LGBT+ homeless fear violence, illness as coronavirus shuts U.S. sheltersThe coronavirus pandemic is putting LGBT+ people without housing at increased risk of suicide, health complications or hate crimes, |
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LGBT+ events thrive virtually amid coronavirus shutdownsDrag queen bingo and book clubs go virtual, as LGBT+ people support each other through the COVID-19 epidemic |
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In good faith? U.S. legal battle over gay adoption intensifiesThere is a growing tension in the United States between rights advocates and religious agencies who want to operate according to their beliefs |
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India's 'invisible' trans community struggles as coronavirus shuts life downTransgender people, many of whom live a marginal existence, are expected to be hard hit by the COVID-19 epidemic |
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FACTBOX - Andorra set to become latest nation to legalise gay marriageWith the tiny European country set to legalise same-sex weddings, gay marriages are now legal in 27 United Nation member states |
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Out in tech: LGBT+ entrepreneurs struggle for fundingVenture capital (VC) investors tend to give funding to people who mirror those who have succeeded before, such as straight white men |
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Gay anthem Y.M.C.A. dances into history at leading U.S. libraryThe U.S. Library of Congress deemed Village People's 1978 song to be historical important |
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U.S. screenwriter donates supplies from Netflix series to help fight virusRyan Murphy has donated medical supplies from the set of his hit Netflix series to a hospital in New York |
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‘A weight off my shoulders' - Argentina's first openly gay basketball star on coming outThis week Sebastian Vega became the first basketball star in Argentina to come out |
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Don't forget sex workers in virus fight, Dominican Republic lawmaker saysThe Caribbean island's 20,000 transgender prostitutes are at a high risk of contracting coronavirus, a congresswoman said |
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Broadway playwright Terrence McNally dies of coronavirus complicationsThe openly gay, Tony award-winning playwright died at the age of 81 |
Health Canada okays GSK unit's monthly HIV injectionCanada's healthcare regulator has approved GlaxoSmithKline's Cabenuva, which suppresses the virus that causes AIDS |
UK begins trial of HIV medicine, steroid as possible COVID-19 treatmentsOxford University scientists are testing AbbVie's Kaletra, normally used to treat HIV, with the steroid dexamethasone |
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OPINION: Playwright Terrence McNally: a life led with bravery and integrityAsh Kotak McNally's career traced the birth of the modern-day LGBT+ rights movement and skewered American preoccupations with class, psychotherapy and sexual mores |
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OPINION: The LGBT+ charity sector must mobilise to survive COVID-19Elliot Vaughn, Baroness Liz Barker, Rupert Abbott, Rachel Reese As many of LGBT+ organisations are small and vulnerable, we need to come together to save the sector |
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