LGBTQ
Mexico’s Capital Will Now Jail People For Up To 70 Years For Murdering A Transgender Woman
This makes Mexico City the second state in Mexico to criminalize transfemicides, with sentences of 35 to 70 years in prison.
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This Same-Sex Couple Sued South Korea’s Health Insurance For Denying Them Partner Status And Won
The supreme court said that denying benefits to a couple just because they are of the same sex constitutes discrimination based on sexual orientation.
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A Portuguese Grandpa Didn’t Have A Rainbow Flag At Pride So This Person Traded With Him And It’s Wholesome
"He was so surprised and gestured as if to say 'For me?'", Lily Martins, the person who traded flags with the grandfather told Almost.
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The Daughter Of Cameroon’s President Defied The Country’s Ban On Same-Sex Relationships And Shared A Photo Of Her Kissing Her Girlfriend
Same-sex relationships are illegal in Cameroon, and those found guilty could face up to 5 years in prison.
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Georgia Has Passed A New Anti-LGBTQ Bill That Would Crack Down On The LGBTQ Community
The bill would ban people from changing gender and same-sex couples from adopting children.
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Peru Will Stop Labeling Trans People As Having A Mental Illness
It comes after hundreds of people protested against a new law that the government said would ensure trans people have a more complete health coverage.
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This Gay Philippine Student Called Out Pope Francis For Using An Anti-LGBTQ Word On A Livestream
Jack Lorenz Acebedo Rivero, a psychology student, told the Pope to "stop using offensive language against the LGBTQIA+ community.”
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Gay Sex Is No Longer A Crime In Namibia
Sex between men had been a crime in Namibia due to two colonial era laws from 1927.
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Thailand Has Passed A Bill To Legalize Same-Sex Marriage
On Tuesday June 18, Thailand’s upper house of the senate overwhelmingly passed a bill with 130 votes in favor and 4 against.
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Liechtenstein Has Legalized Same-Sex Marriage
Same-sex partnerships have been legal in Liechtenstein, a tiny European country with less than 40,000 people, since 2011.
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The Taiwanese Drag Queen Who Won "RuPaul’s Drag Race" Met With Taiwan’s President And It Was Iconic
“Having been a president for more than eight years, this is the first time that the presidential office is so lively and so colorful and filled with so many beautiful people,” Taiwan's president Tsai Ing-wen said in a speech after the performance.
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Iraq Has Passed A Law Making Same-Sex Relationships A Crime
Under the new law, people can be jailed for 10 to 15 years for being in a same-sex relationship.