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Five men executed in Saudi Arabia were gay, according to one man's confession
- Released Date: 29-Apr-2019
Five men beheaded in a mass execution conducted in Saudi Arabia were gay, a Sharia court heard. One of the men executed had allegedly confessed to having sex with four of his co-accused ‘terrorists’. The five men were among 37 who were beheaded in
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Meet Pam Rocker: the black trans woman running for President of the United States
- Released Date: 28-Apr-2019
With all the news about Pete Buttigieg, the first openly gay man to run for president, many are unaware of an even more diverse candidate throwing her hat into the 2020 ring. Pam Rocker, 35, is a black transgender woman who has announced her candida
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Extremist Christian pastor says Pete Buttigieg will turn America into a 'homocracy'
- Released Date: 28-Apr-2019
A Virginia-based pastor has claimed that presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg will turn America into a ‘homocracy’. He believes the openly gay Mayor Pete will ‘crack down’ on Christianity, should he be elected. Bishop E.W. Jackson, a failed Republic
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Black bisexual man killed by police in his own apartment
- Released Date: 27-Apr-2019
Police killed a black bisexual man in a confrontation in his own apartment in New York. Kawaski Trawick got locked out of his apartment in the Bronx on 14 April. Afraid the food he was cooking could start a fire, Trawick allegedly started knocking o
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Body of LGBTI activist found dumped in a ravine in the Philippines
- Released Date: 26-Apr-2019
The body of a beloved Philippines LGBTI activist was found only a few hundred meters from his home in Cebu City. Locals found Raymond Mabini, also known as Rica Reyes, dead in a ravine on Tuesday (23 April). They found his body at the bottom of a sl
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Hong Kong judge rules religion should not define what marriage is
- Released Date: 26-Apr-2019
A Hong Kong judge tasked with ruling on whether to allow civil union partnerships for LGBTI couples ruled earlier this week (23 April) that religion will not define marriage. Lawyers for the Catholic Diocese of Hong Kong, China – the city’s largest
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Minnesota strives to become the next state to ban conversion therapy
- Released Date: 26-Apr-2019
Minnesota is the latest state to take steps to becoming the next state to ban the harmful practice of conversion therapy on minors. If the state of the Twin Cities legalzies the prohibition of this pseudoscience, it will become the 17th state in the
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Polish leader calls LGBTI rights a 'foreign import that threatens nation'
- Released Date: 25-Apr-2019
The chairman of Poland’s ruling conservative party labelled the LGBTI rights movement a foreign import that threatens the nation. Jaroslaw Kaczynski also said everyone ‘must accept Christianity’ and questioning the Roman Catholic church is unpatriot
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Gay Irish leader among thousands at funeral for LGBTI journalist Lyra McKee
- Released Date: 24-Apr-2019
Thousands attended the funeral of LGBTI journalist Lyra McKee today (24 April) after her death last week. A masked gunman allegedly shot the 29-year-old journalist to death on Thursday (18 April) while she reported on ‘dissident republican activity’
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Police violently raid popular gay club in central Ukraine
- Released Date: 24-Apr-2019
A gay club in the city of Dnipro in Ukraine has been violently raided by police. Potemkin, a popular club for gay men in the city in central Ukraine, was the target of a police raid on 20 April. The club’s owners and some visitors filed applications
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Cop suspended after leaving homophobic comments on social media about gay teen who died of suicide
- Released Date: 23-Apr-2019
A police officer in Alabama has been put on leave after making homophobic comments about a black gay teen who died by suicide. Over the weekend, LGBTQ people in Huntsville, Alabama, banded together to raise money for the family of Nigel Shelby. Shel
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Malaysian police investigate LGBT activist over UN speech
- Released Date: 22-Apr-2019
Malaysian Police are investigating LGBTI rights activist, Numan Afifi, after he reported on the LGBTI rights situation at a UN Human Rights Council session last month. Police asked Afifi to visit a police station this Friday (26 April) to give a st
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