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With the United States showing no signs of doing the same, France has started taking in gay refugees from Chechnya. “The first gay Chechen refugee arrived on French land,” Joël Deumier, president of French LGBT rights organization SOS Homophobie, said on FranceInfo today. “France has started to welcome Chechen refugees. This is going to continue.” Deumier also shared that SOS Homophobie helped with the refugee’s application and provided testimony indicating he was oppressed because of his sexual orientation. Deumier said SOS Homophobie was...
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The demonstrators stood in solidarity with Chechnya's LGBT community. Armed with rainbow flags, signs and balloons, the demonstrators called on Western governments to provide asylum for LGBT Chechens. Though police routinely disrupt unauthorized LGBT rallies with violence and arrests, officials permitted the demonstration to go on as planned and it ended with no trouble from either side, according to 76 Crimes. Johnny Dzhibladze of Coming Out LGBT, Igor Kochetkov of the Russian LGBT Network, Alexey Sergeev of the Alliance of Straights and...
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“To provide context, I am tired of being slandered by some people on Twitter as anti-LGBT." Charlotte mayoral candidate Joel Ford landed in hot water this week when he tweeted a GIF of a dog defecating in response to criticism over his stance on LGBT equality. The Democratic senator was called out on Twitter by Matt Comer, a board member of Charlotte Pride and former editor of the city’s LGBT paper, QNotes. When Comer blasted Ford for his poor track record on...
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The leader of the Family Research Council calls on President-elect Donald Trump to 'ferret out' State Department officials who support LGBTI rights and equality. If Tony Perkins has his way the US State Department will no longer have officials who consider LGBTI equality a part of foreign policy. This past week the head of the Family Research Council released a statement calling for President-elect Donald Trump to get rid of anyone who stands for gay rights. The release accused the Obama...
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Thousands took to the streets of Hong Kong for its annual pride parade. Thousands of people came together at Hong Kong pride today to call for equality and danced their way through the city which has been been criticised for lagging behind other Asia hubs for LGBT rights. Organisers of the event claimed that 6,800 people took part while the city’s police state only 2,500. Speaking to the Korea Held, Ray Chan, one of Hong Kong’s first gay lawyers, said: “After decades,...
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The singer-songwriter wants you to vote for equality. As part of Vevo's Why I Vote campaign, Kesha opened up about why she's voting and the importance of getting as many other people to vote as possible. "In this election, especially, I feel like you're choosing between someone who is promising to build walls and someone who is hopeful," she said. "And if those are my two options, I definitely want to go with hope." She reflected on being bullied and struggling with her...
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2015 was a historical year for LGBT rights movements, not only after the events in the U.S., but also around the world. We got to see more and more public personalities supporting the LGBT community and Governments changing laws in our favor. While there is still more needed to be changed, let's look back at what made a difference for us in 2015. A great success was the legalization of same-sex marriage in all fifty states in the U.S. under the US Constitution. Everybody was thrilled...

The opponents of Huston’s nondiscrimination law have just added more ignorance and decadence to their campaign by airing what is supposed to be their manipulative message for the voters. Except the fact that this campaign lies, it is outrageous how they have used one of the 15 characteristics against discrimination protected by Houston Equal Rights Ordinance (HERO). Furthermore, they only pick on this exact characteristic: gender identity. abc13.com What they have done, they turned the right of transgender people to gender...

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