LGBT
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Taiwan’s parliament to legalize same-sex marriage
May 17, 2019Taiwan’s parliament has become the first in Asia to legalize same-sex marriage following a vote on Friday. In 2017, the island’s constitutional court ruled that same-sex couples had the right to legally marry. Parliament was given... -
TV’s rising LGBT presence critical to rights
Oct 27, 2018Drama series “Pose” and new transgender superhero in “Supergirl” helped boost the number of LGBTQ characters to an all-time high on U.S. television, according to a report released on Thursday that said diversity programming was a... -
Gay sex is no longer a criminal offense in India
Sep 6, 2018In a historic decision, India’s Supreme Court has ruled that gay sex is no longer a criminal offense. The ruling overturns a 2013 judgment that upheld a colonial-era law, known as section 377, under which gay... -
Israel’s LGBT community protests for fathers’ surrogacy rights
Jul 22, 2018Israel’s LGBT community launched a one-day strike on Sunday, blocking a main thoroughfare in Tel Aviv, in protest over the exclusion of gay men from surrogacy legislation passed last week. Demonstrators held protests in Israeli cities,... -
Scarlett Johansson quits transgender role after LGBT backlash
Jul 14, 2018Scarlett Johansson on Friday pulled out of a movie in which she was cast to play a transgender character following a backlash from some members of the LGBT community who believed the part should have gone... -
‘Gay conversion therapy’ to be banned as part of LGBT equality plan
Jul 3, 2018Controversial “gay conversion therapies” are to be banned as part of a government plan to improve the lives of gay and transgender people. A national survey of 108,000 members of the LGBT community suggested 2% have... -
Thai drag queens hope new TV show brings LGBT acceptance
Mar 26, 2018Before his shows at a jazz club in Bangkok, Pan Pan Narkprasert, 29, slathers layers of makeup on his face, emerging after two hours transformed into Pangina Heals, a larger-than-life, purple-lipped lady with a mass of... -
No tip for US waitress with LGBT tattoo
Aug 15, 2017News Hour: Waiting staff in the US rely heavily on their tips to make up for their low wages, but one server in Rockford, Illinois, was surprised to find the reason for the lack of a... -
Indonesian gay community driven underground after police raids
Jul 1, 2017When an angry mob of Islamists threatened to burn down a place hosting a gay and lesbian film festival in Jakarta in 2010, Indonesian police came to protect those staging it. A volunteer at the festival,... -
Muslim leader urges to boycott Starbucks over LGBT stand
Jul 1, 2017News Hour: A leader of Indonesia’s second-largest Muslim organization has called for a boycott of Starbucks (SBUX.O), saying that the international coffee chain’s pro-gay stand risks ruining the “religious and cultured” core of the Southeast Asian...
