Australian Federal Police Mardi Gras video slammed

• Released Date: 26-Feb-2020

The Australian Federal Police have published a video of LGBTIQ staff reading homophobic abuse received ahead of Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras.“Every year, the AFP marches in the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras,” the AFP wrote on Facebook this w

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Trump’s Pick for Intelligence Chief Represents a Step Forward for Gay Rights

• Released Date: 26-Feb-2020

There are growing reasons to fear that Richard Grenell is a security risk for the United States. ProPublica has reported that Grenell, the U.S. ambassador to Germany and newly designated acting director of national intelligence, failed to disclose wo

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Why Some People Will Be Dressing Up Rather Than Down At Mardi Gras 2020

• Released Date: 26-Feb-2020

Mardi Gras is infamous for its Carnivale-esque festivities and its risque outfits, but the celebration also marks a chance for the LGBTIQ+ community to make their broader interests known."The LGBTIQ community is more than just than, you know, the gli

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Trump’s Pick for Intelligence Chief Represents a Step Forward for Gay Rights

• Released Date: 26-Feb-2020

here are growing reasons to fear that Richard Grenell is a security risk for the United States. ProPublica has reported that Grenell, the U.S. ambassador to Germany and newly designated acting director of national intelligence, failed to disclose wor

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Priest who compared LGBT-inclusive education to Nazism invited to speak in UK parliament

• Released Date: 26-Feb-2020

An anti-abortion Anglican priest who said LGBT-inclusive education is “state-sponsored abuse” and comparable to Nazism has been invited to speak in UK parliament.

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Idaho got closer to passing one of the most anti-transgender laws in the country

• Released Date: 25-Feb-2020

Republicans in Idaho’s house are moving forward with a law that would ban transgender people from correcting the gender listed on their birth certificates.If passed, Idaho would join Tennessee as the only states that have laws that explicitly ban tra

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A THIRD OF POLAND DECLARED ‘LGBT-FREE ZONE’

• Released Date: 25-Feb-2020

Local municipalities across a third of Poland have adopted resolutions “against LGBT propaganda” or “pro-family”, creating what rights groups describe as hostile spaces for anyone who is not heterosexual or committed to the so-called “natural family”

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AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT URGED TO ACT AGAINST INDONESIA’S NEW BILL

• Released Date: 25-Feb-2020

The LGBTQI advocacy group, just.equal is urging the Australian Government to speak out against Indonesia’s recent moves to criminalise homosexuality.Indonesia has received international backlash after revealing plans to legally hinder gender equality

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3 ways to make queer dating apps less racist more welcoming

• Released Date: 25-Feb-2020

These apps are a core part of queer culture. <a href="https://web.stanford.edu/~mrosenfe/Rosenfeld_et_al_Disintermediating_Friends.pdf"> In a recent Stanford study in 2019,</a> about two-thirds of same-sex couples met online. LGBTQ+ people were “earl

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How we're celebrating Mardi Gras: 5 minutes with Michelle Dickson

• Released Date: 25-Feb-2020

Mardi Gras is around the corner and this year's theme is What Matters? We caught up with Dr Michelle Dickson about what matters to her as a proud Aboriginal woman and member of the LGBTIQ community.

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Trans candidate Sarah McBride has blazed many trails. Now she’s ready for a new challenge.

• Released Date: 25-Feb-2020

At just 29 years old, transgender Delaware state senate candidate  <a href="https://sarahmcbride.com/">Sarah McBride</a> has racked up an impressive number of accomplishments. In 2013, as a member of the Board of Directors of Equality Delaware, she p

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Gay Trump intelligence appointee hid money he took from a corrupt European millionaire

• Released Date: 25-Feb-2020

Richard Grenell — the out gay U.S. ambassador to Germany who Donald Trump  <a href="https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2020/02/donald-trump-appoints-first-gay-person-cabinet-level-position/">recently named as acting director of National Intelligence</a> — h

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