Monica Flores was returning from a holiday abroad when Chilean police stopped her for questions at the airport. They were bothered that their records didn’t match: She had left the country with a son and returned with a daughter.
The LGBTQ community celebrated pride parades across the U.S. and world over the weekend.
Photos from the Miss Gay Maryland America 2017 pageant, which took place April 22 at Horseshoe Casino Baltimore.
Revellers take part in the 21st Rio LGBT pride parade at Copacabana beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on December 11, 2016.
Officials, LGBT community members and others across the nation and world have gathered to show solidarity with the victims and survivors of the Orlando nightclub shooting. Omar Mateen opened fire in Pulse, a gay nightclub in Orlando, early Sunday morning, carrying out the worst mass shooting in modern U.S. history.
Unidentified assailants fatally stabbed two men in Bangladesh’s capital Monday, including a gay rights activist who also worked for the USAID, police said. It marks the latest in a series of attacks in the country targeting atheists, moderates and foreigners.
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The global health campaign kicked off in worldwide events as observers helped raise awareness and mourned those who have died of the disease.
Members and supporters of the LGBT community participated in a “Pride March” rally in Bangalore, India on Sunday. Gay rights supporters waved flags and danced past traffic during the march to celebrate gay pride and to push for the repeal of a colonial-era law that makes homosexuality a crime.
People took part in Rio de Janeiro’s 20th Gay Pride Parade to fight for justice and a more inclusive society that recognizes equal rights for the LGBT community.
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Pride Month is celebrated in June each year to honor the 1969 Stonewall riots in New York. Thousands have gathered at parades around the world to celebrate LGBT pride.
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