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Cubans Approve Same-Sex Marriage, Surrogacy In Referendum
Cubans approved gay marriage and adoption overwhelmingly in a Sunday referendum backed by the government that also boosted rights for women, the national election commission said on Monday.
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"Personal Win": Lawyers Who Fought Against Section 377 Come Out As Couple
Earlier this year, the TIME magazine included two Indian women lawyers - Menaka Guruswamy and Arundhati Katju - in its list of 100 most influential people of 2019. The two lawyers had led a long fight against Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code, a controversial British-era law that banned consensual gay sex.
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High Heels Race In Spain's Madrid Defies Gravity, Homophobia
Dozens of men and a few women in stiletto heels raced through the centre of the Spanish capital on Thursday, defying gravity, the heat and attempts by the far-right party Vox to curtail their Gay Pride celebrations this year.
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Gay Couple Beaten On London Bus After Refusing To Kiss In Front Of Gang
Two women were punched by male assailants on a London bus after the couple refused to perform a kiss for the gang that surrounded and taunted them, according to an account by one of the victims. The alleged attack last week was revealed in social media posts by one of women, Melania Geymonat, who said she was punched and bloodied.
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"Kya Se Kya Ho Gaye," Quips Smriti Irani While Posting Then-And-Now Pics
Smriti Irani, Minister of Women and Child Development and Textiles, is well-known for her Instagram game. This morning, she took to the photo-sharing app to post then-and-now pictures. Also featuring in this post is BJP MP Darshana Jardosh.
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Philippines President Kisses 5 Filipino Women At Public Event In Japan
Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte kissed five Filipino women on stage during a speech in Japan's Tokyo, in front of his longtime partner, and said beautiful women helped him "get cured" from being "gay".
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Caning Of Lesbians Counter To "Compassion Of Islam": Malaysian PM
Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad on Thursday denounced the caning of two Muslim women for attempting lesbian sex, a sentence that sparked outrage and raised fears about the treatment of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community.
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The 5 Men And Women Who Challenged Ban On Homosexuality
The Supreme Court today has said homosexuality is not a crime in India. The top court pronounced its verdict on petitions challenging the colonial-era Section 377 that criminalises consensual gay sex. In 2013, the Supreme Court had cancelled a Delhi high court order that had decriminalized homosexuality, by overturning the outdated law, saying it w...
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Blog: As A Gay Man, I Have Built More Relationships With Women Than Men
But I won't be silly enough to say that we are united by our pain; I would rather say we are united by our strength and perseverance
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'I Just Don't Like Muslim People': Trump Appointee Resigns After Racist, Sexist And Anti-Gay Remarks
An appointee of President Donald Trump has resigned from the federal agency that runs AmeriCorps and other service programs after remarks he made disparaging blacks, Muslims, gays, women, veterans with PTSD and undocumented immigrants surfaced in the news media.
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Hindu, Jewish Women Marry In UK's First Interfaith Gay Wedding
A Hindu woman and her Jewish partner have married in the UK in what is believed to be the country's first interfaith lesbian wedding, according to media reports.
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Injections, Implants Tested As New Weapons To Prevent HIV
Scientists are taking the battle to prevent HIV to the next level with large-scale trials set to start using injections to protect vulnerable groups such as gay men and women in Africa for at least two months.
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Taiwan Set To Legalize Same-Sex Marriages, A First In Asia
Su Shan and her partner are raising 5-month-old twins together, but only one of the women is their legal parent. That could soon change as Taiwan appears set to become the first place in Asia to legalize same-sex marriage.
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Orlando Gunman Raged Against 'Filthy Ways Of The West' In Facebook Post
Orlando gunman Omar Mateen apparently made a series of Facebook posts before and during his attack on a gay nightclub, raging against the "filthy ways of the west" and blaming the US for the deaths of "innocent women and children," according to a Senate committee letter released Wednesday.
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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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Cubans Approve Same-Sex Marriage, Surrogacy In Referendum
Cubans approved gay marriage and adoption overwhelmingly in a Sunday referendum backed by the government that also boosted rights for women, the national election commission said on Monday.
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"Personal Win": Lawyers Who Fought Against Section 377 Come Out As Couple
Earlier this year, the TIME magazine included two Indian women lawyers - Menaka Guruswamy and Arundhati Katju - in its list of 100 most influential people of 2019. The two lawyers had led a long fight against Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code, a controversial British-era law that banned consensual gay sex.
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High Heels Race In Spain's Madrid Defies Gravity, Homophobia
Dozens of men and a few women in stiletto heels raced through the centre of the Spanish capital on Thursday, defying gravity, the heat and attempts by the far-right party Vox to curtail their Gay Pride celebrations this year.
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Gay Couple Beaten On London Bus After Refusing To Kiss In Front Of Gang
Two women were punched by male assailants on a London bus after the couple refused to perform a kiss for the gang that surrounded and taunted them, according to an account by one of the victims. The alleged attack last week was revealed in social media posts by one of women, Melania Geymonat, who said she was punched and bloodied.
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"Kya Se Kya Ho Gaye," Quips Smriti Irani While Posting Then-And-Now Pics
Smriti Irani, Minister of Women and Child Development and Textiles, is well-known for her Instagram game. This morning, she took to the photo-sharing app to post then-and-now pictures. Also featuring in this post is BJP MP Darshana Jardosh.
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Philippines President Kisses 5 Filipino Women At Public Event In Japan
Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte kissed five Filipino women on stage during a speech in Japan's Tokyo, in front of his longtime partner, and said beautiful women helped him "get cured" from being "gay".
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Caning Of Lesbians Counter To "Compassion Of Islam": Malaysian PM
Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad on Thursday denounced the caning of two Muslim women for attempting lesbian sex, a sentence that sparked outrage and raised fears about the treatment of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community.
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The 5 Men And Women Who Challenged Ban On Homosexuality
The Supreme Court today has said homosexuality is not a crime in India. The top court pronounced its verdict on petitions challenging the colonial-era Section 377 that criminalises consensual gay sex. In 2013, the Supreme Court had cancelled a Delhi high court order that had decriminalized homosexuality, by overturning the outdated law, saying it w...
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Blog: As A Gay Man, I Have Built More Relationships With Women Than Men
But I won't be silly enough to say that we are united by our pain; I would rather say we are united by our strength and perseverance
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'I Just Don't Like Muslim People': Trump Appointee Resigns After Racist, Sexist And Anti-Gay Remarks
An appointee of President Donald Trump has resigned from the federal agency that runs AmeriCorps and other service programs after remarks he made disparaging blacks, Muslims, gays, women, veterans with PTSD and undocumented immigrants surfaced in the news media.
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Hindu, Jewish Women Marry In UK's First Interfaith Gay Wedding
A Hindu woman and her Jewish partner have married in the UK in what is believed to be the country's first interfaith lesbian wedding, according to media reports.
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Injections, Implants Tested As New Weapons To Prevent HIV
Scientists are taking the battle to prevent HIV to the next level with large-scale trials set to start using injections to protect vulnerable groups such as gay men and women in Africa for at least two months.
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Taiwan Set To Legalize Same-Sex Marriages, A First In Asia
Su Shan and her partner are raising 5-month-old twins together, but only one of the women is their legal parent. That could soon change as Taiwan appears set to become the first place in Asia to legalize same-sex marriage.
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Orlando Gunman Raged Against 'Filthy Ways Of The West' In Facebook Post
Orlando gunman Omar Mateen apparently made a series of Facebook posts before and during his attack on a gay nightclub, raging against the "filthy ways of the west" and blaming the US for the deaths of "innocent women and children," according to a Senate committee letter released Wednesday.
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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.
