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  Welcome to International Safe Zone! In this Magazine we collect stories from around the world about the rights and lived experiences of people who identify as LGBTQ+.
  
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  Kyoung Mi Choi

  Mar 6
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  Christel van der Boom

  

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  Is Nepal Ready for Marriage Equality?

  foreignpolicy.com - Bibek Bhandari

  Same-sex marriage has been on the cards for years, but progress has been slow. KATHMANDU, Nepal—After years of hiding their relationship, Jeshika …

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  Kyoung Mi Choi

  

  15 hours ago

  Reclaiming the word ‘ally’

  washingtonblade.com - Jeannie Gainsburg

  Veterans with substance use disorders need our help Many return home to face a new battle with addiction, trauma (Photo by SCPhotog/Bigstock) On …

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  Kyoung Mi Choi

  

  22 hours ago

  Elliot Page: Embracing My Trans Identity Saved Me

  TIME - By Elliot Page

  I’d always been told I was gay, made fun of for it. I felt comfortable in environments with queer women. But something in me knew that I was transgender. It was something I had always known but didn’t have the words for, wouldn’t permit myself to embrace. “I was never a girl. I’ll never be a woman. …

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  Kyoung Mi Choi

  

  6 days ago

  Japan court rules that a bar on same-sex marriage is unconstitutional

  Reuters - By Elaine Lies

  A Japanese court ruled on Tuesday that not allowing same-sex marriage was unconstitutional, a decision activists welcomed as a step towards marriage equality in the only Group of Seven nation with no legal protection for same-sex unions.

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  Christel van der Boom

  

  16 hours ago

  Canada promises $1.5 million for Pride security, Dannii Minogue announces Sapphic dating show, Ukraine civil union law has unlikely supporter, Russia doles out fines for ‘LGBT propaganda,’ and LGBTQ+-only sea shanty choir.

  xtramagazine.com - Eve Cable

  5 queer stories we’re watching: June 5

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  Christel van der Boom

  

  22 hours ago

  Where it's a crime to be gay: A visual guide to where LGBTQ rights are repressed

  USA TODAY - Kim Hjelmgaard

  Uganda enacted one of the harshest anti-gay laws in the world last week, a bill known as the Anti-Homosexuality Act of 2023. It imposes a life sentence for engaging in "same-sex sexual acts," and the death penalty for gay sex in certain circumstances, such as while infected with an illness like HIV …