Refugees fleeing anti-LGBTQ persecution replace grand marshal in pride parade

• Released Date: 16-Jun-2017

For the first time in 36 years, Ohio‘s Columbus Pride Festival and Parade will replace their grand marshal with a float honoring LGBTQ refugees fleeing persecution.About 15 refugees in total will ride at the front of the parade on Saturday, reports T

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British lesbian files rights appeal in Hong Kong

• Released Date: 15-Jun-2017

A British gay woman has taken action after she was refused a spousal visa because she’s in a civil partnership.Campaigners label Hong Kong ‘lagging in equal right‘ as the case went to appeal.The British woman, known only as QT, was moving to Hong Kon

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DUP’s Arlene Foster allegedly tried to curb Scots’ gay marriage law

• Released Date: 15-Jun-2017

The row over the Democratic Unionist party’s stance on gay rights has deepened after it was alleged that the Northern Irish party’s leader, Arlene Foster, tried to restrict Scotland’s gay marriage laws. It has emerged that Foster, while a minister in

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Serbia gets its first female – and gay – prime minister

• Released Date: 15-Jun-2017

A gay woman has been appointed prime minister of Serbia in a double first for the EU-candidate state.Ana Brnabić, 41, a graduate of the University of Hull in England, is the Balkan nation’s first gay PM and first female PM. Brnabić’s appointment, whi

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Two men charged with gay sex in Nigeria

• Released Date: 15-Jun-2017

Two men were charged with gay sex in Nigeria.To protect their privacy and safety, we will not be naming the 24-year-old and 29-year-old in this article.The men appeared before a Magistrates’ Court in Lagos charged with anal sex yesterday (14 June), w

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Atlanta to permanently paint crosswalks rainbow colors

• Released Date: 14-Jun-2017

Many cities across the globe have installed rainbow crosswalks in honor of Pride month.Now, a petition started by transwoman and LGBTI advocate Sarah Rose urging the City Council of Atlanta to make the rainbow crosswalk a permanent fixture has been h

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These transgender women were brutally attacked in Brooklyn

• Released Date: 14-Jun-2017

On Saturday 10 June, the day of Brooklyn Pride, three trans women were attacked by a group in what the New York Police Department (NYPD) is investigating as a hate crime.One of the women, Jasmine Infiniti, 33, has a fractured jaw and a concussion as

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WATCH: Dodgers celebrate Pride, feature seven gay couples on kiss cam

• Released Date: 14-Jun-2017

The kiss cam was out in force at the Los Angeles Dodgers game last Friday.With 8,000 people in attendance, it was the most tickets ever sold by a team for a single Pride night.Lon Rosen, the executive vice-president and chief marketing officer for Do

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This adorable gay couple married on an exotic island in defiance of homophobia in Poland

• Released Date: 14-Jun-2017

Two activists from Poland, where same-sex marriage is illegal, got married abroad in an act of defiance.Jakub Kwiecinski and David Mycek held the ceremony in Portugal on 9 June. They won the right to get married there back in January of this year. Th

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WATCH: Crowds cheer as anti-gay protestor arrested outside Pulse on anniversary of Orlando shooting

• Released Date: 13-Jun-2017

A homophobic protestor was arrested outside gay club Pulse on the one-year anniversary of Orlando shooting.Last summer, 49 men and women who had gone to party at the venue’s Latin night were murdered by a gunman.As mourners gathered to commemorate th

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Cambodian students will learn LGBTI ’life skills’

• Released Date: 13-Jun-2017

The Cambodian government is planning to introduce a new school course to teach students about LGBTI issues, sexuality and gender.Called ‘Life Skills’ the course will be taught from grades 1 to 12, and coursework will be introduced from grade 5.The Mi

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‘Life Skills’ course in the works

• Released Date: 13-Jun-2017

A new school course would teach children from grades 5 to 12 for the first time about LGBT issues, sex and gender-based violence, as part of a proposed Ministry of Education curriculum. The new course, called Life Skills, would be taught from grade 1

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