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Namibian independence leader Sam Nujoma dies aged 95
AFP, Published on 09/02/2025
» WINDHOEK - Namibia's founding father Sam Nujoma, who led his country's fight for independence from South Africa, died Saturday aged 95, the presidency announced.
Slovakia campaign rhetoric raises LGBTQ concern
AFP, Published on 26/09/2023
» BRATISLAVA - A year after a homophobic double murder, Slovakia's LGBTQ community is concerned about the increase in hate speech ahead of elections on Saturday in a country where gay people have few legal rights.
TV preacher Pat Robertson dies at 93
AFP, Published on 08/06/2023
» WASHINGTON: Pat Robertson, the fire-and-brimstone televangelist who brought the religious right wing into the mainstream of US politics, died on Thursday at the age of 93, his organisation announced.
In a first, German parliament spotlights Nazis' LGBTQ victims
AFP, Published on 27/01/2023
» BERLIN - The German parliament will for the first time on Friday focus its annual Holocaust memorial commemorations on people persecuted and killed for their sexual or gender identity.
US high court to review refusal to provide service to same-sex couple
AFP, Published on 05/12/2022
» WASHINGTON - Can a business owner cite her religious convictions in declining to provide service to a same-sex couple?
Japan's sperm donation law spurs controversy
AFP, Published on 21/10/2022
» Satoko Nagamura and her girlfriend conceived their son with donated sperm, but new legislation in Japan could effectively outlaw the procedure for lesbian couples and single women.
No longer a Mystery Incorporated: Scooby-Doo's Velma is gay
AFP, Published on 06/10/2022
» LOS ANGELES: After decades of rumour and innuendo, one of animation's worst kept secrets has finally been confirmed: Scooby-Doo's Velma is lesbian.
Report calls out rising extremism in Canada military
AFP, Published on 26/04/2022
» OTTAWA - The number of white supremacists and other violent extremists within Canada's military is growing at an "alarming rate" and commanders are not doing enough to root it out, a report said Monday.
LGBT identification hits US high of 7.1% as Gen Z comes of age
AFP, Published on 18/02/2022
» WASHINGTON: The proportion of US adults identifying as LGBT has increased to a high of 7.1%, double the figure from 2012 when Gallup first started measuring it, reflecting a generational shift, the polling firm said Thursday.
Targeted by Erdogan, Turkey's LGBT community face 'tsunami of hate'
AFP, Published on 23/02/2021
» ISTANBUL - Murat has watched for years as LGBT people who face persecution in the Middle East have found refuge in his cosmopolitan neighbourhood of Istanbul.