The crackdown on Indonesia’s LGBTQ community in recent years is fueling skyrocketing HIV rates in the world’s largest Muslim democracy. Between the years of 2007 and 2015, data from Human Rights Watch shows that the rate of HIV among men who have sex with men (MSMs) has shot up from five percent to 25 percent—a fivefold increase…
Hong Kong’s top court handed down a landmark ruling that will pave the way for visas to be granted to same-sex spouses of LGBT expatriate workers in Asia’s biggest financial hub. The city’s Court of Final Appeal ruled in favor of a British lesbian, known as QT, who…
Process to update status takes 10 to 18 months. Between World War II and the repeal of “don’t ask, don’t tell” in 2011, more than 100,000 service members were discharged because of their sexual orientation. While LGBT veterans can now apply to remove their dishonorable or less than honorable discharge status…
For the first time ever, a transgender woman will compete for her country in the Miss Universe pageant, with Angela Ponce having been crowned as Spain’s representative. Angela Ponce this weekend won the Spanish crown and now becomes the first transgender woman to compete on behalf of any country.
Ministers decided to act on the controversial practice after a survey found it to be more prevalent than previously thought. Theresa May has vowed to eradicate the “abhorrent” practice of gay conversion therapy as she today publishes the world’s largest LGBT+ survey and a government plan aimed at addressing discrimination and health inequality.
It was a statistic that caught many by surprise: in a league that has worked diligently around inclusion, not all of the clubs had yet to host Pride Night events. Outsports reported that two clubs in Major League Baseball had not yet hosted any form of Pride night in support of the LBGT community.
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