World
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Director Oliver Stone calls Russia’s anti-gay law “sensible” while interviewing Putin
The filmmaker also complained about recognizing gender identity and transgender people
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Human rights court finds Russia’s anti-gay “propaganda” law violated LGBTQ groups’ rights
Court rules that refusal to register groups infringed upon their right to freedom of association
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Australia asked gay asylum seekers if they ‘drink cum,’ then tried to suppress the interviews
Two men were asked intimate details about their sexual history, then had their applications rejected
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Amnesty International calls on South Korea to end law criminalizing LGBTQ soldiers
Report on South Korean military reveals a hyper-masculine culture where LGBTQ soldiers are targeted for abuse
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Gay lawyer and activist running for President of Tunisia, where being gay is illegal
Part of Mounir Baatour's platform includes repealing the country's laws criminalizing homosexuality
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Botswana to appeal court ruling that decriminalized homosexuality
Country's attorney general claims unanimous court decision was wrongly decided
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Ad agency cuts ties with Nivea after executive allegedly says “we don’t do gay”
FCB reportedly cut ties with Nivea in April after the alleged homophobic incident and amid rising tensions between the companies
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Prince William would be “absolutely fine” if any of his children come out as LGBTQ
British royal said he worried how people might react, but would "fully support whatever decision they make"
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Arab nations are more accepting of honor killings than homosexuality, study says
Six out of seven nations surveyed found honor killings more acceptable than homosexuality
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Botswana High Court strikes down laws banning same-sex relations
On heels of two trans rights cases, high court finds colonial-era law penalizing homosexuality unconstitutional
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Lesbian soccer player refuses to sing national anthem to protest Donald Trump
Megan Rapinoe stood still during the national anthem at the Women's World Cup in France
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Vatican says transgender people ‘annihilate the concept of nature’ in new document
LGBTQ advocates said it would encourage "hatred, bigotry, and violence" towards trans people
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Donald Trump celebrates Pride month by banning U.S. embassies from flying Pride flag
Embassies can hang or display the flag elsewhere on their grounds, but not on flag poles
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Lesbian couple attacked on London bus after refusing to kiss for men
Police have arrested five teenagers over the "disgusting, misogynistic attack"
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Trump tries to justify military ban by saying transgender people take “massive amounts of drugs”
President also cites cost of, and recovery time after, gender confirmation surgery in defending the ban
