Dozen Women Targeted in Bogor Anti-LGBT Raid

• Released Date: 04-Sep-2017

A dozen women have been arrested in a raid on a Bogor home Friday night, Sept. 1, after police received a tip-off the women are engaged in same sex relationships. The raid on the rented home, in Kampung Benteng, Cigombong, began around 9 p.m. and inc

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Why same-sex marriage isn’t legal in Australia

• Released Date: 04-Sep-2017

In just over a week, ballots for a nationwide postal vote will be sent out asking Australians whether or not they want same-sex marriage. But advocates of gay marriage are pushing back against the vote that asks whether the law should be changed to a

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Shock after LGBT choir posters are covered with homophobic messages

• Released Date: 03-Sep-2017

Posters put up across the city advertising for new members of the Cambridge LGBT community choir have been covered in homophobic messages as part of a shocking and upsetting act of hate. Eve Berwin, who runs the Sing Out Cambridge choir, said she put

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LGBT rights were acepted in ancient India, Section 377 must be Repealed: Amish Tripathi

• Released Date: 03-Sep-2017

Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code that criminalises sexual acts against the order of the nature -- which affects the rights of LGBTs (Lesbians, Gays, Bisexuals and Transgenders) -- is an egregious and illiberal section and it must be repealed, say

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Trump to nominate Richard Grenell as German ambassador, would be administration’s 1st openly LGBT ambassador

• Released Date: 02-Sep-2017

President Trump announced on Friday that he intends to nominate Richard Grenell, the longest-serving United States spokesman at the United Nations, to be the ambassador to Germany.If Grenell is confirmed, he would be the first openly LGBT ambassador

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NJ’s first LGBT health conference in Bridgewater on Oct. 6

• Released Date: 02-Sep-2017

BRIDGEWATER - New Jersey’s first Healthcare Conference for the LGBT community will be held Oct. 6 at Raritan Valley Country Club. The free conference, hosted by Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Somerset in Somerville, is support

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More teenagers commit suicide on this day in Japan than any other day of the year

• Released Date: 01-Sep-2017

Japan further strengthened its stance on bullying this year when it updated its anti-bullying law, which was passed in 2013, to stipulate that schools should prevent bullying of students based on their sexual orientation or gender identity. A 2016 Hu

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LGBT Pride Celebration Sees 2nd Year in Shenzhen

• Released Date: 01-Sep-2017

On stage, with blown-up photos of drag queens and DJs in the background, the partygoers took turns to scan a QR code, then knock back shots and pose for pictures, all while proudly holding up a sign reading ‘I’ve just donated to LGBT charities!’

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The Nashville Statement Is an Attack on L.G.B.T. Christians

• Released Date: 01-Sep-2017

This week, an influential group of evangelical Christians publicly doubled down on intolerance in a message about lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people that represents a renewed commitment to open bigotry.

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Philippines president Rodrigo Duterte claims criminals are ‘beyond help’ because prison makes them gay

• Released Date: 31-Aug-2017

The President of the Philippines Rodrigo Duterte claims prisoners are ‘beyond reform’ because they have turned gay.The claim comes from President Duterte, a controversial and outspoken leader who is notorious for making prejudiced comments.

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LGBT rights in Louisiana make slight gains — with lots of pushback

• Released Date: 31-Aug-2017

Depending on where LGBT community members and advocates live in the U.S., political progress can either seem full-steam-ahead or agonizingly slow. For Louisianans, it’s still the latter.

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Canada introduces gender-neutral ’X’ option on passports

• Released Date: 31-Aug-2017

Canadians are able to identify as gender neutral on their passports from Thursday under changes that have been enthusiastically welcomed by rights campaigners.Canada becomes the first country in the Americas to allow its citizens to use an X category

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