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Dutch constitution to be amended banning LGBT discrimination

The Upper House of the States General of the Netherlands, the supreme bicameral legislature of the kingdom voted to amend Article 1 of the Constitution of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, expanding it to prohibit discrimination against someone because of a disability…

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The world’s most pro-LGBT leader is stepping down early

LGBTQ+ ally Jacinda Ardern has resigned as prime minister of New Zealand, saying she no longer had “enough in the tank” to do the job. Ardern announced her resignation at Labour’s annual caucus on Thursday (19 January), telling her party colleagues…

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GOP nominee for House special election claims to ‘cure’ LGBT

Right-wing pundit Leon Benjamin, the Republican-backed nominee for a U.S. House special election in Virginia next month, says that he runs a “ministry” devoted to getting people to “escape” from “homosexual and lesbian living.” Benjamin has falsely and dangerously…