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3 min read The Australian Government’s announcement of $26 million of investment in LGBTIQA+ health research, announced at Sydney WorldPride 2023 Human Rights Conference has been welcomed by many rainbow groups.

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Tackling Mental Health with Early Intervention: Mr Gay New Zealand 2021

3 min read Mental health is one of the biggest issues affecting the rainbow community across the globe and now the current Mr Gay New Zealand is rolling his sleeves up and leading a project to tackle the problem head-on.

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OnlyFans Reports 42% Rise In Accounts Due To COVID-19 Lockdown In UK

2 min read With many youth searching for alternative methods of income in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, the number of OnlyFans content creators has skyrocketed by 42% in the United Kingdom.

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President Of Poland Pledges To Ban LGBT+ Education In School

< 1 min read Poland’s President Andrzej Duda has made a pledge to his constituents that he will ban LGBT+ education in schools and block any legalisation for same-sex marriage and adoption. President Duda’s comments were made on Wednesday the 17th of July as he heads into his re-election campaign which has been put on ice due to COVID-19.

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Older LGBTQ Adults at Higher Risk of Substance Abuse

2 min read According to a new study, middle-aged and older adults who identify as lesbian, gay, or bisexual have higher rates of using and abusing drugs.

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Jacinda Ardern Wins Gold Star for COVID-19, Still Failing on Conversion Therapy and Gender ID Laws

3 min read New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has led her country to the point where Coronavirus has been effectively eradicated and will see all local lockdown restrictions lifted as early as next week, but with an election scheduled in only three months, a number of LGBTIQ issues are set to be thorns in her side.

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New Zealand HIV Cases Increase Ahead of COVID-19

4 min read After two years of declining numbers of HIV cases in New Zealand, there was a slight increase in 2019, but many of these cases were first diagnosed overseas.

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Vietnam First: Transgender Man Gives Birth to a Baby Girl

2 min read A transgender man has become the first in Vietnam to get pregnant and give birth after a well known transgender couple welcomed their first baby on May 16. Minh Khang and Minh Anh welcomed their healthy baby daughter Thiên An after being born at a beauty salon in Ho Chi Man City weighing 2.3kg.

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Coronavirus: South African Government Criticised For Excluding LGBT+ Refugees From Relief

< 1 min read South Africa’s Government is facing criticism from human rights groups for excluding LGBT+ refugees and asylum seekers from crucial coronavirus relief packages.

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Petition to Allow Queer Men to Donate Blood in New Zealand

2 min read Two LGBT+ rights activists are calling on the Minister of Health David Clark to ease restrictions on gay and bisexual men donating blood in New Zealand.

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COVID-19: NZ Bar To Test What Post Lockdown Nightlife Looks Like

2 min read The “dummy run” of new COVID-19 Level 2 restrictions for bars to be held at a nightclub in Auckland’s Viaduct looks set to go ahead and provide all bars, including the LGBT+ establishments, a guide to how they can operate under the rules that come into force on May 21.

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Why The UK GOVT Is Encouraging Crop-Tops Against COVID-19

< 1 min read Public Health England has published instructions on how to fight COVID-19 with an old t-shirt transformed into both a crop-top and a face-mask. The Department of Health and Social Care’s instructional information guide follows the British government’s announcement this week that citizens should aim to wear face coverings in some shops and public transport.

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COVID-19: Increased Homophobia in South Korea After Gay Bar Infections

2 min read A corona-infected man who visited several gay bars in Seoul has been blamed for a new Coronavirus outbreak in South Korea, which risks increasing homophobic abuse in the country. A symptom-free 29-year-old, who was later diagnosed with Covid-19, visited five gay bars in Seoul’s Itaewon party area without knowing he was carrying the coronavirus.

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Turkish Schoolchildren Forbidden to Draw Rainbows – “it turns children into gays”

2 min read Turkish officials, led by President Recep Erdogan, have banned children from drawing a rainbow and hanging pictures on window panes as it is considered a worldwide LGBT conspiracy.

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American “Queer as Folk” Reunite For a Good Cause

2 min read The stars of the US remake of Queer As Folk will re-unite virtually to raise funds for the Unite States LGBT+ centres. While LGBT+ individuals seem to be left behind by the current health crisis, the cast of the American Queer as Folk series has decided to take matters into their own hands.

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COVID-19: Economic Disaster Affects LGBTQ Community More Than General Population

2 min read A new report released in the United States has found the LGBTQ community is more likely to have been economically devastated by the Covid-19 epidemic than the general population.

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COVID-19: Lil Xan in Hospital Over Coronavirus Panic Attack

2 min read Openly bisexual American rapper Lil Xan was hospitalized over the weekend amid the coronavirus pandemic. According to reports from TMZ, the 23-year-old rapper was rushed to the hospital on April 19 while quarantining at his mother’s home in Corona, California.

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Donations Needed as Lockdown Hits DSG Youth Mental Health Charity

3 min read While many of us are dealing with the challenges of isolation during this COVID-19 lockdown period, something that most have never experienced, spare a thought for many young people of diverse sex, sexuality and gender who struggle with isolation every day.

Gaga To Curate Global COVID-19 Response Fund Streaming Event

2 min read Music legend Lady Gaga is collaborating with Global Citizen and The World Health Organisation (WHO) for a historic global streaming event called One World: Together At Home. The global production which will stream on Saturday, April 18 (US Time) in celebration and support of healthcare workers on the frontline of the coronavirus pandemic.

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UK Support Organisation Urges LGBTI+ Youth To Delay Coming-Out During Lockdown

< 1 min read An LGBTI+ organisation in the United Kingdom believes that LGBTI+ youth may be better off staying in the closet during the coronavirus crisis lockdown.

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Coronavirus: NZ Keeps Gay Blood Donation Laws at 12 Months, Decision Delayed in Australia

2 min read New Zealand will not follow the United States into relaxing blood donation laws for men who have sex with men (MSM), while any Australian decision will be delayed due to COVID-19.

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Idaho Governor Signs Anti-Trans Bills Into Law Under Covid-19 Smokescreen

2 min read With many people fixated on the Coronavirus pandemic sweeping the globe, Idaho Governor has used the opportunity to push through anti-transgender legislation. The 66-year-old Governor, Brad Little signed the 2x anti-trans legislation into law just ahead of the International Transgender Day of Visibility.

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Coronavirus Threat: Gay Couple Asked to Leave Apartment Building

2 min read A caregiver and his partner in France have found a note on their car windshield written by a neighbour that tells them to leave the apartment building because “homosexuals are the first to be contaminated by Covid-19”.

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Christian Preacher Blames Homosexuality for COVID19

< 1 min read A South African Christian Pastor is suggesting that the LGBTQ community has brought the coronavirus down upon the world.

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United States	Cases: 46 252 513 Deaths: 750 423 Recovered: 0
India	Cases: 34 321 025 Deaths: 459 652 Recovered: 0
Brazil	Cases: 21 835 785 Deaths: 608 235 Recovered: 0
United Kingdom	Cases: 9 215 683 Deaths: 141 607 Recovered: 0
Russia	Cases: 8 494 589 Deaths: 237 619 Recovered: 0

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