Jacinda Ardern becomes first New Zealand PM to march in gay pride parade

• Released Date: 19-Feb-2018

More than 25,000 people watched the parade in Auckland on Saturday night, cheering as the prime minister strolled down Ponsonby Road flanked by her finance minister, Grant Robertson, a gay man, and Louisa Wall, a Labour MP who is gay.Although the pri

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United States: State Laws Threaten LGBT Equality

• Released Date: 19-Feb-2018

(New York, February 19, 2018) – The rash of new religious exemption laws passed by state legislatures around the United States represent a thinly-veiled assault against the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people, Human Rights

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The Philippines’ first trans politician has just become an army reservist

• Released Date: 16-Feb-2018

The Philippines’ first trans federal politician, Geraldine Roman, has been enrolled into the Army Reserves.After the laws changed to allow LGBTI people to serve in the armed forces, Roman became one of the first to enlist for service. In doing so she

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Chiba Bar Association to remove gender boxes from forms in line with new LGBT-sensitive policy

• Released Date: 15-Feb-2018

A local bar association said Wednesday that its policy toward the creation of a respectful environment for sexual minorities calls for removing unnecessary sex-identity questions on registration forms.The Chiba Bar Association said it came up with th

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Northern Ireland: May urged to ‘take forward equal marriage’

• Released Date: 15-Feb-2018

Theresa May’s government should consider imposing social changes on Northern Ireland, such as gay marriage, in the absence of a deal to restore power-sharing at Stormont, Labour has said.The shadow Northern Ireland secretary, Owen Smith, said it was

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Marriage equality campaign seeks abolition of religious rights to discriminate

• Released Date: 14-Feb-2018

Exemptions in discrimination law that allow religious institutions such as schools, hospitals and aged care facilities to discriminate against staff and clients based on beliefs should be abolished, the Equality Campaign has said.The Equality Campaig

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Indonesia is about to outlaw homosexual sex. Can we stop it?

• Released Date: 13-Feb-2018

The criminalisation of LGBT communities takes on a more potent tenor in a vote before parliament on Wednesday

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Christian Schools Australia defends right to hire and fire teachers over beliefs

• Released Date: 13-Feb-2018

It also called for the right to select students, including to eject them from a school community, in a joint submission with Adventist Schools Australia to the Ruddock religious freedom review.During the marriage law postal survey campaign the Cathol

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Poll finds that a nearly a third of LGBTQ teachers aren’t open about their identity

• Released Date: 11-Feb-2018

The news comes following a poll conducted by the teachers’ union, NASUWT, at its LGBTI Teachers’ Consultation Conference.A new poll has found that nearly a third of LGBTQ teachers chose not to reveal their sexual identity in the workplace, raising qu

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Indonesian MP calls for death penalty for LGBTQ people

• Released Date: 10-Feb-2018

In the build-up to criminalising homosexuality, one MP in the Indonesian parliament has called on either the death penalty or a life in prison for LGBTQ people.Indonesian MPs are currently debating amendments on a bill designed to criminalise homosex

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New Ipsos study examines social attitudes towards transgender people across 16 countries

• Released Date: 10-Feb-2018

The study found that 3 out of 5 people would refer to a transgender person using the wrong pronouns, i.e. calling a trans-woman a man. The study also found that only 1 out of 5 people would be comfortable using the gender neutral pronoun of they. It

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New Ipsos study examines social attitudes towards transgender people across 16 countries

• Released Date: 10-Feb-2018

The study found that 3 out of 5 people would refer to a transgender person using the wrong pronouns, i.e. calling a trans-woman a man. The study also found that only 1 out of 5 people would be comfortable using the gender neutral pronoun of they. It

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