A video blogger from YouTube’s hugely popular ‘Singing Lesbian Duo’ has won a huge compensation payout after her ex-boyfriend put revenge pornography of her online.
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In April 2017, Nthabiseng Mokanyane’s close childhood friend Nonkie Smous was raped and murdered because she was a lesbian.
Now Nthabiseng, 25, is calling for religious and government leaders to respond to escalating threats against the lesbian community in Kroonstad, South Africa.
Continue reading at: http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2017/12/08/a-lesbian-was-brutally-murdered-now-her-friend-is-calling-on-south-africa-to-stand-up-for-lgbt-rights/ (Source)
The lead plaintiff of an Atlantic Canadian lawsuit against the Department of National Defence says she’s eager to hear an official apology this afternoon in Ottawa.
“I’m looking forward to it,” said 57-year-old Alida Satalic of Dartmouth, N.S., who has travelled to Ottawa to hear Prime Minister Justin Trudeau say Canada is sorry for decades of harassment of LGBT people in the military, RCMP and federal civil service.
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The Western Cape High Court on Tuesday heard evidence from the partner of a lesbian murdered in what’s believed to be a hate crime.
Noluvo Swelindawo was abducted, assaulted and murdered in December last year [2016] in Khayelitsha.
Continue reading at: http://ewn.co.za/2017/11/21/partner-of-lesbian-woman-murdered-in-khayelitsha-testifies (Source)
During an eight-week spell working as a security guard at Co-op, Chloe Louise, who lives in west Hull, was forced to confront the gang.
The 21-year-old says she was called a “fat lesbian” and had mouldy bread thrown at her during her seven-hour shifts.
“It was absolute hell,” she said. “I would have to stand outside the door and they would throw things at it for hours until the store closed.
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More than sixty young lesbians from eight regions came together for a week of sharing both the pain and the joy of their lives, making new friends, building community, gaining feminist understanding of their oppression as lesbian and as women living in a patriarchal society that denies women autonomy, choice and freedom, developing their voice through learning new skills in creative expression, and creating visibility through outstanding public performances with their poetry, stories, music, drama and dance.
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PDF: Namibia_ First Lesbian Festival Held in Windhoek – allAfrica
A former Commonwealth Games athlete who feared she would lose her life if she was deported back to her native Uganda is now instead looking forward to sharing her first Christmas in Britain with her partner.
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liverpool-news/athlete-who-feared-death-because-14076272 (Source)
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A lack of legislation makes it difficult for lesbian couples seeking to recognize maternal legal status for their shared children, and are often left at the whim of the courts
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The UK’s youngest member of parliament for 300 years reveals she turned down a makeover from a senior party leader.
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A Ballarat couple has decided to keep their engagement ring despite a homophobic attack by the jeweller who made it.
Continue reading at: http://www.starobserver.com.au/news/
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Tagged Discrimination, Hate Speech, homophobia, Janine Fleming, Jen McInerney, Lesbians in Australia
On December 17, a lesbian couple was allegedly assaulted by employees at The Nest, an upscale restaurant located in Shanghai’s famous waterfront, the Bund.
Continue reading at: http://supchina.com/2017/12/22/lesbian-couple-allegedly-beaten-up-in-shanghai-restaurant/ (Source)
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A lesbian couple in Jerusalem say they’ve been threatened repeatedly after opening a restaurant near a synagogue in the ancient Jewish capital.
Continue reading at: http://www.newnownext.com/extremists-threaten-vandalize-restaurant-in-jerusalem-owned-by-lesbian-couple/12/2017/ (Source)
The Taipei High Administrative Court yesterday handed a setback to lesbian couple Jennifer Lu (呂欣潔) and Chen Ling (陳凌) when it decided the court cannot order local government offices to register their same-sex marriage.
They were the third lesbian couple to see their requests denied by the court since October last year, just nine days after the court rejected a similar request by Liang Tzung-huei (梁宗慧) and Chu Pei-shuan (朱珮諠).
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An Indian teen has been beaten in a hostel and suffered abuse from the warden and other students. Their motive was linked with rumours that the 15-year-old was a ‘lesbian’.
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A BRISBANE woman has been left furious after a glitch on Centrelink’s website saw a message appear informing her that her marriage to her wife was “not recognised”.
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[Helen] James was arrested and put through hours of humiliating interrogation. The questions were so harsh and disgusting James had to run to the latrine because she felt sick. Finally, after an interrogator threatened to go to her family, James relented. She said she would sign whatever they wanted.
Her military career was over when she inked her name on the document. On March 3, 1955, James received an “undesirable” discharge from the Air Force.
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Listening to Lesbians 