Presbyterian Church in Ireland ‘saddened’ by Church of Scotland’s same-sex marriage stance

• Released Date: 27-May-2017

The Presbyterian Church in Ireland has reaffirmed its position on same-sex marriage following the Church of Scotland’s announcement that it would take a more liberal stance on the matter. The church condemned the moves of the Church of Scotland an

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A gay man in Berlin has been attacked by a family

• Released Date: 27-May-2017

A gay man in Berlin has reportedly been attacked by a family. The 35-year-old man was walking through Neukölln, a neighbourhood in the south-east of the city, on Friday when he was attacked.The group of men, women and children,

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White House photo caption omits husband of Luxembourg’s gay PM

• Released Date: 27-May-2017

The Trump White House on Saturday omitted Gauthier Destenay, the husband of Luxembourg prime minister Xavier Bettel, from the caption for an official photograph of the spouses of Nato leaders, which was taken at this week’s summit in Brussels.Destena

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Indiana under investigation over discrimination against same-sex parents

• Released Date: 27-May-2017

The state of Indiana is under investigation over discrimination after a judge said that a married female couple could not both be recognised as parents on their children’s birth certificate. Judge Diane S. Sykes ruled that disti

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Australian same-sex couples who married abroad face difficulty divorcing

• Released Date: 27-May-2017

Australian’s same-sex couple who have got married abroad have reported finding it near on impossible to seek out a divorce. As same-sex couples do not yet have marriage equality in the country, the current legislature does reco

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Hungary’s prime minister welcomes US ’anti-LGBT hate group’

• Released Date: 26-May-2017

Hungary’s rightwing government has opened a potential new front in its war of words with Brussels by hosting a lavish international gathering for an American Christian organisation that has been accused of being anti-LGBT hate group with links to the

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These Asian Countries Are The Most Likely To Follow In Taiwan’s LGBT Rights Footsteps

• Released Date: 25-May-2017

Proponents of legalizing same-sex marriage in Taiwan hope other governments in Asia will follow their lead. Taiwan’s Justices of the Constitutional Court cited freedom and people’s right to equality when it said Wednesday the law should allow sa

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Indonesian caning of gay men strains Australian relationship, says Liberal MP

• Released Date: 25-May-2017

Trent Zimmerman says Australia cannot ignore the ‘cruel and sickening’ punishment, and Derryn Hinch wants foreign aid suspendedA Liberal MP says the cruel and sickening caning of two gay men in Aceh has cast a cloud over Australia’s relationship with

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Taiwan’s top court rules in favour of same-sex marriage

• Released Date: 24-May-2017

Landmark ruling will mean country is first in Asia to allow gay couples to marry and cements reputation as beacon of liberalismTaiwan is to become the first country in Asia to legalise same-sex marriage, after the island’s constitutional court ruled

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Indonesian men caned for consensual gay sex in Aceh

• Released Date: 23-May-2017

Two Indonesian men were caned on Tuesday in front of a jeering crowd as a punishment for gay sex, in a first for the Muslim-majority country where there is mounting hostility towards the LGBT community.The pair received 83 strokes of the cane each af

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Indonesian police arrest more than 140 men at alleged gay sauna party

• Released Date: 22-May-2017

Indonesian police have arrested more than 100 men in a weekend raid on a gay sauna in the capital Jakarta, a day before two men are to be publicly flogged for having same sex relations.Authorities raided what they said was a sex party promoted as ‘Th

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Minister of Information Presides Over an Event on LGBTIQ

• Released Date: 17-May-2017

Cambodian Minister of Information H.E. Khieu Kanharith presided over here this morning an Advocacy Dialogue for LGBTIQ Pride Week and International Day Against Homophobia and Trans-phobia (IDAHOT) in Cambodia.At the forum, H.E. Khieu Kanharith highli

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