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The strongest resistance to the United Nations resolution to promote LGBTI rights came from Muslim and African states. Many of these countries still criminalise same-sex relationships.
Portrait of Miriam Tlali as part of Adrian Steirn’s 21 Icons South Africa project. Date: 15.10.2014.
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A South African novel, published in 1980 and dealing with the Soweto student uprising four years earlier, still provides lessons for students today.
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Interviews reveal the thoughts and feelings of UK Muslims on homosexuality.
The well-co-ordinated Irish ‘yes’ campaign literally had its members knocking on doors throughout the country.
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Putting a human rights issue to a national vote is a crude means of legalising same-sex marriage.
A woman writes on a cross placed in honor of the victims of the shooting at the Pulse nightclub.
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It is now recognized within public health that discrimination causes significant health problems for the LGBTQ community.
Bissu, or transgender priests, are one of five genders recognized by the Bugis.
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Is our gender determined by our bodies or our culture?
Officers attend the scene in Orlando.
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Times are changing … but far too slowly.
The Orlando massacre is an extreme example of the public health crisis of anti-LGBT violence in America.
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Aggression against sexual minorities is rooted in society-level stigmas that devalue LGBT individuals.
Ignoring homophobia makes it impossible to effectively combat it.
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For every advance in LGBT rights that is made in one part of the world, there are extreme regressions elsewhere.
Policy changes and face-to-face conversations are part of the plan.
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The massacre at an Orlando gay club is a savage reminder that lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people still face harsh prejudice in America and lack full equal protections under the law.
Both major parties have a platform that could ultimately facilitate same-sex marriage in Australia.
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Experience in the US serves to highlight the potential long-term economic consequences if Australia fails to legalise same-sex marriage.
A step in the right direction.
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Religious leaders have done little to help combat institutionalised homophobia – and some have flat-out encouraged it.
Police in Dhaka hold back protesters furious at the murder of a student.
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Bangladesh’s sexual minorities have been under violent attack for some time – as has anyone standing up to the country’s extremists.
The Boss canceled a concert in North Carolina.
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Georgia State law scholar looks to the Constitution for limits.
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The need for lesbian love stories that aren’t doomed is just as great now as it has ever been.
LNP MP George Christensen has been vociferous in his opposition to the Safe Schools program.
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The damaging polarisation around queer issues in Australian politics is out of step with community sentiment.
The silence of President Joko Widodo amid a growing sense of clear and present danger to Indonesia’s LGBT population is troubling.
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The recent anti-gay comments by Indonesian public officials may inspire militant Islamists with a propensity for violence to physically harm LGBT people.
Australia detains asylum seekers in a country that criminalises homosexuality.
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Western leaders and activists should show humility and allow themselves to be guided by local organisations if they wish to be effective in promoting same-sex rights.
While some conservatives worry about the Safe Schools program ‘turning’ kids gay, they in turn seem determined to turn queer kids straight.
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The review of the Safe Schools program is yet another example of the misguided conservative anxiety that talking about homosexuality can “turn” children gay.
Despite challenges, Indonesia’s LGBT community continues to fight for its rights.
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A recent onslaught against gays and lesbians in Indonesia shows a fresh wave of moral panic over homosexuality in the world’s most populous Muslim country.