Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn: ’People chose to be gay’

• Released Date: 02-Feb-2017

Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn is being slammed for saying ‘people have chosen to be gay’ at a LGBT event.

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Trump Preparing ’License to Discriminate’ Order

• Released Date: 01-Feb-2017

A draft of an anti-LGBT religious freedom executive order is circulating among federal government agencies, as rumors swirl that Donald Trump may unveil it at the National Prayer Breakfast Thursday.

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How many people identify as gay or bisexual in England?

• Released Date: 01-Feb-2017

ew figures have revealed how many people identify as gay and bisexual are living in England today (1 February).Public Health England have revealed their study into how many people are lesbian, gay or bisexual out of the 53 million population.

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Trans woman killed in Brazil

• Released Date: 01-Feb-2017

A trans woman has been killed in Russas, Brazil.Paola Oliveira, 30, was found dead on the side of the BR-116, Brazil’s most important highway, on Monday (30 January).

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Hannibal Lecter wannabe sentenced for murdering roommate over same-sex marriage

• Released Date: 31-Jan-2017

A Hannibal Lecter-wannabe was sentenced after killing his roommate over her opinion on same-sex marriage.The 25-year-old man was sentenced to a life sentence on Monday (30 January) for murdering his female roommate because he disagreed with her relig

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iHomo: the app helping Chinese gays and lesbians marry each other

• Released Date: 31-Jan-2017

A recent trend in China has been the rise of Xinghun weddings where a gay man will marry a lesbian and a new app called iHomo is making it easier for them to find each other.Chinese gays and lesbians marry each other to ease the pressure from familie

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Health experts concerned by rise in hepatitis A among gay and bisexual men

• Released Date: 31-Jan-2017

Public Health England says that it has noted a small but unusual rise in hepatitis A across England. This is mostly among gay and bisexual men. Some of the rise has been associated with travel to Spain.

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Donald Trump will not repeal Obama’s LGBTI workplace protections, but this does not make him an ally

• Released Date: 31-Jan-2017

President Donald Trump has pledged to retain protections for LGBTI workers implemented for former President Barack Obama.But this does not mean the potential of a nationwide ‘religious freedom’ law – giving businesses the right to refuse to serve LGB

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KRISTEN Stewart hosted Saturday Night Live

• Released Date: 31-Jan-2017

Boy Scouts of America (BSA) is welcoming all children who identify as male to join its programmes.For more than 100 years the organisation has only accepted children who have been registered male on their birth certificate, but that’s all changing fo

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Austria will not consider marriage equality until 2018

• Released Date: 31-Jan-2017

Marriage equality in Austria will not be possible until at least 2018.In the middle of January, Austria’s most powerful politician made LGBTI equality a part of his re-election program.

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Boy Scouts of America to begin accepting transgender boys

• Released Date: 30-Jan-2017

The Boy Scouts of America said on Monday the group would begin accepting transgender boys, bucking its more than a century-old practice of using the gender stated on a birth certificate to determine eligibility.

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Russia’s answer to Airbnb now features a ’GayLocator’, says they’ll ’help fend off the gays’

• Released Date: 30-Jan-2017

A Russian homestay network has launched a feature to find out how many gay people live in Russian cities.But it’s far from an attempt to help LGBTI people find friendly and safe accommodation.

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