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Kesha and Melissa Etheridge to Feature in GLAAD Hosted Livestream Event

While COVID-19 has caused GLAAD to cancel its annual Media Awards for 2020, the media advocacy organisation has announced a new livestream event titled...
gay couple Tsai-Brooks and Brooks died of coronavirus

Gay Husbands Die From Coronavirus Just Days Apart

A gay couple, married barely five years, died within days of each other in the same hospital, victims of the deadly coronavirus. In the small...
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US Fall Into Line Over Lifetime Blood Donation Bans

A step forward on descriminatory blood donation by gay men overnight when the U.S. Food and Drug Administration formally ended a 32-year-old lifetime ban...
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Indonesia Facing Backlash Following Anti-LGBTI Employment Policy

The Indonesian government is facing global condemnation after posting employment opportunities the banned LGBTI applicants. According to reports by The Jakarta Post, Indonesia's ministries of...

Taxi Driver Attacks Gay Couple After Backseat Kiss

A taxi driver has physically and verbally abused two gay men after they exchanged a kiss in the back of his taxi. Central European News...
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Gays Scoop the Nominations at Britain’s TV Awards

Nominations have been awarded to gay programmes and personalities for Britain's Television awards. The BAFTA television awards will be held on May 8 and two...
Peter Thiel and Donald Trump

Trump Includes Support For LGBTQ in Nomination Acceptance While Paypal Founder...

Paypal Co-founder Peter Thiel pledged his support for Donald Trump last week as he became the first openly gay speaker at the Republican National...
Ryan O'Shaughnessy (Middle) takes Ireland into Eurovision Finals with dancers Alan McGrath (left) and Kevin O'Dwyer (right) (Andres Putting - Supplied)

Ireland’s ‘Love Is Love’ Performance Shines in Eurovision Semi-Final One

Ireland returned to the Eurovision finals for the first time since 2013 with an emotionally uplifting performance that set the crowd alight in the...
Mr Gay Pride Spain 2018 Francisco Alvarado with Award Winning Theatre Actress Somila Toyi (Instagram)

Spanish Country Boy Takes on Mr Gay World with Smiles and...

As the Mr Gay World competition ramps up to the finale this weekend and all of the delegates start to feel the pressure, Mr...
LGBTQ + demonstration in Windhoek Namibia, on May 20. Photo Instagram / Equal Namibia

Namibia to End Outdated Gay Sex Ban

The justice minister of Namibia says a colonial-era law that criminalises gay sex between men could soon be scrapped calling the legislation “outdated and...

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