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Comedian Dave Chappelle attacked on stage at Hollywood Bowl
LOS ANGELES, May 4 (Reuters) – Comedian Dave Chappelle was attacked on stage on Tuesday night at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles by an assailant who tackled him to the ground before being apprehended and arrested, video footage verified by Reuters showed. The New York Times reported that Chappelle, 48, left the stage following …
India’s HIV-positive trans people find ‘new strength’ in technology
NEW DELHI (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Shoved, cursed and ridiculed, Nisha’s hospital visits were always stressful as a transgender woman and got worse after she was diagnosed as HIV-positive. But a new app introduced as part of a drive to end an HIV epidemic in India by 2030 is providing her and the transgender community …
Local health center reports ‘drastic’ increase in STD, HIV rates in Hampton Roads
NORFOLK, Va. – A local health center is warning people across Hampton Roads to get tested. According to the LGBT Life Center, there has been an alarming increase in STD rates based on the testing it’s conducted. In the past six months, the center reported nearly a 20% increase — 254 new cases. The LGBT …
‘The More You’re Wounded the Greater You Are, and the More Empty’
ROME— At times, it wasn’t clear if Kevin Spacey was talking about the chiseled nude bronze alongside him, the poem he was reading, or himself. “The more you’re wounded the greater you are,” he read with intent. “And the more empty you are.” The 60-year-old Spacey was wearing a tobacco-colored suit on a painfully humid …
The struggle for LGBT equality: Pride meets prejudice in Poland | World news
We set off from the Arsenal gallery in a small group of about 20 people, first through Białystok’s Branicki Palace gardens, where a “family picnic” is in full swing, organised by the Law and Justice party local authorities as a contrast to the Pride march. There are bouncy castles, but what there’s most of is …
More than 1,000 march in Warsaw in support of LGBT rights | World news
More than 1,000 people have gathered in Warsaw in support of LGBT rights a week after the first pride march in the city of Białystok was marred by violence. Poland’s ruling Law and Justice party (PiS) has made LGBT rights a campaign issue ahead of parliamentary elections expected in October, with many politicians arguing that …
4 teens charged with hate crimes against LGBT women
Autoplay Show Thumbnails Show Captions Last SlideNext Slide Four teenagers have been charged with hate crimes for an assault on a London bus that left two LGBT women injured in May. Melania Geymonat said she and her girlfriend, identified only as Chris, were hospitalized for facial injuries after being attacked on a double-decker bus in the …
LGBT activist murdered in St Petersburg | World news
Russian campaigners said on Monday that a woman found murdered with multiple stab wounds in the city of Saint Petersburg was a well-known activist who had received threats over her protests for LGBT rights and opposition causes. Authorities confirmed that they had found the body of a woman in Russia’s second largest city, but did …
LGBT+ scientists affected by discrimination
Image copyright Christopher Carpineti/Pride in STEM Image caption Pride in STEM marching in the London pride parade in 2018 A report has found that 28% of LGBT+ people working in the physical sciences have considered leaving their jobs due to discrimination. This number increases to nearly half for the transgender workforce. The research examined conditions …
Denver Health to offer almost any surgery relating to sex reassignment
Please enable Javascript to watch this video DENVER — More medical services for trans and non-binary people will soon be available in the Mile High City. By the end of the summer, full female-to-male gender confirmation surgery will be offered at Denver Health Medical Center. The expansion is making the hospital even more of a …
