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Russia Moves To Ban "International LGBT Public Movement" For "Extremism"
Russia's justice ministry said Friday it had filed a formal complaint calling for a ban of the "international LGBT public movement," without specifying whether it was seeking the closure of specific groups in the country.
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LGBTQ Event Cancelled After Security Threats In Indonesia
Rights groups have cancelled a Southeast Asian LGBT event in Indonesia after receiving security threats, the organisers said, the latest sign of increasing pressure on the community from religious conservatives in the country.
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Google Fined RUB 3 Million in Russia Over YouTube Videos on LGBT Propaganda: Reports
A Russian court fined Alphabet's Google RUB 3 million (nearly Rs. 31 lakh) on Thursday for failing to delete YouTube videos it said promoted "LGBT propaganda" and "false information" about Russia's military campaign in Ukraine, Russian news agencies reported. Over the last year Moscow has levied dozens of fines against Western tech companies as par...
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"Courtrooms Must Be Inclusive": CJI Calls For Equal Access To Justice
CJI DY Chandrachud on Tuesday said we must create a multitude of equitable ways for different groups -- women, members of the LGBT+ community, persons with disabilities, elderly, poor and marginalised -- to participate in the process of adjudication.
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"It's Not All Suffering:" Qatar's Gay Community Ahead Of World Cup
A group of Arab friends living in Qatar's capital Doha met up over cocktails and snacks last week, exchanging opinions as they flicked through profiles of gay men on dating apps Tinder and Grindr.
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Meta Collabs With Taiwanese Pro-LGBT Group to Issue Pride-Focussed NFTs
Meta has now pledged support to a Taiwanese LGBT advocacy group to launch an NFT collection dedicated to the Pride celebration in Taiwan. A total of 304 NFTs, or digital collectibles, will be issued under this project. All of them will be feature representations of bubble tea, that is dubbed as the signature beverage of Taiwan.
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Qatar Detained, Mistreated LGBT People Ahead Of World Cup: Rights Group
Security forces in Qatar arbitrarily arrested and abused LGBT Qataris as recently as last month, Human Rights Watch said on Monday, in the runup to hosting football's world cup.
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Facebook Urged to Do More to Stop LGBT+ Hate Speech in Arab Countries
LGBT+ rights groups urged Facebook on Tuesday to act on a rise in online hate speech after the death of an Egyptian activist jailed for waving the rainbow flag.
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Over 30 Protesting LGBT Activists Detained In Moscow: Monitoring Group
Russian police on Saturday detained more than 30 people, most of them women, who were staging separate one-person protests in central Moscow against charges of spreading pornography levelled against a prominent LGBT activist, a monitoring group said.
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YouTube Discriminates Against LGBT Content by Unfairly Culling It, Suit Alleges
A group of LGBT video creators is accusing YouTube of discriminating by suppressing its content.
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Gay, Transgender Detainees Allege Abuse At US Border Detention Centre
Gay and transgender people held at a large Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention center in New Mexico have faced physical and verbal abuse and were placed in solitary confinement after complaining about it, according to a complaint civil rights groups sent to the US agency Monday.
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Anti-Gay Marriage Groups Win Taiwan Referendum Battle
Voters in Taiwan backed anti-gay marriage referendums Saturday in what LGBT activists said was a major blow to the island's reputation as a rights trailblazer.
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Facebook Blocked Many Gay-Themed Ads as Part of Its New Advertising Policy, Angering LGBT Groups
Washington Post found dozens of advertisements mentioning LGBT themes and words that the company blocked for being political, according to a public database Facebook keeps.
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Full Text Of Supreme Court Judgment On Section 377
The Supreme Court on Thursday struck down a ban on homosexuality after a decades-old campaign against a colonial-era law used to hold back LGBT rights. Members of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender groups held tearful celebrations in cities across the country as the historic verdict was read out. "The law had become a weapon for harassment for ...
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Delhi Hotel Staff Break Into Dance After Section 377 Verdict. Watch
The Supreme Court today gave a landmark judgment legalising homosexuality, leading to emotional and colourful celebrations across the country. The judgment also sparked a celebratory dance at Delhi's The Lalit hotel. Keshav Suri, the executive director of the Lalit Group of hotels, is a prominent LGBT activist.
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Russia Moves To Ban "International LGBT Public Movement" For "Extremism"
Russia's justice ministry said Friday it had filed a formal complaint calling for a ban of the "international LGBT public movement," without specifying whether it was seeking the closure of specific groups in the country.
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LGBTQ Event Cancelled After Security Threats In Indonesia
Rights groups have cancelled a Southeast Asian LGBT event in Indonesia after receiving security threats, the organisers said, the latest sign of increasing pressure on the community from religious conservatives in the country.
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Google Fined RUB 3 Million in Russia Over YouTube Videos on LGBT Propaganda: Reports
A Russian court fined Alphabet's Google RUB 3 million (nearly Rs. 31 lakh) on Thursday for failing to delete YouTube videos it said promoted "LGBT propaganda" and "false information" about Russia's military campaign in Ukraine, Russian news agencies reported. Over the last year Moscow has levied dozens of fines against Western tech companies as par...
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"Courtrooms Must Be Inclusive": CJI Calls For Equal Access To Justice
CJI DY Chandrachud on Tuesday said we must create a multitude of equitable ways for different groups -- women, members of the LGBT+ community, persons with disabilities, elderly, poor and marginalised -- to participate in the process of adjudication.
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"It's Not All Suffering:" Qatar's Gay Community Ahead Of World Cup
A group of Arab friends living in Qatar's capital Doha met up over cocktails and snacks last week, exchanging opinions as they flicked through profiles of gay men on dating apps Tinder and Grindr.
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Meta Collabs With Taiwanese Pro-LGBT Group to Issue Pride-Focussed NFTs
Meta has now pledged support to a Taiwanese LGBT advocacy group to launch an NFT collection dedicated to the Pride celebration in Taiwan. A total of 304 NFTs, or digital collectibles, will be issued under this project. All of them will be feature representations of bubble tea, that is dubbed as the signature beverage of Taiwan.
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Qatar Detained, Mistreated LGBT People Ahead Of World Cup: Rights Group
Security forces in Qatar arbitrarily arrested and abused LGBT Qataris as recently as last month, Human Rights Watch said on Monday, in the runup to hosting football's world cup.
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Facebook Urged to Do More to Stop LGBT+ Hate Speech in Arab Countries
LGBT+ rights groups urged Facebook on Tuesday to act on a rise in online hate speech after the death of an Egyptian activist jailed for waving the rainbow flag.
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Over 30 Protesting LGBT Activists Detained In Moscow: Monitoring Group
Russian police on Saturday detained more than 30 people, most of them women, who were staging separate one-person protests in central Moscow against charges of spreading pornography levelled against a prominent LGBT activist, a monitoring group said.
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YouTube Discriminates Against LGBT Content by Unfairly Culling It, Suit Alleges
A group of LGBT video creators is accusing YouTube of discriminating by suppressing its content.
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Gay, Transgender Detainees Allege Abuse At US Border Detention Centre
Gay and transgender people held at a large Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention center in New Mexico have faced physical and verbal abuse and were placed in solitary confinement after complaining about it, according to a complaint civil rights groups sent to the US agency Monday.
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Anti-Gay Marriage Groups Win Taiwan Referendum Battle
Voters in Taiwan backed anti-gay marriage referendums Saturday in what LGBT activists said was a major blow to the island's reputation as a rights trailblazer.
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Facebook Blocked Many Gay-Themed Ads as Part of Its New Advertising Policy, Angering LGBT Groups
Washington Post found dozens of advertisements mentioning LGBT themes and words that the company blocked for being political, according to a public database Facebook keeps.
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Full Text Of Supreme Court Judgment On Section 377
The Supreme Court on Thursday struck down a ban on homosexuality after a decades-old campaign against a colonial-era law used to hold back LGBT rights. Members of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender groups held tearful celebrations in cities across the country as the historic verdict was read out. "The law had become a weapon for harassment for ...
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Delhi Hotel Staff Break Into Dance After Section 377 Verdict. Watch
The Supreme Court today gave a landmark judgment legalising homosexuality, leading to emotional and colourful celebrations across the country. The judgment also sparked a celebratory dance at Delhi's The Lalit hotel. Keshav Suri, the executive director of the Lalit Group of hotels, is a prominent LGBT activist.
