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MC Pepita, despite her more than 100,000 Facebook followers, says there are still many difficult days. (Photo: AFP)

Trans singers hope to change Brazil's tune on rights

Activists in the country are working hard to change attitudes in the country in order to save lives.

5 Oct 2017 12:03 PM GMT

A gay rights activist celebrates after SC struck down colonial-era law that makes homosexual acts punishable by up to 10 years in prison, in Mumbai. (Photo: AP)

Nepal stalls on LGBT rights despite early strides

Gay and transgender Nepalis still confronting obstacles to jobs and schools, and marriage equality a distant prospect.

30 Nov 2018 8:21 AM GMT

The tennis legend, an 18-time Grand Slam title winner, was branded as transphobic after writing in a newspaper column that allowing trans athletes to compete with women who were assigned female at birth is cheating and unfair. (Photo: Twitter)

Navratilova apologises for describing competing transgender athletes...

She was also dropped as an ambassador for the Athlete Ally group which campaigns for LGBT rights in sport.

4 March 2019 9:10 AM GMT

The flag was used since 1978, but only in 1994 did it become a symbol for LGBTQ pride. (Photo: Pixabay)

Aakar Patel | Same-sex marriage will eventually be legal Why is India...

One reason is that the Supreme Court has been slow to determine whether the moves made by this government are...

24 Oct 2023 6:30 PM GMT

The ministry did not discriminate against any group in providing health services, including LGBT people. (Photo: Representational/ AP)

Chinese man sues hospital, wins historic forced gay conversion therapy...

A court in Zhumadian in Henan province has ordered a city mental hospital to publish a public apology in local...

4 July 2017 5:58 AM GMT