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HUNGARIAN COURT OVERTURNS VILLAGE'S BAN ON ISLAMIC SYMBOLS AND 'LGBT PROPAGANDA'
Village ban on Islamic symbols and 'LGBT propaganda' overturned by Hungarian court... READ MORE›
RIGHTS GROUPS URGE RUSSIA TO END ALLEGED KILLINGS OF GAYS IN CHECHNYA
MOSCOW -- International organizations on Thursday urged the Russian government to investigate the reported abuse and killings of gay men in Russia's southern republic of Chechnya... READ MORE›
RUSSIA ASKED TO PROBE KILLINGS, TORTURE OF GAYS HELD IN CHECHNYA
MOSCOW - International organizations on Thursday urged the Russian government to investigate the reported abuse and killings of gay men in Russia's southern republic of Chechnya... READ MORE›
HAWAII LGBT COUPLES SEEK EQUAL ACCESS TO INSURED FERTILITY TREATMENT
A similar measure in Hawaii failed in previous legislative sessions... READ MORE›
GILBERT BAKER, DESIGNER OF THE RENOWNED RAINBOW FLAG, DEAD AT 65
Gilbert Baker was born on June 2, 1951, in Chanute, Kan., a tiny rural town that was a stop on the Santa Fe Railway... READ MORE›
GILBERT BAKER, GAY ACTIVIST WHO CREATED THE RAINBOW FLAG, DIES AT 65
Gilbert Baker was born on June 2, 1951, in Chanute, Kansas, a rural town that was a stop on the Santa Fe Railway... READ MORE›
LGBT BATHROOM LAW BILL NOT A 'COMPLETE' REPEAL, N.C. GOVERNOR ADMITS
HB 2 was passed in response to an ordinance in Charlotte, the state's largest city, that permitted transgender people to use the bathrooms matching their gender identity... READ MORE›
CENSUS SUGGESTS COUNTING LGBTQ AMERICANS, THEN 'CORRECTS' AND DELETES, IRKING GAY RIGHTS GROUPS
Copies of the appendix reviewed by The Associated Press show the bureau proposing a subject called sexual orientation and gender identity... READ MORE›
KATY PERRY IS NO HERO OF THE QUEER WORLD -- AND THAT'S JUST FINE
If you were semi-conscious in the year 2008, you know that Katy Perry kissed a girl and she liked it... READ MORE›
BEAUTY AND THE BEAST: MALAYSIA 'TO SHOW UNCUT VERSION'
The film has offended social conservatives for making LeFou, sidekick to villain Gaston, the first openly gay character in a Disney film... READ MORE›
HOW MANY GAY PEOPLE ARE THERE IN THE WORLD? LGBTQ REPRESENTATION BREAKING THROUGH IN KIDS MOVIES
But in the U.S., greater acknowledgement and acceptance of LGBTQ people has only recently resulted in efforts to count them in a systemic way... READ MORE›
LGBT SENIORS MARKED FOR REMOVAL FROM SURVEY ON ELDER CARE SERVICES
Senator Patty Murray, a Democrat from Washington, said she was deeply troubled by the administration's plan to stop collecting information on LGBT individuals in the survey... READ MORE›
LGBT ADVOCATES CONCERNED ABOUT QUIET DELETION OF QUESTIONS ON SEXUALITY FROM FEDERAL SURVEYS
NEW YORK - LGBT advocates are questioning the Trump administration's quiet deletion of questions on sexuality from two federal surveys... READ MORE›
DISNEY SCRAPS MALAYSIA "BEAUTY AND THE BEAST" RELEASE OVER CENSORSHIP
The head of Malaysia's censorship board earlier told local media that a gay moment had been removed from the film before approving its release... READ MORE›
AN 'ENTIRELY CONFUSING STORY' FROM DONALD TRUMP ON GAY RIGHTS
Donald Trump has alternately reassured and disquieted advocates for gay, lesbian and transgender people... READ MORE›
CASEY CONWAY: PRIDE TRUMPS SHAME, BUT CHANGING HEARTS AND MINDS WILL TAKE MORE THAN A PARADE
As a young lad growing up in the bush, coverage of the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras beamed across the family TV... READ MORE›
LGBT ISSUES PRESENT TRUMP WITH LOYALTY TEST
Four months later, faced with a major decision point on the issue, Trump's White House held up another slogan defense of states' rights... READ MORE›
NAOKO OGIGAMI'S LATEST FILM OFFERS ANOTHER TAKE ON THE JAPANESE FAMILY
Introducing a transgender character seems to fit the trajectory of Ogigami's career... READ MORE›
DOES A NEW RULING OFFER FRESH HOPE FOR LGBT RIGHTS IN LEBANON?
BBC Pop Up is the BBC's mobile bureau, we do documentaries based on your suggestions... READ MORE›
HOW I CHANGED MY MIND ABOUT BECOMING AN LGBT PARENT
Pride And Joy How I Changed My Mind About Becoming An LGBT Parent... READ MORE›
DOES A NEW RULING OFFER FRESH HOPE FOR LGBT RIGHTS IN LEBANON?
Homosexual sex is still technically illegal in Lebanon due to an article that prohibits sex against the laws of nature ... READ MORE›
SORRY: THE GAY RAGE AT TRUMP IS JUST RIDICULOUS
Possible Trump Action Specifically Targeting LGBTQ People, screamed the media folks at the Human Rights Commission, America's largest LGBT-rights group... READ MORE›
WHAT WILL DONALD TRUMP DO TO THE LGBT COMMUNITY? AT DC GAY BAR, CONCERNS LINGER AMID INAUGURATION DAY REVELRY
At JR's Bar and Grill in Washington, D.C., folks enjoyed the night, despite concerns over President Donald Trump's LGBT stances... READ MORE›
GAY INDIAN MAN THREATENED WITH 'CORRECTIVE RAPE' BY HIS OWN FAMILY
A young man in India has been beaten and threatened with rape after his family found out he was living with his gay partner... READ MORE›
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BRITAIN TO PARDON THOUSANDS OF GAY MEN POSTHUMOUSLY
Under the Turing Law, the pardons would apply only to offenses that are no longer crimes... READ MORE›
GEORGE MICHAEL'S BOYFRIEND REVEALS HE DIED ALONE AT HOME AND 'BATTLED A SECRET HEROIN ADDICTION'
She said yesterday George Michael worked anonymously at a homeless shelter I was volunteering at... READ MORE›
LIBERALS TO REVAMP 'DISCRIMINATORY' AGE LAW FOR ANAL INTERCOURSE
Age of consent laws apply to all forms of sexual activity, ranging from kissing and touching to sexual intercourse... READ MORE›
BOKO HARAM SURVIVORS SEXUALLY ABUSED AT 'SAFE' CAMPS
Four victims told Human Rights Watch they were first drugged before they were raped at the camps... READ MORE›
INDIAN POLICE ACCUSED OF MASS RAPE DURING OPERATION
Human rights commission calls for arrests of security forces who sexually assaulted women in fight against rebels... READ MORE›
UK ACCUSED OF DOING CHINA'S BIDDING AFTER POLICE RAID HOME OF TIANANMEN SQUARE SURVIVOR OVER PEACEFUL PROTEST
Dr Jiang, traumatised after witnessing seeing Chinese soldiers shoot fellow unarmed protesters at Tiananmen Square in 1989, was re-arrested in 1995 before fleeing China in 2003... READ MORE›
TANZANIA SUSPENDS U.S.-FUNDED AIDS PROGRAMS IN A NEW CRACKDOWN ON GAYS
Last month, the minister of health announced that Tanzania will ban HIV AIDS outreach projects aimed at gay men, pending a review... READ MORE›
DAVID CAMERON IS NO ALLY OF MINE. HE IS NO ALLY OF THE LGBT+ COMMUNITY
As Prime Minister, David Cameron cut sexual health services that are vital to the gay community... READ MORE›
4 CARTOONS THAT SUM UP THE ABSURDITY OF SAUDI ARABIA LEADING A UN HUMAN RIGHTS PANEL
Cartoons taunting Saudi Arabia's membership of the United Nations human rights council have gone viral on social media after the kingdom executed 47 people in one day... READ MORE›
'LADY SOS': THE WOMAN SAVING SYRIAN REFUGEES AT SEA
Muslims and refugees are being scapegoated and alienated as attacks claimed by ISIL rise, Human Rights Watch says... READ MORE›
THE TRUMP/PENCE ADMINISTRATION WILL LIKELY SWITCH SIDES ON GLOBAL LGBT RIGHTS
Dai Kurokawa European Pressphoto Agency During the Obama administration, U.S. diplomatic pressure advanced LGBT human rights around the world quite a bit... READ MORE›
LOOMING CRUCIFIXION SPARKS GLOBAL CALLS TO SPARE LIFE OF YOUNG SAUDI ALI MOHAMMED AL-NIMR
Many Western countries, including the United States and Australia, have diplomatic and trading ties with Saudi Arabia... READ MORE›
GOVERNMENT URGED TO REVEAL ITS ROLE IN GETTING SAUDI ARABIA A UN HUMAN RIGHTS ROLE
Exclusive UK Government urged to reveal its role in getting Saudi Arabia onto UN Human Rights Council... READ MORE›
FIVE QUIRKS OF LIFE IN THE WORLDA??S A??BEST COUNTRY FOR EXPATSA??
All told, though, gay Singaporeans and expats can live their lives how they want... READ MORE›
SOUTH AFRICA BARS AMERICAN PASTOR WHO CALLS GAY PEOPLE 'PERVERTS'
After the outcry from the LGBT community, Anderson said he didn't plan to focus on the issue of homosexuality while in South Africa... READ MORE›
PALU JOURNAL A CITY TURNS TO FACE INDONESIAS MURDEROUS PAST
Mastura signed a local regulation officially recognizing human rights abuse victims in the city... READ MORE›
THIS RANT COMPARING IDS AND CHINA WAS TOO MUCH FOR EVEN THE QUESTION TIME AUDIENCE
I just wonder how the Conservative government can scrutinise China for their human rights violations when they are being investigated themselves he said... READ MORE›
PUTIN SIGNS LAW ALLOWING RUSSIA TO OVERTURN RULINGS OF INTERNATIONAL RIGHTS COURTS
MOSCOW President Vladimir Putin has signed a law allowing Russia's Constitutional Court to decide whether or not to implement rulings of international human rights courts... READ MORE›
THE VOLATILE LIFE OF THE ORLANDO GUNMAN
Seddique Mateen, father of Omar Mateen, talks to reporters in Fort Pierce, Fla... READ MORE›
WHY IS IT LEFT TO US NGOS TO EXPOSE AUSTRALIAN MINING'S WRONGDOING IN AFRICA?
The economy of Eritrea has experienced considerable growth in recent years, explains the website for Australian mining company Danakali... READ MORE›
FIVE HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSERS BACKED BY THE U.S. WHOM YOU NEVER HEARD OF
More than 30 were killed, mostly at the hands of Bahraini security forces, and hundreds more were wounded, according to human rights groups... READ MORE›
SAUDI ARABIA CARRYING OUT 'UNPRECEDENTED WAVE' OF EXECUTIONS
There's a lot of speculation, says Adam Coogle, who monitors Saudi Arabia's use of the death penalty, for Human Rights Watch... READ MORE›
U.S. BLOCKS SOME ANTI-DRUG FUNDS FOR MEXICO OVER HUMAN RIGHTS CONCERNS
State Department has decided that Mexico failed to reach some human rights goals triggering a cutoff of millions of dollars in aid... READ MORE›
NOT BEING TORTURED ISN'T THE ONLY HUMAN RIGHT WE TAKE FOR GRANTED
A day does not go by without news reports of grave human rights abuses in countries across all regions of the world... READ MORE›
SENIOR UN OFFICIAL CASTIGATES WORLD BANK OVER ITS APPROACH TO HUMAN RIGHTS
For decades, the World Bank has argued that human rights and development are mutually reinforcing... READ MORE›
PRINCE WILLIAM APPEARS ON COVER OF BRITISH GAY MAGAZINE
Prince William meets LGBT representatives at Kensington Palace in May... READ MORE›
AI WEIWEI ACCUSES CAMERON OF SACRIFICING BRITAIN'S VALUES BY PURSUING CHINA'S MONEY
Ai Weiwei accuses David Cameron of sacrificing UK's human rights record for Chinese cash... READ MORE›
INDONESIAN GAY COUPLE ARRESTED OVER FACEBOOK PHOTO
Homosexuality is not illegal in Indonesia, but police plan to charge the men with breaking anti-pornography laws and under tough legislation governing internet content... READ MORE›
GAY EGYPTIANS DRIVEN UNDERGROUND BY POLICE CAMPAIGN
This is not the first time these tactics have been used against lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people in Egypt... READ MORE›
RUSSELL BRAND DESCRIBES ONE-MINUTE'S SILENCE FOR TUNISIA VICTIMS AS 'ABSOLUTE BULL****'
Russell Brand describes one-minute's silence for Tunisia victims as 'absolute bull '... READ MORE›