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US military to accept transgender recruits after Trump drops appeal

By deciding not to appeal court rulings, the White House has paved the way for transgender people to enlist in the US military from Monday.

30/12/2017

Guatemala

Guatemala's trans indigenous beauty pageant is about more than just a pretty face

Aquetzali B'e Noj, winner of Guatemala's first indigenous LGBTQ beauty pageant, is making sure her community is not erased.

18/12/2017

Bermuda

Bermuda to reverse same-sex marriage legislation

Bermuda will ban same-sex marriage months after it was legalised by the island's Supreme Court.

14/12/2017

World News

Celebrations as Australia allows same-sex marriage

Only four MPs voted against the move.

07/12/2017

World News

Australian MP proposes to partner during Parliament session

Victorian MP Tim Wilson proposed to his partner, Ryan Bolger, during Question Time in Parliament

04/12/2017

Brazil

Thousands attend Rio Gay Pride Parade

Despite funding cuts, local media estimate that 800,000 people gathered on Copacabana beach for the annual event.

20/11/2017

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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

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Tens of thousands celebrate Taiwan's LGBT Pride

Tens of thousands celebrate Taiwan's LGBT Pride

28/10/2017

USA

LGBTQ gun club forms to combat growing popularity of far right in the US

"We're acknowledging our fear of a world in which conservatives are the only ones who are armed," said one member

23/10/2017

World News

Sydney holds Australia's biggest-ever LGBT marriage equality rally

Sydney holds Australia's biggest-ever LGBT marriage equality rally, while the Conservatives' Malcolm Turnbull comes out in favour ahead of postal plebicite.

10/09/2017

Israel

Thousands march in Jerusalem's 16th Gay Pride Parade

LIVE: Jerusalem's 16th Gay Pride Parade

03/08/2017

USA

Trans man gives birth to a baby boy

A trans man from Portland in the US state of Oregon has given birth to a baby boy - the latest addition to a unique family.

03/08/2017

USA

Trump: transgender people will not be allowed in the US military

US President Trump sparks a new controversy by announcing a ban on transgender people in the military.

26/07/2017

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