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THE DAY IN PHOTOS: November 29, 2022

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 30 12:01 AM

Here are the day's top stories in photos. Read more »

Rayner Peña R, EPA-EFE
Posted at Nov 29 11:28 PM

The LGBTIQ activist Koddy Campo is seen chained as a protest in front of the headquarters of the Ombudsman, in Caracas, Venezuela. Read more »

Russian lawmakers approve bill banning LGBTQ 'propaganda'

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Nov 24 08:57 PM

Russia already has a law banning so-called "gay propaganda" for minors, and the new bill would broaden it to include adults and effectively ban any public mention of gay relationships. Read more »

Gay struggle offers new window on Berlin Wall's fall

Deborah Cole, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Nov 01 03:02 PM

The role of gay people in bringing down communist East Germany from within is getting fresh attention three decades on, at a time when sexual liberation is still a battleground. Read more »

FA chief says LGBTQ fans won't face arrest for kissing at World Cup

Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Sep 22 12:16 PM

English Football Association chief executive Mark Bullingham says he has been told LGBTQ+ fans won't be arrested for holding hands or kissing in public at the World Cup in Qatar. Read more »

Being gay not a disease, Vietnam tells medical workers

Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Aug 10 08:27 AM

In an official document, the health ministry said that 'homosexuality cannot be cured, does not need to be cured and cannot be changed'. Read more »

Filipino drag queen honored during annual 'Pines Invasion'

Don Tagala | TFC News Fire Island, New York
Posted at Jul 07 08:45 PM

Filipinos in New York joined an annual Independence Day event that began after a drag queen was denied service to a restaurant in Fire Island Pines in 1976. Read more »

LGBTQ+ community in NY demands protection of rights

Don Tagala | TFC News New York
Posted at Jun 29 08:48 PM

Participants of the New York City Pride March stressed the need to protect the rights of the LGBTQ+ community after the US Supreme Court struck down women's constitutional right to abortion. Read more »

Pride events sa NCR, mga probinsiya dinagsa

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 25 07:25 PM

Nagpakita ng puwersa ang LGBTQIA+ community sa selebrasyon ng Pride ngayong Sabado Read more »

LGBTQ leaders warn of renewed hostility

Agence France-Presse
Updated as of May 04 02:52 PM

The LGBTQ community around the world is facing a wave of attacks, said leaders and activists. Read more »

'Worse to be gay than corrupt' in Venezuela's military

Margioni Bermudez, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Apr 20 01:06 PM

"It is worse to be gay than corrupt," said Jose, 36, a former National Guard captain who did not want his real name used. Read more »

Ilang pari, eksperto may 'paglilinaw' sa pahayag ni Pope Francis sa same-sex union

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 23 08:15 PM

Kasunod ito ng pahayag ng Santo Papa na sumusuporta siya sa same-sex civil union. Read more »

The Tahini War: The food at the center of an Arab gay rights battle

Adam Rasgon, The New York Times
Posted at Jul 16 08:38 AM

TEL AVIV, Israel — When Julia Zaher, the owner of a company that makes some of the most popular tahini in Israel, made a donation to an Israeli gay rights group recently, she saw it as an unremarkable act. Read more »

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