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Cubans approved gay marriage and adoption overwhelmingly in a Sunday referendum backed by the government that also boosted rights for women, the national election commission said on Monday.

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.

Kiwi Farms, the online forum used as a hub for organising harassment campaigns, particularly targeting women or people in the LGBTQ community, announced that it was affected by a data breach. In the blog post, the forum stated that it was hacked and users should assume that usernames and passwords were stolen.

The Tamil Nadu government has issued a glossary, as suggested by the Madras High Court, as to how the persons belonging to the third gender should be addressed/described.

The Singaporean government plans to decriminalise gay sex but upholds the traditional definition of marriage as being between a man and a woman.

Gilead is a leading producer of therapies to treat HIV. The company said it is also evaluating whether any of its treatments or experimental drug candidates could be effective against monkeypox.

A parliamentary panel has said there was a need to harmonise the Hindu Adoptions and Maintenance Act and the Juvenile Justice Act to bring out a uniform and comprehensive legislation on adoption.

The spread of the monkeypox virus and its prevalence among gay men has raised widespread fear, growing anger and a number of uncomfortable questions for a community still scarred by the early years of the HIV/AIDS epidemic.

The Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation has started employing transgender as security guards and green marshals, making it probably the first civic body in Maharashtra to offer employment opportunity to members of the community.

TikTok collects vast amounts of personal data from its users, like other social media companies, in order to serve them ads. However, unlike other apps, TikTok’s corporate roots extend to authoritarian China, which carries implications for users of the app. From censorship to privacy issues, here are the risks of apps like TikTok collecting your ...

The draft bill proposes to tighten already stringent restrictions imposed on the LGBTQ issues by a 2013 law.

Social media platforms including Facebook and TikTok are failing to stop hate and threats against LGBTQ users, a report from advocacy group GLAAD found. A majority of LGBTQ people reported said they’ve faced menacing posts or comments when they’re scrolling through social media. Hateful or violent speech directed at members of the LGBTQ communi...

Coca-Cola is celebrating its 136th year of business by launching a NFT series, celebrating the LGBTQ+ community. The project is being based of the Polygon blockchain. The capital collection from the sale of these Pride-themed NFTs will be donated to OUT, an LGBTQ+ charity.

Supreme Court judge Justice DY Chandrachud said on Monday at an event in London that there is a growing trend in the country where courts are used as the only line of defence to resolve complicated societal and policy-based issues.

Lawmakers in Thailand on Wednesday passed at first reading four different bills on same-sex unions, moving a step closer towards becoming the second territory in Asia to legalise same-gender marriages.

Cubans approved gay marriage and adoption overwhelmingly in a Sunday referendum backed by the government that also boosted rights for women, the national election commission said on Monday.

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.

Kiwi Farms, the online forum used as a hub for organising harassment campaigns, particularly targeting women or people in the LGBTQ community, announced that it was affected by a data breach. In the blog post, the forum stated that it was hacked and users should assume that usernames and passwords were stolen.

The Tamil Nadu government has issued a glossary, as suggested by the Madras High Court, as to how the persons belonging to the third gender should be addressed/described.

The Singaporean government plans to decriminalise gay sex but upholds the traditional definition of marriage as being between a man and a woman.

Gilead is a leading producer of therapies to treat HIV. The company said it is also evaluating whether any of its treatments or experimental drug candidates could be effective against monkeypox.

A parliamentary panel has said there was a need to harmonise the Hindu Adoptions and Maintenance Act and the Juvenile Justice Act to bring out a uniform and comprehensive legislation on adoption.

The spread of the monkeypox virus and its prevalence among gay men has raised widespread fear, growing anger and a number of uncomfortable questions for a community still scarred by the early years of the HIV/AIDS epidemic.

The Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation has started employing transgender as security guards and green marshals, making it probably the first civic body in Maharashtra to offer employment opportunity to members of the community.

TikTok collects vast amounts of personal data from its users, like other social media companies, in order to serve them ads. However, unlike other apps, TikTok’s corporate roots extend to authoritarian China, which carries implications for users of the app. From censorship to privacy issues, here are the risks of apps like TikTok collecting your ...

The draft bill proposes to tighten already stringent restrictions imposed on the LGBTQ issues by a 2013 law.

Social media platforms including Facebook and TikTok are failing to stop hate and threats against LGBTQ users, a report from advocacy group GLAAD found. A majority of LGBTQ people reported said they’ve faced menacing posts or comments when they’re scrolling through social media. Hateful or violent speech directed at members of the LGBTQ communi...

Coca-Cola is celebrating its 136th year of business by launching a NFT series, celebrating the LGBTQ+ community. The project is being based of the Polygon blockchain. The capital collection from the sale of these Pride-themed NFTs will be donated to OUT, an LGBTQ+ charity.

Supreme Court judge Justice DY Chandrachud said on Monday at an event in London that there is a growing trend in the country where courts are used as the only line of defence to resolve complicated societal and policy-based issues.

Lawmakers in Thailand on Wednesday passed at first reading four different bills on same-sex unions, moving a step closer towards becoming the second territory in Asia to legalise same-gender marriages.