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Australia seeks to ban schools from expelling gay students

Lidia Kelly, Reuters
Posted at Oct 13 12:29 PM

Australia aims to ban private or religious schools from expelling students on the basis of their sexuality, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said on Saturday. Read more »

US restricts visas to unmarried gay diplomats

Shaun Tandon, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Oct 03 08:07 AM

The United States is denying visas to the partners of more than 100 gay diplomats unless they get married, officials said Tuesday. Read more »

Contestant parades with child, goats in gay pageant

Donna Lavares, ABS CBN News
Posted at Sep 24 01:27 PM

A Ms. Queen Pardo of Cebu contestant has gone viral online for bringing goats and a child onstage for the pageant's costume competition. Read more »

Fujikawa becomes first openly gay male pro golfer

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 14 11:30 AM

Tadd Fujikawa, the youngest American to make the cut in a US PGA Tour event, became the first openly gay male professional golfer, making the revelation in an Instagram post.   Read more »

India's Supreme Court ends colonial-era ban on gay sex

Abhaya Srivastava, Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Sep 06 05:28 PM

India's Supreme Court on Thursday struck down a ban on gay sex after a decades-old campaign against a colonial-era law used to hold back LGBT rights. Read more »

Spoken word artist Juan Miguel Severo admits on TV that he's gay

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 06 06:06 PM

Severo was asked if he can relate to his character in the movie "The Hows of Us" where he plays Mikko, the gay friend of George (Kathryn Bernardo). Read more »

Two Malaysian women caned under Islamic law for lesbian sex

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 03 01:38 PM

KUALA TERENGGANU, Malaysia - Two Malaysian women were caned Monday for having lesbian sex in violation of strict Islamic laws, despite an outcry from activists at the "cruel and unjust" punishment. Read more »

Pope Francis: Psychiatrists can help gay children, parents

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 27 11:34 PM

Pope Francis has recommended parents seek psychiatric help for children who show gay tendencies, during a press conference on his plane taking him back to Rome from Ireland. Read more »

WATCH: Pinoy dancers' winning routine at 2018 Gay Games

Anna Gabrielle Cerezo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 17 08:41 AM

Filipino dancers Niel Enopia and Ezekiel Vargaz stole the show at the recently held 2018 Gay Games.  Read more »

Dancing for equality, LGBT Pinoys make history at Gay Games

Anna Gabrielle Cerezo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 12 04:33 PM

Members of the Filipino LGBTQ+ community swept the world off their feet as they made history at this year's Gay Games. Read more »

Paris Gay Games a respite for oppressed athletes

Brice le Borgne, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Aug 12 06:18 AM

The Gay Games which are under way in Paris are not just a chance to celebrate sport and diversity: they offer crucial respite to gay athletes forced to hide their sexuality in their home countries. Read more »

Pinoys shine in 2018 Gay Games dancesport

Mary Anne Alcantara-Rivera, ABS-CBN Europe News Bureau
Posted at Aug 12 06:12 AM

PARIS -- Three Filipino couples set the stage on fire after competing for the Showdance in the Gay Games 2018, 10th Edition in Paris on Friday.  Read more »

Colorful parade opens 10th Gay Games in Paris

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Aug 05 08:32 AM

A colorful parade of athletes and supporters in a Paris stadium on Saturday launched the 10th edition of the international Gay Games, a week of sporting events and cultural meetings. Read more »

Men with same-sex partners 28 times more likely to get HIV- UN

Hugo Greenhalgh, Reuters
Posted at Jul 18 04:49 PM

Men with same-sex sexual partners are 28 times more likely to contract HIV than their heterosexual counterparts despite a radical reduction in new infections among gay men in Western countries, a UN report said on Wednesday. Read more »

Puerto Rico allowing transgender people to fix birth certificates

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jul 17 06:38 PM

Transgender people in Puerto Rico can now modify their birth certificates to match their gender identity after activists won a lawsuit against the US territory's governor. Read more »

Gay couple whipped in Indonesia for sharia-banned sex

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jul 13 09:05 PM

The two men were flogged more than 80 times each for having gay sex, which is outlawed under local Islamic law, as a jeering crowd hurled abuse at them. Read more »

India signals support for legalizing gay sex

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jul 11 08:57 PM

The Indian government Wednesday signaled it would not oppose a move to decriminalize homosexuality, as the country's top court chewed over appeals to overturn a colonial-era ban. Read more »

India's top court reviews homosexuality ban

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jul 10 08:04 PM

India's top court began reviewing Tuesday petitions against a colonial-era ban on homosexuality, in the latest chapter of a legal tussle between social and religious conservatives and more liberal Indians. Read more »

Same-sex marriage at civil union: Ano ang pagkakaiba?

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 03 05:50 PM

Sa ilalim ng civil union, magkakaroon na ng batas na mangangasiwa sa pag-aampon, paghahati ng ari-arian, at pagkakaroon ng karapatan sa partner sa oras ng sakit ang mga LGBT couple. Read more »

UK to ban gay 'conversion therapy' after massive survey

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jul 03 08:31 AM

LONDON, United Kingdom - Britain on Tuesday unveiled its "action plan" to tackle discrimination against the gay community, which includes bringing forward legislation to ban the practice of conversion therapy. Read more »