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Chile same-sex marriage vote celebrated as historic

December 9, 2021 admingay, lgbt, lgbt articles, lgbt news, lgbtq

Lesbian and gay couples celebrated in Chile after winning a decades-long fight for the right to wed, joining more than 20 other nations that have legalized same-sex marriage. “I feel so happy. I feel proud. Finally our country, Chile, recognizes the dignity of our family,” said Claudia Aravena, a 42-year-old teacher from the Chilean capital of Santiago. She spoke to the Thomson Reuters Foundation on Tuesday after Chile’s Congress passed a law to legalize same-sex marriage, a milestone for the conservative South American nation. The government said the “historic” vote set…

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Trans people waiting years for gender healthcare as demand surges

December 8, 2021 admingay, lgbt, lgbt articles, lgbt news, lgbtq

When British tattoo artist Eva Echo found the courage to come out as transgender, she quickly sought specialist medical care to help her transition. More than four years later, she is still waiting for her first appointment. Echo, who is part of a potential legal challenge to England’s National Health Service (NHS) over waiting times, said the delay left her “drowning” in gender dysphoria – the distress caused by someone’s gender identity not matching their body. “There’s no way to tell where I am on the list or when I’m…

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Big fat gay Indian wedding? Same-sex couple fight for right to marry

November 30, 2021 admingay, lgbt, lgbt articles, lgbt news, lgbtq

Swept up in a whirlwind romance after meeting at a Bollywood party in Mumbai, Saattvic and Gaurav Bhatti dreamed of celebrating their love with a typical big, fat Indian wedding. Seven years on, it remains a dream. Same-sex marriages are illegal in India despite the Supreme Court scrapping a colonial-era ban on gay sex in 2018 – a decision that LGBTQ+ Indians say they had hoped would pave the way for more equal rights, including marriage and adoption. That is why Saattvic, who goes by one name, asked the Delhi…

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‘Rebel Dykes’ filmmaker hopes to unite British LGBTQ+ generations

November 27, 2021 admingay, lgbt, lgbt articles, lgbt news, lgbtq

Leather-wearing lesbians may have been a minority in 1980s London, but one of the original “Rebel Dykes” hopes her documentary about the punk-loving subculture will bring LGBTQ+ people together across generational and political divides. Siobhan Fahey expressed delight about younger LGBTQ+ people’s reaction to the film, which is coming out in British cinemas and online on Friday after festival screenings and an accompanying London exhibition that went viral on TikTok earlier this year. “The reaction, particularly of young queers – and I’m talking about what you call Generation Z, the ones…

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LGBTQ+ Afghans fear being forgotten 100 days since Taliban takeover

November 24, 2021 admingay, lgbt, lgbt articles, lgbt news, lgbtq

As he struggled to wrench his hair from the grasp of a heavily armed Taliban fighter, Mohammad – a gay Afghan man – realised he had two options: run or die. Minutes earlier, he had been stopped at a checkpoint in Kabul and forced to hand over his mobile phone for inspection. Mohammad was terrified – he knew the Taliban guard would find material on his phone that revealed his sexuality. “He started searching the gallery and photos and videos and gave me a really strong slap in the face.…

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LGBTQ+ businesses help spearhead Britain’s economic recovery

November 16, 2021 admingay, lgbt, lgbt articles, lgbt news, lgbtq

Being a successful entrepreneur is not always about being in the right place at the right time. Peter Darrant-Parkes opened Britain’s first dedicated LGBTQ+ business hub, the Pride Media Centre, in 2019 – months before COVID-19 brought the country and its economy to a virtual standstill. But while the pandemic could not have been foreseen, the centre’s unlikely location – in an old warehouse complex in a deprived area of the northeastern city of Gateshead – was carefully considered. “We could have had a shiny office in Manchester or Birmingham…

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Why Twitter and Instagram are inviting people to share their pronouns

October 21, 2021 admingay, lgbt, lgbt articles, lgbt news, lgbtq

Are you a he or a she? A they or a ze? Telling the world who you are is getting easier as social networking sites from LinkedIn to Instagram roll out pronoun options in profiles to help users clearly express their gender identity. High-profile transgender and non-binary stars including Hollywood star Elliot Page and singers Sam Smith and Demi Lovato are helping to drive growing awareness of gender minorities – and big businesses are embracing the social shift. Social networks including Twitter, Instagram and LinkedIn have announced or introduced dedicated…

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