World
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Low voter turnout sinks referendum to ban gay marriage in Romania
After LGBTQ advocates urge boycott of vote, referendum falls short of required turnout threshold
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Alison Moyet says she supports trans people after “inadvertently” signing anti-transgender letter
Moyet signed a letter alleging that an LGBTQ charity was advocating for transgender rights at the expense of women's rights
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Romania to hold referendum on whether to ban gay marriage
Religious leaders and American social conservatives, applied pressure to lawmakers in pushing for constitutional referendum
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India’s Supreme Court decriminalizes gay sex in landmark verdict
Court struck down a Colonial-era law that considered same-sex relations an "unnatural offence"
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Australia’s new Prime Minister says gay conversion therapy is “not an issue”
Morrison also agreed that a pro-LGBTQ school curriculum made his "skin curl"
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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
