Gay Lebanese scrap pride event because of threats

Gay Lebanese scrap pride event because of threats

BATROUN (Lebanon), May 22 — Gay Lebanese celebrated privately yesterday the closing ceremony of the first gay pride rally in their country and the Arab world, fearing reprisals from police or Islamists. - See more at: http://www.themalaymailonline.com/world/article/gay-lebanese-scrap-pride-event-because-of-threats#sthash.1SB1oYWF.dpuf

White House aims for Thursday signing of "religious liberty" executive order

White House aims for Thursday signing of "religious liberty" executive order

President Donald Trump has invited conservative leaders to the White House on Thursday for what they expect will be the ceremonial signing of a long-awaited—and highly controversial—executive order on religious liberty, according to multiple people familiar with the situation.

LGBT advocates seek to label opponents as U.S. hate groups

LGBT advocates seek to label opponents as U.S. hate groups

A liberal coalition on Thursday started a campaign to label socially conservative organizations that oppose transgender rights as hate groups, ratcheting up the antagonism between opposing sides on one of America's most contentious debates.

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Court: Civil Rights law prohibits LGBT discrimination

Court: Civil Rights law prohibits LGBT discrimination

"The 7th Circuit is considered relatively conservative and five of the eight judges in the majority were appointed by Republican presidents, making the finding all the more notable."

Chechen Authorities Arresting and Killing Gay Men, Russian Paper Says

Chechen Authorities Arresting and Killing Gay Men, Russian Paper Says

“You cannot arrest or repress people who just don’t exist in the republic,” the spokesman, Alvi Karimov, told the news agency.

Photograph: Musa Sadulayev/AP

Young People Are Queerer Than Ever, But They Aren't Using Traditional Labels

Young People Are Queerer Than Ever, But They Aren't Using Traditional Labels

They are also more likely to identify outside the traditional gender binary compared to older generations, according to a new GLAAD survey shared exclusively with BuzzFeed News.

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Trump’s U.S. Census cuts LGBT survey questions

Trump’s U.S. Census cuts LGBT survey questions

 

The redaction of LGBT categories is similar to the proposal at the Department of Health & Human Survey to remove established questions seeking to identify LGBT elders in from the National Survey of Older Americans Act Participants, or NSOAAP. 

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Torture and Killing of Transgender Woman Stun Brazil

Torture and Killing of Transgender Woman Stun Brazil

Maria da Silva, a transgender woman, lawyer and activist, said that Brazilian society marginalized transgender people. “When you don’t have respect for a segment of population, that ends up in violence,” she said.

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Kasha Nabagesera: The face of Uganda's LGBT movement

Kasha Nabagesera: The face of Uganda's LGBT movement

In Uganda, where homosexual acts are punishable by prison sentences, being openly gay requires an astounding amount of courage. Kasha Jacqueline Nabagesera is not only incredibly open about her sexuality, she's made fighting for the rights of Uganda's lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community her life's work.

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Bathroom Case Puts Transgender Student on National Stage

Bathroom Case Puts Transgender Student on National Stage

Amid a thicket of conflicting state laws and local school policies on bathroom use, the suit, which pits Mr. Grimm against his school board in Gloucester County, Va., could greatly expand transgender rights — or roll them back.

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Bigotry has a Price: Anti-LGBT North Carolina Governor loses election

Bigotry has a Price: Anti-LGBT North Carolina Governor loses election

“Mr. McCrory — whose one term was buffeted by nationwide anger over a law he signed that curbed anti-discrimination protections for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people — had little choice but to admit defeat.

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Trump/Pence and the future of global LGBT rights

Trump/Pence and the future of global LGBT rights

If Trump enables Pence’s attitudes toward sexuality and gender identity to prevail in U.S. foreign policy, it will shift the already precarious balance of power in the United Nations. The internationalization of LGBT rights will slow if not halt.

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Supreme Court to Hear Transgender-Rights Case

Supreme Court to Hear Transgender-Rights Case

The court's decision will also affect the legal battle over transgender rights in North Carolina, where the state's economy is suffering from boycotts in response to the bathroom law it adopted in March.

Image: National Center for Transgender Equality