Attacks on LGBT people surge almost 80% in UK over last four years

• Released Date: 07-Sep-2017

The number of attacks on lesbian, gay and bisexual people in the UK has soared by nearly 80 per cent in the past four years, new data shows. More than one in five LGBT people have experienced a hate crime or incident due to their sexual orientat

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High court dismisses challenge to same-sex marriage vote – as it happened

• Released Date: 07-Sep-2017

The high court dismissed the challenge to the validity of the government’s postal survey on same-sex marriage. The poll will go ahead. Forms will be sent out from September 12 and a result is expected to be announced on November 15.

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LGBT Conservatives: Anti-gay marriage Jacob Rees-Mogg ‘should not be Prime Minister in any circumstances’

• Released Date: 06-Sep-2017

The LGBT+ Conservatives group has hit back at rumoured leadership challenger Jacob Rees-Mogg, after he reaffirmed his anti-gay marriage beliefs.Mr Rees-Mogg, a backbench Tory MP, has been repeatedly touted as a potential challenger to unseat Pri

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LGBT crackdown feared in Indonesia after 12 women evicted from home

• Released Date: 06-Sep-2017

Twelve women have been evicted from their home in the conservative Indonesian province of West Java amid renewed fears of crackdown on sexual diversity. The group had been renting a shared house in the village of Tugu Jaya, where their cohabitation a

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Fears of LGBT crackdown in Indonesia as 12 women evicted from their home

• Released Date: 06-Sep-2017

The women had been renting a house in Tugu Jaya together. But authorities acted on complaints from neighbours, saying that their living arrangement was unfeminine and against the teaching of Islam.Religious leaders and an Islamic youth group had co

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Lesbian former mayor of Houston has hilarious response to Ann Coulter’s tweet about her

• Released Date: 05-Sep-2017

Ann Coulter has made a career off ridiculous, unfounded statements designed to get a shocked reaction, and her response to Hurricane Harvey was no exception.Coulter, responding to a Politico article arguing that Hurricane Harvey is a physic

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Senate urged to block Trump’s anti-LGBT ‘civil rights’ chief

• Released Date: 05-Sep-2017

Campaigners have urged the US Senate to block Donald Trump’s nominee of a lawyer who opposed LGBT civil rights protections for a key civil rights role.Eric S. Dreiband has been nominated to serve as Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Div

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Catholic Cardinal Slams Jesuit’s Bridge-Building Book; and More in Global LGBT Recap

• Released Date: 05-Sep-2017

Reports from several international LGBT gatherings:The Interfaith Diversity Network of West Africa (IDNOWA), founded in 2016, reported on its August gathering in Accra, Ghana, which drew more than 30 delegates from 10 countries, for interfaith worshi

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Canada Sets International Example in LGBT Rights

• Released Date: 05-Sep-2017

Take them to Canada, Chechen despot Ramzan Kadyrov said when renewing his cynical vow to rid the North Caucasus territory of gay people. This week, the Canadian government announced that nearly 30 victims of the anti-gay purge in Chechnya have been s

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This LGBT Center Is Hoping To Prevent People From "Falling Through The Cracks" In Houston

• Released Date: 05-Sep-2017

HOUSTON — As Hurricane Harvey began its punishing descent on Houston, Kennedy Loftin knew the LGBT community in the city would need to pull together to survive.In the last two storms, in Katrina and Ike, a lot of our community fell through the cracks

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Indonesia: Stop Raids on Homes of ‘Suspected Lesbians’

• Released Date: 05-Sep-2017

(Jakarta, September 6, 2017) – The Indonesian government should urgently investigate the September 2, 2017 police raid on the homes of 12 suspected lesbians, Human Rights Watch said today. The raid and ensuing forced evictions violate the rights to p

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Canada sets international example in LGBT rights

• Released Date: 04-Sep-2017

Take them to Canada, Chechen despot Ramzan Kadyrov said when renewing his cynical vow to rid the North Caucasus territory of gay people. This week, the Canadian government announced that nearly 30 victims of the anti-gay purge in Chechnya have been s

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