• Hong Kong’s Court of Final Appeal

    • Released Date: 06-Jun-2019

    Hong Kong’s Court of Final Appeal said Thursday the government cannot deny spousal employment benefits to same-sex couples, in a ruling hailed as a major step forward for same-sex equality in the semi-autonomous Chinese territory. The court overturn

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  • Gay Israelis hold mass wedding to campaign for same-sex unions

    • Released Date: 06-Jun-2019

    Twenty-three gay couples have held an unofficial mass wedding in Tel Aviv, walking down the aisle and exchanging vows to highlight the country’s discrimination against same-sex unions. Hundreds of friends and relatives attended the ceremony on Tuesd

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  • Indonesia govt official labels LGBTI people 'main enemy of national development'

    • Released Date: 04-Jun-2019

    The head of Indonesia’s population and family planning agency has labeled LGBTI citizens the ‘main enemy of national development’. ‘In addition to violating religious rules, these sexual deviations also weaken us’ Nofrijal said on Monday (3 June) ac

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  • Bhutan mulls axing anti-gay law

    • Released Date: 03-Jun-2019

    The Kingdom of Bhutan is considering decriminalizing gay sex as it looks to revise its Penal Code. The mountainous South Asian nation of 700,000 currently criminalizes gay sex. Articles 213 and 214 of the 2004 Penal Code punish same-sex sexual acts

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  • New Zealand commits US$500,000 a year to funding gender-affirming surgeries

    • Released Date: 03-Jun-2019

    New Zealand has pledged to tackle the 50-year wait for gender-affirming surgery with an extra US$2 million in funding over the next four years. New Zealand is currently performing two government-funded surgeries per year. Transgender New Zealanders

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  • South Korea's LGBT pride march demands equality and better rights

    • Released Date: 01-Jun-2019

    Thousands of members of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) community hit the streets for South Korea's Gay Pride Festival. They demanded better equality in the country after Taiwan last month became the first Asian country to legalise sa

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  • Student claims school cancelled his graduation speech about being gay

    • Released Date: 01-Jun-2019

    valedictorian claims his school cancelled his graduation speech because he discussed his struggles with being gay. Nat Werth says after administration at Wisconsin private school Sheboygan Lutheran High School read his speech, they asked him to make

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  • Trump’s Celebration of L.G.B.T. Rights Is Met With Criticism

    • Released Date: 01-Jun-2019

    President Trump has said that his administration would lead an effort to decriminalize homosexuality around the world, eliciting condemnation from activists who pointed to the administration’s moves to dismantle protections for gay, bisexual and tran

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  • Survey finds 45% believe same-sex marriage inevtiable in Asia-Pacific

    • Released Date: 31-May-2019

    A survey by the Economist found 45% of respondents in the Asia-Pacific believe same-sex marriage is inevitable in the region. But, 31% of respondents disagreed that same-sex marriage is inevitable. Meanwhile, three-quarters of those surveyed report

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  • Court rejects bid to stop South Korea pride

    • Released Date: 31-May-2019

    A court in the capital of South Korea, Seoul on Thursday (30 May) rejected an application by conservative Christian groups to stop the annual LGBTI pride event this weekend. Anti-LGBTI groups had argued the 20th Seoul Queer Culture Festival (SQCF) w

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  • New library for LGBT community opens in Hatboro

    • Released Date: 29-May-2019

    Love in Action United Church of Christ hosts community center for LGBT community and now there’s a library as well. Aimee Goldsmith and her partner, Niki Kulp, are on a mission. They want to get the word out that a new library has opened in Hatboro

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  • Is the world becoming more gay-friendly?

    • Released Date: 29-May-2019

    When Taiwan became the first place in Asia to legalise same-sex unions, hundreds of gay people marked the occasion by registering to marry. It marked a significant change on the island, where the majority of people only relatively recently became su

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