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Added on: 11/07/2020

Watch: Thai drag queen rides on protest wave to push for LGBT rights

11/06/2020

Joining the wave of youth protesters marching down the streets of Bangkok, drag queen Aunchalee Pokinwuttipob is hoping to advance a drawn out struggle for same-sex marriage…

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Added on: 11/07/2020

She was fired by the sheriff for being a lesbian. So, she ran for his job and beat him.

11/05/2020

It all began three years ago when Charmaine McGuffey was fired from the Hamilton County Sheriff’s Department by Sheriff Jim Neil. McGuffey claims it happened because she…

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Added on: 11/05/2020

2020 election is a ‘seismic’ shift for LGBT+ representation in politics

11/04/2020

As the US election results pour in, the LGBT+ community is celebrating a significant milestone in the political landscape. In Delaware, Sarah McBride was elected to the…

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Added on: 11/05/2020

Are the Olympics ‘dangerous’ for LGBTQ people? One group says they are

11/04/2020

Are the Olympic Games a net-positive or net-negative for the LGBTQ community? On the one hand, no sports event regularly features more out LGBTQ athletes, elevating their…

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Added on: 11/05/2020

Conservative U.S. Supreme Court justices lean toward Catholic agency in LGBT dispute

11/04/2020

Conservative U.S. Supreme Court justices on Wednesday appeared sympathetic to religious rights claims against Philadelphia brought by a Catholic Church-affiliated agency after the city refused to use…

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Added on: 11/05/2020

Activists hail bill to make violence against LGBT people a hate crime in Italy

11/04/2020

Activists in Italy have hailed a vote in the lower house of parliament to pass a bill that would make violence against LGBT people and disabled people,…

World Voices

Added on: 11/04/2020

Alex Kofi Donkor – LGBT+ Rights Ghana

Ari Weinstein

Alturi Contributor

What is it like in terms of self-expression in Ghana? How does that affect LGBT people? There are quite a number of inequalities here, and it streams…

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Added on: 11/04/2020

Isko Moreno signs Manila anti-discrimination ordinance

11/03/2020

Gender discrimination is now banned in the national capital. On Thursday, October 29, Manila Mayor Isko Moreno signed Ordinance No. 8695 or the Manila LGBTQI Protection Ordinance…

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Added on: 11/04/2020

Supreme Court takes up religious freedom, anti-gay discrimination laws in Philadelphia foster care case

11/03/2020

A legal battle over the reach of religious freedom returns to the Supreme Court on Wednesday, requiring the justices to consider whether the Constitution allows a religious…

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Added on: 11/04/2020

Conservative Mexican state of Puebla legalizes same-sex marriage

11/03/2020

The Congress of the Mexican state of Puebla voted to legalize same-sex marriages by an overwhelming majority on Tuesday, marking a step forward for LGBT rights in…

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Added on: 11/03/2020

Hungary’s former HoD thinks costs and attitudes toward LGBT people led to withdrawal

11/02/2020

He’s the former Head of Delegation who took the singer-songwriter Joci Pápai and metalcore band AWS to Eurovision. Now, after leaving the Hungarian broadcaster following ESC 2019,…

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Added on: 11/03/2020

Pope’s Support for Same-Sex Civil Unions Jolts Efforts for Change in Philippines

11/02/2020

A bill aiming to give same-sex couples in the Philippines spousal and property rights has languished in the House of Representatives for three years due to strong…

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Added on: 11/03/2020

Egypt detains two men on ‘suspicion’ over their sexual orientation: HRW

11/02/2020

Egyptian authorities have unlawfully detained two men, citing “suspicion” over their sexual orientation and under the pretext of investigation into a high-profile gang-rape case, Human Rights Watch…

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Added on: 11/03/2020

New Zealand’s Ardern taps LGBT, Maori MPs for trailblazing cabinet

11/02/2020

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern unveiled what she called an “incredibly diverse” cabinet Monday that includes New Zealand’s first openly gay deputy prime minister and a foreign minister…

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Added on: 11/02/2020

Nigeria’s first LGBTQ online streaming platform launches

11/02/2020

With the country’s anti-gay laws in place, pro-LGBT media contents especially films, are often censored and banned, making it difficult for members of the community to see…

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Added on: 11/02/2020

New Zealand’s new deputy leader first gay man to hold role

11/01/2020

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — New Zealand’s new Deputy Prime Minister Grant Robertson will be the country’s first openly gay man to hold the role and is…

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Added on: 11/02/2020

16 LGBTQ+ Candidates to Watch on Election Night

11/02/2020

All eyes are on whether voters will oust Donald Trump this week and whether Democrats can claw back their majority in the Senate. There are also thousands…

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Added on: 11/02/2020

Venezuela inches closer to marriage equality after Pope’s remarks about civil unions

11/01/2020

The pontiff expressed his support in an interview shown in an Italian documentary, saying, “What we have to create is a civil union law. That way they…

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Added on: 11/02/2020

China’s stance on homosexuality has changed. Its textbooks haven’t.

11/01/2020

Early in college, Ou Jiayong had already learned two things. One, textbooks can be wrong. And two, it can be hard to change them — especially on…

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Added on: 11/02/2020

Trans News, an online magazine for transgenders, launched

11/01/2020

The first edition of Trans News, an online magazine for transgender people, was launched at the Transgender Resource Centre here on Sunday. C. Shanmuga Sundaram, senior manager…

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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…

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Added on: 10/31/2020

UK government finally admits it trained and equipped Nigeria’s homophobic SARS unit

10/30/2020

The Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) has a long record of horrifying abuses, including the routine intimidation, harassment and attacks of peaceful protesters. It has also been accused…

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Added on: 10/31/2020

Estonia’s Parliament Likely to Debate Same Sex Marriage by Public Demand

10/29/2020

The Estonian Green Party is celebrating after its petition calling for same-sex marriage broke all records.The party posted the petition on the official parliamentary site. Petitions on…

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Added on: 10/30/2020

Poland’s ‘LGBT-free zones’ energize some activists, prompt others to leave

10/29/2020

When he took up a yearlong writing residency in Berlin earlier this year, novelist Jacek Dehnel judged the chances he’d return to Poland afterward as 50-50. His…

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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

A mother told Biden about her transgender child. Then came the attacks.

10/29/2020

In Joe Biden’s town hall earlier this month, one of the questions came from a woman named Mieke Haeck, a 42-year-old physical therapist from State College, Pa….

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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…

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Added on: 10/29/2020

CHRISTIAN GROUP SUING UK VENUES FOR AXING ANTI-LGBTQ PREACHER FRANKLIN GRAHAM’S EVENTS

10/28/2020

An evangelical Christian group is reportedly suing a string of UK entertainment venues and city councils after they axed public appearances by anti-LGBTQ preacher Franklin Graham. The…

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Added on: 10/29/2020

Advocates fear Barrett will strip away gay rights. It could begin next week.

10/29/2020

Amy Coney Barrett has been fueling the fears of LGBTQ advocacy groups since President Donald Trump first nominated her to the federal bench in 2017. Now, with…