LGBTQ+ rights
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New Zealand bans puberty blockers for young transgender people
Critics warn move could have devastating impact on lives and wellbeing of those affectedNew Zealand has announ…
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China removes two popular gay dating apps from Apple and Android stores
Withdrawal of Blued and Finka raises fears of further crackdowns on LGBT rights amid growing restrictionsTwo o…
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Horror film digitally altered in China to make gay couple straight
Viewers outraged after same-sex wedding scene changed in Together, starring Dave Franco and Alison BrieAn Aust…
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Hong Kong criticised for rejecting bill giving ‘bare minimum’ rights to same-sex couples
Legislative council voted down a bill that was introduced to comply with an order from the city’s top courtHum…
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Politicians in at least 51 countries used anti-LGBTQ+ rhetoric during elections, NGO finds
Rights group also finds rise in openly gay, bisexual and transgender people running for office in 36 countries…
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‘Creating inequality’: Hong Kong’s same-sex marriage registration proposal criticised
Government framework to recognise ‘core rights’ said to barely reach minimum ordered by court rulingDino Wong …
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Trump’s first 100 days supercharged a global ‘freefall of rights’, says Amnesty
World now in era of repressive regimes’ impunity, climate inaction and unchecked corporate power, says reportT…
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Joy in Thailand as same-sex couples can finally marry – video
Thailand’s LGBTQ+ community has fought for decades for the right to equal marriage, and on Thursday 878 distri…
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Thai same-sex marriage law comes into force – in pictures
Thailand has become the first country in south-east Asia to hold legal same-sex weddings, with LGBTQ+ groups a…
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‘I am so proud’: Joy as Thailand’s same-sex couples can marry at last
Marriage equality laws come into force, with hundreds of couples tying the knot in special wedding eventsMore …
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Shunned and shamed, Pakistan’s trans community finally gets help for TB
Often forced into sex work, trans people are at higher risk of tuberculosis but face abuse when they seek trea…
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We can be heroes: the inspiring people we met around the world in 2024 – part one
From an exuberant mountaineering woman to a boy representing unheard refugees, here are some of the brave indi…
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Religious groups ‘spending billions to counter gender-equality education’
Report reveals how US Christians, Catholic schools and Islamists fight sex education, LGBTQ+ and equal rightsE…
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Ryan and Righ want to get married in Taiwan – they can’t because of China’s same-sex marriage ban
Cross-strait couples are required to marry in China, but with gay marriage still impossible on the mainland, m…
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Custody ruling in same-sex case hailed as LGBT milestone in China
Woman wins visiting rights to see daughter, but not son, in first recognition that child can have two legal mo…