Pride organizers in South Korea press charges against violent protestors

• Released Date: 17-Apr-2019

Organizers of an LGBTI pride event in Incheon, South Korea have filed charges against Christian pastors who they claim violently disrupted an event in the city last September. They accuse a Christian pastor of grabbing a person with disabilities and

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Faith-based adoption agency sue so they can legally turn away LGBTI parents

• Released Date: 17-Apr-2019

A faith-based adoption agency is suing the state of Michigan after they made it illegal for state-funded agencies to discriminate against LGBTI parents. The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty filed the lawsuit on Monday (15 April) on behalf of St Vin

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Brunei government defends gay stoning law as a way to ‘nurture’ their citizens

• Released Date: 16-Apr-2019

Responding to the recent UN condemnation of Brunei’s implantation of Shariah law – including stoning gay people to death – the country’s second minister of foreign affairs has responded. In a letter sent to UN officials, Erywan Yusof writes that the

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In historic first, trans woman in Russia wins discrimination lawsuit against employer

• Released Date: 14-Apr-2019

In a first-of-its-kind ruling, a Russian court ruled in favor of a transgender woman who claimed she was fired because of her gender identity. On Tuesday, the Frunze District Court of St. Petersburg awarded “Anastasia Vasilyeva” nearly $28,000 in da

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New head of Hong Kong's equality watchdog appears cool on LGBTI rights

• Released Date: 12-Apr-2019

The new head of Hong Kong’s equality commission, Ricky Chu Man-kin, did not promise to deliver much anticipated anti-discrimination legislation when he took office on Thursday (11 April). Chu said a ‘hastily made law’ could do more harm than good to

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The transgender military ban starts today. Here’s what you need to know.

• Released Date: 12-Apr-2019

Almost two years ago, Donald Trump tweeted that he would be banning transgender people from the military.A trans person is exempt if they signed a contract for enlistment or were selected for entrance to an officer commissioning program on or before

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Transgender people at higher risk of heart attacks, says study

• Released Date: 11-Apr-2019

Transgender men and women are more likely to have heart attacks than cisgender people, according to a new US study. The study found that trans men are four times more likely than cisgender men to have had a heart attack. Trans women are two times as

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Brunei foreign minister tells Jeremy Hunt gay executions are ‘unlikely’

• Released Date: 11-Apr-2019

Brunei’s foreign minister has reportedly told UK foreign secretary Jeremy Hunt that gay people are “unlikely” to be stoned to death despite the country’s new anti-LGBT+ laws. Hunt posted about his meeting with Bruneian foreign minister Dato Erywan Pe

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Court puts equal marriage on hold in Cayman Islands

• Released Date: 11-Apr-2019

The Cayman Islands’ Court of Appeal on Wednesday (10 April) delayed the implementation of last month’s landmark same-sex marriage ruling. Same-sex couples, therefore, will have to wait months before knowing if they can tie the knot. The Cayman Isla

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Colorado trans man attacked by group of men at his own home for 'acting gay'

• Released Date: 10-Apr-2019

A transgender man from Colorado Springs, Colorado says a group of men attacked him at his own home for ‘acting gay’. According to local news station KRDO, Emmit Davis and his partner were sitting on the front porch of their house on Saturday (6 Apri

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Thai activists protest Brunei's anti-gay laws

• Released Date: 10-Apr-2019

LGBTI rights activists in Thailand protested outside the Brunei Embassy in the capital Bangkok on Tuesday (9 April). They condemned Brunei’s brutal sharia laws ushered in last week. The tiny Muslim-majority nation in Southeast Asia now punishes gay

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Man strangled and left bleeding and bruised in homophobic attack in London

• Released Date: 09-Apr-2019

A man was subjected to a horrific homophobic attack and robbery as he walked through a park in South London last weekend (7 April) The 36-year-old victim was walking on Blackheath Common, South London, when a group of six men set upon him, according

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