Pride amid prejudice: Dance promotes respect, inclusivity

• Released Date: 13-Jan-2020

In December last year, members of Cambodia’s first gay Apsara dance company, Prumsodun Ok and Natyarasa, swayed gracefully to traditional music as they performed the Prayer to the Earth Goddess on a small stage at the capital’s Futures Factory.The pe

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Indonesian city orders LGBT+ raids after UK convicts serial rapist

• Released Date: 13-Jan-2020

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 13 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - The home city of an Indonesian man identified as Britain's "most prolific rapist" has ordered raids targeting LGBT+ people, prompting fears of a wider backlash.

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Two LGBT students are suing an evangelical college for expelling them

• Released Date: 12-Jan-2020

Nathan Brittsan has joined Joanna Maxon as the second ex-student to file a lawsuit against the Fuller Theological Seminary, claiming it explicitly discriminates against them for being married to a same-sex partner.

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Israeli education minister implies homosexuality is unnatural

• Released Date: 12-Jan-2020

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Several Israeli school districts held impromptu tolerance classes on Sunday after the country’s education minister, an Orthodox rabbi, angered LGBT campaigners by implying homosexuality was unnatural. The furor over the remarks

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LGBT armed forces ban: 'How far we've come'

• Released Date: 12-Jan-2020

Two decades have passed since the government lifted a ban on gay people serving in the British armed forces.

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Politician from a town called Snowflake quietly drops bid to ban the word ‘homosexuality’ from schools

• Released Date: 11-Jan-2020

Snowflake senator Sylvia Allen <a href="https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/01/09/snowflake-arizona-sylvia-allen-sex-education-bill-homosexuality/">attacked the state’s sex education laws</a> with a proposal to remove all mention of LGBT+ matters from pu

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The attack on a Planned Parenthood clinic is an assault on LGBTQ rights, too

• Released Date: 11-Jan-2020

The teen accused of firebombing a Planned Parenthood clinic in Delaware, Samuel Gulick, clearly was an anti-abortion extremist. “When will we start shooting?” Gulick mused in one social media post. “Its about time we kill these genocidal demons.”

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Woman allegedly calls in bomb threat over school recognizing same-sex marriages

• Released Date: 11-Jan-2020

A two-count indictment has been returned against a California woman accused of calling into a Washington, D.C. high school and threatening to bomb them. The threats were made against the Georgetown Visitation Preparatory School after they announced t

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Like Harry and Meghan I quit my family and I'm happier for it

• Released Date: 10-Jan-2020

That's what Mufseen Miah tweeted just a few hours before news broke that the Duke and Duchess of Sussex were <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-51040751">stepping back as senior members</a> of the UK Royal Family.Mufseen left his family in Decemb

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Pride in London maps out plans for 2020

• Released Date: 10-Jan-2020

A megaphone for the LGBT+ community, Pride in London is in full-ideation phrase as it maps out 2020 plans, with a new agency in tow, to ensure this year's parade is bigger and better than ever

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CENTRAL COAST PRIDE AND CULTURAL HUB OPENS

• Released Date: 10-Jan-2020

For decades it’s been gloomy and drab, but a new space aims to make the Gosford CBD inclusive and welcoming to all. The Central Coast now has its own Pride and Cultural hub, offering meeting spaces for LGBTIQ support groups.

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Vans’ new bisexual Valentine’s Day sneakers proudly declare “I ♥ BOYS, I ♥ GIRLS”

• Released Date: 10-Jan-2020

Vans, the skateboarding apparel company, has (<a href="https://www.queerty.com/latest-line-vans-heart-sneakers-giving-off-major-bisexual-energy-20200109"> just released two sneakers</a>) that give off definite queer vibes, just as Valentine’s Day mak

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