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Participants hold placards during a protest demanding an end to what they say is discrimination and violence against the transgender community, in Bengaluru, India October 21, 2016. (REUTERS/Abhishek N. Chinnappa)

“Filthy”, “diseased”, “devil worshipper”, “disgusting”, “abnormal”, “paedophile”. These were real words used by some media outlets around the world this year when reporting on LGBT+ people.

This might sound shocking. After all, we are more accustomed to…