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Accept Homosexuality, If You Want To "Attract A Curse": Burundi President
Burundi's President Evariste Ndayishimiye has called on citizens to stone gay people, escalating a crackdown on sexual minorities in a country where LGBT people already face social ostracism and jail terms of up to two years if convicted of same-sex
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Russia Bans LGBT Movement, Terms It "Extremist"
Russia's Supreme Court ruled on Thursday that LGBT activists should be designated as extremists, in a move that representatives of gay and transgender people fear will lead to arrests and prosecutions.
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Facebook Ads Push Misinformation About HIV Prevention Drugs, LGBT Activists Say, 'Harming Public Health'
Facebook users have been bombarded with misleading ads about medication meant to prevent the transmission of HIV, according to lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender advocates.
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Google Artist's Doodle Celebrates Pride History And A Personal Journey
Google Doodle On Pride Month: Today's Google Doodle commemorates the fiftieth anniversary of the celebration and acceptance of gay, lesbian, transgender and bisexual identities.
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"Section 377 Quit India": LGBT Community Walks In Mumbai Pride March
Members of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community today took out Pride March' through the city streets.
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"I'm A Criminal," Said Indian Transgender Activist. Barack Obama's Response
In New Delhi for a town hall, former US President Barack Obama today had no dearth of tricky questions to answer. About forty-minutes into the event, a transgender rights activist's wringer about discrimination against the LGBTQ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender) community put the retired US commander-in-chief especially close to the line of...
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Murders Force Bangladeshi Gay Rights Activists Underground
Xulhaz Mannan was a rallying figure for Bangladesh's marginalised but increasingly outspoken lesbian, gay and transgender community, but his brutal murder has dealt a huge blow to the movement and forced some of its leaders underground.
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Will Ban On Gay Sex Stay Or Go? Supreme Court Hearing Today
The Supreme Court will today hear a curative petition of gay activists challenging its verdict criminalising homosexuality in the country.
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Vietnam's Transgender Say New Law Paves Way for Surgeries
Gay and transgender activists in Vietnam say a new law recognizing their rights will pave the way for gender reassignment surgery in the communist country and reduce discrimination.
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Outcry Over The Killing of 3 Transgender Women in Argentina
A well-known Argentine activist for the rights of lesbians, gays, bisexual and transgender people (LGBTI) was found dead in her Buenos Aires apartment on Tuesday, the third transgender woman to have died violently in the country over the last month.
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Draft of New Thai Constitution Would Protect LGBT Rights
Gay rights activists are welcoming a clause in a draft of Thailand's new constitution that is aimed at protecting the rights of gay and transgender people.
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Delhi: Gay rights activists hold march
Members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community on Sunday held a march in the city demanding an end to discrimination.
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'Footage queen' Pooja might win Bigg Boss: Laxmi
Transgender activist Laxmi Narayan Tripathi also says she is glad to have left Bigg Boss 5 with "dignity and self-respect".
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Accept Homosexuality, If You Want To "Attract A Curse": Burundi President
Burundi's President Evariste Ndayishimiye has called on citizens to stone gay people, escalating a crackdown on sexual minorities in a country where LGBT people already face social ostracism and jail terms of up to two years if convicted of same-sex
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Russia Bans LGBT Movement, Terms It "Extremist"
Russia's Supreme Court ruled on Thursday that LGBT activists should be designated as extremists, in a move that representatives of gay and transgender people fear will lead to arrests and prosecutions.
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Facebook Ads Push Misinformation About HIV Prevention Drugs, LGBT Activists Say, 'Harming Public Health'
Facebook users have been bombarded with misleading ads about medication meant to prevent the transmission of HIV, according to lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender advocates.
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Google Artist's Doodle Celebrates Pride History And A Personal Journey
Google Doodle On Pride Month: Today's Google Doodle commemorates the fiftieth anniversary of the celebration and acceptance of gay, lesbian, transgender and bisexual identities.
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"Section 377 Quit India": LGBT Community Walks In Mumbai Pride March
Members of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community today took out Pride March' through the city streets.
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"I'm A Criminal," Said Indian Transgender Activist. Barack Obama's Response
In New Delhi for a town hall, former US President Barack Obama today had no dearth of tricky questions to answer. About forty-minutes into the event, a transgender rights activist's wringer about discrimination against the LGBTQ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender) community put the retired US commander-in-chief especially close to the line of...
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Murders Force Bangladeshi Gay Rights Activists Underground
Xulhaz Mannan was a rallying figure for Bangladesh's marginalised but increasingly outspoken lesbian, gay and transgender community, but his brutal murder has dealt a huge blow to the movement and forced some of its leaders underground.
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Will Ban On Gay Sex Stay Or Go? Supreme Court Hearing Today
The Supreme Court will today hear a curative petition of gay activists challenging its verdict criminalising homosexuality in the country.
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Vietnam's Transgender Say New Law Paves Way for Surgeries
Gay and transgender activists in Vietnam say a new law recognizing their rights will pave the way for gender reassignment surgery in the communist country and reduce discrimination.
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Outcry Over The Killing of 3 Transgender Women in Argentina
A well-known Argentine activist for the rights of lesbians, gays, bisexual and transgender people (LGBTI) was found dead in her Buenos Aires apartment on Tuesday, the third transgender woman to have died violently in the country over the last month.
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Draft of New Thai Constitution Would Protect LGBT Rights
Gay rights activists are welcoming a clause in a draft of Thailand's new constitution that is aimed at protecting the rights of gay and transgender people.
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Delhi: Gay rights activists hold march
Members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community on Sunday held a march in the city demanding an end to discrimination.
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'Footage queen' Pooja might win Bigg Boss: Laxmi
Transgender activist Laxmi Narayan Tripathi also says she is glad to have left Bigg Boss 5 with "dignity and self-respect".
