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NAIROBI, Kenya — (AP) — Police in Kenya are investigating the death of an LGBT activist whose body was found stuffed in a metal box. The body of Edwin Chiloba was found on Wednesday on a road in Uasin Gishu County, in the west of the country. Police say a motorcycle taxi operator reported seeing the box being dumped by a vehicle with no license plates. Officers who opened the box found the decomposing body of a man, whom they described as wearing women's clothes. Chiloba is a known LGBT activist and has in the past been attacked and assaulted for his activism, his friend Denis Nzioka tweeted on Wednesday.

Police in Kenya are investigating the death of a local LGBT activist whose body was found stuffed in a metal box

Changes could be coming to the Federal Drug and Administration policy involving blood donations from men who have sex with men (MSM).

President Biden wants Congress to enact new gun control laws, including an assault weapons ban, before the GOP takes control of the House in January.

A survivor of the 2016 Pulse Nightclub shooting in Orlando is set to fly to Colorado Springs in support of the victims of the Club Q attack over the weekend.

The comedian has donated his David Beckham Qatar World Cup protest money to LGBT charities.

With Qatar's human rights abuses in the spotlight, will LGBTQ+ people be watching the tournament?

The UK campaigner says it is the first public LGBT protest to take place in a Gulf state.

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The Zebra Coalition is accepting applications for its Jefferson R. Voss scholarship, which is aimed at promoting access to education for LGBTQ students.

Hamilton Star Lin-Manuel Miranda and Latin singer Rickey Martin are scheduled to headline a LGBT initiative news conference for Hispanic Federation in Orlando on June 14. According to ClickOrlando.com, Hispanic Federation held a briefing on Thursday where they announced the entertainers will speak at the news conference supporting help to Hispanic communities in the area. AdvertisementHispanic Federation released a statement on the scheduled event and its importance to the Orlando community. Hispanic Federation a national premier Latino nonprofit membership organization that was founded in 1990 that seeks to support Hispanic families and strengthen according to their website. The Conference will be held at 10:30 a.m. at the Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts on Tuesday June 14.

The sixth annual ‘CommUNITY Rainbow Run’ has been announced for June 4 in memory of the Pulse Nightclub, according to the group’s website.

Charities react to the government's decision not to ban conversion therapy for trans people.

WASHINGTON — (AP) — The Supreme Court has agreed to hear a new clash involving religion and the rights of LGBT people. The high court said Tuesday it would hear the case of Colorado-based web designer Lorie Smith. Smith had argued the law violates her free speech and religious rights. The Supreme Court said in taking the case, however, that it would look only at the free speech issue. Circuit Court of Appeals denied Smith's attempt to overturn a lower court ruling throwing out her legal challenge.

The Supreme Court has agreed to hear a new clash involving religion and the rights of LGBT people. The high court said Tuesday it would hear the case of Colorado-based web designer Lorie Smith. Smith offers graphic and website design services and wants to expand to wedding website services, but she says her religious beliefs would lead her to decline any request from a same-sex couple to design a wedding website.

LGBT groups want the Equality and Human Rights Commission to lose its status as an independent body.

China LGBT An online post about the work of the LGBT Rights Advocacy Group with a link to their social media account Queer Advocacy Online is displayed on a phone in Beijing, China, Friday, Nov. 5, 2021. The LGBT advocacy group in China that has spearheaded many of the country's legal cases pushing for greater rights, announced on social media Thursday, Nov. 5, 2021, it is halting its work for the foreseeable future. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan) (Ng Han Guan)TAIPEI, Taiwan — (AP) — A LGBT advocacy group in China that has spearheaded many of the country's legal cases pushing for greater rights is halting its work for the foreseeable future. LGBT Rights Advocacy China announced it was ceasing all activities and shutting down its social media accounts in an announcement on social media Thursday. LGBT Rights Advocacy China did work across the country, pushing for the rights of gay people and raising awareness about the community.

A LGBT advocacy group in China that has spearheaded many of the country’s legal cases pushing for greater rights is halting its advocacy work for the foreseeable future.

Around 100 regions in Poland signed declarations to declare themselves "free from LGBT ideology." Critics say these so-called LGBT-free zones have made the country the laughingstock of Europe. Activists are now fighting back against a wave of homophobia that goes right to the top of the Polish government.

"Simply put, we stand, in my view, at an inflection point in history," the president told the U.N. General Assembly.

Rising anger over the policies of Hungary's right-wing government filled the streets of the country's capital on Saturday as thousands of LGBT supporters marched in the annual Budapest Pride parade. March organizers expected record crowds at the event, and called on participants to express their opposition to recent steps by populist Prime Minister Viktor Orban's government that critics say stigmatize sexual minorities in the Central European country. Budapest Pride spokesperson Jojo Majercsik said this year's march is not just a celebration and remembrance of the historical struggles of the LGBT movement but a protest against Orban's current policies targeting gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender and queer people.

Dozens of LGBT social media accounts run by university students,were deleted without explanation.

Surveys suggest there are about 70 million LGBT people in China, or about 5% of the population, according to state media.

China’s most popular social media service has deleted accounts on LGBT topics run by university students and nongovernment groups, prompting concern the ruling Communist Party is tightening control over gay and lesbian content. WeChat sent account holders a notice they violated rules but gave no details, according to the founder of an LGBT group, who asked not to be identified further out of fear of possible official retaliation.

The Foreign Office has issued a formal apology for its historical discrimination against LGBT staff, including the refusal to employ gay diplomats. Sir Philip Barton, the most senior civil servant at the department, admitted on Monday that it was a “misguided” approach that had deprived Britain of some of its “brightest and best talent”. The public apology came 30 years after the ban on LGBT staff was officially lifted in July 1991. The policy prior to that had been based on a suggestion that ga

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The Supreme Court declined to consider overturning rulings for transgender student Gavin Grimm in a case involving gender bathrooms.

BUDAPEST, Hungary — (AP) — Several hundred demonstrators gathered in Hungary's capital Wednesday urging the country's president to nullify a newly adopted law that human rights groups say stigmatizes LGBT people and limits their rights. Demonstrators gathered handwritten and printed messages into a box addressed to Ader in an effort to dissuade him from ratifying the law. Rights groups have blasted the new law, arguing it conflates homosexuality with pedophilia in an attempt to stigmatize sexual minorities. David Vig, director of rights group Amnesty International Hungary, which co-sponsored Wednesday's demonstration, said the measures further marginalize Hungary's LGBT community. Lilla Ivanics, a member of Hungary’s LGBT community, attended Wednesday’s demonstration.

Bill sponsor Kaylee Tuck, R-Lake Placid, said the transgender athletic ban is necessary to establish parity for biologically female athletes. But critics of measures targeting transgender student athletes argue the proposals are rooted in fear, misunderstanding and politics. “So in the past 7 years in Florida, we have had only 11 students approved under this requirement. Transgender students have openly participated in athletics in Florida since 2012, Smith said. If my son decided tomorrow that he’s now a girl, he could use his natural biological advantages to take opportunities away from biological girls,” he said.

Aguilar told lawmakers that Poland appears to be moving away from European fundamental values and called the situation “extremely concerning." Poland has repeatedly been scrutinized in the EU parliament since the conservative nationalist Law and Justice took power in 2015. Jarosław Kaczyński, the leader of the ruling Law and Justice party, called it “a threat to the very foundations of our civilization." LGBT rights groups say they have also recorded a rising number of hate crimes against sexual minorities. “We see Poland crossing red line after red line,” said Sophia in ’t Veld, a Dutch parliament member.

Poland's parliament speaker says the postponed presidential election will take place June 28. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski, File)WARSAW A senior European Union official on Monday criticized a campaign by Polish authorities against the LGBT rights movement during a close presidential election campaign, saying is is wrong to target minorities for political gain. European Commission Vice-President Vera Jourova, who is in charge of values and transparency, spoke two days after Polish President Andrzej Duda called the LGBT rights movement more dangerous than communism. LGBT rights have become a key campaign theme ahead of Poland's presidential election on June 28. Duda is the front-runner but his key challenger, Warsaw Mayor Rafal Trzaskowski, a vocal supporter of LGBT rights, has been gaining in opinion polls.

The Trump administration on Friday proposed a rule that would allow faith-based foster care and adoption agencies to continue getting taxpayer funding even if they exclude LGBT families and others from their services based on religious beliefs. Sen. Ron Wyden , D-Ore., said the Trump administration was working overtime to "implement cruel and discriminatory policies, and wasting taxpayer dollars in its obsessive pursuit." But LGBT groups said the administration's plan would reduce the pool of qualified parents wanting to adopt or foster a child. They said that nearly 123,000 foster children are awaiting adoption, and the rule would make even fewer families available to them. "The American public overwhelmingly opposes allowing taxpayer-funded adoption and foster care agencies to turn away qualified parents simply because they are in a same-sex relationship."

Executive producers Sir Elton John and David Furnish attend the "Rocketman" UK premiere on May 20, 2019, in London, England. (CNN) - Elton John is slamming President Vladimir Putin for his remarks on LGBT issues after the recent censorship of the singer's biopic in Russia. "I am not trying to insult anyone because we have been condemned for our alleged homophobia," Putin said in the interview published Thursday. "Let everyone be happy, we have no problem with what," Putin told the outlet. In his statement Friday, John applauded government policies that allow LGBT people to legally marry.

The judge who ruled against gay foster parents in Utah is Mormon, and the battle over that foster child comes amid a wider backlash against the Mormon Church’s new rules for same sex couples and their children. Elaine Quijano reports.

Head of Human Rights Campaign Chad Griffin acknowledges historic ruling on same-sex marriage and says the fight continues for civil rights for all.

Obama signs act to protect LGBT federal contractors President Obama signed an executive order protecting gay and transgender federal contractors from discrimination, the latest in his effort to act on Democratic-supported issues he says are being ignored by the Republican-led House.

Obama to sign executive orders on LGBT discrimination President Obama will sign two executive orders Monday that aim to end discrimination against LGBT workers in the federal government. Charlie Rose reports.