Gay couple beaten up in homophobic attack on London train

• Released Date: 19-Feb-2017

Attackers bashed a London gay couple on their train home from a Valentine’s Day dinner.Up to five men viciously assaulted boyfriends Phil Poole and Zbynek Zatloukal while they were heading home from a night out in Reading.

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Norma McCorvey, lesbian pioneer of American abortion rights, dies aged 69

• Released Date: 19-Feb-2017

McCorvey (pseudonym Jane Roe) paved the way for abortion rights in America in the landmark Roe v. Wade case legalizing nation-wide abortion

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17 powerful photos you need to see from Peckham Pride

• Released Date: 18-Feb-2017

This year, Peckham Pride marches in solidarity with migrants and ethnic minorities in London.Various events were held over the course of the day to send a message of defiance against the Government cracking down on migration.

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Drag Race star arrested on drug charges

• Released Date: 18-Feb-2017

Drag Race star, Nicole Paige Brooks, has been arrested on drug possession charges.Police stopped Brooks (Brian Christopher Pryor) and gay nightlife promoter William Corbett Harkins while they were driving with a malfunctioning tag light.

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UK’s first LGBTI elderly care scheme to open in Manchester

• Released Date: 18-Feb-2017

Manchester will become the first city in the UK to offer elderly care specifically for LGBTI people.The project will provide high quality housing to more than 7,000 elderly LGBTI people living in the city.

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Leeds hopes to bridge equality with new rainbow building

• Released Date: 18-Feb-2017

The city of Leeds in the UK constructs a rainbow bridge for equality.Leeds local, Thomas Wales, wanted to highlight the changing, progressive landscape of the city.

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New Mexico Senate votes to ban anti-LGBT conversion therapy

• Released Date: 17-Feb-2017

The Senate in New Mexico voted yesterday to ban so-called conversion therapy for gay, bisexual and transgender people. The vote in favor of Senate Bill 121 (SB121) was a convincing 32-6.

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Man arrested over threatening to brand, kill trans high school student

• Released Date: 17-Feb-2017

An Iowa man was arrested for allegedly threatening to murder a transgender teenager.Mondell Olson, from Ames, Iowa, is accused of leaving threatening voice messages at a Nevada High School.

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Texas trans woman seeks help against knife-wielding boyfriend, gets arrested by feds

• Released Date: 17-Feb-2017

Federal agents arrested an undocumented trans woman after she sought out help for domestic abuse.Irvin Gonzalez was arrested at the El Paso County Courthouse for suspected immigration law violations on 9 February.

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Champion boxer Manny Pacquiao calls trans murder victim a ’fraud’

• Released Date: 16-Feb-2017

World champion boxer Manny Pacquiao has called a trans murder victim a ‘fraud’.The Filipino five-time world title holder commented on the murder of a 26-year-old trans sex worker Jennifer Laude.

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Taiwan courts to review same-sex marriage

• Released Date: 16-Feb-2017

Marriage equality advocates in Taiwan are hopeful a decision to hold a constitutional review on same-sex marriage will be a positive step forward.The Council of Grand Justices form the Judicial Yuan (Constitutional Court) which is one of the five bra

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Gay man behind ’Twinks 4 Trump’ given White House press accreditation

• Released Date: 16-Feb-2017

The gay man behind the ‘Twinks 4 Trump’ campaign was given White House press accreditation this week.As more mainstream respected publications like CNN and New York Times are being referred to as ‘fake news’, an unlikely source is now in the press po

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