Polish activist detained for 'offending religious beliefs' over LGBTQ Virgin Mary

• Released Date: 07-May-2019

An activist in Poland has been detained after police found posters depicting the Virgin Mary with a halo consisting of the colours of the LGBTQ flag. The activist, Elżbieta Podleśna, confirmed on Facebook in the early hours of Monday morning that sh

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TAT Target Latino LGBT Traveller rise

• Released Date: 07-May-2019

The Tourism Authority of Thailand is set to increase tourism arrivals from Latin America, in part through a plan to present Thailand as a friendly destination for LGBT travellers. Last week the TAT organised the first meeting of some 40 tourism opera

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Brunei announces it will not enforce death penalty for gay sex, following global condemnation

• Released Date: 05-May-2019

Following global condemnation, Brunei has announced it will not enforce the death penalty as a punishment for gay sex. The small country in Southeast Asia was met with a great deal of criticism after announcing on 3 April that it will uphold Sharia

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Security guards confiscate rainbow flags from fans at a gay musician’s concert

• Released Date: 05-May-2019

Security personnel at The Star Vista music venue in Singapore reportedly confiscated the rainbow flags of several fans who tried displaying them during a recent Troye Sivan concert. During the concert, the out gay Australian actor and musician began

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Denver transgender woman left partially paralyzed after horrific late night attack

• Released Date: 03-May-2019

Denver resident, Amber Nicole, a transgender woman, was attacked and severely beaten outside of a bar. Her jaw was broken and her face was left partially paralyzed. Nicole was leaving the bar and getting into a car with a friend when she was attacke

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Watch this terrified antigay Nazi get egged & run away

• Released Date: 02-May-2019

Valle was spewing his propaganda in New York’s Union Square while wearing a swastika necklace when an unidentified man threw three eggs at him, hitting him in the back of the head. He was telling his audience that homosexuality was due “to a chemical

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Tennessee Senate drops anti-same sex adoption bill at the last minute

• Released Date: 01-May-2019

Lawmakers in the US state of Tennessee have dropped a controversial anti-gay adoption bill at the last minute. The bill would have allowed faith-based adoption agencies the right to reject same-sex couples on religious grounds. The bill had been ex

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Bangladesh's trans community have been granted full voting rights

• Released Date: 30-Apr-2019

The trans community of Bangladesh has finally been granted the right to register to vote under their correct gender identity. Government officials have allocated a specialist ‘third gender’ on the national voters’ list for the country’s trans commun

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Arizona count rules that judges can order specialist treatment for trans kids

• Released Date: 30-Apr-2019

The Arizona Supreme Court has ruled that family court judges can overrule a parent’s custodial authority to provide specialist therapy and counseling for trans children. The ruling states that such measures can be necessary to protect children from

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Malaysian LGBTI rights activist accuses police of intimidation

• Released Date: 30-Apr-2019

A prominent Malaysian LGBTI rights activist has accused the authorities of intimidation following a statement he gave to the United Nations (UN). Numan Afifi was questioned by police on Friday (26 April) after an online backlash over his comments to

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First hotel owned and run by trans women opens in India

• Released Date: 29-Apr-2019

A group of trans women has realized its dream and will open their own hotel in Kerala, India. The women planned to open the hotel called Hotel Ruchimudra in the state capital of Kochi in south east India. Aditi Achuth, Saya Mathew, Preethi Alexande

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Australian politician apologizes for linking same-sex marriage to pedophilia

• Released Date: 29-Apr-2019

A federal politician in Australia has apologized for linking same-sex marriage with pedophilia. Gurpal Singh, the Liberal Party candidate for the Victorian seat of Scullin, made the controversial comments at a marriage equality debate in 2017. At t

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