New Trump administration memo on Obama order alarms LGBT advocates

• Released Date: 14-Aug-2018

In the aftermath of the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling the Masterpiece Cakeshop case, the Trump administration has issued new guidance that seeks to uphold “religious freedom” in the implementation of former President Obama’s executive order against ant

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Trump White House issues anti-LGBT ‘freedom to discriminate’ directive

• Released Date: 14-Aug-2018

There is no federal law banning discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity, but former President Barack Obama signed an executive order that required all federal contractors to abide by LGBT+ anti-discrimination principles. 

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Deputy Health Minister: LGBT not caused by mental but ‘organic’ illness Read more

• Released Date: 13-Aug-2018

KUALA LUMPUR: Those in the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) do not have such tendencies due to mental illnesses.

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No compromise on LGBT, says Pahang mufti

• Released Date: 13-Aug-2018

KUANTAN: There should be no compromise with the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community in the country because they clearly oppose the law of God and human nature, says Pahang mufti Abdul Rahman Osman.

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Leo Varadkar will raise LGBTQ rights with the Pope when he visits Ireland

• Released Date: 12-Aug-2018

Ireland’s Taoiseach, Leo Varadkar has pledged to raise LGBTQ rights when he meets the Pope later this month. The event that the Pope is due to attend has already attracted controversy after it emerged that all references to same-sex families were rem

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Ontario is going to face a legal challenge over its removal of LGBTQ-inclusive sex education

• Released Date: 11-Aug-2018

The government of the Canadian province of Ontario are facing a human rights lawsuit after they scrapped inclusive sex education from their curriculum.

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Domestic violence rife among Hong Kong’s female sexual minorities including lesbians, bisexuals, pansexuals and transgenders, survey finds

• Released Date: 11-Aug-2018

The survey, by non-profit group Les Corner Empowerment Association, polled 216 people who identified as being from female sexual minorities on their experience with three types of domestic violence – physical, psychological and sexual – among partner

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Algerian mans throat cut, then killers write gay on the wall with his blood

• Released Date: 11-Aug-2018

An Algerian man died after two attackers came into his room, slit his throat and then wrote ‘gay’ on the wall with his own blood. 21-year-old medical student Assil Belalta returned home to his room around 7pm on Sunday night (10 February) in the are

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Costa Rica ordered to legalise same-sex marriage in next 18 months

• Released Date: 10-Aug-2018

The country’s Supreme Court today ruled that it is unconstitutional to ban same-sex couples from getting married. 

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LGBTIQ: WE ARE THE EXPERTS OF OUR LIVES

• Released Date: 10-Aug-2018

We, the undersigned, are concerned by the perpetuation of harmful policies and practices on lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) persons and related issues by the Prime Minister’s Department (religion).

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Malaysia government minister ordered removal of LGBT portraits from arts festival

• Released Date: 08-Aug-2018

Malaysia’s religious affairs minister Mujahid Yusof Rawa has ordered an arts festival to remove portraits of local LGBT activists.

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US politician introduces bill to help transgender people at airport screenings

• Released Date: 07-Aug-2018

United States Representative Kathleen Rice (D-NY) introduced a bill to Congress today seeking to improve airport security screenings for transgender people. The Screening with Dignity Act of 2018 requires new protocols and training for the Transport

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