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For the first time, Japan grants asylum to refugee due to sexuality
- Released Date: 02-Jul-2019
Japan granted an LGBTI refugee asylum last year as they were at risk due to their sexuality in their country of origin.’’It is the first known case of Japan granting asylum based on sexual orientation.’’The Immigration Control Agency told the newspap
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New York Pride: Bumper crowds attend LGBT march
- Released Date: 01-Jul-2019
Around 150,000 people took part in the march, 50 years on from the Stonewall riots, with many more watching.’The riots, after a police raid on the Stonewall Inn, helped to energise the fight for gay equality. This year’s march started outside the inn
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Government urged to draft LGBT laws
- Released Date: 01-Jul-2019
Government officials and members of the LGBT community met on Thursday to discuss the drafting or revision of laws and policies in order to facilitate their rights.’’The meeting was held during a dialogue on “Legal and Public Policies to Protect LGBT
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Police tear gas pride marchers in Istanbul
- Released Date: 30-Jun-2019
Turkish police fired tear gas at pride marchers in Istanbul on Sunday (30 June).’’Organizers Istanbul LGBT+ Pride Week had hoped the march could go ahead despite authorities banning the event for the last five years.’Police allowed people to gather i
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Myanmar university investigates suicide of gay librarian
- Released Date: 26-Jun-2019
KUALA LUMPUR (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - A Myanmar university said on Wednesday it had suspended three staff while it investigates the suicide of a gay employee who said he was bullied at work in social media posts widely shared in the conservativ
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Hundreds attend funeral of ’LGBT martyr’
- Released Date: 26-Jun-2019
Hundreds of people on Wednesday (26 June) attended the funeral of a gay librarian who died by suicide in Myanmar’s commercial hub, Yangon.’’LGBT activists, friends, and family heralded Kyaw Zin Win as a ‘hero’ and a ‘martyr’.’’The 26-year-old librari
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The battle for LGBT rights is far from over
- Released Date: 24-Jun-2019
It is the month of Pride, a time to acknowledge just how far LGBT rights have come. Throughout the world, hundreds of thousands have celebrated their differences and been proud of their choices.’’Marches have taken place from New York to Taiwan, the
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Section 377 is History but Young LGBT Indians Need Concrete Policies to Protect them from Bullying
- Released Date: 24-Jun-2019
The picture is bleak for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender youth in India. Many face harassment and bullying, and to avoid humiliation and violence they often skip classes or drop out of school altogether. Most teachers are not trained or empow
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More than 1,000 couples got married in Taiwan’s first month of equal marriage
- Released Date: 24-Jun-2019
More than 1,000 same-sex couples have wed in Taiwan in the month since it became the first place in Asia for equal marriage.’’Of the 1,173 couples to tie the knot, 790 were female and 383 were male, according to the Ministry of the Interior.’’More th
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Police order 76 gay refugees back to homophobic camp or be killed
- Released Date: 21-Jun-2019
Police ordered 76 gay refugees back to a homophobic camp in Kenya or be killed.’’Gun-wielding police threatened a vulnerable group of LGBTI safety-seekers in Nairobi.’’The group were living in temporary accommodation in the capital after fleeing a re
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LGBT rights: Vietnam recognises transgender people, but there’s a flaw in its law
- Released Date: 21-Jun-2019
The reason for this lack is a four-year delay in passing Vietnam’s transgender recognition law, which impedes the authorities from allowing hospitals to perform gender-reassignment surgery.’Van’s struggle is emblematic of what transgender Vietnamese
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Two trans women shot in Pakistan and doctors refused to treat them
- Released Date: 20-Jun-2019
A group of unknown assailants opened fire on two trans women in Pakistan leaving one in a critical condition.’’The assailants shot the victims known as, Kalajayi and Spoagmay, in the Mardan district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) on Monday night (17 June
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