Pete Buttigieg: How a young, gay mayor became a Democratic star

• Released Date: 09-Apr-2019

In just a matter of a month, this 37-year-old - who would be the youngest and the first openly gay US president - has transformed himself from long-shot to legitimate contender for the White House. Speaking to an audience gathered to see him in Manc

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Lesbian couple discover their kids have 43 siblings via sperm donor dad

• Released Date: 09-Apr-2019

A lesbian couple have spoken out after finding out that their five children have 43 more siblings fathered by the same sperm donor. Brisbane couple Shannon Ashton and Lisa Quinn have five children, aged one to 15, all born via the same sperm donor,

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These are the countries where gay people may be punished by death

• Released Date: 08-Apr-2019

The tiny nation of Brunei has recently implemented the Sharia Penal Code, including the death penalty for people convicted of sodomy. Nonetheless, the nation in Southeast Asia isn’t the only one where gay sex is punishable by death. Here are the oth

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Kenya's refugee camp Pride will be back despite violence and death threats

• Released Date: 08-Apr-2019

Organizers of the first Pride parade in a refugee camp will defiantly return despite violence after the inaugural event. Mbazira Moses and his organization, Refugee Flag Kenya, put together the 2018 Pride at the Kakuma Refugee Camp in Kenya. Kakuma

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Brunei officials studied how to implement anti-LGBT laws in Indonesia

• Released Date: 05-Apr-2019

Brunei officials traveled to the only province of Indonesia that enacts Islamic criminal laws before implementing its own brutal sharia laws. Brunei has faced widespread condemnation this week after it enacted a new sharia penal code. It includes d

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Family of murdered transgender woman refuse to accept her body

• Released Date: 04-Apr-2019

More than 100 people paid homage to a murdered transgender woman in south India on Wednesday (3 April), after her family refused to accept her body and perform the last rites. Police are chasing a homicide suspect after the body of 35-year-old Shalu

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Sri Lanka arrests novelist for gay Buddhist monk story

• Released Date: 03-Apr-2019

Sri Lankan police on Tuesday (2 April) arrested a novelist for writing about homosexuality in the Buddhist clergy. Shakthika Sathkumara, 33, was arrested in the north-central town of Polgahawela, according to the New Indian Express. He was charged fo

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Brunei: New Penal Code Imposes Maiming, Stoning

• Released Date: 03-Apr-2019

The Brunei government’s introduction of a new Sharia penal code poses grave threats to basic rights, especially for the country’s most vulnerable people, Human Rights Watch said today. The penal code, which goes into effect on April 3, 2019, requires

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Europe politicians slam Russia for failing to tackle gay purge in Chechnya

• Released Date: 03-Apr-2019

Politicians in Europe have slammed Russia for failing to tackle the homophobic purge in Chechnya. Hundreds of members of the LGBTI community in Chechnya have been detained, many of which have been tortured and even executed. A ‘gay purge’, which be

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Azerbaijan police are trying to 'hunt' transgender people through internet

• Released Date: 02-Apr-2019

Azerbaijan police in the country’s capital Baku are reportedly rounding up gay and transgender people and detaining them. According to reports from unnamed LGBTI people in Baku, the random arrests started last night (1 April). Police later took the

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UN slams 'inhuman' Brunei law on death sentence for LGBTI people

• Released Date: 01-Apr-2019

The United Nations‘ high commissioner for human rights has condemned as ‘inhuman’ Brunei’s move to punish LGBTI people with stoning, whipping and amputation. Last month, Gay Star News broke the news that Brunei was quietly rushing to implement the S

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Transgender woman shot and killed the day before Trans Day of Visibility

• Released Date: 01-Apr-2019

transgender woman was shot and killed in Maryland on Saturday (30 March) — the day before International Trans Day of Visibility. Police found Ashanti Carmon, 27, near the DC line in Prince George’s County, Maryland over the weekend. She had multiple

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