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Jean Wyllys afirma que vai abandonar a Comissão de Direitos Humanos da Câmara
Decisão é um protesto contra o poder da bancada conservadora na comissão, disse o deputado ao BuzzFeed News. Colaborou: Olívia Florência. Reprodução/ Facebook: jean.wyllys O deputado Jean Wyllys disse...
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Bolsonaro critica resolução do governo sobre direitos de alunos travestis e...
“Queria que os ativistas LGBT deixassem a família em paz”, disse Bolsonaro ao BuzzFeed News. Laerte diz que a medida é importantíssima. O deputado Jair Bolsonaro (PP/RJ) criticou a resolução do...
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World's Most Progressive Gender Identity Law Passes In Europe
“The act is a beacon of hope,” said an European LGBT leader in response to the law passed Wednesday in the Malta, whose Constitution officially deems the country Catholic. Pope Francis meets with...
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LGBT Employee Leader Under Investigation At World Bank
“We have a zero tolerance policy against retaliation in this and every other case,” World Bank President Jim Yong Kim said during an interview with BuzzFeed News. The employee’s lawyers say the timing...
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World Bank President: Our Efforts Have Slowed Rise Of Anti-LGBT Laws
Jon Premosch / BuzzFeed News NEW YORK — The World Bank’s decision to block a $90 million loan to Uganda last February in response to a sweeping anti-homosexuality law has helped slow passage of...
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Brazilian LGBT Community Looks On In Fear At Rise Of Evangelicals
BRASILIA — A group of hard-faced young men marched military style through a cheering crowd, giving straight-armed salutes. ”Thank the Lord, we are here today ready for battle, and determined to serve...
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Egyptian Government Can Block LGBT People From Entering The Country, Court Rules
A court ruled Tuesday that the interior minister has the power to protect “the general benefits, religious values, social morals of society and to prevent the spreading of social ills.” Egypt's...
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Gay Diplomats Say State Department Is Failing Their Families
“If we’re going to stand up for LGBT rights around the world we need to stand up for our own American diplomats and their families,” an LGBT employee organization leader says. Secretary John Kerry...
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Trans Rights Bill Unanimously Passes India's Upper House Of Parliament
But a leading advocate for trans rights says it doesn’t mean the government is embracing gay rights. Tiruchi Siva sponsored the trans rights bill passed Friday by the upper house of India's...
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National Organization For Marriage President Confirms Plans To Go Global
“We’re working with everyone that we can that believes that marriage is the union of a man and a woman all around the world,” NOM President Brian Brown told BuzzFeed News. National Organization for...
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LGBT Rights Victory Handed Down In Kenyan Court
The country could become a bright spot for LGBT rights in East Africa following a ruling on Friday. Eric Gitari of Kenya’s National Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission at a protest in Nairobi...
View ArticleA Couple In An Irish Poster Against Same-Sex Marriage Say They Actually...
The couple posed for a stock photo last year, and the image ended up being used in the No campaign ahead of Ireland’s referendum on the issue on May 22. We were surprised and upset to see that the...
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U.S. Has No Process For Accepting Transgender Passports, State Department...
More than 1.5 billion people now live in countries that allow people to identify as neither male nor female on passports, but the U.S. immigration system doesn’t have a way to process these documents....
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Ireland Is Poised To Become The First Country To Pass Marriage Equality By...
DUBLIN — In less than two weeks, the Republic of Ireland could become the first country in the world to allow same-sex couples to marry thanks to a popular vote, boosting the marriage-equality...
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Priests Defy Bishops To Support Marriage Equality In Ireland
DUBLIN — Father Martin Dolan faced a difficult decision. With Ireland’s referendum on marriage equality looming, he could either go along with his bishops’ official opposition to it, or he could be...
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US LGBT Envoy Plans Trip To Uganda In July
The newly appointed Randy Berry also plans swings through Latin America and Europe in the next month. Chip Somodevilla / Getty Images WASHINGTON — The U.S. State Department's newly-appointed special...
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A New Era For Global LGBT Rights Begins After Ireland’s Vote for Same-Sex...
Supporters react outside Dublin Castle following the announcement of the result of the same-sex marriage referendum in Dublin on May 23, 2015 Ian Kington/ AFP / Getty Images When historians write...
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Ireland's Marriage Equality Win Is Inspiring New Efforts Globally
Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi Olivier Morin / AFP / Getty Images Politicians in several countries, buoyed by the landslide victory for marriage equality advocates in the referendum vote held...
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This Is How Many People Support Same-Sex Marriage In 23 Countries Around The...
The results of a BuzzFeed News/Ipsos poll are in, including a snapshot of the world’s views on marriage equality. Among the findings: a surge of support for marriage equality in the Pope’s home...
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The U.S. LGBT Envoy Wants To Get By With A Little Help From Our Friends
Randy Berry (L), the first-ever Special Envoy for the Human Rights of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Persons, is introduced by U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry in February Chip Somodevilla /...
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