World
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Two lesbian women caned for consensual sex in Malaysia
Amnesty International calls caning an "atrocious setback" for human rights
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Bermuda authorities appeal Supreme Court decision legalizing marriage equality
Overturned "domestic partnership" law effectively discriminated against same-sex couples
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Knife-wielding man shot dead in Barcelona-area “terrorist attack” was gay and suicidal, ex-wife alleges
The knife-wielding man who was shot dead by Spanish police last week had come out as gay and was contemplating suicide because he could not...
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Pakistani police arrest two men for slaying and dismembering transgender woman
Last week, Pakistani police in the city of Peshawar announced the arrests of two men accused of torturing, murdering, and dismembering a transgender woman. Peshawar...
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Teenager found guilty of violating Russia’s law against “gay propaganda”
Maxim Neverov's lawyer says authorities hindered his client's right to a fair trial
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British man arrested after threatening to stab gay people returning from Pride
Man said that gay people "need to all be killed" and told passengers he had a knife
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Someone sprayed a swastika on Toronto’s rainbow crosswalk
Toronto Police's LGBTQ liaison unit called the act a "despicable hate crime"
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Ireland’s gay Prime Minister will discuss LGBTQ rights with Pope Francis
Taoiseach Leo Varadkar will discuss same-sex parent families with the Pope ahead of a Catholic event
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British teen banned from doing drag in school talent show invited to perform with Drag Race queens
Lewis Bailey's debut performance was cut because the school felt drag culture had too much "sexual innuendo"
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Elton John blames “bigotry and hatred” against LGBTQ people for hampering HIV/AIDS research
Elton John made the comments at the International AIDS conference in Amsterdam
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TEDx speaker argues that pedophilia should be accepted as “an unchangeable sexual orientation”
TEDx was forced to remove the video after a medical student said accepting pedophiles will help decrease their "suffering"
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Appeals court in Lebanon rules consensual same-sex relations are not unlawful
Earlier this month, a district court of appeals in Lebanon issued a groundbreaking ruling finding that consensual sex between people of the same sex is...
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Over 100,000 Israelis protest after Netanyahu caves to right-wingers on LGBTQ rights
More than 100,000 Israelis took to the streets of Tel Aviv on Sunday night to protest Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s backtracking on a provision within...
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Lesbian activists claim Stonewall is erasing them in favor of “trans agenda”
The Lesbian Rights Alliance's anti-transgender stance was called "divisive, hateful and misguided"
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British doctor angry after being fired for refusing to use trans patients’ preferred pronouns
Doctor cited his religious beliefs as reason for using to use correct pronouns, in violation of British law
