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Donald Trump hits out at ‘very insecure’ Oprah Winfrey after she interviews...

Donald Trump has lashed out at Oprah Winfrey, calling her ‘insecure’ and ‘biased’ after an interview with a group of voters, some of whom voted for Trump. During a segment on CBS show 60 Minutes, Oprah...

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Video says Russians will be forced to live with gay people if they don’t vote...

A Russian video aimed at encouraging people to vote for President has warned that people could be forced to take gay people into their homes if they don’t vote. The advert, uploaded to YouTube ahead of...

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Colombia just elected its first ever openly LGBT senator

Angélica Lozano has become Colombia’s first ever openly LGBT person to be elected to the country’s Senate. The bisexual congresswoman won a place in the upper house with 105,299 votes, as her Green...

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Russian election: Vladimir Putin says he won’t rule until he’s 100

Vladimir Putin won six more years as Russian president in an ‘election’ widely regarded as a sham Sunday. The nationalist, anti-west, anti-LGBT leader was re-elected with more than 76 percent of the...

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Anti-gay evangelical Fabricio Alvarado Muñoz storms ahead in Costa Rica...

An anti-gay pastor who based his campaign on opposing same-sex marriage has a strong lead in Costa Rica’s Presidential election. The Central American country’s Presidential battle has been largely...

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Kentucky clerk Kim Davis faces election challenge from gay man she...

Kentucky clerk Kim Davis is officially facing an election challenge from the gay man she discriminated against. Kim Davis made the news in 2015 after the US Supreme Court ruled that same-sex couples...

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Russia elections: Vladimir Putin to run again for president

Vladimir Putin has announced his intention to stand in the Russian presidential elections. Putin has been in power either as prime minister or president of Russia since 2000. If he wins the March 2018...

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Meet the lesbian sheriff who’s running against an anti-gay Governor – in Texas

A lesbian sheriff is trying to become governor in the deeply right-wing state of Texas. Guadalupe “Lupe” Valdez, a four-term sheriff, will be running as a Democrat in the primaries this year, and is...

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Chelsea Manning: Donald Trump’s America ‘is another prison’

Transgender former Army private Chelsea Manning has said America in 2018 “is like another prison”. The whistleblower recently announced she is to run in the Democratic primary to be Senator for...

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Donald Trump hits out at ‘very insecure’ Oprah Winfrey after she interviews...

Donald Trump has lashed out at Oprah Winfrey, calling her ‘insecure’ and ‘biased’ after an interview with a group of voters, some of whom voted for Trump. During a segment on CBS show 60 Minutes, Oprah...

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Video says Russians will be forced to live with gay people if they don’t vote...

A Russian video aimed at encouraging people to vote for President has warned that people could be forced to take gay people into their homes if they don’t vote. The advert, uploaded to YouTube ahead of...

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Colombia just elected its first ever openly LGBT senator

Angélica Lozano has become Colombia’s first ever openly LGBT person to be elected to the country’s Senate. The bisexual congresswoman won a place in the upper house with 105,299 votes, as her Green...

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Russian election: Vladimir Putin says he won’t rule until he’s 100

Vladimir Putin won six more years as Russian president in an ‘election’ widely regarded as a sham Sunday. The nationalist, anti-west, anti-LGBT leader was re-elected with more than 76 percent of the...

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Anti-gay evangelical Fabricio Alvarado Muñoz storms ahead in Costa Rica...

An anti-gay pastor who based his campaign on opposing same-sex marriage has a strong lead in Costa Rica’s Presidential election. The Central American country’s Presidential battle has been largely...

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LGBT rights hang in the balance as Costa Rica votes in Presidential election

Costa Rica is today heading to the polls to decide the country’s next President – and an anti-gay pastor who based his campaign on opposing same-sex marriage is tipped for victory. The Central American...

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Pro-gay marriage candidate wins huge victory to become Costa Rican President

Centre-left candidate Carlos Alvarado Quesada has been elected as President of Costa Rica, heavily defeating an anti-gay pastor who based his campaign on opposing same-sex marriage. Fringe evangelical...

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This Hispanic sheriff could be the first lesbian Governor of Texas

Lupe Valdez has become the first openly lesbian candidate to win a nomination for Texas Governor. The four-term sheriff will take on anti-gay Republican incumbent Greg Abbott after beating Andrew White...

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Theresa May urged to scrap roll-out of Voter ID rules that ‘could...

Theresa May has been urged to abandon plans to roll out ‘Voter ID’ rules for UK elections, amid fears they could discriminate against trans and non-binary people. The UK government recently piloted a...

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Russia’s steamy gay election advert is getting a lot of attention

An election ad in Russia is getting attention for including  a gay sex scene. The country has a law that bans “propaganda of non-traditional sexual relationships”, which has been used to stifle any...

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Democrats have 13 times as many LGBT-friendly candidates as Republicans

Only 32 Republican candidates in the midterm elections have responded to a survey about their LGBT+ beliefs — and nearly half weren’t classified as an ally. In contrast, the survey, conducted by LGBT+...

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