World
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Canadian PM Justin Trudeau receives award from International Gay & Lesbian Travel Association
The Pinnacle Award is given to those who make the world more accepting for LGBTQ people
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Philippines accused of discrimination after cutting funds for LGBTQ youth program
An awards program for disadvantaged LGBTQ youth was replaced with one that would focus on the wider population
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Study: LGBTQ acceptance has increased globally, but is more polarized
The study established measured 141 countries and found correlations between acceptance and a country's freedom and economic performance
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Chinese social network Weibo drops plans to erase gay content
Weibo originally planned to purge gay content along with pornography and bloody violence
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Judge strikes down sodomy law in Trinidad and Tobago
Court will meet again to decide whether to repeal sodomy prohibitions in full and decriminalize homosexuality
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Police won’t participate in Toronto Pride amid tensions with LGBTQ community
The force received calls to withdraw due to alleged reluctance to investigate a serial killer
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Cruise line Carnival will fight Bermuda’s same-sex marriage ban
Bermuda's ban on same-sex marriage prevents cruise ships from holding same-sex weddings onboard
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New Zealand will allow men to remove historical gay sex convictions
One politician said "hundreds or possibly thousands" of lives were lost due to the law
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Grindr admits to sharing users’ HIV status with other companies
Company slammed for sending data to third parties for software development purposes
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Marriage equality supporter Carlos Alvarado Quesada wins Costa Rican presidency
Alvarado Quesada claimed 60 percent of the vote to best his conservative opponent
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Barbados politician feels “harassed” by calls for LGBTQ equality
Minister said that the Barbados is accepting of LGBTQ people, despite some of world's strictest anti-sodomy laws
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Transgender news anchor makes history in Pakistan
Marvia Malik delivered her first news bulletin over the weekend, becoming the country's first openly trans presenter
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HRC’s Chad Griffin to Trump: Speak out against anti-gay crimes in Chechnya
Griffin says silence from the White House sends a message that human rights abuses abroad will be condoned
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Chinese film festival pulls “Call Me by Your Name,” likely due to gay content
Oscar-winning gay drama denied by media regulators for its same-sex romance, according to Reuters
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Anti-trans activist to represent U.S. at U.N. Commission on the Status of Women
International LGBTQ advocates are criticizing the United States for naming a vocal opponent of transgender rights to its official delegation to the United Nations Commission...
