World
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Botswana High Court hears case challenging country’s statute outlawing gay sex
On Thursday, Botswana’s High Court heard a challenge to the country’s laws criminalizing gay sex, reports Reuters. The country’s penal code outlaws “carnal knowledge of...
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Richard Grenell, openly gay U.S. ambassador to Germany, has reportedly received death threats
Richard Grenell, the ambassador to Germany and highest-ranking out LGBTQ person in the Trump administration, has been receiving threats, including at least one against his...
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Irish prime minister says gay people shouldn’t be judged for their sexual orientation in front of Mike Pence
Irish prime minister Leo Varadkar said gay people should not be judged by their sexual orientation in a pointed speech delivered in front of Vice...
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Malaysia tourism minister says there are no gays in the country
Country has previously been criticized for its intolerant attitudes towards LGBTQ people
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Sir Ian McKellen is “waiting” for #MeToo accusation against him
McKellen was asked about allegations against Bryan Singer and Kevin Spacey
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Gay and bisexual people more likely to commit revenge porn, Australian study says
More than 1 in 10 respondents admitting to some type of image-based sexual abuse
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Family Research Council’s Tony Perkins calls campaign to decriminalize homosexuality “cultural imperialism”
One of President Trump’s anti-gay evangelical supporters is not happy that the administration is seeking global decriminalization of homosexuality. Family Research Council President Tony Perkins...
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Trump seems unaware of his own policy on decriminalizing homosexuality
President's response clashes with claims that the decriminalization campaign has the full support of the administration
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Richard Grenell tells NBC News why Trump suddenly wants global decriminalization of homosexuality
What exactly are the motives behind Trump's push to decriminalize homosexuality globally?
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Report: Trump administration planning global campaign to end criminalization of homosexuality
U.S. Ambassador to Germany Richard Grenell, the highest-ranking gay person in Trump's administration, is leading the campaign
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Martina Navratilova: Allowing transgender women to compete in women’s sport is “insane”
The former tennis player has been heavily criticized for her comments, which have been labeled transphobic
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Gay priests ask Pope Francis to reconsider banning gay men from priesthood
Working Group of Catholic Gay Pastors warns scapegoating gay priests will not solve the causes of recent sex abuse scandals
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Japan will still require transgender people to be sterilized before they transition
Japan's Supreme Court also acknowledged that the law restricts transgender people's freedom
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Trump’s gay German ambassador is a “vain, narcissistic person” according to German, American officials
Der Spiegel paints a different picture from the man gay conservatives said "lives and breathes foreign policy"
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Detentions of gay men and women signal another anti-LGBTQ crackdown in Chechnya
Several men and women have been detained in Russia’s Chechnya region on suspicion of being gay, signaling yet another renewal of efforts to purge the...
