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Global News

Added on: 05/29/2019

World Health Organization removes “gender identity disorder” from list of mental illnesses

05/28/2019

The World Health Organization (WHO) will remove “gender identity disorder” from its global manual of diagnoses — a major win for transgender rights. The change was announced…

Global News

Added on: 05/27/2019

Under-fire SQA strikes deal to provide education in violently anti-gay Brunei

05/26/2019

Scotland’s under-fire exam body has agreed a deal to provide education in the violently anti-gay state of Brunei, the Sunday Mail reveals today. The Scottish Qualification Authority…

Global News

Added on: 05/24/2019

Taiwan man behind Asia’s first gay marriage law urges others to fight

05/23/2019

A leading Taiwanese gay activist on Thursday called on the LGBT+ community in other parts of Asia to take their battles to court after his successful legal…

Global News

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)…

Global News

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…

Global News

Added on: 05/10/2019

Ramadan: The holiest but loneliest time of year for many LGBTI Muslims

05/09/2019

As the Muslim world gets stuck into observing and celebrating the holiest month on the Islamic calendar, LGBTI Muslims are preparing themselves in an entirely different way….

Global News

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…

Global News

Added on: 05/05/2019

Ireland ‘still on’ for gay-hate preacher Steven Anderson after Dutch ban

05/05/2019

An American preacher who says homosexuals should be executed, and who was banned by Dutch authorities last week from entering the Schengen area, still plans to visit…

World Voices

Added on: 04/27/2019

William Lounsbury – Where Love is Illegal

Max Micallef

Alturi Contributor

Could you give me a brief summary of what the Where Love is Illegal project is about? The Where Love is Illegal project is a campaign to…

Global News

Added on: 04/22/2019

United Methodists edge toward breakup over LGBT policies

04/20/2019

There’s at least one area of agreement among conservative, centrist and liberal leaders in the United Methodist Church: America’s largest mainline Protestant denomination is on a path…

Global News

Added on: 04/15/2019

Brunei once held off on strict Islamic law to stay in a U.S.-backed trade pact. Then Trump pulled out.

04/12/2019

When more than 100 members of Congress raised worries in 2014 over plans to include Brunei in a sweeping Pacific trade deal, envoys from the tiny sultanate…

Global News

Added on: 04/07/2019

Ben Hunte says BBC Africa asked him to remove social media ‘for being gay’

04/05/2019

BBC News’ LGBT Correspondent Ben Hunte has claimed that in his former role at BBC Africa he was asked to remove his social media over fears that…

Global News

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…

Global News

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…

Global News

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…

Global News

Added on: 03/12/2019

Trump to host Brazil’s anti-gay president Jair Bolsonaro at White House

03/09/2019

Donald Trump has invited Brazil’s anti-LGBT president Jair Bolsonaro to the White House. The far-right Brazilian leader, who holds extreme anti-LGBT beliefs, will meet with Trump at…

Global News

Added on: 02/17/2019

Ten Exiled LGBTQ Activists Speak

02/13/2019

“We want to give a voice to those, who are not heard, whose voice has been taken,” Ali Feruz says. “Because the story of every human is…

Global News

Added on: 02/11/2019

Children raised by same-sex couples do better in school, new study finds

02/06/2019

Children of same-sex couples perform better in school than kids raised by a mom and a dad, according to new research from several European economists. The researchers…

Global News

Added on: 02/07/2019

Alan Turing Voted Greatest Icon of 20th Century on British TV

02/06/2019

After nearly two months airing mini-documentaries about 20th-century movers and shakers, the BBC Two series Icons: The Greatest Person of the 20th Century picked a winner along with seven…

Global News

Added on: 02/06/2019

Living in Venezuela Now is Hard. Being LGBTI Makes it Harder

02/04/2019

Venezuela’s shrinking economy has sparked an exodus of LGBT+ people as the economic crisis has put the brakes on the country’s growing tolerance towards its gay and…

Global News

Added on: 01/31/2019

France’s Eurovision Contestant Bilal Hassani Targeted with Homophobic Harassment on Social Media

01/27/2019

France’s contestant for the Eurovision Song Contest has been faced with homophobic harassment on social media. Bilal Hassani has been the subject of online abuse and two…

Global News

Added on: 01/24/2019

Apple and Microsoft CEOs Tim Cook and Satya Nadella Were Pictured at Dinner with Brazil’s Far-Right President in Davos

01/23/2019

Apple CEO Tim Cook and Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella were seen at the same dinner table as Brazil’s far-right President Jair Bolsonaro in a picture that surfaced on Twitter….

Global News

Added on: 01/23/2019

International Triathlon Union Reverses Rainbow Flag Ban After Criticism From Gay Athletes

1/21/2019

The International Triathlon Union has reversed its decision to ban rainbow flags at events after criticism from gay athletes. New rules had stipulated that athletes must “avoid…

Global News

Added on: 01/23/2019

Grindr Banned in Lebanon: List of Countries that Prohibit Gay Dating App

1/21/2019

Lebanon has reportedly banned people from accessing Grindr, a gay dating mobile app, on the country’s public network. SMEX, a Lebanese NGO that works toward empowering people, reached…

Global News

Added on: 01/15/2019

Countries that allow gay people to serve in army

01/12/2019

Months after Supreme Court decriminalised consensual gay sex between adults, Army chief Gen Bipin Rawat has reignited the debate around gay rights by insisting that homosexuality is…

Global News

Added on: 01/10/2019

For LGBTI People in Lebanon, They Go Through Their Own Stonewall

01/08/2019

It is reported that on the night of June 28, 1969, transgender revolutionary Sylvia Rivera, infuriated and exhausted with the way the queer community had been treated,…

Global News

Added on: 01/09/2019

Bisexual poverty is overlooked by the LGBT+ community

01/07/2019

Poverty is one of the main issues facing bisexual people. Yet it is a problem that is seriously overlooked. Bisexual people are the “invisible majority” of the…

Global News

Added on: 01/06/2019

New US ambassador Kyle McCarter speaks Kiswahili, opposes gay unions

01/04/2019

On Wednesday, the United States Senate approved the appointment of former Senator Kyle McCarter as the new Ambassador to Kenya. McCarter comes to a familiar territory with…

Global News

Added on: 01/05/2019

Life of a gay migrant: Racism exists in the LGBT community too

01/05/2019

Ireland may be known as the land of céad míle fáilte, but a report in the last months of 2018 suggests more needs to be done to…

Global News

Added on: 01/03/2019

Cambodian President Makes Pioneering Pledge to LGBTI Community and HIV Treatment & Prevention

01/03/2019

Cambodia is considered one of the more progressive countries when it comes to LGBT rights. The Office of the High Commissioner of United Nations Human Rights said in a statement…