Gay refugees are being attacked in supposed 'safe havens' in Kenya

• Released Date: 01-Mar-2019

Gay refugees are being attacked in supposed ‘safe havens’ in Kenya. LGBTI people face threats, violence and exclusion in agencies headed by the United Nations. The United Nations High Commission for Refugees has apologized after being accused of ‘ne

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Sydney to build first-of-its-kind LGBTI health center

• Released Date: 01-Mar-2019

Leading Australian LGBTI health organization, ACON, will build a dedicated LGBTI health center with the help of government funds in Sydney. The health center will be the first of its kind in the Southern Hemisphere, ACON said in a statement released

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This is what it's like to be tortured in a Chechnya gay concentration camp

• Released Date: 28-Feb-2019

You hear a rapid knock on the door. Your eyes dart to the window, your heart beats faster. ‘It’s the police – open the door,’ a man says loudly from outside. You do – there are three military officers. They ask for your name and you give it willin

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LGBTI crisis in Chechnya: People tortured in 'gay purge' need to flee the country

• Released Date: 27-Feb-2019

LGBTI people are being rounded up, detained, tortured and executed in Chechnya. The ‘gay purge’ has been happening periodically since the end of 2016. What we know is that Chechen authorities have targeted human rights defenders, their critics and L

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This trans beauty queen just became a politician in India

• Released Date: 26-Feb-2019

Veena Sendra, who is 25, joined the Indian National Congress (INC) party, in Chhattisgarh on Sunday (February 24). ‘Today, Miss India ‘Trans Queen’ Veena Sendre joined the party expressing faith in the ideology of Congress’ INC tweeted. ‘When we sa

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LGBTI advocate charged with arson after suspected hate crime on his home

• Released Date: 26-Feb-2019

Nikki Joly, a trans man and leading LGBTI advocate in Jackson, Michigan, faces charges of arson and animal killing. The incident in question resulted in the loss of his home in summer 2017, killing the five pets he shared with his wife. The two dogs

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New public school for trans people opens its doors in Pakistan

• Released Date: 25-Feb-2019

A new public school for trans people has opened in Pakistan. The government funded school in Lodhran in the Punjab region opened its doors last week. ‘Transgender school established in Lodhran city under Literacy department. Under Usman buzdar’s le

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A North Carolina prison forces this woman to shower with dozens of men

• Released Date: 22-Feb-2019

Kanautica Zayre-Brown is serving a potential 10-year sentence at Harnett Correctional in Lillington, North Carolina. She bunks with 38 male inmates. She is also required to change and shower with these men. She faces regular harassment from other i

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Taiwan's same-sex marriage bill falls short

• Released Date: 21-Feb-2019

Taiwan on Thursday (21 February) became the first country in Asia to submit a same-sex marriage bill to parliament. But as the details emerged, the government, lawmakers, and activists admitted it fell short of true marriage equality. Lawmakers fro

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Taiwan's same-sex marriage bill falls short

• Released Date: 21-Feb-2019

Taiwan on Thursday (21 February) became the first country in Asia to submit a same-sex marriage bill to parliament. But as the details emerged, the government, lawmakers, and activists admitted it fell short of true marriage equality. Lawmakers fro

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Indiana Republicans removed race & LGBTQ people from a ‘hate crimes’ bill

• Released Date: 20-Feb-2019

The Indiana Senate voted to remove all categories from the state’s proposed hate crimes legislation despite numerous hate crimes in the state over the past few years. Indiana is one of five states without any hate crimes legislation at all. Democrat

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Donald Trump wants to decriminalize homosexuality worldwide

• Released Date: 19-Feb-2019

Donald Trump and his administration are launching a global campaign to decriminalize homosexuality in countries across the world where being gay is still a crime. NBC News reported the campaign is starting Tuesday evening (19 February) in Berlin. US

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