World
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Gay activist who protested Russian anti-LGBTQ laws with ‘hidden’ rainbow flag held for 15 hours at airport
Mateo Fernandez was held without explanation and asked to explain why he was in the country
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London Pride apologizes after allowing anti-transgender group to lead parade
Activists from Get the L Out held anti-transgender signs and blocked the parade route until they were allowed to participate
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Ecuador judges rule that banning same-sex marriage is illegal
The judges ruled that the Civil Registry must allow a gay couple to get married "immediately"
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Australian priest banned from Catholic conference for supporting gay marriage
The Archbishop blocked his participation due to the priest urging Catholics to support same-sex unions
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Canadian Pride festival won’t allow mounted police to ride in their parade
The Royal Canadian Mounted Police are being barred due to ongoing debates about police presence at Pride
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UK vows to ban conversion therapy in bid to make LGBTQ people more accepted
Government promises to outlaw "abhorrent practice" after surveying LGBTQ Brits on their quality of life
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Police use tear gas and rubber bullets on Istanbul Pride march
Authorities have banned Pride marches from taking place since 2015
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Homophobic parents forced a British school to make its Pride event private
Parents felt the school was "shoving LGBT issues down the kids’ throats"
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Report: Anti-gay climate in Indonesia could be fueling HIV epidemic
A new report by Human Rights Watch claims that the increase in anti-LGBTQ hostility, increased raids by police, and failure of the country’s political leaders...
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Trans woman Angela Ponce makes history winning Miss Universe Spain
Angela Ponce will compete in Miss Universe 2018 later this year
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Study: British people care more about animal rights than LGBTQ rights
Only 3% of straight people picked LGBTQ rights as an issue that most concerns them
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Israel retroactively removed non-biological lesbian parents from birth certificates
An Israeli couple learned while trying to get travel visas that their names had been removed from their children's birth certificates
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Report: “Gay glass ceiling” prevents gay men from being promoted
The analysis of British people found that gay employees are less likely to be promoted than their straight peers
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Some Pride-themed merchandise is produced in countries with anti-LGBTQ laws
Some Pride-themed merchandise is being produced in countries where homosexuality is criminalized or where anti-LGBTQ persecution is common, reports The New York Times. The demand...
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Transgender people no longer considered to have mental disorder by World Health Organization
Also known as gender incongruence, the term has now been reclassified as a sexual health condition to address healthcare needs
