Lgbt rights
Switzerland votes for law against homophobia
Incomplete results showed 60.5% voted in favour of widening existing laws against discrimination of incitement to hatred on ethnic or religious grounds to...
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Pastor denies making homophobic remarks at Kuils River school
It's understood some parents and learners were upset by statements he made during a talk at De Kuilen High School on Friday and complained.
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Israeli education minister favours gay 'conversion therapy'
Speaking to Channel 12, Peretz described himself as striving to balance respect for others, no matter their sexual orientation, with his duties as a religious leader.
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Scarlett Johansson: I should be allowed any role
The 34-year-old actress came under fire for accepting the role of a transgender man in the upcoming movie 'Rub & Tug' - a role which she exited after public outrage - but she has slammed the restriction of art.
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Thousands march in Ukraine capital's Gay Pride
Waving rainbow and Ukrainian flags, dressed in bright colours, marched they marched through the centre of the capital as thousands of police and National Guards stood by to ensure order.
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Ecuador's highest court approves same-sex marriage
The Constitutional Court said same-sex marriage had been approved in a five-to-four vote of its nine judges in a closed hearing.
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Botswana high court decriminalises homosexuality
Judge Michael Elburu "set aside" the "provisions of a Victorian era" and ordered the laws be amended.
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Botswana to rule on scrapping anti-gay laws
Homosexual acts are outlawed in Botswana -- one of Africa's most stable, democratic nations -- under the country's penal code of 1965.
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UK police make 5th teen arrest after bus attack on lesbian couple
Police on Friday arrested four teens aged between 15 and 18 on suspicion of involvement in what a senior officer called the 'disgusting attack'.
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Sharia law plunges Brunei gay community into fear
Observers say it is hard to know the size of the LGBT community in the country of about 400,000 people.
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Lithuania's top court orders recognition of same-sex gay spouses
The migration department said it would change the practice and start issuing permits for same-sex spouses.
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[LISTEN] The importance of supporting your LGBT child
Melinda Swift, who has a transgender son, says her child’s gender identity did not stop her from loving and supporting him.
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DA Rainbow Network marches against treatment of Tanzanian, Ugandan LGBT+ people
The organisation also expressed anger at the prosecution of LGBT+ people in Tanzania saying it goes against basic human rights
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Transgender activist Caitlyn Jenner says regrets backing Trump
Jenner also denounced Trump's ban on trans people serving in the military and his administration's rollback of Obama-era protections for trans schoolchildren.
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China school sued by fired gay teacher in potential landmark case
The teacher was dismissed in August from a school in the coastal city of Qingdao after he posted some comment on social media about an LGBT event he had attended.
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Malaysia cannot accept same-sex marriage, says Mahathir
His comments are likely to spark further debate in the country where activists have voiced concern over the hostility towards LGBT groups both from within society and from the administration.
