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LGBTQ World News Digest: 15 International Stories You Need To Know About<\/b><\/p>\n

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TAIWAN<\/strong>. Same-sex marriage registration opens<\/a>: \u2018\u00a0The Taipei City Government announced on Tuesday (April 23) that it would allow gay<\/a> couples<\/a> to \u201cbook\u201d their marriage registration starting today, one month before the deadline set by Taiwan\u2019s Constitutional Court for the government to legalize same-sex<\/a> marriage in the country.<\/p>\n

KUWAIT<\/strong>: Academic Claims She Has Invented a Cure for Homosexuality: A Suppository That Kills the Semen-Eating Anal Worm Responsible for Excessive Sexual Urges \u2014 WATCH<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

COLOMBIA<\/strong>. Colombians staged a kiss-a-thon after a gay couple was harassed at a shopping mall<\/a>: \u2018The \u201ckiss-a-thon\u201d was held just days after two gay<\/a> men<\/a> in their early 20s were harassed at the Andino shopping center by a man<\/a> who pushed the couple<\/a>, screamed profanities at them and accused them of fondling each other in front of a group of children. Esteban Miranda and Nicolas Tellez denied doing that, saying they were only hugging and holding hands just like many heterosexual couples<\/a> strolling the mall\u2019s flashy corridors. They quickly called the police to seek protection from the enraged man<\/a> but were instead fined for indecent exposure.\u2019<\/p>\n

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CAYMAN ISLANDS<\/strong>. Same-sex marriage ruling on hold<\/a>: \u201cThe Court of Appeal agreed on Wednesday afternoon to delay implementation of last month\u2019s historic judgment legalising same-sex<\/a> marriage. That decision means Caymanian Chantelle Day and her partner Vickie Bodden Bush, who brought the successful challenge to the territory\u2019s marriage laws and had planned to get married this week, will have to delay their wedding.\u201d<\/p>\n

CANADA<\/strong>: LGBTQ Activists are Protesting Canada\u2019s New \u2018Equality Coin\u2019 Because Struggles Are Still Ongoing<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

UNITED KINGDOM<\/strong>. Ryan Atkin, Britain\u2019s first openly gay football referee reflects on coming out<\/a>: \u201cIt has helped me to be who I am, and I think that\u2019s reflected by the observations that I\u2019ve had where I\u2019ve received greater praise in the assessments from the bodies. When I\u2019m dealing with players, or I\u2019m dealing with situations on the field of play, it\u2019s actually really me rather than referee Ryan putting his hat on. I\u2019m given my whole self to something rather than 98 per cent \u2013<\/strong> and that two per cent can make a massive difference, especially in sport.\u201d<\/p>\n

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CANADA<\/strong>. Edmonton Pride 2019 canceled<\/a>: \u2018Less than two months before the 10-day festival was set to take place, the Edmonton Pride Festival Society board of directors voted to cancel the event, according to an email obtained by CBC News. \u201cIn light of the current political and social environment, it has been determined that any attempt to host a festival will not be successful,\u201d reads the email from the board of directors. \u201cPlease keep in mind that we are a not-for-profit organization run almost solely by volunteers.\u201dMembers of the board have not responded to a request for comment from CBC News.\u2019<\/p>\n

CHINA<\/strong>. Social media giant Weibo reverses ban on lesbian content<\/a>: \u201cThe reason for the brief shutdown of the popular lesbian<\/a> discussion forum remains unclear. \u201c<\/p>\n

NORTHERN IRELAND<\/strong>: Gay Journalist Shot Dead During Riots in Northern Ireland<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

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SCOTLAND<\/strong>. Pet Shop Boys to premiere new musical at Edinburgh\u2019s Fringe Festival<\/a>. \u2018Multi-award-winning Frances Barber will reprise the role she first played 18 years ago in Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe\u2019s West End musical Closer To Heaven when the 50-minute, one-woman<\/a> show Musik opens in the Capital.With a book by Jonathan Harvey and six songs by Tennant and Lowe, including four new ones written specially for this show, Musik will run from 5 to 24 August at Assembly Rooms\u2019 Bijou venue, on George Street.\u2019<\/p>\n

RUSSIA<\/strong>. Gang convicted of blackmailing gay men<\/a>: \u201cThe crooks introduced themselves as police officers and assaulted gay<\/a> people extorting large sums of money from them. \u2026 \u2018The defendants pleaded partially guilty to the charges; one of them said that a friend had asked him to help find children molesters.’\u201d<\/p>\n

BRAZIL<\/strong>: Bolsonaro\u2019s Approval Rating is Worse Than Any Past Brazilian President at the 100-Day Mark<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

POLAND<\/strong>. Extremists arrested at Pride in the western central Polish city of Gniezno<\/a>: \u2018Nine men<\/a> were detained by the police following Saturday\u2019s pride march in the western central Polish city of Gniezno, deputy inspector Iwona Liszczy\u0144ska reported. Some of the detainees were accused of disturbing a public gathering and violating police officer\u2019s bodily integrity.\u2019<\/p>\n

JAPAN<\/strong>. First openly transgender person elected to a prefectural assembly<\/a>. \u2018Ayako Fuchigami, wearing a pink jacket in front of a campaign vehicle with a sign in the same color, gave a simple message to the crowd that had gathered near an intersection here.\u201cWe just want to live<\/a> a normal life,\u201d Fuchigami, 44, said in the microphone as rainbow flags waved in the background. \u201cI want to create a society where opinions from diverse people are reflected.\u201d\u2019<\/p>\n

THAILAND<\/strong>. This trans<\/a> male<\/a> fitness trainer is a social media star.<\/p>\n

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