WORLD NEWS

Equal rights for Nepal’s LGBT community.

Hundreds of members of Nepal’s gay community marched through Kathmandu on Tuesday, many wearing vibrant costumes and carrying rainbow flags and balloons, in an annual pride parade. The march is timed to coincide with the Hindu festival of Gai Jatra, which brings hundreds onto the streets to pay respects to those who have died in the past year.

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Texas bathroom bill on the way to being flushed.

With little more than a week left in Texas’ 30-day special legislative session, a barrage of corporate advertising and activism has the potential to sink legislation restricting transgender bathroom use that has been a flash point in the state’s culture wars.

ENTERTAINMENT

Dutch Airlines pro-gay message fail – at least they tried.

The Royal Dutch Airlines official Twitter account attempted to show their support for the gay movement, but people noticed something rather ironic about their imagery. “It doesn’t matter who you click with,” they tweeted, “Happy [Pride Amsterdam].”

WORLD NEWS

Pride for equality in Nepal.

Hundreds of members of Nepal’s gay community marched through Kathmandu Tuesday, many wearing vibrant costumes and carrying rainbow flags and balloons, in an annual pride parade. The march is timed to coincide with the Hindu festival of Gai Jatra, which brings hundreds onto the streets to pay respects to those who have died in the past year.

DESTINATIONS

No gay hugging in front of children in Italy.

A beach resort in southern Italy has been accused of homophobia after banning a young couple from hugging. A 17 year-old man and an 18-year-old man were at the Lido Arcobaleno beach resort in Caserta, Campania. They hugged while in the pool at the public facility but were approached by a lifeguard who asked them to stop.

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Deadly gay dating in Houston.

Two cousins are suspected of using a gay dating app to lure a Houston nurse and student to their deaths as police fear serial killers could be at work Houston police believe two cousins used a gay dating app to rob and murder their victims.