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Added on: 01/05/2019

After a fire destroys Jamaica’s LGBT headquarters, 2019 deemed ‘year of rebuilding’

01/05/2019

On the night of December 30, 2018, a fire “of yet unknown origin” leveled the Kingston offices of the Jamaica Forum for Lesbians, All-Sexuals and Gays, which goes by its…

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Added on: 01/04/2019

Second death of a trans woman in a month shakes Malaysian community

01/02/2019

The death of a trans woman in the Malaysian town of Klang, the second in less than a month, has prompted calls for the government to better…

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Added on: 01/04/2019

Indian lesbian ‘held captive’ by husband wins right to live with partner

01/03/2019

A lesbian from India who was allegedly held against her will by her husband and parents has won the right to live with her girlfriend. The High Court…

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Added on: 01/04/2019

Rights of 286 LGBT Nigerians violated in 2018, report says

01/02/2019

The Initiative for Equal Rights (TIERs), a Nigeria-based human rights organization, has published a report, showing that the human rights of approximately 286 LGBTI persons were violated…

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Added on: 01/02/2019

LGBTI group lodges criminal complaint against newspaper for inciting hate

12/31/2018

Dozens of LGBTI activists in Turkey held a protest in central Istanbul calling for justice after the brutal and gruesome murder of trans woman Hande Kader. The…

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Added on: 01/02/2019

Women marry at midnight to become first same-sex couple to marry in Austria

01/01/2018

Two women tied the note just minutes after midnight in Austria making them the first same-sex couple to get married on the day it became legal. Nicole…

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Added on: 01/01/2019

Trans woman shot 11 times on way to the gym in Brazil

12/30/2018

A transgender woman was shot 11 times and killed on her way to the gym in Brazil. Nicolly Banks, 26, walked down Liopino Lourenço de Araújo street in Uberlândia, Triângulo Mineiro,…

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Added on: 12/31/2018

Tanzania dismisses travel advisory by US

12/29/2018

Tanzania has reacted angrily to an advisory issued by the US to its citizens, against travelling to the East African country, terming the action malicious. Government spokesman…

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Added on: 12/31/2018

A LGBTI activist in Malaysia speaks out

12/30/2018

A 96-second video of an apparent homophobic attack has been circulating in Malaysia this week. A group of individuals verbally abuse, then violently attack, two men. The…

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Added on: 12/30/2018

Watch – Marielle and Monica: the LGBT activists resisting Bolsonaro’s Brazil

12/28/2018

Marielle Franco, Brazilian LGBT and human rights activist, was killed in March 2018. Her widow, Monica Benicio, continued her fight for better treatment of the poor, the…

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Added on: 12/30/2018

This Egyptian LGBT couple received threats post-engagement in Canada

12/28/2018

For two Egyptian women, being in a relationship without risking their lives meant traveling all the way to Canada. Soon after they arrived there, Miral Mokhtar and…

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Added on: 12/30/2018

Donors cut aid to Tanzania after rights crackdown

12/29/2018

Tanzania’s tough-talking president John Magufuli has earned respect by fighting corruption, but international donors are now concerned by crackdowns on human rights. The European Union, Tanzania’s biggest development…

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Added on: 12/30/2018

Life is hard as a gay refugee

12/28/2018

I am a Ugandan man living in Kakuma Refugee Camp in northwestern Kenya, where I am seeking asylum. I am 23 years old, the second child to…

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Added on: 12/29/2018

Activists Agree With Canada Warning To Lgbtqi Community

12/28/2018

TWO LGBTQI activists yesterday agreed with Canadian government’s crime advisory warning Canadians to consider the risks of traveling to The Bahamas because homosexuality is not widely accepted….

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Added on: 12/29/2018

Meet the lesbian prisoner who won apology from Colombian government

12/29/2018

Marta Álvarez was subjected to almost a decade of abuse and humiliation because of her sexuality. The lesbian activist spent nine years in a Colombian prison and experienced a…

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Added on: 12/28/2018

Malaysian Activists condemn assault of two men accused of homosexuality

12/27/2018

Lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) activists today condemned the violent assault of two young men after they were beaten up by several unknown assailants for allegedly…

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Added on: 12/28/2018

Interview: Indonesians are gay-friendly if not brainwashed

12/27/2018

Dede Oetomo is the founder and trustee of the Indonesian LGBT advocacy group GAYa Nusantara Foundation, based in Surabaya. “Indonesia has always been conservative and it has…

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Added on: 12/28/2018

Trans prisoner moved to female prison after year-long court battle

12/28/2018

A trans woman prisoner has been transferred to a female prison in Illinois after a year-long court battle. Deon ‘Strawberry’ Hampton described being treated like a ‘sex slave’ while housed in multiple in male penitentiaries…

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Added on: 12/27/2018

I survived conversion therapy as a child. Now, I’m part of the movement to ban it for good.

12/27/2018

As a child undergoing conversion therapy in Florida in the early 2000s, I could never have imagined how different this nation would be nearly 20 years later. I could…

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Added on: 12/27/2018

Activists replace 200 Tube adverts with instructions on how to stop deportations

12/18/2018

Campaign asks members of the public to protest deportations on commercial flights by refusing to take seat. Campaigners have “hacked” hundreds of adverts on the London Underground, replacing them…

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Added on: 12/26/2018

Gay refugees escape Kakuma’s dangers, reach Nairobi’s squalor

12/24/2018

The U.N. refugee agency has moved more than 200 gay refugees from dangers of Kakuma refugee camp to safety in crowded, unsanitary quarters in Nairobi. The O-blog-dee advocacy…

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Added on: 12/26/2018

Gay Life in Berlin Is Starting to Echo a Darker Era

12/25/2018

Germany has long been lauded for its liberal attitude toward sex. It recently passed laws allowing same-sex couples to marry and adopt, and just became the first…

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Added on: 12/25/2018

‘Badhais’ criminalised, LGBT community opposes LS Bill

12/24/2018

At the office of the Shaan Foundation, which works with the LGBT community in the district, transgender persons begin a gathering early in the day, holding a…

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Added on: 12/24/2018

LGBTQ young homeless people often remain invisible when mainstream providers deliver services

12/22/2018

Earlier this week, it was revealed that there has been a huge spike in deaths of homeless people sleeping on Britain’s streets. We’re shocked and extremely saddened…

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Added on: 12/23/2018

Apple Removes App Accused of Promoting Conversion Therapy

12/22/2018

Truth Wins Out has won its battle to remove an app accused of promoting conversion therapy from the Apple Store. The national LGBTQ group had launched a petition…

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Added on: 12/23/2018

Formerly Antigay Mom Tells Parents: Don’t ‘Repeat My Mistake’

12/21/2018

When Ukrainian mother Olena Globa discovered her teenage son’s love poems about a man, she confronted him and demanded, “Are you a faggot?” When her son Bogdan…

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Added on: 12/22/2018

Costa Rica passes decrees boosting LGBT rights

12/21/2018

Costa Rica’s President Carlos Alvarado on Friday signed a number of decrees and norms granting various rights to the LGBT community. These measures will allow same-sex couples…

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Added on: 12/22/2018

I was reborn here’: Gay Syrian refugee says Canada has welcomed him

12/21/2018

Khaled was born in Syria, but his life began anew when he arrived in Canada as a refugee in 2015. “I was born there, but I was reborn…

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Added on: 12/21/2018

CONIFA referee Raymond Mashamba, outed as gay in Zimbabwe, granted asylum in UK

12/21/2018

Raymond Mashamba was being blackmailed over his sexuality by a former friend in Bulawayo before and during the CONIFA World Football Cup, an international tournament for teams…

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Added on: 12/21/2018

11 women arrested in Nigeria for planning lesbian wedding

12/20/2018

A lesbian couple and nine other women have been arrested in Nigeria for planning the pair’s wedding. The 11 women were detained on Monday (December 17) in the northern…