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Zander Murray Becomes Scotland’s First Out Gay Senior Soccer Player
Zander Murray, who plays for the Lowland League side Gala Fairydean Rovers, has become Scotland’s first senior male player to come out as gay. The...
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Thousands March in Anti-LGBTQ Demonstration in Turkey
Several thousand people took part in a march in Istanbul, Turkey on Sunday that had been organized to call for the government-enforced shuttering of all...
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EuroPride March Proceeds Despite Arrest of 64 Protesters
EuroPride’s official Pride parade proceeded as scheduled in Belgrade last Saturday, with organizers prevailing after weeks of back-and-forth debate over whether it was safe to...
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Grindr Names New CEO Ahead of Going Public
Grindr, the popular gay dating app, has named a new CEO who is scheduled to take the company public later this fall. On Tuesday, the...
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Serbian Police Ban EuroPride March, Citing Security Concerns
Serbian police have banned a scheduled Pride march that was intended to be part of this year’s weeklong EuroPride celebration in Belgrade, citing the threat...
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Transgender Man Dies in Assault Following Pride Parade in Germany
Police have arrested a 20-year-old man for a fatal assault that killed a 25-year-old trans man after a Pride parade in Münster, Germany.
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J.K. Rowling’s New Book Features Character Persecuted for Transphobia
The YouTuber at the heart of J.K. Rowling's new book faces online backlash and accusations of racism and transphobia.
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Court Strikes Down Law Criminalizing Gay Sex in Saint Kitts and Nevis
A regional Caribbean court has struck down a law criminalizing same-sex relations in Saint Kitts and Nevis as unconstitutional.
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Serbian President Cancels EuroPride, But Organizers Say Event Will Proceed
Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic has canceled the international EuroPride festival scheduled to be held in the country’s capital, Belgrade, from Sept. 12-18, but organizers of...
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Activists Circulate Petition to Ban Conversion Therapy in Russia
LGBTQ activists have petitioned the Russian government to ban the practice of conversion therapy, arguing that the therapy is extremely harmful and detrimental to those...
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Peruvian Transgender Activist Dies in Police Custody in Indonesia
Rodrigo Ventocilla Ventosilla, a trans activist from Peru and graduate student at Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government, died in Indonesian police custody while honeymooning...
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Vietnam Ends Conversion Therapy, Saying LGBTQ is “Not an Illness”
Vietnam’s health ministry has said that being a member of the LGBTQ community is “not an illness” and cannot be treated or “converted in any...
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Serbian Bishop Denounces EuroPride: “If I Had a Gun, I Would Use It”
A Serbian Orthodox bishop has criticized a large-scale LGBTQ event scheduled to be held in Belgrade next month, making comments that appeared to condone violence...
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Singapore to Decriminalize Gay Sex
Despite the decriminalization of gay sex, the government will seek to amend its constitution to prohibit same-sex marriage.
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Tokyo Court Rules Trans Woman Has No Parental Rights to Biological Child
A Japanese court has ruled that transgender women have no parental rights to their biological children born after legal gender change. On August 15, the...
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