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Added on: 05/13/2020

Contact tracing South Korea’s latest coronavirus outbreak exposes LGBT+ people to hate

05/13/2020

A new coronavirus outbreak in the South Korean capital, Seoul, has also seen a rise in homophobic hate speech. The southeast Asian nation has achieved enviable results…

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Added on: 05/13/2020

‘No one wants to be tested:’ Social stigmas are crippling coronavirus containment

05/12/2020

Public health officials around the world have agreed that testing and contact tracing are vital to containing the coronavirus pandemic. But for many people, coming forward to…

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Added on: 05/13/2020

Uganda court sets bail hearing for 19 LGBT detainees

05/12/2020

May 18 is the new date when 19 members of Children of the Sun Foundation (CosfUganda) who were arrested at the Cosf shelter are expected to be…

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Added on: 05/12/2020

LGBT+ adults in US are more than twice as likely to be homeless

05/11/2020

Almost one in five LGB adults in the US has experienced homelessness at some point in their lives. Moreover, trans people are even more likely to be…

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Added on: 05/12/2020

Germany becomes the fifth country in the world to ban conversion therapy

05/11/2020

Germany has become the fifth country in the world to ban ‘conversion therapy’ of LGBT+ minors. The new vote in the Bundestag, Germany’s parliament, confirms a ban…

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Added on: 05/12/2020

South Korea struggles to contain new outbreak amid anti-gay backlash

05/11/2020

Authorities in South Korea are struggling to contain a new coronavirus outbreak linked to the capital’s nightclub district as a backlash against the country’s gay community increases,…

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Added on: 05/11/2020

Opinion: Little Richard’s Queer Triumph

05/10/2020

It was during a 1966 concert in Paris when Little Richard, drenched in sweat, told a mostly white audience, “I’m ready, ready, ready teddy, I’m ready, ready,…

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Added on: 05/10/2020

Radical Russian Imperial Movement Expanding Global Outreach

05/09/2020

The Russian Imperial Movement (RIM), a white supremacist group based in St. Petersburg, is increasingly expanding its outreach beyond Russia through the establishment of transnational networks with…

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Added on: 05/08/2020

Activists call on Tinley Park to show support for gay rights in Polish Sister City

05/07/2020

Activists in Europe are calling on Tinley Park residents and village officials to show support for gay rights in a Sister City community in Poland. European rights…

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Added on: 05/08/2020

Lebanon’s LGBT People Are Reclaiming Their Power

05/07/2020

Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people and their rights in Lebanon are part and parcel of the nationwide protests that began on October 17, 2019, Human…

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Added on: 05/08/2020

Minister defends Germany’s limited gay therapy ban

05/07/2020

Germany’s ban on so-called gay conversion therapies needs to be robust enough to withstand court challenges, Health Minister Jens Spahn said in response to criticism that his…

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Added on: 05/07/2020

Forced exorcisms touted as ‘cure’ for LGBT Indonesians

05/06/2020

Andin is haunted by memories of being forced into an exorcism to “save” her from being transgender — a ritual that could become mandatory for Indonesia’s LGBT…

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Added on: 05/07/2020

Kenya LGBT refugee protest ends with tear gas and batons

05/06/2020

Police attempted to disband a protest of about 60 LGBT refugees outside the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugee’s office in Kakuma, Kenya at the end of…

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Added on: 05/07/2020

Same-sex marriage is still illegal in Tunisia!

05/06/2020

Thirty-five LGBTQ+ and human rights groups united today to dispel the false belief, spread by flawed news articles, that Tunisia has accepted same-sex marriage. The 35 organizations…

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Added on: 05/05/2020

Muslim LGBT ‘Allies’ Silent as Muslim Attacks on Gays Increase

05/04/2020

There’s a new slur trending in Turkey these days aimed at the LGBTQ population: “#YallahHollandaya” or “Go to Holland.” The expression reflects the Netherlands’ longstanding acceptance of…

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Added on: 05/05/2020

False marriage claims in Tunisia have led to anti-LGBT+ attacks 04 MAY 2020

05/04/2020

Reports of Tunisia becoming the first Arab country to recognise a same-sex marriage have put LGBT+ people in danger. Tunisian LGBT+ organization Mawjoudin – We Exist –…

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Added on: 05/04/2020

Hate crime or stray bullet? Kansas City man’s death stirs fears in LGBTQ communities

05/03/2020

Ta’Ron Carson knew how to apply makeup, so his expertly contoured jawline and highlighted cheekbones stood out as he twirled along the sidewalk on Main Street in…

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Added on: 05/04/2020

Husband, father, sex worker: As adults, Afghanistan’s ‘dancing boys’ lead double lives

05/03/2020

In conservative Afghanistan, former dancing boy Farhad leads a double life; married father-of-six by day, cross-dressing dancer and sex worker by night. The practice of “bacha bazi”…

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Added on: 05/04/2020

‘Fearless’ Scots lawyer who worked to decriminalise sex between men found dead in his home

05/03/2020

65-year-old Derek Ogg QC was found dead at his home in Langside, Glasgow on the evening of May 1. There are not thought to be any suspicious…

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Added on: 05/02/2020

Two arrested in alleged hate crime killing of transgender women in Puerto Rico

05/01/2020

Two men have been arrested in Puerto Rico in the shooting death of two transgender women whose bodies were found last week in a burned-out car. The…

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Added on: 05/02/2020

Groups Express Grave Concern about the Commission on Unalienable Rights

05/01/2020

As human rights organizations, scholars, defenders and activists, we the 167 undersigned, write to express our grave concern about the work of the U.S. State Department’s Commission…

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Added on: 05/01/2020

Wave of trans murders sparks fear of ‘hunting season’ in Puerto Rico

04/30/2020

Puerto Rico has been hit by an “epidemic of violence” with five transgender murders in two months, LGBT+ activists said on Wednesday, adding that homophobic rhetoric from…

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Added on: 05/01/2020

A Court Guessed How Gay Men From Conservative Families Would React After First Having Sex. It Cost Two Men Their Refugee Status.

04/3/2020

Two young men from Pakistan who feared persecution because they were in a homosexual relationship had their refugee claims rejected because a tribunal made “illogical” assumptions about…

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Added on: 04/30/2020

Gay in Nigeria: The Stark Reality For LGBT People In The West Africa Country

04/29/2020

Michael Ighodaro was attacked by homophobes in his home city of Abuja when he was waiting for a taxi outside his friend’s home. His attackers stormed up…

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Added on: 04/29/2020

Grindr witch-hunt sparks fresh call to make gay sex legal in Morocco

04/28/2020

Morocco is facing fresh demands to decriminalize gay sex after women started outing gay and bi men using dating apps. As GSN reported last week, a Moroccan…

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Added on: 04/29/2020

LGBT community living in fear of attacks in Kenyan refugee camp

04/28/2020

Eva Nabagala hoped she and her young son would be safe from her family when they fled Uganda for a Kenyan refugee camp – but instead, the…

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Added on: 04/28/2020

This woman realising her chickens are in a lesbian relationship is the ultimate quarantine love story

04/27/2020

Two hens brought together in quarantine have fallen in love, and the story of how their owner realised she had lesbian chickens will melt your heart. Nothing…

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Added on: 04/27/2020

Dozens of Gay Men Are Outed in Morocco as Photos Are Spread Online

04/26/3030

At least 50 to 100 gay men were outed in Morocco over the last two weeks, rights activists say, after the men were identified on location-based meeting…

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Added on: 04/26/2020

Lockdown, religion, migrant, survival, and more

04/25/2020

The good thing about this Chinese virus is that it has knocked the stuffing out of religion. Where are monotheism, polytheism, in fact theism itself? What about…

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Added on: 04/26/2020

Two transgender women found burned to death in Puerto Rico

04/25/2020

The bodies of two transgender women were found burned to death inside a vehicle this week in Puerto Rico, according to activists, raising alarm about the killings…