Walking in two worlds: Canada's 'two-spirit' doctor guiding trans teenagers

Indigenous trans youth are the most at risk group of suicide – this doctor is helping them embrace their identity

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Brazilian judge orders Netflix to stop showing gay Jesus movie

The show created by a YouTube comedy group portrays Jesus bringing home a presumed boyfriend to meet his family


Pakistan to provide free healthcare for trans people

Transgender people in Pakistan are now eligible for medical treatment including reconstructive surgery


Prominent Tunisian LGBT+ activist flees death threats

Mounir Baatour stood in September's presidential poll and has now fled to Paris


UK court tackles gender transition for children

Last year, 2,590 children were referred to Britain's only state-funded gender identity clinic seeking to change their gender, up from 77 just under a decade ago


African LGBT+ refugees plead U.N. for safe shelter after Kenya camp attacks

More than 40 LGBT+ refugees from countries including Uganda, Burundi and the DRC said they were targeted in two homophobic attacks in the last three weeks


Brazil seeks global police help after attack over gay Jesus show

The movie has caused an uproar among Brazil's conservative Christians. About two million people have petitioned Netflix to remove the show from its online streaming service


FACTBOX-Eight legal hotspots for global LGBT+ rights in 2020

From Botswana to Barbados, here are some of the key legal fights that will dominate LGBT+ news in 2020


Same-sex 'Dancing on Ice' couple sparks hopes of greater LGBT+ representation

Singer Ian Watkins and professional skater Matt Evers are set to make television history on the British reality TV show


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Netflix appeals censorship case to Brazil's Supreme Court

The Rio state judge said in his decision that showing the special 'would harm a society that is mostly Christian'


Conservative, liberal Methodists to split over gay marriage

Methodist leaders plan to split the church into two worldwide, after disputes on whether to allow same-sex marriage and gay clergy


Alibaba praised by China's gay community for ad recognising same-sex couples

Depictions of LGBT people in entertainment and media are rare in China, due to government dissuasion or outright censorship


Britain jails Indonesian who became UK's 'most prolific rapist'

Student Reynhard Sinaga targeted drunk or vulnerable men, who he knocked unconscious with a spiked drink and then sexually assaulted


DeGeneres applauds uplifting TV as she accepts Golden Globes honor

DeGeneres broke through barriers to LGBT+ personalities to become one of the most prominent gay women in America



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