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Pennsylvania Secretary of Health Rachel Levine provides an update on Covid-19 in Harrisburg, Pa. Photo: AP

Biden confirmed transgender woman as assistant health secretary

Rachel Levine was leading the Pennsylvania Department of Health when Biden tapped her for the national post in January, in a notable first for the LGBTQ community

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World's first Muslim LGBTQ+ festival to be held in London

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South Asia & China

Many LGBT people in China forced into illegal 'conversion therapy'

Popular social media icons are seen on an iPhone screen/ Reuters

Social media: A double-edged sword for LGBT+ Asia

Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni signs an anti-homosexual bill into law at the state house in Entebbe, 36 km southwest of the capital Kampala February 24, 2014. Reuters/James Akena

Uganda plans bill imposing death penalty for gay sex

Two students take a photo of their painted wrists at a fest celebrating the first anniversary of a historic judgment that decriminalised gay sex in New Delhi, India on September 6, 2019/ Reuters

Since landmark ruling for LGBT+ rights in India challenges persist

Laxmi Narayan Tripathi, chief of the "Kinnar Akhara" congregation for transgender people speaks to her followers during "Kumbh Mela", or the Pitcher Festival, in Prayagraj, previously known as Allahabad, India, January 16, 2019. Picture taken January 16, 2019/Reuters

Job snubs to forced surgery: India's 'invisible' intersex people

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Tens of thousands take part in LGBT event in Berlin