13th Annual Gay Pride Week Celebrations Begin

• Released Date: 15-May-2017

Celebrations for Cambodia’s 13th annual Gay Pride Week began on Friday with songs, dances and speeches promoting the LGBT community in Phnom Penh’s Sen Sok district.Performances ranged from traditional dance to contemporary storytelling. Among the sp

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These Russians helped 40 gay and bi men escape Chechnya

• Released Date: 11-May-2017

The Russian LGBT Network, an organization for LGBT people in the Russian Federation, says it has helped 40 gay and bisexual men flee from Chechnya.In an interview with NPR, a volunteer with the organization said that the Russian LGBT Network started

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Thousands celebrate Japan Pride

• Released Date: 11-May-2017

Japan’s gays, lesbians, bisexuals, transgender and queer people flooded into Tokyo Sunday for a rainbow-filled spectacular celebration of Pride.This year’s theme was Change, as JoeMyGod reported.I believed that nothing would change, read flyers for t

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Student sues high school for right to form Gay-Straight Alliance

• Released Date: 11-May-2017

A student at a Buffalo high school has filed a federal lawsuit, with the help of the New York Civil Liberties Union, for the right to form a Gay-Straight Alliance.The openly gay 18 year-old Byshop Elliott could no long sit idly by, ignoring the repor

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Does Trump know or care about abuses against gay and bi men in Chechnya?

• Released Date: 11-May-2017

President Trump has remained silent on the abuses taking place in Chechnya and a White House official was unable to say if he has even been briefed on the situation.When the Washington Blade asked Principal Deputy Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sande

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Canada’s High Commission installs gender-neutral toilet so ‘all visitors feel comfortable’

• Released Date: 10-May-2017

Canada’s High Commission to the UK in London has installed a gender-neutral toilet. Canada House in Trafalgar Square is one of the most famous diplomatic outposts in the UK, home to Canada’s High Commission.

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LGBT life in Cambodia

• Released Date: 05-May-2017

With preparations underway for this month’s Cambodia LGBT Pride, editor Marissa Carruthers looks at LGBT life in Cambodia. Photography by Lucas Veuve.Pockets of Phnom Penh are transformed into a sea of colour, rainbow flags hang from walls

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South Korea must end gay soldier ’witch-hunt’, campaigners say

• Released Date: 04-May-2017

Human rights campaigners have called on South Korea’s military to end its witch-hunt against gay servicemen, after an investigation into dozens of men prompted debate among presidential candidates over the country’s poor record on LGBT rights.The inv

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Petition calling for Safe Schools replacement withdrawn after LGBTI backlash

• Released Date: 03-May-2017

A high-profile petition calling for a new anti-bullying program in schools has been withdrawn as a result of criticism from the LGBTI community of its stated aim of tolerance.Ben Grubb, a Sydney PR adviser, who organised and distributed the petition,

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Trump reportedly poised to sign religious freedom order legalizing LGBTI discrimination

• Released Date: 02-May-2017

US President Donald Trump reportedly poised to sign religious freedom order legalizing LGBTI discrimination.The signing could happen on Thursday (4 May) to coincide with the National Day of Prayer, according to Politico.The site reports that two seni

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Merkel presses Putin over anti-gay purge in Chechnya

• Released Date: 02-May-2017

Angela Merkel has urged Vladimir Putin to investigate reports of the torture and persecution of gay men in Chechnya and to ensure the safety of LGBT people across the region.The German chancellor, making her first visit to Russia for two years, in a

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ASEAN accused of inaction on LGBTI issues

• Released Date: 01-May-2017

LGBTI people in Southeast Asia still face threats of violence discrimination which much be addressedThe Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) is turning 50 this year. It held its 30th annual summit in Manila last week. As ASEAN celebrat

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