LGBT and People Living with HIV Need To Take Charge in Healthcare Debate

• Released Date: 13-Mar-2017

The 2010 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) has resulted in 20 million Americans gaining access to health insurance who were previously unable to obtain it because they either could not afford it or were denied coverage due to a preexis

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Life sentence for men who murdered trans person in Pakistan

• Released Date: 13-Mar-2017

Two men in Karachi were sentenced to life in prison after they murdered a transgender person.On Wednesday, Muhammad Ali Hajano and Umair Khan were found guilty of killing Fida Hussain in September 2008.

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Gay asylum seeker faces deportation after failing to prove he’s gay

• Released Date: 12-Mar-2017

A gay Ugandan asylum seeker is facing deportation after failed attempts to prove he’s gay.Abbey Kyeyune fled from Uganda after family members discovered he was in relationship with a man and violently assaulted him.

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Pastor’s wife: ’My transgender daughter is a beloved child of God’

• Released Date: 11-Mar-2017

A pastor’s wife has written a letter about embracing her transgender daughter’s journey.The letter starts: ‘I am a lifelong Lutheran, a pastor’s wife, and a mom to three amazing kids.’The author, Jamie Bruesehoff, explains her daughter is 10 years ol

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Hong Kong government on alert to protect LGBTI people

• Released Date: 10-Mar-2017

Hong Kong’s government has been put on call to introduce legislation against LGBTI discrimination.The Equal Opportunities Commission (EOC) and the Gender Research Centre (GRC) of the Hong Kong Institute of Asia-Pacific Studies at The Chinese Universi

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Letters From Young Gay Men Illuminates Life in a Hostile World

• Released Date: 10-Mar-2017

Growing up LGBT is hard as hell. Aside from the daily discrimination, there’s a dearth of role models to help guide youth through the bumpy terrain of coming out, intolerance, violence, and sex.

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Two naked brothers arrested after making out passionately with each other in public

• Released Date: 10-Mar-2017

Brothers Timothy Batz and Noah Batz went on a nude rampage in Indianapolis, Indiana, and now find themselves in all kinds of trouble.The siblings were arrested after allegedly making out with each other passionately while naked outside of an apartmen

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Devastated mother of murdered trans woman asked: ‘What happened? What did these boys do, my God?’

• Released Date: 09-Mar-2017

The mother of a trans woman who begged for her life before being brutally murdered in a shocking online video has spoken of her horror.Dandara dos Santos, 42, was taken from her home, beaten, stripped and thrown in a wheelbarrow before being taken aw

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Gay activist kidnapped, held captive and violently raped for two days in France

• Released Date: 09-Mar-2017

An activist in France was kidnapped, held captive and violently raped for two days in France.Pictures of Zak Ostmane, an LGBTI rights activist from Algeria, show him to be bloody and bruised in a hospital gown.

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Trans woman pleads for her life before being beaten to death

• Released Date: 07-Mar-2017

The inspector continued: The footage was first circulated among LGBT groups which helped that process.The police began circulating the clip and we arrived at the house of two of the people identified but they fled.

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Most LGBTI people in Japan were bullied at school and teachers did nothing to stop it

• Released Date: 06-Mar-2017

Most LGBTI people in Japan were bullied in school and many more were not protected by their teachers.A survey by the Takarazuka University School of Nursing in Osaka showed more than 50% of LGBTI people were bullied at school.

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The Indigenous Mardi Gras recovery party was the best of the festival

• Released Date: 06-Mar-2017

The home of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert was jam packed for one of the most popular Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras recovery parties.The Imperial Hotel hosted the Mardi Gras Hangover hosted by drag queens Marzi Panne and Mis Ellaneous.

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