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A Ugandan gay pride parade planned for the weekend was on Friday postponed after a government minister in the notoriously homophobic country was accused of saying mob attacks on participants would be their own fault.

06 Aug 2016

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Australia's first openly gay, indigenous parliamentarian has used his first speech to call for marriage equality and constitutional recognition.

19 Oct 2016

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David Cooley said he told the attendant that the two men were a couple and that he wanted to sit with his partner.

01 Aug 2018

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For decades, gay bashers operated with impunity. Sometimes, they killed their victims. The police often didn't care. Sometimes, they were said to be doing the bashing. A culture of indifference meant the bodies piled up as the world looked the other way. Mark Whittaker reports from Adelaide's…

Gays and lesbians and their supporters have taken to the streets of Taipei, to take part in what organisers say is the largest LGBT pride parade in Asia.

29 Oct 2018

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In September the Colonial-era law banning homosexuality was struck down by country’s highest court after decades of uncertainty

25 Nov 2018

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Cardinal Christoph Schönborn of Vienna, who has close ties with Pope Benedict XVI, has overruled a local decision that had blocked a gay man from taking his place on a parish council in a northern Austrian town. Are the winds changing for gays in the Catholic Church?

29 Aug 2013

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Two men being prosecuted for having gay sex in Kenya lost their legal bid on Thursday to challenge the authorities' right to force suspects to have anal examinations to determine sexual orientation.

17 Jun 2016

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Brandon Galaz, a gay makeup artist, was invited into the Allure offices under the pretense of having his makeup done.

26 Sep 2019

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Homosexuality is already illegal in Uganda, with those charged facing up to seven years imprisonment.

17 Apr 2018

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