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Added on: 10/27/2019

Texas Is Afraid Of A 7-Year-Old Transgender Girl

10/26/2019

What did 7-year-old Luna Younger of Dallas do that has mobilized conservatives and Christian fundamentalists across Texas into action? She declared, at age 3, “I’m a girl.”…

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Added on: 10/27/2019

Record 200,000 people march in Taipei LGBT pride parade

10/26/2019

A record-breaking 200,000 people marched through Taipei Saturday in a vivid and exciting annual lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) pride parade, calling for the public to…

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Added on: 10/27/2019

Lawyer who announced the launch of the anti-trans LGB Alliance is thrown under the bus by her law firm

10/26/2019

Lawyer Allison Bailey of Garden Court Chambers, who describes herself as “gender critical”, wrote a tweet on Tuesday (October 22) announcing the launch of the group. She…

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Added on: 10/26/2019

LGBTQ+ Community Rallies Against Anti-Trans ‘LGB Alliance’

10/25/2019

A new lesbian, gay, and bisexual alliance group was blasted by on social media for excluding trans and nonbinary communities. The “LGB Alliance” group launched Tuesday evening…

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Added on: 10/26/2019

Anti-gay law ‘like a gun pointing at us’ says eSwatini activist

10/25/2019

When LGBT+ people took to the streets last year for the first ever Pride march in eSwatini, formerly known as Swaziland, some hardly believed they could celebrate…

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Added on: 10/26/2019

In Bolsonaro’s Brazil, the fashion industry emerges as a center for LGBT resistance

10/25/2019

Sam Porto and his mirror have never gotten along. When the transgender man was growing up in Brazil, the sight of his developing breasts disgusted him. But…

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Added on: 10/25/2019

Anti-LGBT rhetoric stokes tensions in eastern Europe

10/25/2019

In a recent survey, Poles were asked to identify what they felt to be the biggest threats facing them in the 21st century, choosing from options such…

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Added on: 10/25/2019

Uganda arrests 16 LGBT activists on suspicion of gay sex

10/24/2019

Uganda has said it has arrested 16 LGBT activists on suspicion of gay sex, which is punishable with life imprisonment, in what fellow activists called an escalating…

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Added on: 10/25/2019

Chinese-owned TikTok Bans LGBT Content Even Where Homosexuality Is Legal

10/24/2019

The draw of being a part of social media and gathering followers is the big reason for many to jump on their phones. TikTok seems to be…

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Added on: 10/25/2019

‘Any day you can be taken’: Inside what it’s like to be gay in Chechnya

10/25/2019

Ricky was just 19 when he said the police came for him. He was at work and they took him to the local police station. From there…

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Added on: 10/24/2019

The Nations With the Highest Levels of LGBT Acceptance (and Lowest)

10/23/2019

An updated study from the Williams Institute at UCLA School of Law ranked the world’s nations by levels of LGBT acceptance. The current report updates and expands…

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Added on: 10/24/2019

Taiwan: What’s next after marriage equality?

10/24/2019

When the annual Taipei LGBT Pride sets off from City Hall on Saturday, it promises to be an especially joyful occasion. With the legalization of marriage equality…

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Added on: 10/24/2019

Anti-homosexuality Bill poses severe threat to human rights

10/24/2019

Uganda is facing a serious threat to human rights and the HIV response with the announcement of plans to introduce legislation that will impose the death penalty…

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Added on: 10/23/2019

Polish Parliament Should Scrap Bill Against Sex Education

10/18/2019

Threatening sex educators with jail may seem extreme – but it seems Poland’s ruling Prawo i Sprawiedliwość (PiS) party is willing to go there to cement power…

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Added on: 10/23/2019

Christian Council plans showdown with Bahamas Pride

10/22/2019

The Bahamas Christian Council (BCC) will mount a series of events opposing the Bahamas Pride celebrations slated for October 2020. BCC President Bishop Delton Fernander said yesterday…

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Added on: 10/23/2019

How PrEP is changing safe sex practices for India’s LGBTQ community

10/22/2019

The dating, hook-up and relationship-seeking culture in the LGBTQ community has always had its own secret set of codes that allowed its members to navigate this dicey…

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Added on: 10/23/2019

LGBT In Turkmenistan: Go To Jail Or Live A Lie

10/22/2019

To his friends and colleagues in Turkmenistan, Kamil is a successful cardiologist working at a prestigious clinic and an eligible bachelor from a well-connected family. Only a…

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Added on: 10/22/2019

Conversion therapy: PM concerned about ‘vulnerable’ LGBT youth

10/21/2019

The Prime Minister has expressed concern about “vulnerable” youth at risk of undergoing gay or trans conversion therapy. Conversion therapy is where people try to change lesbian,…

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Added on: 10/22/2019

The Terror Gap: U.S. Laws Let White Supremacists Operate Like ISIS

10/22/2019

The recent arrests of Jarrett William Smith, a former U.S. Army soldier who discussed plans to “bomb a major U.S. news network,” and Conor Climo, a Las…

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Added on: 10/22/2019

Christian group claims Ethiopia is soft on homosexuality

10/21/2019

A group affiliated with Ethiopia’s Orthodox Church is condemning what it calls the government’s silence on homosexuality in the country. Speaking at a conference [Sept. 8] in…

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Added on: 10/22/2019

Northern Ireland prepares for momentous gay marriage, abortion changes

10/21/2019

Campaigners who fought for decades to end Northern Ireland’s same-sex-marriage ban and restrictions on abortion prepared on Monday for a momentous change to the laws on both…

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Added on: 10/21/2019

Ghana: Former Pres Kufuor Urges Fight Against Same Sex Marriages

10/21/2019

Former president John Agyekum Kufuor has urged the world to fight against same sex marriages. He stated that no amount of argument could change the fact that…

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Added on: 10/21/2019

‘They paid a guy to kill me’: health workers fight homophobia in Uganda

10/21/2019

Maria Nantale is enjoying a beer at a rickety wooden bar after a long day’s work. “Forty people tested today,” she reflects. “Found three positives. One of…

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Added on: 10/20/2019

History has overlooked the Gay Liberation Front’s role in Stonewall … until now

10/19/2019

Something very strange happened during last June’s celebration marking the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall riots. The LGBT community, especially those of us from Gay Liberation Front…

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Added on: 10/20/2019

Zambia must shun the anti-gay politics of disgust

10/20/2019

Zambia’s president has made homosexuality a campaign issue to distract attention from the fact that his people are starving, millions are living in poverty, and the nation…

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Added on: 10/20/2019

‘Please leave’: why the Sydney archbishop’s same-sex marriage message has Anglicans rattled

10/20/2019

For a man renowned for his civility, the language was blunt. During his annual speech to the Anglican Church’s Sydney synod, Archbishop Glenn Davies told supporters of…

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Added on: 10/20/2019

The challenge of adolescent SRH services in Bangladesh

10/20/2019

The adolescent population (between the ages of 10 and 19) covers more than one-fifth of the total population of Bangladesh, which consists of approximately 36 million in…

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Added on: 10/19/2019

Coming Out in Uganda Was a Death Sentence. The U.S. Border Was a Trap.

10/18/2019

Margaret didn’t know what was going to happen when she approached the bridge between Juárez and El Paso, but she knew she couldn’t wait anymore. Six months…

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Added on: 10/19/2019

Council asks judge to ban LGBT lessons protesters from near school

10/18/2019

A high court judge has been asked to extend an exclusion zone permanently banning activists against LGBT equality lessons from demonstrating outside a Birmingham primary school. Protesters…

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Added on: 10/19/2019

Reading Chick-fil-A outlet to close in LGBT rights row

10/18/2019

A US fast-food chain will cease trading at its first UK outlet amid a row over donations to anti-LGBT groups. Gay rights campaigners called for a boycott…