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Trump’s day of anti-LGBT acts: A new low or par for the course?
- Released Date: 02-Aug-2017
Once a self-proclaimed friend to the LGBT community, President Trump will find such words a harder — if not impossible — sell in the aftermath of major actions he took against LGBT rights in the past week.
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Australian Prime Minister will allow marriage equality bill to be introduced
- Released Date: 01-Aug-2017
Apostolic Church of God, a South Side church in Chicago, faced protesters on Sunday after letting a parishioner go for marrying her female partner.More than two dozen people gathered outside the 20,000-member church. Maxwell Brown, president of
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Marriage equality in Australia: key survey charts radical 10-year shift to majority support
- Released Date: 01-Aug-2017
Australian attitudes to same-sex rights have radically transformed in the past decade, new research shows.Almost two-thirds of Australians now support equal rights for same-sex couples, a dramatic rise from just 38% in 2005. The support for same-sex
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Idea of ’reverse discrimination’ by LGBT doesn’t hold water
- Released Date: 01-Aug-2017
The world has seen much progress in bringing equality to LGBT people in the past couple of years. The summer of 2015 saw the United States Supreme Court ruling that gave same-sex couples the right to marry nationally. Later that year, Ireland allowed
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Hollywood still excludes women, ethnic minorities, LGBT and disabled people, says report
- Released Date: 01-Aug-2017
Hollywood is still underrepresenting women, disabled people, lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people and those from ethnic minority backgrounds, both on screen and behind the camera, a major study on diversity has found.
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Australian Prime Minister will allow marriage equality bill to be introduced
- Released Date: 31-Jul-2017
Polls show that a majority of Australians support marriage equality, and want to see the government take action to make it the law of the land.That dream just moved closer to reality, as Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull made it easier for such a
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Australian PM faces growing threat of revolt from equal marriage supporters
- Released Date: 31-Jul-2017
Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull is facing growing threats of a rebellion from quite a number of his own MPs over his stalling on equal marriage.
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72 countries still criminalize LGBT relationships: report
- Released Date: 31-Jul-2017
Pride celebrations may have just wrapped across Canada, but for several countries around the world, being openly homosexual is considered a crime.
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40 gay men arrested in Nigeria at private party to help spread knowledge and testing of HIV
- Released Date: 31-Jul-2017
On Saturday, police arrested 40 gay men at a private party in a Lagos hotel in Nigeria. The party offered attendees counseling and testing for HIV.About 40 ‘suspected homosexuals were arrested,’ a police spokesman told media the following day. They w
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Proud City’ campaign asks Ottawa’s inclusive spaces to show off
- Released Date: 30-Jul-2017
A new campaign is setting up LGBT-friendly businesses and community spaces in the Ottawa area with Proud City stickers to let people know where they can go to feel safe and supported.
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Australian activists flood anti-LGBT politician’s voicemail with same-sex marriage messages
- Released Date: 29-Jul-2017
LGBT activists in Australia are fighting back against homophobic politicians in inventive ways. Brisbane locals took initiative and flooded their MP’s voicemail with messages supporting same-sex marriage. Liberal party MP Peter Dutton for Queensla
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Indonesia to reject 75 UN human rights concerns over treatment of LGBT people
- Released Date: 29-Jul-2017
Indonesia is set to reject 75 United Nations Human Rights ‘concerns’ including worries over their treatment of LGBT people. The government in the country said that it was likely they would reject the recommendations set out by the UN. The recommenda
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