Gay men taken by authorities in Chechnya have ‘never been found’

• Released Date: 03-Apr-2018

A year after the horrific abuse against LGBTQ people in Chechnya was first reported, two new first-person accounts recall the appalling treatment they were subjected to during what has been described as “a big cleansing of gays”.

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Trans violence widespread in Cambodia

• Released Date: 03-Apr-2018

It was in 2005, 10 years after Sereyroth, a transgender woman, began working in the sex trade. Standing near Independence Monument, she was approached by two men with $10. They took her to an unknown location, where 10 men were waiting.

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New Zealand to allow the wiping of criminal records of people convicted for being gay

• Released Date: 02-Apr-2018

Many countries across the world are now starting to apologise and wipe the records of gay men who were convicted under their previous anti-gay laws. And recently, Sweden apologised to trans people who were forcibly sterilised under its old laws.

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Indonesia: Four Arrested for Same-Sex Conduct

• Released Date: 02-Apr-2018

(Jakarta) – Indonesian authorities should immediately and unconditionally release four people detained in Aceh under a local ordinance that criminalizes same-sex conduct, Human Rights Watch said today. Under Aceh’s Islamic Criminal Code, they face up

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Russia threatens to ban its oldest gay-themed website under its ‘gay propaganda’ rules

• Released Date: 01-Apr-2018

The site gets 30,000 hits a day, totalling around three million visitors a year. Gay.ru, Russia’s oldest gay-themed website, could be about to be banned under the country’s ‘gay propaganda’ rules. The Federal Service for Supervision of Communications

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Eliminating gender-based violence via coverage and authorized advocacy

• Released Date: 01-Apr-2018

participants engage in discussion on the importance of legal and policy advocacy in combatting gender-based violence in china

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A bill to legalise same-sex marriage in Northern Ireland passes first stage in House of Lords

• Released Date: 28-Mar-2018

Conservative peer Baron Hayward proposed legislation to legalise same-sex marriage in Northern Ireland in a private members’ bill on Tuesday. Northern Ireland is currently the only nation within the UK where equal marriage isn’t legal, despite a poll

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90% of gay men say they want a monogamous relationship, according to new study

• Released Date: 26-Mar-2018

Moreover, 90% of respondents said that they are looking for a monogamous relationship. This is in comparison to previous studies where roughly two-thirds of couples who had been in a relationship for five years or longer said they are in an open rela

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Rare win for LGBTQ rights in Kenya as forced anal examinations are ruled illegal

• Released Date: 23-Mar-2018

Same-sex sexual activity is illegal in Kenya and is punishable by up to 14 years in prison. As part of the investigation, the two men said they were forced to have an anal examination by security personnel and a public hospital to determine if either

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Kenya: Court Finds Forced Anal Exams Unconstitutional

• Released Date: 22-Mar-2018

A Court of Appeal in Mombasa, Kenya, ruled on March 22, 2018, that conducting forced anal examinations on people who are accused of same-sex relations is unconstitutional, Human Rights Watch said today. It was a resounding victory for lesbian, gay, b

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California is set to have its first ever lesbian Senate president

• Released Date: 19-Mar-2018

Atkins wrote the bill which, when it was turned into law last year, legally recognised non-binary people on official documents for the first time in California. Senator Scott Wiener, who co-authored the bill, said: “When people first interact with T

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Lebanese political party vows to decriminalise gay sex if they win the country’s next election

• Released Date: 18-Mar-2018

Although the law isn’t generally enforced, it is still used to persecute LGBTQ people. The Kataeb Party, a right-wing Christian Democratic party, has vowed to decriminalise gay sex should they win the country’s next general election in May. The party

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