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Added on: 11/16/2019

This is what it’s like to be an LGBTIQ+ asylum seeker in Australia

11/15/2019

LGBTIQ+ people seeking asylum in Australia face a unique set of challenges and often find themselves isolated in a new country, say a support group working to…

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Added on: 11/15/2019

Damning report reveals extent of brutality, violence and persecution LGBT+ people face in Myanmar

11/14/2019

A damning report has revealed the shocking extent of violence and persecution faced by LGBT+ people in Myanmar and has recommended urgent law reform. The report –…

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Added on: 11/15/2019

LGBT+ delegates say sidelined at ‘inclusive’ global sexual health summit

11/14/2019

A global summit on sexual and reproductive health hailed by organisers as being an inclusive event failed to adequately hear the voices of sexual minorities, some LGBT+…

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Added on: 11/15/2019

‘We stand and we resist’ says head of Brazil’s first LGBT+ bank

11/14/2019

The head of Brazil’s first bank for gay and trans people said on Thursday that he aimed to tap into an overlooked market, combat prejudice and support…

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Added on: 11/15/2019

Suicide rates fall after gay marriage legalised in Sweden and Denmark

11/14/2019

Suicide rates among those in same-sex relationships have fallen significantly in both Denmark and Sweden since the legalisation of gay marriage, according to a study, although whatever…

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Added on: 11/14/2019

India: PIL against insistence of sex-reassignment surgery proof for passport

11/13/2019

An LGBT activist has approached the Madras high court to declare a proviso in passport rules mandating submission of sex re-assignment surgery certificate for effecting change of…

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Added on: 11/14/2019

Armenian Parliament Refuses To Hear Bill Banning Same-Sex Marriage

11/12/2019

Armenia’s parliament has rejected consideration of a bill seeking to expressly outlaw same-sex marriages in the Caucasus nation. A majority of lawmakers on November 12 dismissed consideration…

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Added on: 11/14/2019

Sacked, shunned and suicidal – the Cameroon sports stars battling anti-gay laws

11/13/2019

Cameroonian athlete Thierry Essamba still trains every day, even though he has little hope of reviving a career cut off when he was ousted from the national…

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Added on: 11/14/2019

Saudi promo video labels feminism, atheism, homosexuality as extremist ideas

11/11/2019

A promotional video published by Saudi Arabia’s state security agency categorises feminism, homosexuality and atheism as extremist ideas, even as the conservative Muslim kingdom seeks to promote…

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Added on: 11/13/2019

LGBTQ acceptance grew globally over past four decades — but not everywhere

11/12/2019

The “most accepting” LGBTQ countries are becoming “more accepting,” while “the least accepting” are becoming “less accepting,” according to a recent report from The Williams Institute, a…

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Added on: 11/13/2019

Singapore court to hear legal challenges on gay sex ban

11/12/2019

As a Singapore court prepares to hear a series of legal challenges to a law that bans gay sex, LGBT+ activists on Tuesday called for the “right”…

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Added on: 11/13/2019

Uganda charges 67 after raid on gay bar

11/12/2019

A Ugandan court charged 67 people with causing a nuisance on Tuesday after they were arrested in a gay-friendly bar, in a move condemned by activists as…

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Added on: 11/13/2019

Turkish judge refuses to throw out trial of student Pride marchers

11/12/2019

A Turkish court on Tuesday rejected calls to throw out the trial of 19 people for participating in an LGBT+ Pride march on a university campus. Most…

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Added on: 11/12/2019

Catholic School Students Rally for Lesbian Harassed by Administration

11/11/2019

About 200 students at a Los Angeles-area Catholic high school walked out of class Friday in solidarity with a lesbian student after BuzzFeed News exposed how the…

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Added on: 11/12/2019

Uganda Police Confirm Arrest of 120 LGBT People

11/11/2019

Ugandan police said Monday that in an operation around Kampala’s city center, they arrested 120 people suspected to have been using narcotics. However, members of the LGBT…

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Added on: 11/12/2019

The West’s left-right battle lines run through Brazil

11/10/2019

“They did not jail a man,” declared the released prisoner. “They tried to kill an idea, and ideas don’t disappear.” The freed man was Luiz Inácio Lula…

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Added on: 11/12/2019

Ireland: Majority of gay teenagers feel unsafe in school

11/11/2019

Almost three-quarters of gay or transgender teenagers feel unsafe in schools, according to the largest survey of LGBT young people in the Irish education system. A large…

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Added on: 11/11/2019

Anti-LGBTQ and Anti-Choice World Congress of Families and Its Russian Backers Seek to Expand Influence in Africa

11/08/2019

The World Congress of Families, an international network of anti-LGBTQ and anti-choice activists, sponsored a regional conference in Accra, Ghana, last week. Organizers pitched it as an…

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Added on: 11/11/2019

The Australian media’s portrayal of trans people is a betrayal of their human rights

11/10/2019

As the United Nations independent expert on preventing violence and discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity, I have the privilege of working alongside…

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Added on: 11/11/2019

Same-Sex Relationships No Longer a Crime in Botswana

11/10/2019

Botswana becomes yet another African country to repeal its colonial laws against homosexuality, and recognise gay people as humans deserving of love and respect. Several decades ago,…

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Added on: 11/11/2019

Gay sex: is time finally up for Singapore’s Section 377A?

11/11/2019

It is a law famously and stubbornly resistant to change. One that has outlived not only the British colonialists who drafted it, but the British empire itself….

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Added on: 11/10/2019

Myanmar’s law and justice system perpetuates anti-LGBTQ stigma

11/08/2019

Myanmar’s criminal laws are outdated and fail to respect and protect human rights, especially the rights of LGBTQ people and rights enshrined in binding international human rights…

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Added on: 11/10/2019

Trump’s Takeover of America’s Courts Just Hit a Terrifying New Milestone

11/08/2019

Thursday, November 7 was a fateful day for the courts in America. By an 86-2 margin, the U.S. Senate approved William Nardini to a lifetime appointment on…

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Added on: 11/10/2019

Georgian police arrest more than 25 in clashes at gay movie premiere

11/09/2019

Police in Georgia said on Saturday they had arrested more than 25 people after ultra-nationalist protesters attempting to derail the premiere of an award-winning movie about gay…

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Added on: 11/10/2019

Same-sex marriage ruling overturned in Cayman Islands

11/07/2019

The Cayman Islands Court of Appeal has ruled in favour of the government, overturning Chief Justice Anthony Smellie’s previous ruling that legalised same-sex marriage in the Cayman…

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Added on: 11/08/2019

Malaysia sentences five men to jail, caning and fines for gay sex

11/07/2019

A Malaysian religious court sentenced five men on Thursday to jail, caning and fines for attempting gay sex, media and a rights group said. Sodomy and same-sex…

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Added on: 11/08/2019

Brazilians March Against Bolsonaro and his Ties to Murder of Activist

11/07/2019

Brazilians marched in dozens of cities across the country against the far-right government of president Jair Bolsonaro. The marches come amid extremely concerning revelations, which allegedly tie…

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Added on: 11/07/2019

Demand For Rights and anti-LGBT Violence Marks Chile’s Political Crisis

11/05/2019

In less than three days a protest organized by students against the increase in subway fares turned into an imposing and unexpected national protest over years of…

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Added on: 11/07/2019

Panamanians Protest Proposed Ban on Marriage Equality

11/06/2019

“They are gay and they cannot enter,” said legislator Jairo “Bolota” Salazar on October 29 about a group of protesters outside the Panamanian National Assembly, as he…

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Added on: 11/07/2019

‘Stigma follows us’: Cape Town’s homeless, transgender women fight for recognition

11/06/2019

Beneath a bridge in the Cape Town suburb of Woodstock, a strung-together network of blankets serves as a refuge for a group of women fighting stigma on…