UK government will push ahead with LGBT-inclusive sex education

• Released Date: 30-Jan-2018

The new Education Secretary will push ahead with plans to require LGBT-inclusive sex and relationship education to be taught in schools, the government has confirmed.Former Education Secretary Justine Greening had last year launched a consultation on

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Russia’s first legally married gay couple are now being pursued by police

• Released Date: 29-Jan-2018

The couple seem to have exploited a loophole in Russian law which meant the state had to recognise it. The law says that any marriages conducted abroad are legitimate unless it violates Article 14 of the Family Code.To violate Article 14, the marria

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LGBT+ Conservatives hit out at ‘transphobic’ MP David Davies, suggests he is a ‘c**t’

• Released Date: 28-Jan-2018

The Conservative Party’s LGBT group has suggested that MP David Davies is transphobic and suggested that he is a c**t.The MP for Monmouth tweeted about trans women suggesting that if they have not had gender reassignment surgery then they are not a w

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New legal challenge could kill off Trump’s transgender ban for good

• Released Date: 27-Jan-2018

The LGBTQ community was rocked last year when Donald Trump announced that he would be banning transgender people from serving in the US military. Since then, judges have blocked the policy’s implementation, and even the Pentagon has gone against it.

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Tunisian police violently break up protest against anti-LGBT law

• Released Date: 27-Jan-2018

Police in Tunisia have disrupted a protest around the country’s anti-LGBT laws.Demonstrators said police officers arrived in plain clothing to break up the demonstration and some said they experienced violence as they were removed from the scene. Th

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Russia recognises same-sex marriage for first time after couple finds legal loophole

• Released Date: 26-Jan-2018

A pair of Russian newlyweds have become the first same-sex couple to have their marriage recognised in their home country, after finding an apparent legal loophole.Eugene Wojciechowski and Pavel Stotzko tied the knot in the Danish capital of Copenhag

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Despite legal hurdles, Cambodia’s LGBT couples are adopting – and changing minds

• Released Date: 26-Jan-2018

When Heng Ny laughs, hundreds of lines run across his face. Sitting in front of his simple house with cats and chickens at his feet, discussing his relationship is what brings out a smile. He and his wife seem like an average couple, but one thing is

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Donald Trump stands by as anti-LGBT murders reach record high

• Released Date: 26-Jan-2018

Anti-LGBT homicides increased last year to unprecedented levels – and President Donald Trump’s policies are reportedly partly to blame.

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There has been an ‘alarming’ backslide in support for LGBT people in the US

• Released Date: 25-Jan-2018

There has been a backslide in support for LGBT rights for the first time in history, polling has confirmed.GLAAD today announced the findings of its fourth annual Accelerating Acceptance report, a national survey among more than 2,100 U.S. adults con

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Zimbabwe’s new President: ‘It’s not my duty’ to press for change on LGBT issues

• Released Date: 25-Jan-2018

Zimbabwe’s new President has shot down questions about whether he will roll back the state’s harsh anti-LGBT policies.Long-serving Zimbabwean tyrant Robert Mugabe was ousted late last year by his lieutenant Emmerson Mnangagwa. 

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‘Alarming’ reversal in US acceptance of LGBT people

• Released Date: 25-Jan-2018

Major report shows ‘alarming erosion’ in attitudes towards gay, bisexual and transgender individuals in the US over the last 12 months

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For LGBT Rights, 2018 Will Be the Year of the Courts

• Released Date: 24-Jan-2018

After everything that lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people experienced in 2017 — from roundups and torture in Chechnya to antigay witch hunts in Egypt and Indonesia, closure of queer-friendly health facilities in Tanzania, and a conc

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