LGBTIQ+ advocates welcome new Liberal Tasmanian Premier

• Released Date: 23-Jan-2020

LGBTIQ advocates have welcomed the election of Peter Gutwein as the new Tasmanian Premier earlier this week. Former Treasurer Gutwein was elected unopposed by members of his party, with Jeremy Rockliff as his Deputy, after Will Hodgman announced his

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Shubh Mangal Zyada Saavdhan trailer gets a huge thumbs up from LGBTIQ community

• Released Date: 22-Jan-2020

The trailer of Ayushmann Khurrana and Jitendra Kumar starrer 'Shubh Mangal Zyada Saavdhan' celebrates 'Love is Love'.The film tries to deliver a message on homosexuality with a healthy dose of laughter.

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Russian LGBT Activist Under House Arrest is Facing New Charges

• Released Date: 22-Jan-2020

Russian feminist and lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) <a href="https://www.hrw.org/news/2019/12/03/russian-activist-faces-unfounded-pornography-charges">activist Yulia Tsvetkova</a>, already under house arrest for two months on bogus c

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Apply for a 2020 investigative journalism fellowship focused on sexual and reproductive health

• Released Date: 22-Jan-2020

OpenDemocracy’s <a href="https://www.opendemocracy.net/trackingthebacklash">Tracking the Backlash project</a> is excited to announce a six-month, full-time investigative journalism fellowship focused on sexual and reproductive health issues, starting

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ACLU urges Lee not to sign anti-LGBT adoption bill

• Released Date: 22-Jan-2020

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -A civil rights group is raising questions about the legality of a proposal that would assure continued taxpayer funding of faith-based foster care and adoption agencies even if they exclude LGBT families and others based on rel

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Parents banned from taking children out of LGBT lessons in Wales

• Released Date: 21-Jan-2020

Parents in Wales have lost the right to prevent their children from learning about sexuality, relationships and religion. The decision follows a consultation in which the vast majority of respondents (88.7%) said parents should be able to withdraw pu

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Global struggles for LGBTIQ rights: Latest news from the front lines

• Released Date: 21-Jan-2020

Nigeria: In Nigeria’s northern state of Kano, where Sharia law is administered, <a href="https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/01/07/nigeria-police-sharia-law-gay-homophobia-hisbah-kano-bayero-university-graduates/">15 university graduates were arrested by

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THE BILLIONAIRES BEHIND THE LGBT MOVEMENT

• Released Date: 21-Jan-2020

Not long ago, the gay rights movement was a small group of people struggling to follow their dispositions within a larger heterosexual culture. Gays and lesbians were underdogs, vastly outnumbered and loosely organized, sometimes subject to discrimin

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Bhutan’s Lawmakers Urged to Decriminalize Homosexuality

• Released Date: 21-Jan-2020

As Bhutan’s LGBTQ community nervously waits for the Buddhist country’s upper house to discuss a bill to decriminalize homosexuality in the coming weeks, the international human rights group Amnesty International has called on Bhutanese parliamentaria

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Australian Open hosting ‘Glam Slam’ LGBTIQ tennis tournament

• Released Date: 21-Jan-2020

Glam Slam, Australia’s biggest LGBTIQ tennis tournament, will take place next week at the Australian Open.Offering an authentic tournament experience, Glam Slam will provide participants with the opportunity to compete in an LGBTIQ tennis competition

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US fast-food chain in LGBT rights row Aviemore outlet

• Released Date: 21-Jan-2020

A US fast-food chain criticised for making donations to anti-LGBT rights groups has closed its sole restaurant in Scotland. Chick-fil-A, which has a "pilot" restaurant in Reading, opened the outlet in Aviemore in the Highlands last year. The Aviemore

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These photos highlight the human hurt over Poland's 'LGBT-free zones'

• Released Date: 21-Jan-2020

An activist has released pictures of gay people in front of Polish municipalities that declared themselves LGBT-free. Bart Staszewski said he wanted to show the real people affected by the crackdown on gay rights in Poland. His tweet was picked up by

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