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Egypt: Trans Activist Risks Serious Abuse
Egyptian security forces on March 6, 2019 arrested Malak al-Kashif, a political activist who is a transgender woman, Human Rights Watch said today. According to a lawyer with the Egyptian Commission for Rights and Freedoms, al-Kashif is being held in an undisclosed location with no access to legal counsel.
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South Korea: Military ‘Sodomy’ Law Violates Rights
South Korea’s law that bans same-sex conduct for soldiers violates its international human rights obligations and should be repealed, Human Rights Watch said in an amicus brief submitted to the country’s Constitutional Court today.
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Malaysia Has No Gay People, Country’s Tourism Minister Claims
Malaysia’s tourism minister sparked outrage while in Germany for an international travel fair after claiming there were no gay people in his country.
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Backlash For Birmingham MP Who Defended Parents Boycotting LGBTQ Lessons
But Shabana Mahmood insists: «These things are not my views – and are not my politics».
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Luke Perry, star of ‘90210’ and ‘Riverdale’, dead at 52
Luke Perry, who played the beloved Dylan McKay on the hit coming-of-age series «Beverly Hills 90210» has died.
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Homophobic Muslim parents withdraw 600 kids from Parkfield School over LGBTQ row
Hundreds of pupils were taken out of classes as the row at Parkfield Community School escalates.