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Added on: 04/15/2020

The Activists: How ACT UP forever changed patients’ rights, protests and political organizing

New York Times
04/14/2020
SUBMICROSCOPIC INFECTIOUS agents have a way of revealing the worst in us, and the best. That is the story of the AIDS epidemic generally, and in particular…
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Added on: 04/15/2020

Gay man forced to flee Turkmenistan after police assaulted him for being HIV-positive

Metro Weekly
04/14/2020
A gay man from Turkmenistan was forced to flee his home country after he was arrested and assaulted for being HIV-positive. Speaking to RadioFreeEurope, the 23-year-old was…
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Added on: 04/14/2020

Michigan anti-LGBT discrimination ballot drive moves to e-signatures

WZZM
04/13/2020
A group spearheading a ballot drive to add LGBT anti-discrimination protections to Michigan’s civil rights law is moving to collect voter signatures online because of the coronavirus…
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Added on: 04/14/2020

Poland: Reject New Curbs on Abortion, Sex Ed

Human Rights Watch
04/13/2020
Poland’s Parliament will consider regressive legislation this week that would restrict sexual and reproductive health and rights and put the lives and well-being of women and adolescents…
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Added on: 04/14/2020

Investigation after gay refugee found dead at U.N. refugee office in Kenya

Reuters
04/13/2020
A gay refugee in Kenya was found dead outside the United Nations refugee agency (UNHCR) office in Nairobi on Monday in an apparent suicide, Kenyan police and…
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Added on: 04/14/2020

LGBT+ group sues Ukraine religious figure linking coronavirus to gay marriage

Reuters
04/13/2020
A Ukrainian LGBT+ group said on Monday it has sued one of the country’s most prominent religious figures over comments blaming the spread of the coronavirus on…
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Added on: 04/12/2020

Virginia Enacts LGBT Worker Protections, Standing Out in South

Bloomberg Law
04/11/2020
Virginians are now protected from discrimination based on their sexual orientation and gender identity. Gov. Ralph Northam (D) signed a bill (S.B. 868) that prohibits biased treatment…
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Added on: 04/12/2020

Year after trans military ban, legal battle rages on

NBC News
04/11/2020
In the year since the Trump administration banned transgender individuals from serving in the military, a number of advocacy groups have challenged the policy and many active…
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Added on: 04/11/2020

Coronavirus pandemic highlights barriers to health care for transgender community

CBS News
04/10/2020
The coronavirus pandemic has disrupted life for billions of people, forcing the world to deal with a sudden loss of jobs, security, and regular health care. But…
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Added on: 04/11/2020

Across Africa, Pandemic Lockdowns Risk Violating Human Rights

World Politics review
04/10/2020
More than half of Africa’s 54 countries are restricting people’s movements in hopes of slowing the spread of the coronavirus, with regulations ranging from evening curfews to…
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Added on: 04/10/2020

UNAIDS condemns misuse and abuse of emergency powers to target marginalized and vulnerable populations

UNAIDS
04/09/2020
UNAIDS is deeply concerned by reports that the COVID-19 epidemic is being used as an excuse to target marginalized and vulnerable populations, restrict civil society space and…
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Added on: 04/10/2020

They Were Warriors

Chicago Magazine
04/09/2020
Thirty years ago this month, activists — many fighting for their lives — took to the streets of downtown Chicago in one of the biggest AIDS demonstrations…
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Added on: 04/10/2020

Evangelical field hospital requires health workers to take anti-gay pledge

American Independent
04/09/2020
Staff must agree to a statement of faith that says ‘marriage is exclusively the union of one genetic male and one genetic female.’ An evangelical Christian organization…
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Added on: 04/10/2020

Phyllis Lyon, LGBTQ rights pioneer, dies at age 95

The Guardian
04/09/2020
Phyllis Lyon, an LGBTQ rights pioneer who, with her longtime partner, was among the first same-sex couples to marry in California when it became legal to do…
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Added on: 04/09/2020

Rights monitor blasts humiliation of 3 LGBT curfew violators

ABS-CBN News
04/08/2020
Authorities north of the Philippine capital “publicly humiliated” 3 members of the LGBT community who violated a curfew aimed at halting the coronavirus pandemic, a researcher for…
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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: 04/09/2020

Asians mobilize in face of coronavirus-related racism

Bay Area Reporter
04/08/2020
LGBT Asians around the world are fighting back in the face of coronavirus-inspired racist attacks against Asians. “Obviously, there has always been racism toward the Asian community,…
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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: 04/05/2020

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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