

In Jordan, medical professionals and health facilities are mandated to report an individual’s HIV status to the government. Foreign nationals found to be HIV-positive are summarily deported…

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Added on: 10/26/2020

‘Marriage will protect our rights, affirm commitment’ — why same-sex couple moved Delhi HC

10/25/2020

After being together for over eight years, Kavita Arora and Ankita Khanna wanted legal recognition of their “committed relationship”, just like any other couple would. But for…

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Added on: 10/25/2020

‘The LGBT Issue Is Slicing Israel’s religious-Zionist Community in Two’

10/25/2020

Rabbi Mordechai Vardi thought he already knew quite a bit about Orthodox LGBT people when he decided to direct the film “Marry Me However,” a documentary on…

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Added on: 10/25/2020

Right to love

10/25/2020

With the petition in the Delhi High Court asking that the Special Marriage Act be interpreted in a gender-neutral fashion allowing for the marriage of persons regardless…

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Added on: 10/20/2020

Sri Lanka: Forced Anal Exams in Homosexuality Prosecutions

10/20/2020

(Colombo) – Sri Lankan authorities have subjected at least seven people to forced physical examinations since 2017 in an attempt to provide proof of homosexual conduct, Human…

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Added on: 10/17/2020

Japan: Calls grow to include LGBT couples in national census

10/16/2020

Advocacy groups and members of the LGBT community are calling on the central government to count the number of LGBT couples in the national census so they…

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Added on: 10/17/2020

Indonesia Vows Firm Actions Against Soldiers Linked to LGBT

10/16/2020

The Indonesian Military said today it will impose strict sanction on soldiers who are proven to involve in Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transsexual or Transgender (LGBT) groups….

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Added on: 10/16/2020

Pastor suspended for giving blessing at LGBT festival

10/15/2020

The Korean Methodist Church has suspended Rev. Lee Dong-hwan for two years for holding a “blessing ceremony” at a queer festival in August last year, during which…

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Added on: 10/15/2020

LGBT groups in Japan launch petition seeking equality law

10/14/2020

Sexual minority groups and human rights activists launched a petition on Thursday calling for an LGBT equality law in Japan in hopes that it can be enacted…

World Voices

Added on: 10/14/2020

Sarita KC – Mitini Nepal, Kathmandu

Sarah Leistico

Alturi Contributor

How did you become involved with LGBTIQ activism? I have experience in several professions such as teaching and fashion design. I never thought I would call myself…

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Added on: 10/13/2020

Israel to Form Government Committee to Assist Transgender Community

10/12/2020

Justice Minister Avi Nissenkorn and Welfare Minister Itzik Shmuli announced an inter-ministerial team to consider ways to ease hardships for transgender people on Monday. The team is…

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Added on: 10/12/2020

Israeli Orthodox leader: Judaism does not forbid same-sex couples from building a family

10/12/2020

(JTA) — A prominent Israeli Orthodox rabbi said that Jewish law does not forbid LGBTQ people from building a family. Rabbi Benny Lau made the statement as…

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Added on: 10/12/2020

At home and abroad, LGBT Syrians fight to have their voices heard

10/11/2020

AMMAN/BEIRUT — In Damascus, Amira al-Tabbaa lived her life in murmurs. Officially, homosexuality and offenses against “public decency” are illegal in Syria. That is why when Amira…

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Added on: 10/11/2020

Sexual minorities still struggling five years after LGBT ordinance

10/10/2020

Miho Okada experienced the frustrating limits of measures introduced to protect the rights of same-sex couples when her lesbian partner was hospitalized with advanced rectal cancer in…

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Added on: 10/11/2020

The Buddhist monk and make-up artist seeking LGBT+ equality in Japan

10/10/2020

During a sheltered upbringing in a Buddhist temple in Tokyo, gay Japanese monk Kodo Nishimura kept his sexuality a closely guarded secret, and also concealed his burgeoning…

Global News

Added on: 10/11/2020

At home and abroad, LGBT Syrians fight to have their voices heard

10/10/2020

In Damascus, Amira al-Tabbaa lived her life in murmurs. Officially, homosexuality and offenses against “public decency” are illegal in Syria. That is why when Amira met with…

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Added on: 10/10/2020

Thailand: Kingdom still divided over LGBT rights

10/09/2020

The passage of pro-rights bills pertaining to civil partnerships of same-sex couples has promoted greater rights for those in the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT+) community…

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Added on: 10/08/2020

Tokyo politician under fire after blaming LGBT community for falling birth rate

10/07/2020

A local politician of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party has come under fire for claiming last month that his north Tokyo ward would “cease to exist” if…

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Added on: 10/07/2020

Anti-discrimination ordinance passes final reading in Zamboanga City; awaits mayor’s signature

10/06/2020

The rainbow rises in Zamboanga City. The 1st class highly urbanized city in the Zamboanga Peninsula of the Philippines, Zamboanga, joins the growing number of local government…

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Added on: 10/06/2020

Sharad Pawar’s NCP Forms LGBT Cell, Becomes First Political Party in India to Take Such a Step

10/05/2020

Mumbai: In a welcome move, the NCP on Monday set up its lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) cell and claimed it is the first political party…

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Added on: 10/05/2020

‘I don’t want to lie’: Gay pioneer stands in Myanmar election

10/04/2020

Outraged over ongoing discrimination in Myanmar, Myo Min Tun decided to stand as the first openly gay election candidate in a country where same-sex relations are illegal….

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Added on: 10/04/2020

This South Korean Pastor ‘Blessed’ a Queer Festival. He’s Now Being Investigated.

10/03/2020

These days, Pastor Lee Dong-whan of the Glory Jeil Church doesn’t prepare for Sunday sermons or report to work at his church in Suwon, South Korea. Instead,…

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Added on: 10/03/2020

Kyrgyzstan: Dirty tricks come to fore at final election hurdle

10/02/2020

The final days of Kyrgyzstan’s parliamentary election have seen a deployment of sinister dirty tricks that raise the suspicion that security services may be helping engineer the…

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Added on: 10/03/2020

When politicians use hate speech, political violence increases

10/02/2020

Politicians deepen existing divides when they use inflammatory language, such as hate speech, and this makes their societies more likely to experience political violence and terrorism. That’s…