High Court in India grants lesbian couple police protection from families

• Released Date: 02-Oct-2018

A lesbian couple in India rushed to the capital, Delhi, to seek protection from their families who disapprove of the relationship.

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GAY SEX: IS SINGAPORE READY TO FOLLOW INDIA OUT OF THE LEGAL CLOSET?

• Released Date: 01-Oct-2018

A new push to decriminalise gay sex in Singapore is gaining force three weeks after the Indian Supreme Court struck down a similar colonial-era law, putting liberalising forces in the Lion City on a collision course with conservative religious groups

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Switzerland made transphobia and homophobia as illegal as racism

• Released Date: 30-Sep-2018

Switzerland has voted to change its penal code to make homophobia and transphobia as illegal as racism.

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Romania’s top court decides same-sex couples should have equal rights

• Released Date: 29-Sep-2018

Romania’s highest court has decided same-sex couples should have the same rights as straight partners, in a landmark ruling.

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In legal battle over gay sex, Kenyan court to consider Indian ruling

• Released Date: 27-Sep-2018

India’s top court on Sept. 6 scrapped a colonial-era law that punished gay sex with up to 10 years in jail, raising hopes among activists worldwide, including in Africa, for similar reforms elsewhere.

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Citing India’s verdict on gay sex, UN rights chief urges countries to amend laws

• Released Date: 26-Sep-2018

The UN’s top human rights official cited the “landmark” decision by India’s Supreme Court decriminalising consensual gay sex and urged more countries to bring their laws and practices in line with the fundamental equality of all their people.

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Indian court rules lesbian couple should live together

• Released Date: 25-Sep-2018

It is believed to be the first time an Indian court upheld the recent Supreme Court decision to dismantle the Section 377 and legalize gay sex

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Malaysian leader condemns ‘unfair’ gay sex law used to imprison him

• Released Date: 24-Sep-2018

Anwar Ibrahim served a total of eight years in prison because of the colonial-era Section 377A law, in convictions condemned by human rights groups like Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch as politically motivated. 

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Mike Pence will become the first vice president to speak at anti-LGBTI conference

• Released Date: 22-Sep-2018

Last year, Trump became the first sitting United States president to attend the anti-LGBTI Values Voter Summit

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Cuban president Miguel Diaz-Canel voices support for same-sex marriage

• Released Date: 22-Sep-2018

Speaking on TV Telesur he said that “the approach of recognizing marriage between two people, without limitations, responds to a problem of eliminating all types of discrimination in society.”

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Cambodia’s LGBTIQ Community Adrift in the Divide

• Released Date: 21-Sep-2018

Despite all the support from Cambodia’s Royal Family and some public figures, anti-discrimination legislation has yet to be drafted and those who violate the rights of LGBTIQ people live with seeming impunity. Without legal protections, most of them

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Malaysia cannot accept LGBTI rights, says Prime Minister

• Released Date: 21-Sep-2018

Malaysia cannot accept equal marriage or LGBTI rights, the country’s Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad said on Friday (21 September).

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