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Yishai Schlissel

Life In Prison For Jerusalem Pride Killer

The man responsible for killing a teenage girl and stabbing five other people during Jerusalem's 2015 Pride Festival has been sentenced to life in prison. Yishai...
phil-claudy

Gay College Athlete Raising Funds For Pulse Nightclub Victims

Competing in the Chattanooga Ironman triathlon, Phil Claudy hopes to raise vital funds for OneOrlando, an organisation which helps the victims and the community of...
Bishop Amat Memorial High School walkout

Students Stage Walkout After School Threatens To Out Classmate

Students at a Catholic high school have staged a walkout following the school's teachers threats to out a gay classmate to her parents. The teachers...
Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner

Ivanka Trump and Husband Jared Kushner Credited with Saving LGBTI Protections

President Donald Trump's recent decision, to not move forward with an Executive Order essentially reversing Obama-era LGBTI protections has been credited to Ivanka Trump and her...
New US Ambassador to Lithuania Robert Gilchrist (Photo: Embassy of Sweden, via Facebook.)

US Senate Confirms Openly Gay Ambassador To Lithuania

The U.S. Senate has confirmed the nomination of Robert Gilchrist as the U.S. ambassador to Lithuania. Gilchrist is at least the fifth openly gay person...
Croatia LGBTI Rights

Croatia Found to Violate Human Rights by European Court

The European Court of Human Rights has ruled that the Eastern European nation of Croatia is in violation of Article 14 (non-discrimination) during a case of family...
Conversion Therapy Seattle

City Of Seattle To Ban Conversion Therapy

The West Coast seaport city of Seattle could become the second city in the United States to ban controversial and harmful conversion therapies. The proposed ordinance that would...
South Africa Refugee- Coronavirus

Coronavirus: South African Government Criticised For Excluding LGBT+ Refugees From Relief

South Africa's Government is facing criticism from human rights groups for excluding LGBT+ refugees and asylum seekers from crucial coronavirus relief packages. With South Africa being...
Auburn High School

Criticism After Rainbow Flag Displayed to Promote Diversity in Alabama School

Auburn High School, in the US State of Alabama, has found itself caught up in controversy following the display of a rainbow flag that...
Malawi LGBTI Rights

Overturned Homophobic Law Being Reinstated In Malawi

A court in the small East African nation of Malawi has instructed the nation's police officers to resume arresting anyone “engaging in homosexual activities,” despite...

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