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Added on: 08/31/2022

‘Null and void’: Judge strikes down Saint Kitts anti-gay law

08/30/2022

A top court for nine eastern Caribbean nations and territories has ruled that sexual orientation and homosexual activity are protected under the right to privacy, invalidating colonial-era…

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Added on: 08/30/2022

Pentecostal and Charismatic Council intensifies pressure on Parliament to pass anti-LGBTQ bill

08/29/2022

The Ghana Pentecostal and Charismatic Council (GPCC) has given Parliament the end of October 2022 to pass the anti-Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer (LGBTQ) bill into…

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Added on: 08/28/2022

LGBT activists question Peru’s response to trans man’s death in Indonesia

08/26/2022

Indonesian police on Thursday denied accusations of violence from the family of a Harvard University transgender activist who died after being arrested on his honeymoon on the…

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Added on: 08/26/2022

LGBT migrants receiving ‘humanitarian parole’ at California port of entry

08/25/2022

SAN DIEGO (Border Report) — About 120 asylum-seekers who are members of the LGBT community are being allowed into the U.S. on a daily basis. Enrique Lucero, the…

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Added on: 08/26/2022

Bali: Transgender student dies in police custody

08/25/2022

A Peruvian transgender rights activist has died in police custody in Bali. Police arrested Rodrigo Ventocilla, 32, on 6 August at Denpasar airport, after customs officials found…

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Added on: 08/24/2022

‘Homosexuality Is Not A Disease’: Vietnam Clamps Down On LGBT Misinformation, Adopts Global Standard

08/23/2022

The Health Ministry in Vietnam called for medical workers in the country to stop discriminating against LGBT individuals on Tuesday as the country adopts progressive global standards…

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Added on: 08/24/2022

Oklahoma GOP candidate calls killing gay people ‘totally just’

08/23/2022

A GOP candidate for the Oklahoma state house is under fire over his resurfaced remarks justifying the murder of gay people. Scott Esk was campaigning for a…

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Added on: 08/24/2022

Gay man from Qatar sounds alarm about coverage of the World Cup and LGBT oppression

08/23/2022

I was born and raised in Qatar, and I am now a physician living in San Francisco. This year of the FIFA World Cup, I am speaking…

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Added on: 08/22/2022

Conversion therapy survivors can seek apologies and compensation under New Zealand scheme

08/21/2022

The country’s Human Rights Commission launched a free and confidential dispute resolution service for those subjected to the dangerous and discredited practice on Thursday (18 August). The government-funded Conversion Practices…

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Added on: 08/22/2022

Singapore will decriminalize sex between men by repealing a colonial-era law

08/21/2022

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — Singapore announced Sunday it will decriminalize sex between men by repealing a colonial-era law while protecting the city-state’s traditional norms and its definition…

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Added on: 08/22/2022

He Was Young, Gay, and Sold For Sex. How Jose Alfaro Escaped a Trafficking Nightmare

08/21/2022

As a kid growing up in the small Texas town of Navasota, Jose Alfaro spent his summers playing in the pastures and creeks near his home, examining…

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Added on: 08/21/2022

CNA Explains: The history of 377A and how some countries have repealed it

08/19/2022

A controversial law that criminalises sex between men in Singapore has been thrust into the spotlight again, amid an ongoing government review which seeks to find the…

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Added on: 08/21/2022

Some LGBTQ Afghans Are Finally Safe. Thousands Are Not.

08/20/2022

It was “so hard” to leave his family in Afghanistan, Talha told The Daily Beast. Then he began crying, recalling the desperate dash to get out of…

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Added on: 08/19/2022

Rights groups ask Defense Ministry to stop sales of phone hacking tool to Uganda

08/17/2022

Human rights groups have reportedly asked the Defense Ministry to stop permitting an Israeli company to sell its phone hacking tool to Uganda, claiming it is used…

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Added on: 08/19/2022

OPINION: We need more South Asian queer stories and voices

08/18/2022

Shivani Dave is a freelance journalist and broadcaster at Openly and Virgin Radio. Growing up I never thought Brown people could be LGBTQ+. That’s an absolutely ridiculous thought,…

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Added on: 08/19/2022

The situation as a Ugandan LGBTQ+ refugee in Kenya is as terrible as you can imagine

08/17/2022

Geoffrey Rainbo* is an LGBTQ+ refugee from Uganda (@GeoffreyRainbo). I am a Ugandan gay man living in Nairobi after being relocated from the Kakuma Refugee Camp in north-western…

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Added on: 08/17/2022

Why Nayyab Ali puts her life on the line to protect trans Pakistanis

08/16/2022

In the basement of a residential building in a developing part of Islamabad, a dozen or so transgender women are sitting in a circle on the floor….

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Added on: 08/15/2022

Indian mothers explain how they ‘came out’ as proud parents to their LGBTQ+ kids

08/14/2022

Four years after India repealed Section 377 – the British colonial era law used to criminalise LGBTQ+ people – being openly queer and Indian comes with its fair…

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Added on: 08/14/2022

Churches in East Africa can help to change attitudes to LGBT rights, says charity

08/12/2022

Churches in East Africa have a necessary part to play in changing attitudes and policies concerning LGBTIQ+ rights, the international charity the Arcus Foundation has said. Last…

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Added on: 08/12/2022

Maldives police arrest four men and target dozens more over leaked gay sex videos

08/12/2022

Police arrested a Bangladeshi sex worker on 12 July, who they claim filmed his encounters with men with intentions to blackmail them, according to Human Rights Watch. Police…

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Added on: 08/12/2022

U.S. Special Envoy Stern Set To Visit India & Nepal To Promote Human Rights Of LGBTQI+ Community

08/10/2022

Jessica Stern, a special envoy of the US, will embark on a 8-day trip to India and Nepal in order to promote the human rights of the…

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Added on: 08/11/2022

“I Don’t Want to Change Myself” Anti-LGBT Conversion Practices, Discrimination, and Violence in Malaysia

08/10/2022

In February 2021, Nur Sajat, a cosmetics entrepreneur, failed to appear in court in the western Malaysian state of Selangor to answer to criminal charges for “insulting…

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Added on: 08/11/2022

Drugmaker Gilead to help fund monkeypox education for LGBTQ+ groups

08/10/2022

Aug 9 (Reuters) – Drugmaker Gilead Sciences (GILD.O) plans to announce on Tuesday that it will provide up to $5 million in grants to help a coalition of…

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Added on: 08/10/2022

Seychelles president welcomes LGBTI activists

08/09/2022

The LGBTI community in the island nation of Seychelles has achieved a new level of social and political recognition. Evidence of that achievement came on July 21,…

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Added on: 08/10/2022

Meet 5 queer trailblazers making visibility matter in small-town America

08/09/2022

When Sylvia Ximi was in middle school, she recalls looking around her hometown of Prescott, Arizona, for any sign there were other queer people around. One low-slung…

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Added on: 08/10/2022

Being gay is not a disease, Vietnam tells its medical workers in bid to end anti-LGBTQ discrimination

08/09/2022

Being gay is not a disease, Vietnam has told its doctors, as it called on medical workers to end discrimination against the LGBTQ community. Campaigners told AFP…

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Added on: 08/09/2022

Nigeria Won’t Guarantee Amnesty for Victims of Gay Dating App Scam

08/08/2022

On Sunday, July 31, six men were arrested in Nigeria’s central state of Nasarawa after being caught extorting thousands of dollars from closeted gay men as part…

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Added on: 08/08/2022

Archbishop of Canterbury condemns gay marriage, but Anglican bishops remain divided

08/07/2022

The head of the Anglican Communion attempted to reinforce the church’s stance against homosexual marriage this week, but the move was squashed by outcry from various bishops. The controversy…

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Added on: 08/07/2022

Uganda suspends operations of charity championing LGBT rights

08/06/2022

The Ugandan government has suspended the operations of a local non-governmental organisation (NGO) that advocates for the rights of sexual minorities, accusing it of working in the…

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Added on: 08/06/2022

Queer Iraqis alarmed over proposed law banning homosexuality

08/05/2022

Iraqi queer activists are raising alarms over a proposal to criminalise homosexuality in the Middle Eastern country. Although no law currently criminalises homosexuality directly in Iraq, authorities…