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Two Saudi Journalists Being Held in Asylum Centre after Being Outed as Gay by Government

Two gay journalists from Saudi Arabia are being detained in an asylum centre in Australia after they were outed by the government in their home country and forced to flee. The men – who have not been named – believe they were outed by Saudi state security and had their romantic relationship revealed to family over contact with foreign media. As homosexuality is illegal in Saudi Arabia, the men fled their home country and sought asylum in Australia, but they have been held in a detention centre since, Reuters reports. One of the men, who has worked with CNN, the BBC and the […]

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LGBT People in China are being Forced through Traumatizing Conversion ‘Therapy’

LGBT+ people in China are being forced to undergo so-called ‘conversion therapy’ in at least 96 public hospitals and unlicensed centres, according to a new human rights report. The widely-discredited practise of conversion therapy is considered by medical experts to be pseudo-scientific and ineffective. It is often compared to torture and has been linked to higher risks of depression, suicide, and drug addiction in those who undergo it. China removed homosexuality from its official list of mental disorders in 2001, but in the absence of a conversion therapy ban the practise has continued to thrive and is openly advertised on vans and billboards. There are many different techniques, including […]

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Third Judge just Blocked Trump’s Rule allowing Healthcare Discrimination against LGBT People

In a rule change announced on Friday, November 1, the Trump administration said that health programmes receiving grants from government Department of Health and Human Services (HSS) would no longer have to abide by nondiscrimination guidelines protecting LGBT+ people. The Trump administration changed the regulations in the name of “religious freedom”, and it would also apply to abortions, contraception, gender confirmation surgery, or any other services or people healthcare providers might disagree with “on moral or religious grounds”. This week, US district judge William Alsup of the Northern District of California joined two other judges in writing off Trump’s new […]

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American Medical Association Backs Nationwide Conversion Therapy Ban

The American Medical Association on Tuesday voted to support state and federal efforts to ban gay conversion therapy, throwing the weight of America’s medical establishment behind ending the scientifically discredited practice of attempting to change a person’s sexual orientation or gender identity. “It is clear to the AMA that the conversion therapy needs to end in the United States given the risk of deliberate harm to LGBTQ people,” AMA board mMember Dr. William E. Kobler said in a statement shared with NBC News. “Conversion therapy has no foundation as scientifically valid medical care and lacks credible evidence to support its […]

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Gay 19-year-old One of the Youngest Elected Officials in the US

A gay 19-year-old from a small town in Maine has become one of the youngest elected officials in the US, after winning a spot on the city council. Keagan Roberts took home the second-largest share of the votes for a seat on the South Berwick Town Council, which serves a town with a population just shy of 7,500 people. Roberts, whose twin brother is also gay, told Out magazine that South Berwick is the kind of small town where “everyone knows everyone” and that it had been “such a great place to grow up” as a young gay person, after coming out in […]

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Food For Thought’s ‘Dining Out for Life’ Happens Thursday, December 5 and Will Benefit Local Residents Living with HIV

On Thursday, December 5th, 2019 Food For Thought hosts Sonoma County’s 18th annual Dining Out For Life event. This year 75 area restaurants and cafes will participate, donating from 25 to 100 percent of the day’s sales to benefit Food For Thought, a nonprofit organization that provides healing food and nutrition to more than 850 people living with HIV and other serious illnesses in Sonoma County. “The Dining Out For Life event gives people the opportunity to enjoy a meal at their favorite restaurant, while benefitting their neighbors in need,” said Ron Karp, executive director of Food For Thought. “It is […]

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NYC Comptroller Aims to ‘Clawback’ Pay of HIV Pharma Executives

New York City Comptroller Scott Stringer on Wednesday submitted a letter to HIV drugmaker Gilead Science’s board of directors demanding a shareholder “clawback” policy. The shareholder proposal, if approved by the board, would empower the board to “recoup” some of the money paid to top Gilead executives, like CEO Daniel O’Day. Stringer, as comptroller of America’s largest city, is responsible for administering New York City’s vast pension funds, estimated in June to comprise $208 billion in investments. Acting as a fiduciary for the funds’ exposure to stocks like Gilead’s, Stringer also represents a large number of the pharma giant’s shareholders. […]

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Alabama Printing Company Refuses to Print College LGBT Magazine

A ‘Christian’ printing company in Alabama, US, has refused to print an issue of a college magazine because it contains content about LGBT+ people. Interstate Printing representatives cite their “First Amendment Right” to refuse to print images of drag queens, queer folk, disabled students and people of various religious beliefs on the grounds of religion. University of South Alabama magazine Due South was denied printing by the Mobile company because their latest issue, which discusses diversity, does not align with their values. Sydney McDonald, managing editor of the student-ran publication, first broke the story on Due South on Thursday. Defiant editors have not let themselves […]

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Hong Kong LGBT Community Banned by Police from Marching during Pride

For the first time, the LGBT+ community in Hong Kong has been banned by police from marching in its annual Pride parade amidst violent protests in the city. According to South China Morning Post, organisers of the march were told that the event on Saturday November 16 would be reduced to a standstill gathering. Director of the parade’s organising committee, Yeo Wai-wai, said the police had informed them just 48 hours before the event, rather than the usual month in advance, so they were left with little time to inform guests. The police cited disruption in other areas amidst violent protests […]

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