Japanese LGBT organisation aim to establish Pride House at Tokyo 2020

• Released Date: 18-Aug-2017

The organisation hope to establish the house to boost diversity at the Games, with similar initiatives having been conducted at previous major sporting events.Pride Houses are organised and delivered by community groups local to the region, with prev

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‘Baby Steps’ Director Barney Cheng on LGBT Family Acceptance and Surrogacy

• Released Date: 18-Aug-2017

An e-mail Q&A with Barney Cheng, the director, writer, and star of Baby Steps, a new film about a gay Taiwanese American man on an international quest to find a surrogate mother to help him and his white partner have a baby, despite interference from

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Apple donates $2million to help anti-hate groups in wake of Charlottesville

• Released Date: 17-Aug-2017

The gay CEO of Apple has sent an email to the company’s global workforce condemning racism and bigotry. It follows the violent protests in Charlottesville, Virginia, over the weekend.Rightwing protestors, white nationalists and Neo-Nazis had gathered

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Same-sex couples in South Korea flee to wed

• Released Date: 17-Aug-2017

Same-sex marriage in Korea is unlikely to be legalised in the foreseeable future. For some, fleeing is no longer a choice, but a necessity to have their marriage recognised. The Korea Times interviewed same-sex couples to understand what marriag

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Think of the kids: why marriage equality opponents are wrong on parenting

• Released Date: 17-Aug-2017

People opposed to marriage equality have made a few arguments for why it shouldn’t be legalised, including one that doesn’t stack up: that children with same-sex parents are worse off than kids with heterosexual parents.Sky News presenter Caroline Ma

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LGBT hospitality venue eyed for 2020 Tokyo Olympics

• Released Date: 16-Aug-2017

TOKYO - A Japanese non-profit group said on Wednesday it is preparing to set up a hospitality venue welcoming LGBT athletes and fans during the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics in an effort to boost diversity at the events.

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Indonesia’s Anti-LGBT Crackdown May Undermine the Fight Against HIV

• Released Date: 16-Aug-2017

Amahl Azwar knew all the risks. When he was was a younger man, Azwar was a fan of the Tom Hanks movie Philadelphia—a film about homosexuality and HIV. He also watched Kupu-Kupu Ungu, a local series that tried to raise HIV awareness back in the 90s. B

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Indonesia’s LGBT youth bears brunt of hostility towards gay and lesbian community

• Released Date: 16-Aug-2017

Indonesian social media was flooded with images of the 141 men, many shirtless and faces turned away from the cameras, who were detained in a raid on the men-only Atlantis sauna in Jakarta.

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Anti-same sex marriage campaigners accidentally copy bisexual pride flag

• Released Date: 15-Aug-2017

Supporters of LGBT equality have pointed out the logo chosen by a new Australian anti-same sex marriage campaign looks a lot like the bisexual pride flag.The Coalition for Marriage, which consists of groups including the Marriage Alliance, the Austra

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India’s first LGBT radio show is sprinkling love in the air

• Released Date: 15-Aug-2017

While the imposition of innumerable bans have created an atmosphere of oppression in the country, a radio show hosted by gay rights activist, Harish Iyer comes as a whiff of fresh air (pun intended) for the people belonging to the LGBT community.Afte

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Daniel Jonas is building bridges between LGBT and Orthodox communities

• Released Date: 14-Aug-2017

Daniel Jonas knew from a young age that he was gay—though for a long time he didn’t know what that meant, or what it was; he simply felt like something was wrong with him. His sexuality, this fundamental thing about himself that he was only beginning

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‘Coming out to the county’: LGBT of Walworth County plans first Pride Fair

• Released Date: 14-Aug-2017

ELKHORN—Jody Rendall remembers a time when she felt alone.She was unhappy living as a man, but she kept that information from her friends.I was not happy the way I was, Rendall said. I felt isolated.Resources for her as a transgender woman were limit

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