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Added on: 02/20/2019

Inside Monica Roberts’ Mission to Identify Transgender Murder Victims

Daily Beast
02/19/2019
Monica Roberts does in 30 minutes what reporters have been failing to do for years. She identifies murder victims who are transgender. Whenever she discovers through Facebook…
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Added on: 02/19/2019

No human rights violation in West Sumatra’s LGBT ban: Human rights commission

Coconuts Jakarta
02/15/2019
The National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM), says it doesn’t see West Sumatra’s plan to ban LGBT behavior in the province as an infringement on the…
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Added on: 02/19/2019

Algerian student murdered, ‘he is gay’ written on wall with his blood

The Jerusalem Post
02/15/2019
Two assailants executed an Algerian medical student in a shocking homophobic killing on Sunday, in which victim’s blood was smeared on a wall reading “He is Gay.”…
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Added on: 02/18/2019

German minister calls for ban on conversion therapy

The Guardian
02/15/2019
The German health minister, Jens Spahn, has said that he will seek to ban “conversion therapies” that claim to change sexual orientation. “Homosexuality is not an illness,…
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Added on: 02/17/2019

Hopes High Before Kenya Ruling on Decriminalizing Gay Sex

Voice of America News
02/15/2019
Members of Kenya’s LGBT community are looking forward to a High Court ruling that might decriminalize gay sex. The impending ruling is raising hopes among LGBT persons…
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Added on: 02/17/2019

Don’t forget about us, say LGBT+ students

News.com.au
02/13/2019
LGBT+ students and their supporters are urging parliament not to forget about them and protecting their rights to stay in the school they want to attend. A…
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Added on: 02/17/2019

Ten Exiled LGBTQ Activists Speak

The Advocate
02/13/2019
“We want to give a voice to those, who are not heard, whose voice has been taken,” Ali Feruz says. “Because the story of every human is…
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Added on: 02/16/2019

1 year in Egyptian prison. The crime? Interviewing a gay man

Erasing 76 Crimes
02/13/2019
Egypt is a rabidly homophobic country, solidly situated on the list of 73 countries in the world that have made gay sex illegal and it’s getting worse. A…
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Added on: 02/16/2019

Gender-neutral Canadian activist shows solidarity with Japan’s LGBT communities

Japan Times
02/14/2019
Gemma Hickey entered Japan this week with something no Japanese national can obtain a gender-neutral passport in which the gender category shows neither female nor male, but…
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Added on: 02/16/2019

Black queer people are victimized every day

Washington Blade
02/14/2019
Stacey Long Simmons, director of advocacy at the National LGBTQ Task Force, vividly recalls the time, as a young college student, she was walking outside of campus…
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Added on: 02/16/2019

Lawmaker pulls proposed transgender birth certificate ban

The News & Observer
02/14/2019
A proposal that would have blocked transgender people from changing the sex listed on their birth certificates in Utah was shelved Thursday, prompting relief from LGBT advocates…
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Added on: 02/15/2019

Dems introduce bill to take gender-specific terms out of tax code to make it LGBT-inclusive

The Hill
02/14/2019
A bill introduced by two Democratic lawmakers Thursday would update the U.S. tax code to remove gender-specific references such as “husband” and “wife” and would replace the…
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Added on: 02/15/2019

North Africa seen as unsafe for LGBT people: Rights Groups

Deutsche Welle
02/14/2019
The Bundesrat, Germany’s upper house of parliament, is considering whether to recognize Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia as “safe countries of origin.” Yet LGBT people are still persecuted…
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Added on: 02/15/2019

Brazil’s LGBT+ politicians prepare for battle with Bolsonaro

Thomson Reuters Foundation
02/11/2019
When he realized Jair Bolsonaro was likely to be elected president of Brazil last year, politician David Miranda’s first concern was for his family, rather than his…
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Added on: 02/15/2019

How British Feminism Became Anti-Trans

New York Times
02/07/2019
The most vocal trans-exclusionary voices are, ostensibly, “feminist” ones, and anti-trans lobbying is a mainstream activity. Case in point: Ms. Parker told the podcast “Feminist Current” that…
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Added on: 02/11/2019

As Angola decriminalizes homosexuality, where does the African continent stand?

Deutsche Welle
02/10/2019
Angola has done away with criminalizing homosexuality, removing a notorious “vices against nature” provision in its penal code. Other African nations still punish people for same-sex relationships. The…
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Added on: 02/11/2019

LGBTQ HATE INCIDENTS UP 54% IN 2018

The Jerusalem Post
02/10/2019
Harassment of members of the LGBTQ community increased dramatically in 2018, with a 54% increase in reported incidents of homophobia, the Nir Katz Center revealed on Sunday…
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Added on: 02/11/2019

Amnesty: Ukrainian Authorities ‘Slow To React’ To Attacks Against Journalists, Rights Advocates

Radio Free Europe/ Radio Liberty
02/10/2019
Ukraine has failed to prevent or investigate “numerous” human rights violations committed last year against rights activists, political opponents, and ethnic minorities, according to Amnesty International. “2018…
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Added on: 02/10/2019

Village where ‘love the same’ is embraced

Khmer Times
02/08/2019
Angkrong, a village in Prey Veng Province in Cambodia’s southeast corner, has been home to five couples over the age of 40, two young couples who recently…
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Added on: 02/10/2019

School forced to close after inviting black, gay speaker for assembly

Gay Star News
02/08/2019
Protesters forced a school to close after they invited a gay councilperson to speak. Immaculata Catholic School in Durham, North Carolina, told parents that due to several…
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Added on: 02/10/2019

Gay couples to ‘live more freely’ with Thai civil unions

Reuters
02/07/2019
Luke Cassady-Dorion believed marriage was for “boring” straight people until he met the man he wanted to spend the rest of his life with – Tae. But…
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Added on: 02/09/2019

Two suits challenge Singapore’s colonial-era anti-gay law

Erasing 76 Crimes
02/08/2019
Singapore is facing two lawsuits asking the courts to overturn the nation’s colonial-era anti-homosexuality law, Section 377A. Both constitutional challenges were filed after the Indian Supreme Court in…
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Added on: 02/09/2019

LGBT police officers say they’ve faced horrible discrimination, and now they’re suing

USA Today
02/08/2019
It didn’t matter whether Jay Brome called for backup during high-speed stolen car pursuits, intense vehicle impoundments or hit-and-run investigations. His fellow officers at the California Highway…
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Added on: 02/08/2019

Australian senator: Kids shouldn’t have to know gay parents exist

Pink News
02/07/2019
Australian senator Ian Macdonald has said that people have the right to stop their children from learning about gay parents. Macdonald was chairing a Senate committee examining…
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Added on: 02/08/2019

India takes ‘big step’ in AIDS fight with gay sex ruling – Global Fund chief

Thomson Reuters Foundation News
02/07/2019
No longer shamed as criminals, millions of LGBT+ people in India will be less at risk from HIV/AIDS following the legalisation of gay sex, the head of…
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Added on: 02/08/2019

Bringing Pride to Banbury

Banbury Guardian
02/07/2019
A small group of first-time event organisers are planning to literally put the Pride into Banbury this summer. Banbury Pride, a LGBT community group is in the…
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Added on: 02/08/2019

Tennessee lawmakers file bills that would allow adoption agencies to refuse service to LGBT couples

The Hill
02/07/2019
Tennessee lawmakers this week introduced a set of bills that would allow adoption agencies to deny services to LGBT couples on religious grounds. One bill, filed by…
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Added on: 02/08/2019

Time to Talk Day: Health secretary pledges ‘focus’ on LGBT mental health

Pink News
02/07/2019
As the UK marks Time to Talk Day, Health Secretary Matt Hancock has told that he will ensure that there is a “specific focus” on LGBT+ mental…
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Added on: 02/05/2019

India’s doctors: from ‘conversion’ to conversation on LGBT+ issues

Thomson-Reuters Foundation
02/04/2019
It started with a homophobic post on social media. Dr. Prasad Raj Dandekar, a radiation oncologist based in Mumbai, was scrolling through his Facebook feed one evening…
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Added on: 02/05/2019

CA would ban infant intersex surgeries under Wiener bill

The Bay Area Reporter
02/04/2019
California would become the first state in the nation to ban surgeries performed on intersex infants if state lawmakers approve a bill authored by gay state Senator…
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