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Japanese higher court rules in favor of marriage equality
A second Japanese higher court ruling has found that the country’s lack of marriage equality is unconstitutional.
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A tiny Mexican town celebrated Pride for the first time. Something amazing happened
“Being queer is a special membership we embrace.”
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There’s a new gay president on the world stage
Latvia, a former Soviet republic, has selected an out gay man to be the country’s president.
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Mexico adds nonbinary option to passports in “great leap” for the “dignity of people”
Nonbinary Mexicans now have the option to select “X” as their gender marker, rather than male or female.
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First they came for the LGBTQ+ books: How the Nazis started burning books 90 years ago this month
LGBTQ Nation spoke with PEN America about the parallels between what happened then and what’s happening now.
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11 Swatch stores raided & rainbow Pride watches confiscated in Malaysia
The company says they’re putting them on display again.
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Man beats up 86-year-old woman with dementia because he thought she was transgender
She now asks people if they’re going to kill her since the man beat her & threw her in a garbage bin. She’ll spend the rest of her life in a nursing home.
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Taiwan legalizes adoption for LGBTQ+ couples
“Legally, we have finally returned same-sex couples to their children.”
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Activists say life for LGBTQ+ Afghans has become unbearable under Taliban rule
They’re asking the rest of the world – and particularly the US – to wake up.
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Namibia’s highest court recognizes same-sex marriages performed in other countries
Homosexuality remains ilegal in the nation, but many are celebrating the ruling as an important step forward.