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Added on: 12/12/2018

There’s No Easy Path to Asylum, But It’s Even More Difficult for Queer People

12/11/2018

Making asylum claims more difficult for members of the LGBTQ community, caravans of refugees — as with those that have traveled up through Central America hoping to…

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Added on: 12/12/2018

Gay men claim football for their own in Brazil

12/12/2018

Growing up gay in Vitoria, a city of almost 2 million in south-eastern Brazil, Joao Paulo Silvares never really liked playing football, the country’s national sport and…

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Added on: 12/11/2018

Argentina, UK to co-chair LGBT rights organisation for two years

12/11/2018

Argentina and the United Kingdom have been chosen Monday to co-chair the Equal Rights Coalition for two years starting next June, to succeed Chile and Canada at…

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Added on: 12/11/2018

Australia: What Our Current Anti-Discrimination Laws Mean For LGBTIQ Students And Teachers

12/10/2018

On the surface, Australian anti-discrimination laws safeguard queer, trans and non-binary adults and children from discrimination while working and receiving an education. But in reality, our anti-discrimination laws…

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Added on: 12/11/2018

New Israeli religious group aims to combat LGBTs for ‘destroying family values’

12/11/2018

A new religious group will launch a campaign on Tuesday against the LGBT+ community and in support of the “traditional family,” and plans to hold a demonstration…

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Added on: 12/11/2018

What We Talk About When We Talk About Gender in Armenia

12/10/2018

“I’m asking you a simple question: Do you have any responsibility towards the LGBT community?” This was one of many inflammatory questions addressed to Armenia’s acting Prime…

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Added on: 12/10/2018

Bengaluru’s LGBTQIA+ Community Celebrates Namma Pride

12/10/2018

When petitions were filed against the Aadhaar in the Supreme Court years half a decade ago, nobody could have guessed that it would have such an impact…

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Added on: 12/10/2018

International Human Rights Day: Progress of LGBTIAQ rights across the world

12/10/2018

From South Africa to India, Costa Rica to Trinidad and Tobago, here is some of the progress made in terms of LGBTIAQ rights across the world in…

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Added on: 12/10/2018

Church of England bishops to start inquiry into so-called ‘gay cure’ therapies

12/09/2018

Senior Church of England bishops will start an inquiry into ‘gay cure’ therapies. Bishops will take evidence from people who have gone through the so-called ‘treatments’ to…

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Added on: 12/10/2018

GSA Not Allowed to Say Gay or LGBT+

12/09/2018

Staff members at Leo Jr./Sr. High School won’t let their recently-founded Gay-Straight Alliance use the word “gay” or the initialism LGBT+, according to New Now Next. The alliance was originally…

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Added on: 12/08/2018

LGBT Activists Question Constitutionality of New Foster Care Law

12/08/2018

The civil society association called “Rainbow Families”, which brings together LGBT activists, will ask the Constitutional Court to assess if the new foster care law was in line…

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Added on: 12/08/2018

Hungary and Poland say no to LGBTIQ

12/08/2018

“A Europe that protects” is Austria’s motto for its presidency of the Council of the EU. But it couldn’t agree to protect everyone. Hungary and Poland on…

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Added on: 12/07/2018

Fired for not using trans student’s pronouns, teacher argues ‘that is not tolerance’

12/07/2018

Before he was fired for refusing to use male pronouns for a transgender student, Virginia teacher Peter Vlaming defended his convictions. “We are here today because a specific…

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Added on: 12/07/2018

Mexico Recognizes A Gay Couple’s U.S. Marriage In An Extremely Important First For The Country

12/06/2018

Gay rights in Mexico is a tricky subject — same-sex marriage is legal in 12 of 31 states plus Mexico City, and gay marriages are federally recognized….

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Added on: 12/07/2018

Islamic exorcisms used as conversion therapy as Indonesian city moves against LGBT population

12/05/2018

An Indonesian city has launched a new campaign to “cleanse” LGBT people of their “social sickness” through religious exorcisms, a move that’s been seen as part of the…

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Added on: 12/07/2018

Welcome to Jamaica – no longer ‘the most homophobic place on Earth’

12/06/2018

Early one late summer morning, more than 200 people gathered under the lush canopy of Hope Gardens in Kingston, Jamaica, for a breakfast party. It was all a far…

World Voices

Added on: 12/06/2018

Tonga’s Leitis in Waiting

Robert Blackmon

Alturi Project Director

This struggle is depicted in the new feature documentary “Letis in Waiting.” Created by Dean Hamer, Joe Wilson & Kumu Hina Wong-Kalu, the film features Joey Mataele…

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Added on: 12/06/2018

There’s Safety in the Family Fold for Rural LGBTI People in Uganda

12/05/2018

On a small farm in eastern Uganda, a baby boy named JoJo was born. Skinny with thin lips and cute ears, JoJo grew up hanging out only…

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Added on: 12/06/2018

Presidential Candidate, Oby Ezekwesili Promises Equal Treatment Of The LGBTI Community

12/06/2018

The 2019 presidential candidate of the Allied Congress Party of Nigeria (ACPN), Obiageli Ezekwesili, has taken a stance on issues concerning the LGBT community in Nigeria. She said, yesterday, during…

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Added on: 12/05/2018

Trump Strips LGBTI Rights From USMCA Trade Deal with Mexico and Canada

12/03/2018

The Trump administration has exempted the United States from provisions in the new USMCA trade deal with Mexico and Canada that require LGBT+ rights protections to be put…

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Added on: 12/05/2018

MP Allegedy Walks Out of Discussion with Resident After Being Asked for Her Views on Anti-gay Law

12/04/2018

A meeting with Nee Soon GRC Member of Parliament (MP) Lee Bee Wah last night turned awkward, according to an activist representing the Ready4Repeal movement. Edward Foo,…

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Added on: 12/05/2018

How the LGBTI Referendums Split From Taiwanese Popular Opinion

12/04/2018

After the Nov. 24 series of referendums, the international media reported that Taiwan’s push for same-sex marriage referendum had been defeated. Although this is disappointing, there was…

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Added on: 12/04/2018

Gay couples in Brazil marrying sooner for fear of Bolsonaro bias

12/03/2018

After 15 years together, social networks manager Marcelo Serrano and designer Wellington Pereti decided to get married immediately instead of waiting until the end of 2019 as…

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Added on: 12/04/2018

Newly-signed USMCA points at increased auto imports, watered-down LGBTQ protections

12/02/2018

Initial analysis of the final text of the new North American trade pact Canada signed on Friday is pointing to two changes – one potentially helpful for the auto…

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Added on: 12/04/2018

Another Indonesian city outlaws gay sex

12/03/2018

The city council in Pariaman on Nov. 27 approved the new bylaw providing fines of 1 million rupiah (U.S. $70) for behaviors that “are considered LGBT,” the Jakarta…

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Added on: 12/04/2018

Hotline Calls Increase after LGBTQ Referendum in Taiwan

12/02/2018

After losing three referendums regarding LGBTQ rights, Taiwanese calls to a LGBTQ helpline jumped 40%, reported Gay Star News. The Taiwain Tongzhi Hotline, which is dedicated to…

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Added on: 12/03/2018

The West exported homophobia, not homosexuality

12/02/2018

Tanzania’s recent intensified efforts to clamp down on the country’s queer community highlights the risk of statements by Africa’s political, business and social elites normalizing hate and…

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Added on: 12/03/2018

Homosexuality is more than sex: time to look beyond the labels and prejudice

12/02/2018

Stuart Heaver writes kindly of the stigma facing LGBT youth who are coming to terms with their sexuality (“ Ignorance, Chinese values, religious dogma: LGBT Hong Kong students’ plight ”,…

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Added on: 12/03/2018

Blackmailers force Nigerian student to come out to family

11/28/2018

Chigozie (names changed), a student in his early 20s, told NoStringsNG that his troubles began when Obi, a coursemate, started making advances at him. Chigozie turned him down, but…

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Added on: 12/02/2018

LGBT CARAVAN ASYLUM SEEKERS COULD HAVE TO ‘PROVE’ STATUS TO GET INTO U.S.

11/30/2018

LGBT asylum seekers traveling from Central American countries to the U.S. may have to “prove” their status in order to claim asylum in the U.S., said a…