These lesbians are being threatened by their neighbor. Police won’t do anything to stop it.

• Released Date: 17-Jul-2018

A lesbian couple in Portland, Oregon, that was targeted for hate speech is speaking out. Trudy and Wendy Dragoon say they were going around their neighborhood on Sunday night, looking for the owner of a lost dog they found.

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Bulgaria recognises rights of married lesbian couple in historic first

• Released Date: 17-Jul-2018

A Bulgarian court has backed the right of a same-sex married couple to reside in the country for the first time in a landmark ruling.

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HOMOPHOBIC FORMER REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE CLAIMS B IN LGBT STANDS FOR BESTIALITY

• Released Date: 17-Jul-2018

A pro-Trump, former Republican state congressional candidate has claimed the B in LGBTQ stands for bestiality. Star Parker made the shockingly homophobic comment while appearing on the evangelical radio show Vocal Point where she claimed that bestia

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He escaped Chechnya’s anti-gay violence. Until his father helped police kidnap him.

• Released Date: 16-Jul-2018

A survivor of Chechnya’s anti-gay violence who had fled the country was kidnapped last week by his father.

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LGBTIQ RIGHTS ADVOCATES ISSUE CALL TO ACTION FOR ASIA PACIFIC HUMANITARIAN SYSTEM

• Released Date: 16-Jul-2018

Delegates from last month’s groundbreaking conference in Bangkok on improving the inclusion of LGBTIQ people in the Asia Pacific response to conflicts and natural disasters have issued a call to action for the region’s humanitarian sector.

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A top court in Lebanon rules homosexuality is not a crime

• Released Date: 16-Jul-2018

Lebanon criminalizes homosexuality with up to a year in prison under Article 534 of the Penal Code. Article 534 bans ‘unnatural’ sex. Even though it has not been used to jail anyone recently, authorities use it to intimidate the LGBTI community.

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Israelis protest exclusion of LGBTI couples from surrogacy bill

• Released Date: 15-Jul-2018

The protests came in a night of multiple demonstrations in the Israeli city. Thousands also marched against a ‘nation state’ bill to legalize segregation of Jews and Arabs in the state.

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Maine’s governor has vetoed bill which would have banned gay ‘cure’ therapy for minors

• Released Date: 14-Jul-2018

However, it didn’t get enough votes to bypass the state governor’s veto, and Governor Chris LePage has vetoed the law. In doing so, LePage became the first state governor to veto such a law.

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Hong Kong workplaces lag behind rest of Asia in LGBT acceptance, study finds

• Released Date: 14-Jul-2018

Attention to workplace diversity and inclusion (DI) has been on the rise in recent years. Among key areas of DI, many are calling for advancing lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender (LGBT) inclusion.

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Some ignorant things UK officials have told LGBTI asylum seekers

• Released Date: 13-Jul-2018

The UK government is still drastically falling short when it comes to the treatment of LGBTI asylum seekers

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Republicans In Congress Just Advanced A Bill To Protect Anti-Gay Adoption Agencies

• Released Date: 12-Jul-2018

House Republicans passed an amendment out of committee Wednesday that would protect adoption agencies that refuse services — such as turning away gay couples — based on their religious beliefs, putting the measure over an initial hurdle in Congress a

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This may be the biggest court case for LGBTQ rights in world history

• Released Date: 12-Jul-2018

India’s Supreme Court is on the verge of potentially overturning an anti-gay law spanning 150 years. Should Section 377 be reversed, the action would positively affect the lives of 1.3 billion people.

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