Transgender Germans demand compensation for sterilisation

Until 2011 transgender Germans had to be sterilised to legally change gender

Taiwan emerges as new market for LGBT+ surrogacy after gay marriage law

Taiwan became the first place in Asia to legalise gay marriage in May, prompting a rush of commercial surrogacy agencies to head to Taiwan to help more LGBT+ couples seeking to start families

Gabon bans gay sex as global pace of reform falters

The central African country is the 70th country to ban consensual same-sex relations

Facebook removes misleading HIV drug ads after outcry

The ads linked the drugs to severe bone and kidney damage and were placed by personal-injury attorneys

Bogota's first openly gay mayor marries girlfriend

While Colombia remains socially conservative, legal gains have been made on LGBT+ rights in recent years

Disney cuts lesbian kiss from 'Star Wars' in Singapore

The two minor female characters embrace but do not kiss in the version of "The Rise of Skywalker" shown in Singapore

As murders soar, new app maps LGBT+ safe spaces in Brazil

The app Dandarah, named after a trans woman who was murdered in 2017, aims to help address anti-LGBT+ violence in Brazil

Local community pledges savings to build first transgender school in northern India

The education centre will initially have a primary school for children up to the age of 10 with plans to develop it into a college and a university in the future

Netflix 'gay Jesus' film sparks backlash in Brazil

The film, which portrays Jesus bringing home his presumed boyfriend to meet the Holy Family, has angered many

Will first trans hero mark a new era for LGBT+ roles in video games?

Fewer than 10 games a year from the 1980s up to 2004 featured any LGBT+ characters

Turning a corner? English football fans tackle homophobic chants

LGBT+ supporters say recent homophobic incidents show not rising abuse but fans more willing to confront it

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Germany moves to ban gay 'conversion therapies'

Germany could become the first major European country to outlaw discredited attempts to change a person's sexual orientation or gender identity

Shadowy group says it attacked Brazil's 'gay Jesus' comedy troupe; police investigate

The comedy group's headquarters was firebombed after their Christmas film imagining a gay Jesus drew millions of complaints

Australian tennis great Court hits out at LGBTI education, trans athletes

Court, a Christian pastor at the Victory Life Church she set up decades ago, called the teaching of LGBTI materials at schools the work of the 'devil'

Zambia: US ambassador crossed line by defending jailed gay couple

Zambia's high court last month jailed a gay couple for engaging in sexual relations "against the order of nature", a move a U.S. ambassador said was horrifying

Adidas and Beyonce to launch gender-neutral collection

The collection includes jumpsuits, cargo pants, hoodies and cycling shorts, mostly featuring signature Adidas triple-stripes

More HIV+ men know undetectable viral levels mean AIDS virus can't spread

Although there’s no cure for HIV, the virus can become undetectable when there are too few copies of it in the blood to show up on standard blood tests

OPINION: The progress of LGBT+ equality in aid and development is too slow

Anastasia Kyriacou

LGBT+ people need to be involved in designing aid and development policies and programs if we are to achieve a better world for everyone

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