Winds of Change

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Japan: How a gay student’s suicide is helping Japan’s LGBT community speak up

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Gay graduate student was found dead on campus soon after he was outed in 2015

Japan’s LGBT community has long been silent about the struggles of coming out, and advocates say the country still has ‘a huge problem’ with insensitivity around the subject

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Official Statement by Aliança Nacional LGBTI+ About President Jair Bolsonaro’s Escalating Intolerance of Diversity

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Brazil demands respect for diversity: we will not accept attitudes and actions linked to racism, machismo, discriminations against lesbian women, gay men, bisexual men and women, transgender and intersex persons (LGBTI+), nor any other attitudes that promote hate. 

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How the word ‘queer’ was adopted by the LGBTQ community

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Originally a derogatory name for a homosexual, “queer” has been embraced by some in the nonheterosexual community. In response, some activists in the gay community (to use a broad term) started calling themselves “queer” in a prideful way.

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Northern Ireland: How uncomfortable conversations can save lives

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In 2014, aged 24, McKee wrote to her teenage self about being gay, her future in journalism, and being happy

HRC Foundation Introduces 2019 Global Innovators

HRC Foundation is excited to introduce the talented leaders driving LGBTQ equality internationally who will be participating in our fourth annual Global Innovative Advocacy Summit.

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US: The Future Is Non-Binary, and Teens Are Leading the Way

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Teenage girls are challenging the meaning and the traditional constraints of gender in ways I couldn't have imagined—but many boys are still trying to fit into a gender structure that has historically benefited them.