Disney will not delete gay scene from Beauty and the Beast for Malaysia’s censors

• Released Date: 15-Mar-2017

Disney has refused to back down from Malaysia’s censors who have asked for a version of Beauty and the Beast without a gay scene.

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Gay woman, forced to marry man, ordered to pay $500,000 to groom for leaving him on wedding night

• Released Date: 15-Mar-2017

A gay woman was ordered to marry a man by her family in Taiwan, and immediately regretted it.

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The ’dos and don’ts’ for gay couples in Singapore

• Released Date: 15-Mar-2017

Same-sex couples cannot get married in Singapore but that has not stopped a legal eagle from making a much needed resource to help LGBTI people.

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NYPD officer who went viral for twerking at Pride dies of ’9/11 cancer’

• Released Date: 15-Mar-2017

A New York police officer who made headlines for having the time of his life while working at Pride died of cancer.

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Texas Senate approves bathroom bill, but all is not lost yet

• Released Date: 15-Mar-2017

Trans people in Texas face being banned from using the right bathroom for them but one unlikely man can save them – a top Republican.

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I thought I was going to die’ says trans woman brutally attacked by four men

• Released Date: 15-Mar-2017

A trans woman has been brutally attacked on her doorstep by a group of four men.Holly Fields, 56, answered a knock at her front door on Friday, only to be confronted with four men and a woman. The men punched her over and over in the stomach and ches

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C’mon Indonesian parents let’s talk about sex

• Released Date: 15-Mar-2017

A leading Indonesian sexual health organization wants parents to talk about sex with their children.Dharmendra Kumar Tyagi (DKT) Indonesia provides family planning services and HIV prevention through social marketing.

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Activists Rally Across the Country to End Violence Against Trans Women

• Released Date: 15-Mar-2017

Activists across the country are rallying Wednesday in a National Day of Action to end violence against transgender women of color. Organizers are responding to the rising number of trans women murdered each year. There have been at least seven repor

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Gay activist fired from teaching job for ’crossing the line’

• Released Date: 14-Mar-2017

Indian LGBTI activist, Ashely Tellis, was fired from his professor’s job after complaints he was sharing too many of his ‘personal opinions’ in the classroom.

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Young gay couple severely beaten by gang for kissing outside bar in Spain

• Released Date: 14-Mar-2017

Security footage has shown a young gay couple being beaten by a gang for kissing outside a bar in Spain.Andy and Jorge, both in their early 20s, had gone to La General club in Berga, a city in the northeast.

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Eight arrested after viral video of brutally murdered trans woman causes outrage

• Released Date: 13-Mar-2017

Three more men have been arrested on suspicion of the brutal murder of a Brazilian trans woman who begged for her life before being beaten to death in a shocking online video.

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LGBTI center in Washington DC vandalized and staff member attacked

• Released Date: 13-Mar-2017

A Washington DC LGBTI community center has been vandalized and a transgender staff member attacked.The incident, which occurred in front of witnesses, took place Sunday at the Casa Ruby LGBT Community Center on Georgia Avenue, Northwest DC.

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