‘Controversial’ same-sex marriage not coming to Hong Kong, leader says

• Released Date: 22-Mar-2019

Hong Kong chief executive Carrie Lam has said that same-sex marriage will not be coming to the region because it is still “controversial.” Addressing a Bloomberg Southeast Asia business summit on Thursday (March 21), the head of the autonomous regio

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Hong Kong no closer to 'controversial' marriage equality, leader says

• Released Date: 22-Mar-2019

Hong Kong’s Chief Executive, Carrie Lam, this week said the government was no closer to legalizing same-sex marriage. The leader said the issue was still ‘controversial’ at a conference on Wednesday, according to Hong Kong Free Press. But, Lam admi

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Costa Rica president vows to legalize same-sex marriage before court deadline

• Released Date: 22-Mar-2019

Costa Rica will legislate same-sex marriage before it becomes legally automatically in line with a Supreme Court ruling, the country’s president said. Alvarado told the Associated Press he would take action before a May 2020 court deadline. ‘We are,

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Massive win for LGBTI Kenyans as court rules they can form NGOs

• Released Date: 22-Mar-2019

The Court of Appeal in Nairobi has handed a major win to the LGBTI communities in Kenya today (22 March). The courts dismissed an appeal by the NGO coordination board that sought to block registration of pro-LGBTI organizations. Previously, the gov

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UN expert calls to decriminalize gay sex worldwide by 2030

• Released Date: 20-Mar-2019

The UN’s LGBT expert on Thursday (21 March) called on the world to end laws that criminalize LGBT people by 2030. ‘I don’t see why we shouldn’t ask to see a world free of criminalization by 2030’ Victor Madrigal told the International Gay and Lesbia

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UK will spend £12 million to end LGBTI discrimination globally

• Released Date: 19-Mar-2019

The British government wants to promote LGBTI inclusion around the world and has committed £12 million (US$16 million) over the next three years to do so. Baroness Williams of Trafford made the announcement at the country’s first National LGBT Confe

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Malaysian politician calls LGBT population 'dirty and smelly'

• Released Date: 19-Mar-2019

A Malaysian politician in parliament on Monday (18 March) described LGBT ‘phenomenon’ as ‘unnatural lust’ that ‘should never be accepted’. Dr Noor Azmi Ghazali demanded to know what the government was doing to ‘curb LGBT practices’ after the Women’s

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Former Log Cabin Republicans head publicly opposes proposed LGBTQ nondiscrimination law

• Released Date: 18-Mar-2019

Former Log Cabin Republicans president Gregory Angelo has come out against the Equality Act, the proposed legislation to ban discrimination against LGBTQ people. Angelo says the bill “would flout bedrock principles that have served as the foundation

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Arizona police investigating after gay man 'attacked by mob of 10 people'

• Released Date: 18-Mar-2019

A gay man has said he was brutally attacked because of his sexuality in downtown Phoenix, Arizona early on Saturday morning (16 March). It all began when a woman flicked a cigarette in into Cesar Marin’s car and called him a homophobic slur. ‘Befor

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Lesbians are also being killed in Chechnya and no-one seems to care

• Released Date: 17-Mar-2019

A lesbian who escaped the ‘gay purge’ in Chechnya has bravely shared her story, even though it could get her killed. The woman – who remains anonymous for her safety – shared the horrors of growing up LGBTI in Chechnya and how she wasn’t even safe f

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Russia cancels youth festival for promoting LGBTI agenda

• Released Date: 16-Mar-2019

Police hauled the organizer of a youth festival in Russia in for questioning as she received online death threats. Yulia Tsvetkova put together the Colour of Saffron festival in the far eastern town of Komsomolsk-on-Amur. Due to run this weekend, lo

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Misgendering trans kids can constitute child abuse, Canadian court rules

• Released Date: 14-Mar-2019

In a landmark ruling, a Canadian court has ruled in favor of a teenager who wants to undergo gender affirmation treatment. The boy’s father had objected to hormone therapy, arguing the 14-year-old was not mature enough to make the decision. Experts

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