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Man on night out with boyfriend left with broken eye socket after homophobic ‘hate crime’ attack

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Police in Bristol, UK are hunting for two men in connection with an alleged homophobic hate crime. On January 30, at 2am, a man in his 20s was violently assaulted outside an LGBTQ+ friendly Irish bar in Bristol. The BBC reports that he suffered a broken nose, eye socket and cheekbone, as well as a split eyebrow, and had to be dragged to safety by his friends. The victim was enjoying a night out with his partner in Bristol when he was assaulted. Last month, he told the BBC that the incident had made him feel that “homophobia is still an issue in this […]

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Drag queen arrested for performing as Jesus speaks out

A drag queen in the Philippines has spoken out following their arrest for performing as Jesus.  Vega, real name Amadeus Fernando Pagente, was first arrested in October after performing “Ama Namin”, a rock version of The Lord’s Prayer, while dressed as Christ. They were released after three days, when fellow drag artists raised enough money to secure bail.  The performer was charged under article 201 of the South East Asian country’s criminal code, which prohibits “indecent or immoral plays, scenes, acts or shows” that “offend any race or religion”.  On 1 March, Pura Luka Vega took to Twitter/X to announce that they […]

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Thailand moves closer to legalizing same-sex marriage as parliament passes landmark bill

Thailand’s parliament overwhelmingly approved a marriage equality bill on Wednesday, a landmark step that moves one of Asia’s most liberal countries closer to becoming its third territory to legalize same-sex unions. The bill had the support of all of Thailand’s major parties and was more than a decade in the making. It still requires approval from the Senate and endorsement from the king before it becomes law and would take effect 120 days later. The legislation was passed by 400 of the 415 lawmakers present, with only 10 voting against it and could see Thailand join Taiwan and Nepal in […]

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Israeli Supreme Court rules country must allow two mothers on child’s birth certificate

Supreme Court judges on Thursday unanimously ruled that the Population Authority must register female couples as mothers on the birth certificates of their children they have together. The decision was made following a petition submitted by nine female couples, mothers of children born through anonymous sperm donation. The panel of judges, headed by Supreme Court President Uzi Fogelman and Judges Ruth Ronen and Alex Stein, rejected the Population Authority’s claim that the birth certificate reflects only biological parentage and ruled that both the birth mother and her partner must be registered as the child’s parent. “The exclusion of the non-biological […]

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In latest move, Russia adds ‘LGBT movement’ to official list of extremists and terrorists

Russia has added what it calls the “LGBT movement” to a list of extremist and terrorist organizations, state media said on Friday. The move was in line with a ruling by Russia’s Supreme Court last November that LGBTQ activists should be designated as extremists, a move that representatives of gay and transgender people said they feared would lead to arrests and prosecutions. The list is maintained by an agency called Rosfinmonitoring that has powers to freeze the bank accounts of the more than 14,000 people and entities designated as extremists and terrorists. They range from Al Qaeda to U.S. tech giant Meta […]

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Christian actress spent 5 years in court defending her right to make anti-LGBTQ+ comments. She just lost.

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Actress Seyi Omooba has been ordered to pay £300,000 ($381,767) in legal costs after losing the religious discrimination case she brought against her former agents and a theater in Leicester, England after being fired from a production of The Color Purple for an anti-LGBTQ+ statement she made on social media. Omooba was cast to play the lead role of Celie in the Curve Theatre’s 2019 production of the musical based on out author Alice Walker’s Pulitzer Prize-winning 1982 novel. As in Walker’s novel, Celie’s same-sex romance with blues singer Shug Avery is prominently featured in the musical adaptation. Their romance gradually empowers […]

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Trans woman Tiffany Scott dies in custody at high-security Scottish prison

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Trans prisoner Tiffany Scott has died in prison in Scotland at the age of 32. Scotland Prison Service (SPS) officials confirmed she died on Thursday (29 February), at HMP Grampian, in Peterhead, Aberdeenshire. An SPS spokesperson added: “With each death in custody, Police Scotland are advised and the matter reported to the Procurator Fiscal.” An inquiry will be held in “due course.” Scott, who was initially jailed while classed as a juvenile, was serving an indefinite sentence under an order for lifelong restriction for a number of offences, including stalking a 13-year-old girl by sending letters while serving a prison […]

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Sydney Mardi Gras bans police from marching after cop accused of killing gay couple

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The bodies of a gay couple were discovered yesterday after a weeklong search following a police officer’s arrest for their murder. New South Wales cop and aspiring social media influencer Beau Lamarre-Condon, 28, was charged with killing Jesse Baird, 26 – a former TV presenter whom Lamarre-Condon had casually dated until recently – and Baird’s boyfriend, Luke Davies, 29, a Qantas flight attendant. Related: The victims’ bodies were found Tuesday stuffed inside surfboard bags and buried in a bush grave. Global perspectives delivered daily Our daily newsletter bridges borders to bring you LGBTQ+ news from around the world. Now leadership at […]

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Gay airline employee subject to ‘torture’ after arrest in Qatar, family says

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The family of a gay airline employee is demanding his release from Qatari prison, accusing authorities of torture by withholding his HIV medication. Manuel Guerrero, 44, moved to Qatar, where homosexuality is illegal, seven years ago for his work. He was detained on February 4, according to his relatives, who say that the Mexican-British dual citizen was entrapped by law enforcement through a fake Grindr profile. They also claim that authorities framed him for drug possession by planting a quarter of a gram of methamphetamine in his apartment.  Guerrero’s brother, Enrique, said that their family was not informed of his arrest until 23 […]

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Nepal: Barriers to Transgender Legal Recognition

The government of Nepal should urgently create a clear, simple, and rights-respecting procedure that would allow transgender and third gender people to obtain official documents in accordance with their gender identity, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. While Nepali policy allows in principle for transgender to people to obtain documents marked “other,” implementation is piecemeal and those who want “male” or “female” as their legal gender are forced to undergo invasive and unnecessary medical interventions and examinations. The 67-page report, “‘We Have to Beg So Many People’: Human Rights Violations in Nepal’s Legal Gender Recognition Practices,” documents the significant […]

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