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Added on: 04/09/2020

An Intro to Brazil’s History of Censorship

Remezcla
04/08/2020
Brazil has a long history of censoring artists and the arts. In fact, several artists had their works censored and had to flee the country during the…
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Added on: 04/09/2020

Gay congressman in Guatemala says indigenous people erased from coronavirus prevention campaign

Pink News
04/08/2020
Guatemala’s first openly gay and HIV-positive congressman has warned indigenous people are being erased from the country’s coronavirus prevention campaign. Aldo Dávila accused Guatemala’s health department of…
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Added on: 04/08/2020

Indonesia police will not bring murder charges in case of transgender woman burned to death

Reuters
04/08/2020
Indonesian police said on Wednesday they would not bring murder charges against suspects accused of killing a transgender woman by dousing her with petrol and setting her…
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Added on: 04/08/2020

The Uganda 19: Lawyers barred; no chance of bail; 10 days in prison and counting

Erasing 76 Crimes
04/07/2020
Lawyers for 19 LGBT Ugandans arrested March 29 at an LGBT homeless shelter near Kampala still have been barred from seeing their clients. The arrestees are imprisoned…
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Added on: 04/08/2020

In Russia’s far east, a feminist theatre director comes under attack

Global Voices
04/07/2020
“I feel that today there are so many invisible female political prisoners: mothers, wives – women who bear an incredible burden thanks to political trials,” says Russian…
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Added on: 04/08/2020

PrEP Users, Many Gay, Bi Men Barred from COVID-Antibody Plasma Donations

Gay City News
04/07/2020
As public health officials worldwide scramble to develop antibody tests to enable individuals who have recovered from the coronavirus to donate their antibody-rich plasma for experimental injections…
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Added on: 04/07/2020

‘Social distancing’ is how LGBT people have always had to live

Erasing 76 Crimes
04/06/2020
As news reports with dire predictions about Covid-19 began to multiply exponentially, I quickly realized that the inevitable physical distancing required and resulting social isolation was not…
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Added on: 04/07/2020

Top Americas court finds Peru responsible for torture of trans woman

Reuters
04/06/2020
The top human rights court in the Americas has found Peru responsible for the arbitrary detention and rape of a transgender woman in a landmark case marking…
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Added on: 04/07/2020

Don’t ‘celebrate’ gay people, just accept us, says teacher at centre of schools row

The Guardian
04/06/2020
Andrew Moffat, the gay teacher targeted by Muslim anti-LGBT protesters at Parkfield community school in Birmingham, is wearing his usual rainbow lanyard and says he feels safe…
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Added on: 04/07/2020

Protester arrested at NYC COVID-19 field hospital run by anti-gay evangelist

NBC News
04/06/2020
The guerrilla theater activist known as Reverend Billy, decked out in a pink suit and a bandanna mask, was arrested Sunday afternoon at a COVID-19 field hospital…
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Added on: 04/06/2020

Coronavirus: Bolsonaro fasts and prays for “Brazil’s liberation from epidemics”

Go Tech Daily
04/05/2020
In response to the outbreak of coronavirus, Brazilian President Gerard Bolsonaro said Sunday was a day of prayer and fasting, and encouraged citizens to ask God to…
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Added on: 04/06/2020

Coronavirus pandemic a perfect storm for LGBTQ homeless youth

NBC News
04/05/2020
Finding a secure place to live has not been easy for Nez Marquez, 23, who has experienced homelessness for the past five years. Born in Mexico and…
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Added on: 04/06/2020

New Ugandan rules allow HIV care during lockdown

Erasing 76 Crimes
04/05/2020
Uganda’s Ministry of Health has issued guidelines about how vital HIV/AIDS services can continue with minimal disruption during the current 14-day countrywide Covid-19 lockdown. The guidelines, covering…
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Added on: 04/05/2020

Coronavirus: LGBT+ charity says young people should ‘pause’ coming out in lockdown

Sky News
04/04/2020
LGBT+ young people should “hit pause” on coming out while self-isolating with their families during the coronavirus pandemic, a UK charity has advised. The Albert Kennedy Trust…
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Added on: 04/05/2020

LGBT Migrants Are Vulnerable to Coronavirus, But Our Community Can Help

Hornet Netowrk
04/04/2020
Our LGBT communities are impacted in various ways by the global Coronavirus pandemic. Some of us are lucky enough to have a safe place to stay, while…
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Added on: 04/05/2020

Hong Kong’s LGBT+ community calls for new top judge to work with them

Thomson Reuters Foundation
04/04/2020
Hong Kong’s LGBT+ community urged the territory’s new top judge to work with them as they campaign for the recognition of same-sex marriage and to stop widespread…
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Added on: 04/05/2020

The controversial story of the Sacramento Slavic church linked to 71 coronavirus infections

Sacramento Bee
04/04/2020
Bethany Slavic Missionary Church doesn’t shy away from controversy. The giant Pentecostal church near Rancho Cordova, one of the cornerstones of the Sacramento area’s Eastern European immigrant…
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Added on: 04/04/2020

India: LGBT is the hardest hit group in these coronavirus times

Siasat Daily
04/03/2020
The one group of people which is always gets excluded from discussion on any subject of national importance is LGBT or Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender. The…
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Added on: 04/04/2020

Supreme Court scraps April calendar, delays major cases amid pandemic

ABC News
04/03/2020
Citing the ongoing coronavirus public health crisis, the US Supreme Court on Friday cleared its calendar for April, extending an already historic delay of major legal cases,…
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Added on: 04/04/2020

Panama’s Gender-Based Quarantine Ensnares Trans Woman

Human Rights Watch
04/03/2020
When Panama announced it would implement a gender-based quarantine schedule in response to COVID-19, transgender activists were alarmed. And with reason: on April 1, police detained a…
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Added on: 04/03/2020

U.S. eases ban on gay blood donors amid coronavirus

Reuters
04/02/2020
The United States eased its policy on gay and bisexual men donating blood on Thursday due to rising concerns about blood supplies during the coronavirus crisis. The…
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Added on: 04/03/2020

EU lawmakers condemn Hungary for ‘attack’ on trans people over sex on IDs

Reuters
04/02/2020
European Union (EU) lawmakers on Thursday criticized Hungary for trying to ban transgender people from changing their sex on some official documents as a “deliberate” attack on…
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Added on: 04/03/2020

Asylum seeker beaten, doused in petrol and threatened with beheading by his own dad finally told he deserves refuge

Pink News
04/02/2020
A gay asylum seeker from Ghana who was beaten, doused in petrol and threatened with beheading by a homophobic mob led by his own dad has been…
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Added on: 04/03/2020

Meet the lesbian who made political history years before Harvey Milk

NBC News
04/02/2020
Three years before LGBTQ icon Harvey Milk was elected to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors, Kathy Kozachenko made history in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Forty-six years ago,…
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Added on: 04/02/2020

Hong Kong’s LGBT+ community calls for new top judge to work with them

Reuters
04/01/2020
Hong Kong’s LGBT+ community urged the territory’s new top judge to work with them as they campaign for the recognition of same-sex marriage and to stop widespread…
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Added on: 04/02/2020

Are people living with HIV more at risk from coronavirus?

Thomson Reuters Foundation
04/01/2020
As coronavirus sweeps the world, many people living with HIV are asking whether their status counts as an underlying condition and makes them more at risk. Many…
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Added on: 04/02/2020

Ugandan police accused of abusing lockdown laws after LGBT arrests

The Guardian
04/01/2020
Police in Uganda have charged 20 LGBT people with disobeying rules on physical distancing and risking the spread of coronavirus, in what campaigners say is a clear…
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Added on: 04/02/2020

Viktor Orban moves against Hungarian trans rights holding power

Go Tech Daily
04/01/2020
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has moved to seize long-standing rights as one of the first things he will do after receiving new autocratic power. On Monday,…
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Added on: 04/01/2020

ANNOUNCING AIDS 2020: VIRTUAL

International AIDS Society
03/31/2020
The health and safeguarding of our community is our highest priority. In light of the COVID-19 pandemic, the 23rd International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2020), to be held…
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Added on: 04/01/2020

SPLC Publishes List of ANTI-LGBTQ Groups in US

Souther Poverty Law Center
03/31/2020
The anti-LGBTQ movement continued to enjoy success in mainstreaming its agenda in 2019 as the Trump administration pursued anti-LGBTQ policies at the federal level, while state and…
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