Top Hong Kong court grants UK lesbian right to spousal visa

• Released Date: 04-Jul-2018

HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong’s top court ruled on Wednesday that a British lesbian should be granted a spousal visa in a landmark judgment that could open the door for expatriate same-sex partners to move to the Chinese-ruled city.

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British pension rule discriminates against transgender, says EU court

• Released Date: 26-Jun-2018

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union’s top court ruled on Tuesday against a British law preventing a transgender woman from claiming a pension as a woman before her marriage was annulled. The law was discriminatory, it said. The woman had applied

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Report details workplace discrimination faced by LGBTI people in China, the Philippines and Thailand

• Released Date: 26-Jun-2018

According to a new United Nations study, high levels of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) people – 21 percent of respondents in China, 30 percent in the Philippines and 23 percent in Thailand – reported being harassed, bullied

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Ireland marks 25 years since gay sex was decriminalised

• Released Date: 24-Jun-2018

The Republic Ireland is marking 25 years since the decriminalisation of homosexuality. The Republic of Ireland only decriminalised homosexuality in 1993, five years after its archaic sodomy law was found to be incompatible with the European Conventi

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Sarah Huckabee Sanders is fine with discrimination against gay people, but not against Trump officials

• Released Date: 24-Jun-2018

Trump’s Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders, who has backed discrimination against gay couples, is upset that she was discriminated against in a restaurant. Sanders, President Trump’s White House Press Secretary, spoke out yesterday after she was

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Queen Elizabeth wears rainbow flowers to Royal Ascot during Pride month

• Released Date: 22-Jun-2018

Queen Elizabeth II has made her annual appearance at Royal Ascot, sporting a bright pink outfit and rainbow accessories. During the appearance at Ladies Day at Royal Ascot on Thursday, the Queen was spotted in a pink tweed coat and matching hat. 

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New research highlights persistent inequality, violence and discrimination faced by LGBTI people in Thailand

• Released Date: 21-Jun-2018

Key findings of a new UNDP national study on social attitudes on sexual orientation, gender identity and expression (SOGIE) in Thailand will be presented and discussed at the country dialogue. Online surveys with LGBT people from each region of Thail

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School uniforms go unisex as Japanese schools seek better fit for LGBT students

• Released Date: 21-Jun-2018

An emerging number of Japanese schools are introducing unisex uniforms or flexible uniform codes in an effort to support lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender students. School officials hope the move will ease the mental anguish of such students, w

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Some countries missing out on a slice of a £160 BILLION in annual tourism because they have homophobic laws.

• Released Date: 20-Jun-2018

Dozens of countries are missing out on a slice of a whopping £160 BILLION in annual tourism, according to a top campaigner, because they have homophobic laws. LGBT tourists splash out an estimated £160bn annually on foreign holidays, but many choose

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The World Cup has barely started but gay fans are already being bashed & arrested in Russia

• Released Date: 14-Jun-2018

LGBTQ fans and advocates have decried FIFA’s choice of Russia to host the World Cup this year, saying the notoriously antigay country would be unsafe for LGBTQ fans. While the sporting authority and the Russian government have tried to downplay the c

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Court in Poland rules against printer who refused work from LGBT group

• Released Date: 14-Jun-2018

Poland’s supreme court has ruled against a print shop employee who refused to print banners for an LGBT business group because he did not want to “promote” the gay rights movement. The country’s top court said it was upholding the ruling of a lower

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Queensland scraps law forcing married transgender people to divorce

• Released Date: 14-Jun-2018

The Queensland government has removed an anachronistic quirk of state law that forced married transgender people to divorce to if they sought legal recognition of their gender. The laws were drawn up before same-sex marriages were recognised. The vot

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