Australian senator says LGBT people are sexual deviants, perverts and child abusers

• Released Date: 20-Sep-2018

Australian senator Fraser Anning embarked on a shocking anti-LGBT rant on the floor of the country’s senate on Tuesday, likening LGBT people to perverts and sexual deviants.

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Hong Kong to allow dependent visa for same-sex couples after landmark ruling

• Released Date: 18-Sep-2018

HONG KONG: Hong Kong said on Tuesday it will recognise overseas same-sex partnerships when granting dependent visas, more than two months after the city’s top court ruled that a British lesbian should be granted a spousal visa in a landmark judgment.

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Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel backs same-sex marriage

• Released Date: 18-Sep-2018

Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel has shown support for same-sex marriage, saying that discrimination of any kind should be eliminated.

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It’s time to commit on improving gay rights in Hong Kong

• Released Date: 16-Sep-2018

A lack of policy support and institutional safeguards means equality for sexual minorities remains a work in progress in Hong Kong. Carrie Lam’s policy address is a good opportunity to show her commitment on the issue

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Singapore’s Education Minister says there is ‘no discrimination’ against LGBT people

• Released Date: 16-Sep-2018

Singapore’s Minister for Education has said that LGBT+ people do not experience discrimination at work, in housing or in education – despite the fact that gay sex is still criminalised.

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What is happening to LGBTI rights in Malaysia?

• Released Date: 14-Sep-2018

More than four months after a historic change in government in Malaysia, the LGBTI community is bemoaning a backsliding in rights in the country.

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Romania has just moved one step closer to making same-sex marriage illegal

• Released Date: 13-Sep-2018

Same-sex marriage could forever be in jeopardy in Romania after the senate overwhelmingly voted to allow a referendum which could change the eastern European countries Constitution.

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CORRECTED: GOP lawmaker taken out of context in remarks on gay adoption

• Released Date: 12-Sep-2018

Rep. Chris Smith (R-N.J.) was taken out of context in Wednesday reports that he suggested orphanages are better for children than gay adoption.

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UK’s Chief Rabbi publishes guidance calling on Jewish schools to support LGBTQ students

• Released Date: 09-Sep-2018

The UK and Commonwealth’s Chief Rabbi, Ephraim Mirvis has again signalled his support for the LGBTQ community as he published guidelines for Jewish schools to support LGBTQ students.

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LGBT rights in ‘new’ Malaysia still have a long way to go after activists’ portraits are removed from photo exhibition

• Released Date: 09-Sep-2018

At Penang’s George Town Festival, one of Malaysia’s largest annual cultural events, the “Stripes and Strokes” photography exhibition was supposed to portray a mature Malaysia.

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Malaysia’s prime minister says that the women who were caned for being gay shouldn’t have been punished

• Released Date: 08-Sep-2018

Homosexuality is illegal in Malaysia, and the Human Rights Watch reports that discrimination against LGBTQ people is “pervasive” in the country.

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INDIA CELEBRATES DECRIMINALISATION OF GAY SEX AFTER SUPREME COURT RULING - IN PICTURES

• Released Date: 07-Sep-2018

This week it was announced that the Supreme Court in India had made the landmark ruling to decriminalise gay sex following a 17-year legal battle.

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