19-year-old trans woman strangled to death in Argentina

• Released Date: 29-May-2019

A man allegedly strangled a 19-year-old trans woman to death in Argentina last week (26 May). The 42-year-old strangled Gala Estefanía Perea after an argument in San Isidro de Lules in the northern province of Tucumán. Neighbors called the police a

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Italy has just elected its first transgender mayor

• Released Date: 28-May-2019

Italy has elected its first ever transgender mayor. Gianmarco Negri, a 40-year-old, won the election in a Tromello – a town of 3,700 people. The town is in Lomellina, a province of Pavia, a city south of Milan. Having spent the last two decades as

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World Health Organization removes transgender from list of mental disorders

• Released Date: 27-May-2019

The World Health Organization (WHO) has made history and removed gender dysphoria from its list of ‘mental disorders’. On 25 May WHO’s World Health Assembly voted to make the revision. That revision no longer recognizes gender non-conformity and tran

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Hong Kong lawmaker denounces same-sex advert

• Released Date: 27-May-2019

A Hong Kong lawmaker has led calls against the city’s transport network for displaying an advert showing a same-sex couple. ‘The incident shows the pro-gay rights movement in Hong Kong has created a chilling effect’ Priscilla Leung Mei-fun said on S

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Groundbreaking report released on Singapore’s LBTQ communities

• Released Date: 26-May-2019

A Singaporean NGO has released a groundbreaking report on violence and discrimination faced by lesbian, bisexual, trans and queer [LBTQ] women in Singapore. Sayoni, a Singapore-based support group for queer women, launched their research into issues

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Transgender lawmaker slams Thailand's same-sex union bill

• Released Date: 25-May-2019

Thailand’s first transgender member of parliament has slammed the country’s civil union bill drafted by cabinet. Tanwarin Sukkhapisit said the bill, which offers limited rights to same-sex couples, ‘misses the target’. ‘[Equality] is one thing that

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Teen jailed for violently slashing gay man's stomach with machete

• Released Date: 24-May-2019

A UK judge jailed a 17-year-old for violently attacking a gay man with a machete and cutting his stomach open. Her Honour Judge Adrienne Lucking sentenced Ibraima Touray-Drammeh, 17, to 10 years and eight months in prison. He was found guilty of wou

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World Health Organization condemned for classifying intersex as 'disorder'

• Released Date: 24-May-2019

More than 50 organizations advocating for intersex rights released a joint letter condemning the World Health Organization (WHO) for classifying traits as ‘disorders of sex development’. According to the letter, the new WHO International Classificat

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Taiwan LGBT activists thank Australia for helping make same-sex marriage legal

• Released Date: 24-May-2019

Taiwan became the first place in Asia to legalise same-sex marriage last Friday after a long-awaited bill passed 66 to 27 in the self-ruling island's constitutional court, granting same-sex couples some of the same rights available to heterosexual ma

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Catholic university students blamed for homophobic attack in France

• Released Date: 23-May-2019

At least 10 students from a Catholic university in France will face disciplinary action for an attack on an LGBTI event. On Saturday 18 May, about 20 people descended on an event for IDAHOBIT (International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia and Trans

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Brazil’s highest court votes to extend anti-discrimination protections to LGBT people

• Released Date: 23-May-2019

SAO PAULO — Brazil’s highest court took a decisive step Thursday toward protecting LGBT people from discrimination, amid a spike in reported attacks since President Jair Bolsonaro began his right-wing campaign last year. A majority of the 11-member

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Anti-LGBTI violence still acceptable in many countries, new study shows

• Released Date: 22-May-2019

Homophobic violence is still widely endorsed in several countries, new research highlights. The study on the Journal of Interpersonal Violence by the Honour Abuse Research Matrix (HARM) at the University of Central Lancashire (UCLan), analyzed attit

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