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Botswana’s High Court Decriminalises Homosexuality

In a broad and forward-thinking reading of the Botswana Constitution, the three-judge High Court bench unanimously ruled that the criminalising laws were discriminatory against...
Young Royals - Simon (Omar Rudberg) & Prince Wilhelm (Edvin Ryding) (Image: Johan Paulin/NETFLIX)

Representation Rises in Characters on TV

Although some parts of American society is going backwards, the television industry has again made some leaps forward with the news that for the...
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Sudan Repeals Death Penalty for Same-Sex Relations

Amongst a number of law reforms that have been passed by the Sovereign Council of Sudan this week, there has been a repeal of...
IHV

Promising New HIV Vaccine Begins Human Trials

A promising new HIV vaccine that has been in development for over 15 years has begun human trials which commenced on 1 October 2015, after...
Kenyan film Rafiki

Kenyan Court Refuses to Lift Lesbian Film Ban

A Kenyan court has refused to end the ban on internationally acclaimed lesbian movie Rafiki due to the producers of the film failing to...
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Premier League CEO Says All Gay Players Will Be Welcomed and...

English Premier League Chief Executive said that any footballers that decided to come out as gay in his league would be treated with respect. The...
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RuPaul’s Drag Race Contestant Disqualified over Catfishing Allegations

Sherry Pie, a contestant on RuPaul’s Drag Race Season 12, will be removed from the live finale of the hit show where the queen...
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...
Trump

More Anti-LGBTI Policy To Follow Trump’s Transgender Ban?

Following Donald Trump's transgender ban in the United States Military, fears continue to grow that the 45th President of the United States may introduce...
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Obama’s Big Year Ends With An LGBT Commemoration

In a monumental year for LGBT rights in the US, today President Obama commemorated the five-year anniversary of the lifting of the ban on...

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