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Taiwan: Award-winning LGBT rights advocate calls for action on same-sex marriage

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Veteran gay rights advocate Chi Chia-wei (祁家威), who was yesterday announced as the winner of the Presidential Culture Award in the social reform category, said that he wished he could exchange the award for the right of LGBT couples in the nation to register their marriages immediately.

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UN Rights Experts Raise Alarm Over Reports Of Abuse Against LGBT Community in Azerbaijan

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UN experts are urging Azerbaijani authorities to investigate reports of human rights abuses against gay and transgender people that included arbitrary arrests and ill-treatment, torture, and forced medical examinations while in detention.

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Eastern Europe's Transgender Community Fights Stigma, 'Unconscionable' Laws

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In order to legally change their gender in Eastern Europe, many trans people are subjected to mandatory sterilization and a mental illness diagnosis.

Egypt: Two defendants acquitted from debauchery accusations

The Dokki Misdemeanour Court acquitted on Saturday two men accused of practising homosexual acts and inciting debauchery, according to local media and the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR). According to the investigations, they were referred to court after being arrested as police staged an ambush.