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Harassed LGBT Activists Rally in St. Petersburg
- Released Date: 13-Aug-2017
While sunbathers lounged on St. Petersburg’s Field of Mars on a scorching summer day, a different crowd wrapped in rainbow flags gathered at the park for a different reason: to defend their rights.
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Atheism: the latest whipping boy for Malaysia’s pre-election politics?
- Released Date: 13-Aug-2017
Arrawdah comes from a middle-class Muslim-Malay family. Well-travelled and fluent in both English and Bahasa Malaysia, he seems the epitome of the moderate Islam supposedly practised in Malaysia.
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Trump expected to roll back LGBT protections in ObamaCare
- Released Date: 12-Aug-2017
The Trump administration appears poised to roll back ObamaCare’s anti-discrimination protections for transgender patients, a move that has activist groups girding for a fight. A proposed rule from the Department of Health and Human Services is expect
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How Did Nepal Become a Global LGBT Rights Beacon?
- Released Date: 11-Aug-2017
Members of Nepal’s LGBT community were once openly derided as social pollutants, but now enjoy social and political rights—including legal recognition of a third gender—that put the country leagues ahead of much of the rest of the world.
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Nuclear War with North Korea Has Apparently Halted Trump’s Trans Military Ban
- Released Date: 10-Aug-2017
There are three huge things going on right now with Trump’s stupid ban on transgender military service: 1) It has been halted because of Trump escalating nuclear threats with North Korea, 2) a study recently revealed that instating the ban will cost
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LGBT rights groups sue over possible ban on trans people in the military
- Released Date: 09-Aug-2017
LGBT rights groups on Wednesday hit the Trump administration with legal action in response to the president’s tweets that the US military will not accept or allow … transgender individuals to serve in any capacity.
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Building bridges, connecting communities : LGBT rights in ASEAN and more
- Released Date: 09-Aug-2017
Equality of Rights on these day and age has not been completely without prejudice. The Third sex namely the The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender (LGBT) community has not been totally accepted and are striving not only to be recognized but respect
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Learn From the LGBT Community read more: http://www.haaretz.com/opinion/.premium-1.805684
- Released Date: 08-Aug-2017
Back when I was a Knesset member I encountered various LGBT organizations. The more I met with their representatives, the clearer it became to me that the attitude toward their demand to have full equal rights – and not out of respect for diversity o
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Australia seeks to resolve gay marriage debate this year
- Released Date: 08-Aug-2017
MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Australia will vote in November on whether to allow same-sex marriage, settling a long-stalled debate by the end of this year, Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull said on Tuesday.
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5 Ways Cannabis Legalization Helps The LGBT Community
- Released Date: 08-Aug-2017
What are the ways cannabis legalization helps the LGBT community? While it’s safe to say that weed can help many people, cannabis use has a variety of benefits that can be particularly helpful for people who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, and/or
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Australia Set To Put LGBT Marriage Equality Up To Public Vote
- Released Date: 08-Aug-2017
A national public vote on marriage equality looks likely in Australia, after a futile attempt by MPs from the ruling Liberal Party to force a free vote on the issue.The postal plebiscite, scheduled to take place over a two-month period, would cost an
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How LGBT Activists Are Marshaling Support From Singapore’s Private Sector
- Released Date: 07-Aug-2017
Plans for an annual festival in Singapore supporting LGBT rights came under threat last year when the government denied sponsorship requests from multinational companies. In the end, however, the Pink Dot festival went ahead with the backing of more
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