{"id":2971,"date":"2017-05-05T09:00:09","date_gmt":"2017-05-05T13:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/news\/?p=2971"},"modified":"2017-05-01T15:28:38","modified_gmt":"2017-05-01T19:28:38","slug":"lgbtqia-world-news-roundup-13","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/news\/archives\/2971","title":{"rendered":"LGBTQIA World News Roundup"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/LGBTQIA-World-News-Roundup-050117.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2972\" src=\"http:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/LGBTQIA-World-News-Roundup-050117.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"463\" height=\"739\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>By Thomas Maxheimer<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.towleroad.com\/2017\/04\/south-korean-army-gay\/?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+towleroad%2Ffeed+%28Towleroad+Gay+News+%29\">South Korean Army Used a Dating App to Trap Gay Soldiers, Then Out Them: REPORT<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The South Korean Army is being accused of using a gay dating app to entrap gay soldiers and placing dozens of them on a list in violation of their constitutional rights.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/world\/asia_pacific\/a-backlash-against-same-sex-marriage-tests-taiwans-reputation-for-gay-rights\/2017\/04\/19\/f855c8b8-2004-11e7-bcd6-6d1286bc177d_story.html?utm_term=.401dfc315b9f\">A backlash against same-sex marriage tests Taiwan?s reputation for gay rights<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Christian groups have mobilized against the marriage equality movement, warning that giving equal rights may somehow pose a threat to children. ?They also claim that being gay is somehow not ?Chinese? because it is a Western invention. ?Although, it appears they have had no issues with importing Christianity.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.gaystarnews.com\/article\/shanghai-pride\/\">Shanghai Pride continues to grow as more LGBTIs take part<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Shanghai Pride 2017 is slated for June 15-18 with the theme ?The Time is Now?. ?The theme is meant to encourage LGBT+ community members to live open lives, love who they love, and champion acceptance in the face of intolerance.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Thomas Maxheimer South Korean Army Used a Dating App to Trap Gay Soldiers, Then Out Them: REPORT The South Korean Army is being accused of using a gay dating app to entrap gay soldiers and placing dozens of them on a list in violation of their constitutional rights. A backlash against same-sex marriage tests [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":85,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[58],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2971","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-glbt-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2971","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/85"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2971"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2971\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2971"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2971"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2971"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}