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Added on: 12/23/2024

Sign anti-gay bill before your term ends – Presby Church Moderator to Akufo-Addo

Citi Newsroom
12/23/2024
The Moderator of the Presbyterian Church of Ghana, Rt. Rev Dr. Abraham Nana Opare Kwakye, has called on President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to assent to the…
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Added on: 12/23/2024

‘I was tortured in Syria for being gay — now I’m terrified what the future will bring’

Metro
12/22/2024
Francois Zankih was forced to flee Syria in 2020 after Hayʼat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) twice kidnapped him and eventually issued a death notice against him. Despite this, the human rights campaigner says…
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Added on: 12/19/2024

Republicans to introduce more transgender-related bills

Keene Sentinel
12/18/2024
Earlier this year, New Hampshire lawmakers banned transgender girls from competing on girls’ school sports teams and prohibited some gender-reassigment surgeries for minors. Those efforts will continue…
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Added on: 12/19/2024

These women lost their children because they were lesbians – why can’t the government say sorry?

The Guardian
12/18/2024
I am more than just aware of the faint outlines of queer history – it is something I see in Technicolour. I immerse myself in lesbian books,…
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Added on: 12/19/2024

Ghana Supreme Court rejects legal challenges to anti-LGBT bill

Reuters
12/18/2024
Ghana’s Supreme Court on Wednesday dismissed two separate cases challenging the legality of one of Africa’s most restrictive pieces of anti-LGBT legislation, paving the way for the…
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Added on: 12/18/2024

Deadly violence in Nigeria linked to breakup of United Methodist Church over LGBTQ policies

Associated Press
12/17/2024
A religious schism has turned deadly in Nigeria, with a church member fatally shot and two young children killed as homes were set ablaze, according to United…
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Added on: 12/17/2024

Kenyan gets 50 years for murder of LGBTQ+ activist

BBC
12/16/2024
Kenyan photographer Jacktone Odhiambo has been sentenced to 50 years in prison for murdering his housemate, LGBTQ+ activist Edwin Kiprotich Kipruto, popularly known as Edwin Chiloba, nearly…
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Added on: 12/17/2024

I faced oppression as an LGBTQ+ man in Syria. We need to keep fighting for a brighter future.

The Big Issue
12/16/2024
As a queer Syrian man, Khaled Alesmael remains “cautious” about the rebel leadership who have taken over his home country. Having watched LGBTQ+ people jailed for their…
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Added on: 12/17/2024

The hidden struggle of gay men in urban areas across India

Thred
12/16/2024
In bustling metropolitan centres throughout India, a disturbing narrative of violence against gay and bisexual men is unfolding, challenging the nation’s progressive legal stance on LGBTQIA+ rights…
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Added on: 12/16/2024

Georgia’s New President Opposes EU, LGBTQ Rights

NDTV
12/16/2024
Pro-EU protesters took to the streets in Georgia as an electoral college dominated by the ruling party chose a new president known for his vehement anti-West views…
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Added on: 12/16/2024

Jackton Odhiambo to be sentenced for murder of LGBTQ activist Edwin Chiloba

Citizen Digital
12/16/2024
The High Court in Eldoret is on Monday set to sentence Jacktone Odhiambo, a freelance photographer over the murder of his alleged lover and LGBTQ rights activist…
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Added on: 12/16/2024

Taskforce Atlas: Detective Team Doubled To Reexamine Hundreds of NSW Gay Hate Crimes

Star Observer
12/16/2024
NSW Police are currently reexamining hundreds of cold cases in response to the recommendations handed down by the The Special Commission of Inquiry into historic gay hate crimes…
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Added on: 12/15/2024

Government inaugurates Dar il-Qawsalla, to provide shelter for homeless LGBTIQ+ individuals

Independent
12/14/2024
Prime Minister Robert Abela, together with Minister for Social and Affordable Accommodation Roderick Galdes have inaugurated Dar il-Qawsalla, a residence dedicated to members of the LGBTIQ+ community…
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Added on: 12/12/2024

Pete Hegseth, Trump’s Defense pick, says allowing gay troops to serve openly reflects a Marxist agenda

CNN
12/12/2024
Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for secretary of defense, has repeatedly criticized policies allowing gay people to serve openly in the US military, calling them part…
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Added on: 12/12/2024

Kenya blocks LGBTQ+ refugees from resettling in Canada

Erasing 76 Crimes
12/11/2024
In a low-income neighbourhood on the outskirts of Nairobi, seven people gather in an air-conditioned home around a dinner table for a Ugandan stew of matoke bananas…
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Added on: 12/11/2024

Claims against PinkNews bosses of sexual misconduct ‘very concerning’, says No 10

The Guardian
12/10/2024
Downing Street has described as “very concerning” multiple allegations of sexual misconduct made against the couple who run PinkNews, the world’s largest LGBTQ+ website. The BBC reported…
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Added on: 12/10/2024

Traditional people worry Ghana anti-gay bill will target their Indigenous identities

Erasing 76 Crimes
12/09/2024
Traditional healer Naa Busuafi used to feel empowered when leaving tribal ceremonies held on the outskirts of Accra, proud to be living out practices that colonists sought…
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Added on: 12/09/2024

Hate crime charges dropped for most of the Salisbury University students who allegedly beat a man they lured to an apartment

CNN
12/08/2024
Hate crime charges have been dropped for all but three of the 15 students at Salisbury University in Maryland who police said targeted a man and lured him to…
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Added on: 12/09/2024

Winner of Ghana’s presidential election will scrutinize anti-LGBTQ bill, might sign it

Erasing 76 Crimes
12/08/2024
John Mahama, former president of Ghana and the apparent victor in today’s presidential election, has said he will scrutinize the harsh anti-LGBTQ+ bill that Parliament passed in…
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Added on: 12/06/2024

Guilty ruling in murder of Kenya LGBTQ activist

Deutsche Welle
12/05/2024
Kenyan Justice Reuben Nyakundi ruled that the prosecution presented sufficient evidence to prove Jacktone Odhiambo’s guilt beyond a reasonable doubt in the murder of LGBTQ+ activist Edwin…
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Added on: 12/06/2024

Georgia’s opposition comes under attack as leader is dragged from HQ

BBC
12/05/2024
A Georgian opposition leader has been dragged from his party office by police and others have been physically attacked, after the prime minister vowed that organisers of…
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Added on: 12/05/2024

The country risking it all for Europe – as Brexit Britain buries its head

iNews
12/04/2024
They come out every night. They’re shot at with rubber bullets and they’re fired upon by water cannons and they’re detained and they’re hospitalised. But they come…
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Added on: 12/05/2024

Gay clubgoers found guilty of “hooliganism” following Moscow raids

LGBTQ Nation
12/04/2024
As many as a dozen individuals rounded up at gay clubs in Moscow this past weekend have been found guilty of “hooliganism” by a Russian court and…
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Added on: 12/04/2024

A dozen Moscow clubgoers found guilty after anti-LGBTQ ‘propaganda’ raids

NBC News
12/03/2024
A dozen Moscow clubgoers were found guilty of “petty hooliganism” and detained following anti-LGBTQ “propaganda” raids by Russian security forces, according to Russian court documents and local…
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Added on: 12/03/2024

Anti-gay bill targets promotion, not LGBTQ+ people — Former Justice Minister

Modern Ghana
12/03/2024
Ghana’s Promotion of Proper Human Sexual Rights and Ghanaian Family Values Bill, 2021, is not intended to target LGBTQ individuals but seeks to prevent the promotion of…
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Added on: 11/29/2024

LGBTQ+ people in Mombasa recount anti-gay protests

The Canadian Press
11/28/2024
MOMBASA — Astraeus O’Levin is tired of strangers telling her they want to kill her. In 2015, as a transgender woman, she left the scrutiny of her family…
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Added on: 11/29/2024

Polish government approves criminalisation of anti-LGBT hate speech

Notes From Poland
11/28/2024
Poland’s government has approved plans to add sexual orientation, gender, age and disability to the categories covered by Poland’s hate crime laws. Those guilty of such offences…
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Added on: 11/27/2024

Saskatchewan Premier Faces Backlash Over Transgender Policy

The Pinnacle Gazette
11/27/2024
Recent discussions surrounding education policy in Saskatchewan have sparked significant controversy, with sharp criticism aimed at Premier Scott Moe. A proposed change room policy affecting transgender students…
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Added on: 11/27/2024

L.A. County gears up for Trump with millions in funding for immigrants, transgender residents

Los Angeles Times
11/26/2024
Gearing up for another Trump presidency, Los Angeles County supervisors will funnel millions in funding to beef up support for immigrants and transgender residents, who could be…
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Added on: 11/25/2024

Trigger warning: Homophobic song goes viral in Cameroon; LGBTI defenders sue

Erasing 76 Crimes
11/24/2024
In Cameroon, LGBTI people are only too aware that they live in a society saturated with homophobic rhetoric and violent attacks targeting them. In recent weeks, that…
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