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Taiwan to Host WorldPride in 2025
Kaohsiung, a city in southern Taiwan, has been selected to host WorldPride festivities in 2025, beating out runner-up host city Washington, DC. It will be the first time WorldPride will be in East...
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Lawmakers Approve Marriage Equality in Chile
Lawmakers in Chile overwhelmingly voted to approve a marriage equality bill on December 7, capping off a four-year political standoff and ushering in a new era for the LGBTQ community in the South...
View ArticleIsrael Expands Surrogacy Rights to LGBTQ Parents
In accordance with a Supreme Court decision last year, Israel’s health minister announced that LGBTQ parents in the nation will be allowed to have children through surrogacy. “Full equality. That is...
View ArticleGrindr Leaves China Amid New Cyber Policy
The popular gay dating app Grindr has been voluntarily removed from China’s app stores after cyber authorities announced plans to impose a broad government clampdown ahead of the Winter Olympics in...
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Queer Ukrainians Band Together in the Face of War
Hours before Russian President Vladimir Putin declared war on his western neighbor, out gay Ukrainian soldier Viktor Pylypenko summed up his own feelings in one word: “Anxious.” Pylypenko has played a...
View ArticleSingapore Court Keeps Sodomy Ban in Place
Singapore’s highest court has rejected yet another legal challenge to the city-state’s ban on gay sex after three men sought to scrap the discriminatory law, which only applies to gay men. Singapore’s...
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UK Court Delivers Blow to Marriage Equality in Bermuda, Cayman Islands
A court in the United Kingdom voted on March 14 to uphold constitutional bans on marriage equality in Bermuda and the Cayman Islands, sparking anger and disappointment from LGBTQ activists. A...
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OutRight Action International hosts glamorous Pride Gala
Few Pride Month events mix glamour with the sense of international urgency, but that was the atmosphere during OutRight Action International’s Celebration of Courage Awards gala at Tribeca Rooftop on...
View ArticleFrom refugee to detainee: one activist’s path to organizing
Uchechukwu Onwa’s (he/him/his) calm self-confidence is borne out of nearly a decade of advocacy work within the LGBTQ community, although this self-possession is no doubt also a testament to the...
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Shouting about LGBTQ refugees from the rooftop
Sometimes the need for something is so urgent it must be shouted from the rooftops. In some ways, that was what the Organization for Refuge, Asylum, and Migration (ORAM) was doing at the rooftop deck...
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