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Added on: 12/17/2018

Woman given payout after shop worker told her ‘you are only a lesbian’

12/16/2018

A woman who was told she was “only a lesbian” by a shop worker has been awarded €2,000 (£1,800) after a hearing before the Workplace Relations Commission…

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Added on: 12/17/2018

Gay man in Singapore wins landmark child adoption case

12/17/2018

A gay man has won a legal battle in Singapore to be legally recognised as the parent of a child he fathered through surrogacy abroad. The Singapore…

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Added on: 12/16/2018

Brazil’s gay couples exchange vows in collective ceremony

12/15/2018

About forty gay couples got married in downtown Sao Paulo on Saturday, tying the knot partly out of fear that the new administration of President-elect Jair Bolsonaro…

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Added on: 12/16/2018

Tanzania Says Tolerating LGBT Community Would Be ‘Intolerable,’ As Donors Pull Funding

12/16/2018

Tanzania said Friday that it would not comply with demands from donors to soften its opposition to LGBT rights. According to NBC News, Finance Minister Philip Mpango…

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Added on: 12/15/2018

U.N. moves LGBT+ refugees to safe houses after Kenya camp attacks

12/14/2018

LGBT+ refugees in Kenya’s remote Kakuma camp are being moved to safe houses in Nairobi after they were attacked when protesting for greater protection, the United Nations…

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Added on: 12/15/2018

Bulgaria: Billboards featuring LGBT couples vandalised

12/14/2018

Billboards featuring LGBT+ couples and the slogan “It’s not scary, it’s just love—Different People, Equal Rights” have sparked controversy in Bulgaria. The street posters were installed this…

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Added on: 12/15/2018

The Role of US Christian Conservatives in Taiwan’s LGBT Referendum Defeats

12/14/2018

Like in Australia, the debate about foreign interference in Taiwan usually centers on the shadowy intentions of China. But a very different source of overseas influence is…

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Added on: 12/14/2018

Belarus: Theatre students arrested, fined for LGBT artistic stunt

12/14/2018

Three of Belarus Free Theatre’s ‘Studio Fortinbras’ students were arrested and fined for “holding an unauthorised mass event” when they dressed as police officers with rainbow epaulettes…

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Added on: 12/14/2018

LGBT+ activists attacked on peaceful march in Kenya refugee camp

12/13/2018

LGBT+ activists were attacked and arrested by police after staging a peaceful march through Kakuma, a UNCHR refugee camp in Turkana County, Kenya. Around 40 LGBT+ activists took…

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Added on: 12/14/2018

Russia’s gay propaganda law ‘endangers children’, says report

12/12/2018

Russia’s “gay propaganda” law is directly harming and endangering LGBT+ children and young people, according to a new report. The report – which is called “No Support:…

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Added on: 12/13/2018

Brazil: Same-sex Couples Rush to the Alter Ahead of Bolsonaro Inauguration

12/13/2018

On the night of the Brazilian election, Bianca Gama cried as it became clear that the country’s next president would be Jair Bolsonaro, a far-right politician whose career has…

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Added on: 12/13/2018

Israel Supreme Court: Both Same-Sex Partners Named On Adoption Certificate

12/13/2018

The names of both parents who adopt a baby in Israel must be registered on its birth certificate even if both parents are the same sex. Israel’s…

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Added on: 12/12/2018

Strongmen Like Putin Threaten LGBTQ People Across the Globe

12/11/2018

The worldwide struggle for LGBT equality has dramatically changed in the past few years. From our movement’s inception, our great challenge has been to shed our invisibility…

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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…