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Added on: 02/28/2020

Lesbian speaks about the heartbreaking process of trying to ‘prove’ sexuality to the government

02/27/2020

A lesbian from Zimbabwe has spoken out about how it took five gruelling years to convince the Home Office that she’s gay and should be granted asylum….

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Added on: 02/27/2020

As survivors speak out, 9 countries seek to ban gay ‘conversion therapy’

02/26/2020

From electric shocks to ‘praying away the gay’, global momentum is growing to ban so-called “conversion therapy”, with bills drawn up in nine countries, a rights group…

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Added on: 02/26/2020

Acting intelligence head Richard Grenell’s push to decriminalize homosexuality has yielded little

02/25/2020

Donald Trump became the first president to name an openly gay person to a Cabinet-level position Wednesday when he announced that Richard Grenell would serve as his…

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Added on: 02/25/2020

A Police Raid, Viral Videos and the Broken Lives of Nigerian Gay Law Suspects

02/24/2020

The 57 men stumbled out of the back of a dark police truck into the glare of a sunny courtyard and a phalanx of cameras. Some clutched…

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Added on: 02/24/2020

Morality police swing out wildly in Indonesia

02/23/2020

Indonesia’s self-appointed morality police are at it again, this time featuring a university-educated member of the Commission for the Protection of Children (KPAI) who drew public ridicule…

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Added on: 02/23/2020

Rainbow Scapes: Filmmaker Sridhar Rangayan on chronicling the lives of LGBT individuals who ‘lived fearlessly’

02/22/2020

In 2011, I travelled across India to document lives of 20 gay, lesbian and transgender persons who have lived their lives fearlessly and contributed in their own…

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Added on: 02/22/2020

Ivory Coast family beats up gay son after meeting his lover

02/21/2020

Jules Franckrin Kouamé Kouadio, ironworker by trade, was beaten up by members of his family after presenting his lover on his 35th birthday. On Saturday, Feb. 8,…

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Added on: 02/22/2020

Gay Nigerian’s achievement: a passionate public kiss

02/21/2020

Yomi, who is currently based in the UK, came out to his family sometime early last year on Whatsapp. Since then, he and his boyfriend moved in…

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Added on: 02/21/2020

Acting intelligence head Richard Grenell’s push to decriminalize homosexuality has yielded little

02/20/2020

Donald Trump became the first president to name an openly gay person to a Cabinet-level position Wednesday when he announced that Richard Grenell would serve as his…

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Added on: 02/20/2020

Indonesia could force LGBT people into rehabilitation under draft ‘family resilience’ law

01/19/2020

A proposed bill to be considered by Indonesian Parliament would compel people with “deviant” sexual persuasions to undergo “rehabilitation”. The so-called Family Resilience Bill, which covers many…

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Added on: 02/19/2020

African countries must scrap outdated laws and fully legalise same-sex relations

02/18/2020

Sixty-eight countries around the world continue to criminalise same-sex relations. Almost half of them are based in Africa, comprising more than half the continent. These laws are…

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Added on: 02/17/2020

Uzbekistan: LGBT Rights Neglected

02/16/2020

LGBTI activists in Uzbekistan say that, despite high hopes for reform ever since Shavkat Mirziyoyev assumed the presidency in 2016, they continue to face routine violence and…

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Added on: 02/17/2020

Indonesians Are Turning To Exorcisms to ‘Cure’ Members of the LGBTQ Community

02/16/2020

After evening prayer at the mosque, 33-year-old Syifa’s* parents asked her to lie down on a prayer rug. As they recited verses from the Quran, Syifa tried…

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Added on: 02/16/2020

Campaign launched to stop LGBT asylum seeker being sent to her death in Cameroon

02/16/2020

A campaign has been launched to help keep a Birmingham LGBT asylum seeker safe from being arrested or killed for her sexuality. Espoir Njei is fighting for…

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Added on: 02/14/2020

Who should decide when a child can change gender?

01/13/2020

It was a case that tore a family apart – and exposed the faultlines in an increasingly bitter global row over the rights of a child to…

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Added on: 02/13/2020

Senegal’s leader defends LGBT record during Canada PM visit

02/12/2020

Senegal’s President Macky Sall on Wednesday defended his country’s ban on same-sex activity, saying during a visit from Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau that it “has nothing…

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Added on: 02/11/2020

‘Listen to our voices’: Pasifika protest over anti-gay laws at pride march

02/10/2020

The ongoing criminalisation of homosexuality around Oceania was the focus for the Pacific community at Saturday’s 7000 strong Rainbow Pride march in New Zealand’s largest city. Now…

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Added on: 02/11/2020

Two Gay Immigrants Left Everything For Safety In The US. Instead, They Were Sent To Guatemala.

02/10/2020

Sitting in a jet streaming toward Guatemala, watching the landscape shift below, Pablo replayed the scenes that had led to this moment. He recalled the day he…

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Added on: 02/10/2020

Five Urgent Issues for Indonesia’s President to Address

02/09/2020

On February 10, Indonesian President Joko Widodo (known as Jokowi) will address Australia’s parliament. Indonesia is often referred to as the democratic success story of Southeast Asia…

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Added on: 02/09/2020

Eight men sentenced to two years in prison for ‘imitating women’ at a birthday party in Mauritania

02/08/2020

Police arrested ten men when a video that appeared to be Mauritania’s ‘first gay wedding’ began circulating on social media. Homosexuality is strictly illegal in the North…

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Added on: 02/08/2020

Russian Jury Acquits Gay Man’s Murder Suspect

02/08/2020

A Moscow jury has acquitted a man accused of killing a gay man last year, the LGBT rights group Stimul reported Thursday. Security cameras captured 40-year-old Roman…

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Added on: 02/07/2020

Witness no-show causes new delay in Lagos homosexuality case

02/06/2020

The trial of 47 Nigerian men charged with homosexuality, punishable by 14 years in jail in the West African country, stalled again on Wednesday as their accusers…

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Added on: 02/07/2020

National firestorm on horizon as states consider criminalizing transgender treatments for youths

02/06/2020

Rep. Fred Deutsch, sponsor of the South Dakota’s HB 1057, said he introduced the bill Jan. 14 to prevent doctors from pushing children to change their bodies….

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Added on: 02/06/2020

Anti-LGBT Hate Crimes Up in Russia, Watchdog Says

02/05/2020

The number of hate crimes against members of Russia’s LGBT community increased in 2019, according to an annual report by the prominent SOVA Center nonprofit, which tracks…

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Added on: 02/06/2020

Russian police threaten activist; she flees, wins asylum

02/05/2020

An LGBT activist fled southern Russia for the Netherlands after facing threats of prosecution from law enforcement and retribution from conservative vigilantes, she said in an interview…

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Added on: 02/06/2020

Guyana gay-rights manifesto: Seeking support from political parties

02/05/2020

Gay rights advocates in Guyana have compiled a manifesto aimed at persuading Guyanese political parties to embrace measures to end repression of the LGBT community. News Room…

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Added on: 02/05/2020

Guyana urged to end ban on gay sex

02/04/2020

A host of foreign governments on Wednesday urged Guyana to decriminalise sexual activity between men and urged protection for the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) community….

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Added on: 02/05/2020

Mumbai: 51 booked for sedition for pro-Sharjeel Imam slogans at queer pride march

02/04/2020

The Mumbai Police have filed a sedition case against 51 persons, including activist Urvashi Chudawala, for allegedly chanting slogans in support of Jawaharlal Nehru University student Sharjeel…

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Added on: 02/05/2020

Nigerian court adjourns case of 47 men charged under homosexuality law

02/04/2020

After months of delays, Nigerian prosecutors began presenting their evidence against 47 men charged with public displays of affection with members of the same sex, but asked…

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Added on: 02/05/2020

Change to the Refugees Act moves South Africa much closer to Donald Trump’s America

02/04/2020

Since its inception, the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa has protected South Africa from its government. A document heralded internationally as a model of democratic…