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Doski Azad wanted to live life as a trans woman in Iraq. But her estranged brother flew from Europe to murder her in a transphobic 'honor killing,' sources say.
Police told Kurdish television that a brother of Doski Azad, a 23-year-old makeup artist from the K…
Joshua Zitser
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I'm India's first openly gay prince. Even though the country's Supreme Court denied same-sex marriage, I'm optimistic about the future of LGBTQ+ rights.
Although India's top court recently rejected gay marriage, Prince Manvendra Singh Gohil sees a road…
Yoonji Han
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A man tried to set up Pakistan's first gay club. He was put in a mental hospital.
Pakistani authorities put a man who tried to set up the country's first gay club in a hospital. Fri…
Joshua Zitser
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A safe house in Poland offers LGBTQ Ukrainians sanctuary from Russian bombs
Most of the 3.9 million people who have fled Ukraine have poured into Poland, but the country is co…
Emine Ziyatdinova
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Mississippi city library says mayor is withholding $110,000 in funding until it purges LGBTQ+ books
Mayor Gene McGee of Ridgeland, Mississippi, is said to be withholding the $110,000 in library fundi…
Mia Jankowicz
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Gay Republican group says being excluded from Texas GOP convention is 'not just narrow-minded, but politically short-sighted'
In a tweet, the national Log Cabin Republicans shared a statement from Donald Trump Jr. criticizing…
Katie Balevic
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Civil rights lawyers are accusing LAPD officers of brutalizing trans advocates and journalists at Wi Spa protests
LGBTQ advocates said they sustained injuries from LAPD officers and members of the Proud Boys at a …
Morgan Keith
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Several NWSL clubs are hosting Pride games while facing a team with a notoriously anti-LGBTQ+ player
North Carolina Courage defender Jaelene Daniels — formerly Hinkle — famously withdrew from a USWNT …
Meredith Cash
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Missouri teacher resigns over Pride flag dispute after parent said the teacher could 'teach their child to be gay'
"Indeed, it appears that there is a different set of rules if you are an LGBTQ+ educator," 22-year-…
Katie Balevic
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R Kelly's lawyers' claim a homophobia defense to beat new charges that he molested a 17-year-old boy he met in McDonald's
R Kelly's legal team doesn't want the evidence heard that the star groomed a teenager he met in a C…
Bethany Dawson
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A new study shows men in same-gender relationships earn more than both their female counterparts and heterosexual couples and it highlights the ongoing gender pay gap
Men in same-gender marriages earn 27% more than heterosexual couples, and 31% more than women in sa…
Jason Lalljee
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Amazon blocked more than 150 LGBTQ-related search keywords in the UAE after the government threatened the company
Insider found no results for broad search terms such as "lgbtq," "pride," and "queer" on Amazon.ae …
Weilun Soon
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Marjorie Taylor Greene groundlessly claims straight people face extinction within 150 years because of LGBTQ+ education
Greene made the questionable claim in a long video uploaded on May 29. The overwhelming majroity of…
Mia Jankowicz
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A woman who was fired for saying that transgender women are male or 'honorary female' wins High Court appeal - and JK Rowling's backing
Maya Forstater, who lost her job after expressing views that biological sex cannot be changed, won …
Sophia Ankel
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Alireza Fazeli Monfared wanted to live as a free gay man in the West. His family in Iran beheaded him days before his dream came true, say activists.
Alireza Fazeli Monfared's mother found his headless body in a remote village. His killers are yet t…
Joshua Zitser
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California man charged with threatening to shoot and bomb Merriam-Webster offices over gender identity definitions
"The imbecile who wrote this entry should be hunted down and shot," a California man is accused of …
Katie Balevic
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Same sex marriages are still not legal – A look at the financial rights of LGBTQ couples
In a recent verdict, the Supreme Court refused to give legal recognition to same sex marriages and …
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Arkansas governor's new 'medical conscience objections' law could result in LGBTQ+ people being refused treatment, human rights group says
Gov. Asa Hutchinson signed legislation on Friday that allows doctors to refuse to treat patients be…