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US: California will allow a nonbinary option on documents. Here’s what that means for these residents.

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The state of California made history Sunday when Gov. Jerry Brown signed into law a bill allowing residents to choose a third, nonbinary gender option on official state documents.

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UK: Leading UK psychological professions and Stonewall unite against conversion therapy

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A memorandum of understanding (MoU) against conversion therapy has been launched today, which makes it clear that conversion therapy in relation to gender identity and sexual orientation (including asexuality) is unethical, potentially harmful and is not supported by evidence.

UK: Reports Big Rise in Hate Crime, Citing Brexit and Terrorist Attacks

The referendum on British membership in the European Union and several terrorist attacks, including a suicide bombing after a concert in Manchester, England, have helped drive hate crimes in Britain to record levels, official figures showed on Tuesday.

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Egypt: Human Rights and solidarity in Egypt’s LGBTQ crisis

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It’s a sick and repellent paradox that the Egyptian state media smears Egyptian LGBTQ people as tools of foreign influences, while they’ve been largely abandoned by their absentee, self-styled friends in northern LGBTQ groups.