At least 157 couples to wed on first day of same-sex marriage in Taiwan

• Released Date: 22-Apr-2019

At least 157 couples in Taiwan plan to wed on the first day same-sex marriage will be legal in Taiwan next month, according to a local rights organization. Same-sex marriage will automatically become legal in Taiwan on 24 May according to a Constitu

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Supreme Court will take up LGBT employee discrimination cases next term

• Released Date: 22-Apr-2019

The Supreme Court agreed Monday to consider whether a federal employment discrimination law that bans discrimination based on sex also encompasses discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identification. Lower courts have split on the is

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Soldier reveals how he faced the South Korean military's gay witch hunt

• Released Date: 21-Apr-2019

A soldier has detailed what happened to him after he was caught up in South Korea’s hunt for gay people in the military. While same-sex activity is legal in the country, the military bans it under Article 92-6. The law says it is in order ‘to keep t

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Pete Buttigieg moves to third place in Democratic presidential run

• Released Date: 21-Apr-2019

Presidential hopeful Pete Buttigieg has risen to third place in a poll of Democrats running for office. The mayor of South Bend, Indiana, officially began his presidential run in the 2020 elections earlier this month. Buttigieg had the support of 1

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Turkish court lifts ban on Pride events in Ankara

• Released Date: 20-Apr-2019

A court has lifted a ban on LGBTI Pride events being held in Turkey’s capital city, Ankara. Kaos GL, a Turkish LGBTI rights group, successfully appealed the ban at the 12th administrative court on Friday (20 April). LGBTI rights supporters had attemp

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LGBTI journalist Lyra McKee shot dead reporting on Northern Ireland riots

• Released Date: 19-Apr-2019

A 29-year-old LGBTI journalist has been murdered while reporting on ‘dissident republican activity’ in Londonderry, Northern Ireland. A masked gunman allegedly shot Lyra McKee to death while she covered riots in Londonderry – also known as Derry – o

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Engaged lesbians face abuse, discrimination on college campus in Italy

• Released Date: 19-Apr-2019

Two lesbians engaged to be married have said they are the victims of ongoing abuse and discrimination. Known only as GB, 27, and LS, 21, the pair said they have no respite from ongoing taunts about their sexuality. They even face from some of their

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EU parliament slams Brunei over anti-gay laws

• Released Date: 19-Apr-2019

The European Parliament on Thursday (18 April) condemned Brunei’s ‘retrograde’ Islamic laws which punish gay sex with death by stoning. It adopted a resolution that ‘strongly condemns the entry into force of the retrograde Sharia Penal Code; [and] ur

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India's intersex politician reports abuse by police

• Released Date: 18-Apr-2019

India’s only intersex candidate in upcoming elections filed accusations of police abuse in the southern city of Kerala this week. Chinju Ashwathi said police abused them with ‘filthy language’ and threatened to beat them. Aswathi is running for a s

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Russian police arrest LGBTI activists protesting in St Petersburg

• Released Date: 18-Apr-2019

Police in St Petersburg arrested 11 LGBTI activists during the annual Day of Silence protest. Russian activists gathered at Gostiny Dvor on Wednesday (17 April) before police began making arrests, including Daniel Maksimenko The activists then bega

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Meet the brave LGBTI candidates making history in India's general election

• Released Date: 18-Apr-2019

The world’s largest democracy kicked off its mammoth general election last week. More than 900 million people will head to the polls over the next four weeks. This year’s elections are the most LGBTI-inclusive yet. For the first time, homosexual I

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Twenty local govts in Japan now offer same-sex partnership certificates

• Released Date: 17-Apr-2019

As of Wednesday (17 April), 20 local administrations in Japan were offering partnership certificates for same-sex couples. Some 426 couples have registered for the certificates, according to Nijiro Diversity. Conservative Japan does not allow same-

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