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Turkey

German LGBT film festival banned in Turkish capital

A statement by Turkish authorities cited "public safety and terrorism risks" as the causes

16/11/2017

World News

Australia votes for gay marriage

Thousands celebrate at a rally in Sydney afer Australians vote overwhelmingly for legislation supporting same-sex marriage

15/11/2017

World News

Australia votes in favour of same-sex marriage

Officials declare the results of a nationwide postal survey after years of fierce public and political debate

14/11/2017

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Queer Pride celebrates a decade of Indian activism in New Delhi

Homosexuality remains deeply taboo and punishable by law in world's biggest democracy.

12/11/2017

USA

Danica Roem makes transgender history with election success in US

The 33-year-old beat a rival who refused to refer to her as 'she'.

08/11/2017

United Kingdom

Scotland apologises for gay convictions

Nicola Sturgeon: "I categorically, unequivocally and wholeheartedly apologise for those laws and for the hurt and the harm they did to so many."

07/11/2017

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Tens of thousands celebrate Taiwan's LGBT Pride

Tens of thousands celebrate Taiwan's LGBT Pride

28/10/2017

Uruguay

Uruguay elects first transgender senator

Michelle Suarez became Uruguay’s first transgender senator on Tuesday, October 10.

11/10/2017

Serbia

Serbia's lesbian PM joins Belgrade Pride Parade

Campaigners have described the event as a test of the conservative Balkan state's rights record as it seeks to join the European Union.

17/09/2017

World News

Australians to vote on same-sex marriage

Australia's High Court has rejected two legal challenges to the centre-right coalition government's proposed postal vote on whether to legalise same-sex marriage.

07/09/2017

World News

Legal challenge over Australian same-sex marriage vote

Australia's High Court has begun hearing a legal challenge against the government's plan to hold a postal vote on whether to legalise same-sex marriage

05/09/2017

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Nepal 'Gay Pride' brings colour to Kathmandu

Members of Nepal's LGBT community made their mark at a popular festival in the conservative Hindu-majority country

08/08/2017

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Australia plans 'postal vote' on same-sex marriage

08/08/2017

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Amsterdam comes to life for Gay Pride

06/08/2017

Israel

Thousands march in Jerusalem's 16th Gay Pride Parade

LIVE: Jerusalem's 16th Gay Pride Parade

03/08/2017

World News

Which countries in Europe allow gay marriage?

More than a dozen European countries have legalised it since the turn of the century

13/07/2017

Malta

Malta says yes to same-sex marriage

The EU's smallest nation is the 24th country in the world to legalise same-sex marriage

13/07/2017

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Thousands celebrate Cologne's Christopher Street Day pride parade

09/07/2017

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Madrid hosts thousands in global rally for LGBT rights

There was tight security in the Spanish capital for the colourful celebration

02/07/2017

Spain

Party and pride on the rainbow streets of Madrid

Hundreds of thousands of people flooded the streets of Madrid for WorldPride parade - a celebration of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender rights.

02/07/2017