Chilean president sends equal marriage bill to congress

• Released Date: 29-Aug-2017

On Monday (28 August), Chilean president Michelle Bachelet sent legislation to congress to legalize equal marriage.She signed the proposal at a ceremony in the presidential palace.The law will expand the definition of marriage and extend fu

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Freedom to Love is For Everyone: Amish on LGBT Rights, Sec 377

• Released Date: 29-Aug-2017

Change happens when one is ready for it—be it at an individual or a societal level. And one arrives at this readiness through discussions and debates.

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Edinburgh Fringe stars send love to Australia ahead of marriage equality vote

• Released Date: 28-Aug-2017

As the world-famous Edinburgh Fringe Festival draws to close, some of its stars came together to send a message of love to Australia.More than 100 Fringe performers met at Carlton Hill to be in a photo promoting a ‘yes’ vote for marriage equality.

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Superstar set to direct ‘dream’ movie

• Released Date: 28-Aug-2017

Superstar Nora Aunor keeps a journal, where she jots down the vivid dreams she had the night before.She plans to direct a movie based on her dream diary.I will turn over the notebook to Kuya Ricky, who’s writing the script, she told the Inquirer. She

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New film season celebrates LGBT movies from around the world

• Released Date: 27-Aug-2017

SIGNAL Cinema at Barrow launches a new film season on Thursday, August 31 (7.30pm) that celebrates some of the best LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender) films from around the world.

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This lesbian couple got divorced so they could ‘please’ God and return to church

• Released Date: 27-Aug-2017

A lesbian couple in the US have revealed how they divorced so that they could please God and return to the church.In a propaganda video made for the Mormon church, Courtney and Rachelle spoke about their journey together from when they met until the

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Transgender troops say Trump directive will create ’complete inequality’

• Released Date: 26-Aug-2017

Active-duty transgender troops say a policy change that puts them at risk of being removed and indefinitely bars transgender people from enlisting in the military is a step backward for civil rights that will promote inequality in the armed forces.

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Expelled for being LGBT? Missouri college named the worst for gay and trans students

• Released Date: 26-Aug-2017

A school in Missouri is the most unfriendly to LGBT people out of hundreds of colleges, according to a survey published this month.

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India declares freedom of sexual orientation a fundamental right

• Released Date: 26-Aug-2017

India’s Supreme Court has issued a historic ruling confirming the right of the country’s LGBT people to express their sexuality without discrimination. Judges ruled that sexual orientation is covered under clauses in the Indian Constitution that

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LGBT Rights Milestones Fast Facts

• Released Date: 25-Aug-2017

(CNN) -- Here is some background information about lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender milestones in the United States.Timeline:1924 - The Society for Human Rights is founded by Henry Gerber in Chicago. It is the first documented gay rights organi

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LGBT community cheerful after right to privacy ruling

• Released Date: 25-Aug-2017

Bringing hope and cheer to the LGBT community, Thursday’s Supreme Court judgment on the right to privacy has rekindled the possibility that Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code, which holds that gay sex is a crime, could soon be history.

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SC verdict says sexual orientation part of privacy, LGBT community celebrates

• Released Date: 24-Aug-2017

Sexual orientation is an essential attribute of privacy. Discrimination against an individual on the basis of sexual orientation is deeply offensive to the dignity and self-worth of the individual.These lines from a watershed Supreme Court judgment g

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