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Added on: 12/29/2019

The US Hasn’t Only Stopped Defending LGBTQ Rights Around The World, Now It’s Part Of The Problem

12/29/2019

My first job at BuzzFeed News in 2013 was something of an experiment: We wanted to cover LGBTQ rights worldwide as seriously as we cover wars or…

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Added on: 12/28/2019

LGBT Truckers Ride With Pride, Raising Awareness Around Country

12/27/2019

At the wheel of the Rainbow Rider, a semi-tractor truck wrapped in a rainbow-hued road map, the LGBT Truckers can’t help but attract attention. And that’s their…

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Added on: 12/28/2019

Why Homosexuality Is Not Un-African

12/27/2019

Let’s finally settle it. Homosexuality is just as African as heterosexuality. Yesterday, we shared with you news of J Hus and his online blunder. The rapper tweeted…

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Added on: 12/28/2019

Transgender in Pakistan: Maya, the woman who almost broke free

12/28/2019

She was from Nowshera, northern Pakistan, where society is conservative and tolerance for non-conformity runs thin. And Maya didn’t conform. She was transgender, born male but identifying…

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Added on: 12/28/2019

Beloved transgender activist who raised awareness about transphobia killed in Toronto

12/27/2019

A Canadian transgender activist who worked to raise awareness about transphobia was killed in Toronto, Canada’s The Globe and Mail reported. Julie Berman was found by police…

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Added on: 12/27/2019

From nuns to astronauts: 10 women cracking the glass ceiling in 2019

12/27/2019

Countries around the world have promised gender equality by 2030, but in 2019 a new index showed that even the most advanced nations weren’t doing enough to…

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Added on: 12/27/2019

The March For LGBTQ Rights Is Storming Through Trump Country

12/27/2019

Chris Hartman hunched over his laptop keyboard in the corner of a campus classroom late one evening this fall, pondering an unfamiliar but welcome dilemma: Kentucky’s LGBTQ…

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Added on: 12/27/2019

How gender norms affect anti-LBGT prejudice around the world

12/27/2019

A study conducted in 20 countries across the globe has shown that prejudice and discrimination against the LGBT community remains deep-rooted. In order to determine the ways…

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Added on: 12/27/2019

From parades to punishments: 10 headline LGBT+ stories in 2019

12/25/2019

Millions of people joined Pride marches around the world in 2019 and gay, bisexual and transgender rights were increasingly in the spotlight, with some countries legalizing gay…

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Added on: 12/26/2019

Thirty years ago, gay civil rights campaign set the stage for all that followed

12/25/2019

When Massachusetts enacted a gay and lesbian civil rights bill 30 years ago, opponents warned about the slippery slope of acceptance. Senator David H. Locke, a Wellesley…

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Added on: 12/26/2019

Ukrainian City Bans ‘Deviant’ LGBT Marches

12/25/2019

The Rivne City Council in western Ukraine has banned the holding of equality marches. The local lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) community had plans to hold…

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Added on: 12/26/2019

Brazilian comedy group hit by Molotov cocktails after film on ‘gay Jesus’

12/25/2019

Molotov cocktails were thrown at the headquarters of Brazilian comedy group Porta dos Fundos in Rio de Janeiro on Christmas Eve, weeks after the group launched a…

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Added on: 12/26/2019

China: Supporters, Opponents of Same-Sex Marriage Clash in Online Polls

12/23/2019

As China’s top legislative body begins reviewing potential changes to the country’s civil code this week, supporters and opponents of legalized same-sex marriage have taken to online…

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Added on: 12/24/2019

Africa’s homophobia problem

12/23/2019

Human rights activists in southern Africa have criticised Zambia’s tough approach to homosexuality after the country’s High Court sentenced two men last month to 15 years in…

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Added on: 12/24/2019

VATICAN RULES IN FAVOR OF GAY DUTCH PRIEST

12/23/2019

The Vatican has reinstated a homosexual Dutch cleric dismissed by his bishop for violating his priestly vow of celibacy. Father Pierre Valkering told Dutch radio earlier this…

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Added on: 12/24/2019

After gay marriage law passes, Taiwan emerges as new market for LGBT+ surrogacy

12/23/2019

On Geoffrey Li’s 40th birthday last year, he put aside his dream of an early retirement on an idyllic island and instead decided to raise a child…

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Added on: 12/24/2019

U.S. Recalls Its Ambassador to Zambia After Gay Rights Row: Sources

12/23/2019

The United States has withdrawn its ambassador to Zambia following a row with authorities in the southern African nation after he criticized the jailing of a gay…

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Added on: 12/23/2019

A Test for Foreign Teachers in Indonesia: Are You Gay?

12/23/2019

Agree or disagree, the exam asked: “I would feel uncomfortable knowing my daughter’s or son’s teacher was homosexual.” Or this, true or false: “The gender composition of…

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Added on: 12/23/2019

Croatia Court Rules Same-sex Couple Can Foster Children

12/20/2019

In what campaigners call a “historic decision” for LGBT rights in Croatia, the Zagreb Administrative Court on Thursday ruled that a same-sex couple, Ivo Segota and Mladen…

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Added on: 12/23/2019

US urges 69 nations, including Iran, to decriminalize homosexuality

12/21/2019

US Ambassador to Germany Richard Grenell and American Ambassador to the United Nations Kelly Craft used the UN bully pulpit on Wednesday to call on 69 nations,…

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Added on: 12/23/2019

Brazil: Bolsonaro in homophobic outburst as corruption scandal swirls

12/20/2019

Brazil’s far-right president, Jair Bolsonaro, has launched a homophobic attack on a journalist from one of the country’s top newspapers in an apparent bid to divert attention…

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Added on: 12/22/2019

J.K. Rowling backs sacked worker in transgender speech case

12/19/2019

J.K. Rowling on Thursday backed a British woman who lost her job for tweeting that people cannot alter their biological sex after she lost a legal case…

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Added on: 12/22/2019

Lambda Legal: Trump Administration’s Assault On the Courts and LGBTQ Protections Intensifies

12/21/2019

Lambda Legal released the third edition of its annual report of judicial nominees revealing the alarming extent to which the Trump-Pence administration, with the help of Senate…

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Added on: 12/22/2019

Human rights are rarely debated openly in China. Xiao Ma’s case is a fascinating exception

12/21/2019

It is rare to see human rights debated openly in China but the case of Xiao Ma has proven to be a fascinating exception. Not only was…

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Added on: 12/22/2019

Buttigieg under attack during Democratic debate

12/20/2019

Openly gay Democratic presidential hopeful Pete Buttigieg was under fierce attack Thursday night in the sixth Democratic debate and, by the end of the evening, there was…

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Added on: 12/21/2019

Anti-gay laws in 2019: You win some, you lose some

12/20/2019

2019 has been a mixed year for opponents of the anti-gay laws that still oppress LGBTQ people in dozens of countries worldwide. During 2019, millions fewer people…

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Added on: 12/21/2019

Thailand: Activists broaden push for same-sex marriage

12/18/2019

LGBT activists are broadening their push for an amendment to the Civil and Commercial Code in a bid to allow people to legally wed, regardless of gender….

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Added on: 12/20/2019

Will first trans hero mark a new era for LGBT+ roles in video games?

12/19/2019

When Tyler Ronan and his twin sister Alyson ask video gamers to unravel their family’s mysterious past in small-town Alaska next year, the siblings will take followers…

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Added on: 12/20/2019

SAME-SEX FAMILY DOLL SET CRITICISED FOR LACK OF RACIAL DIVERSITY

12/19/2019

Kmart Australia has added two same-sex couples to one of its family doll ranges, but shoppers have criticised the company for creating exclusively white dolls. The family…

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Added on: 12/20/2019

US Agency Could Pave Way for Anti-LGBT Discrimination

12/19/2019

The United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) funds thousands of organizations that work on important health and social welfare issues including adoption and foster…