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Added on: 10/12/2019

International donors ‘stand with’ LGBT+ Ugandans over ‘Kill the Gays’ bill

10/11/2019

Major donors of aid to Uganda including the United States and the European Union said on Friday they were closely examining a plan by the east African…

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Added on: 10/11/2019

The Horrifying Campaign Against LGBTQ People in Poland—and How the U.S. Has Made It Worse

10/10/2019

In a poll conducted last month in the lead-up to this Sunday’s parliamentary elections in Poland, Poles under 40 were asked to name what they considered the…

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Added on: 10/11/2019

The migrant caravans: Finally feeling safe, she longs for her wife and son

10/10/2019

Marveny Suchite lives with her American immigration sponsor in a bungalow here on a tree-lined street. A neighbor’s yard sign reads: “No matter where you are from,…

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Added on: 10/08/2019

Uganda: Why government is reintroducing anti-gay law

10/03/2019

At the end of August, the Ethics and Integrity minster, Fr Simon Lokodo, said his predecessor, Mr James Nsaba Buturo, would take leave of Parliament to reintroduce…

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Added on: 10/01/2019

Native American tribe becomes first to pass hate crime law protecting LGBT people

09/30/2019

The Oglala Sioux Tribe may have become the first Native American tribe to introduce a hate crime law protecting LGBT+ and two spirit people. There is no…

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Added on: 09/30/2019

Europe’s loneliest far-right party losing election battle in Portugal

09/30/2019

Waving Portuguese flags, leaders of the far-right National Renovation Party (PNR) waited for more people to turn up at a mid-September rally in Lisbon, but their patriotic…

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Added on: 09/29/2019

Police fire tear gas and arrest dozens of far-right protesters attempting to disrupt LGBT+ march

09/28/2019

Riot police have tear gassed and arrested dozens of far-right protesters after hundreds tried and failed to disrupt an LGBT+ parade in Poland. Nearly 30 people have…

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Added on: 09/28/2019

Gay man’s murder raises questions over Uzbek human rights reforms

09/27/2019

The murder of a gay man in Uzbekistan has cast the spotlight on the treatment of LGBT+ people in the country and raised questions over government reforms…

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Added on: 09/27/2019

Russian gay couple under investigation for adoption request United States asylum

09/26/2019

A Russian gay couple has requested asylum in the United States after authorities launched a criminal investigation over their adopted children, their lawyer said Thursday. The two…

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Added on: 09/26/2019

Masked men and murder: vigilantes terrorise LGBT+ Russians

09/24/2019

Receiving photos of mutilated bodies with the warning “you’re next” rattled gay rights activist Nikita Tomilov but when he saw surveillance men outside his home, he fled…

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Added on: 09/26/2019

We freed 3 gay men from prison

09/24/2019

A and his friend Y (names withheld for their safety) walked free on August 30, having served four years of a five-year sentence imposed after they were…

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Added on: 09/25/2019

Family’s rainbow flag burned down days before Pride

09/24/2019

Authorities are investigating a suspected hate crime after a Kansas family’s rainbow flag was set on fire just days before Pride. The Gingrich-Gaylord family hung a Pride…

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Added on: 09/23/2019

Gay fashion designer assaulted and called ‘f****t’ in front of children at Make-a-Wish fundraiser

09/22/2019

Designer Pol’ Atteu and his husband Patrik Simpson are the stars of Amazon Prime’s reality show Gown and Out in Beverley Hills. The children’s fashion show was…

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Added on: 09/23/2019

Gay man who fled Ghana over attacks secures asylum in US

09/22/2019

A Ghanaian [name withheld] who was attacked in Ghana in 2015 on suspicion of being gay has succeeded in securing asylum in the United States. Two law…

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Added on: 09/23/2019

Anti-gay Nigerian protesters demand harsher laws against LGBTIQ+ people

09/19/2019

Homophobic Nigerian youths and officials protested this week to demand harsher laws and a crackdown on LGBTIQ+ people in Nigeria. Even though a recent survey has shown…

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Added on: 09/22/2019

Council of Europe presses Chechnya on gay torture

09/22/2019

A Council of Europe official tackled Chechen officials about reports of the torture and detention of gay people, during a rare visit to the Russian republic Saturday….

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Added on: 09/22/2019

Elizabeth Warren highlights violence against transgender women of color, reads names of those killed this year

09/21/2019

Senator Elizabeth Warren, D-MA., was the penultimate speaker at Friday night’s forum focused on LGBTQ issues, and took the stage with a powerful opening statement. “If elected…

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Added on: 09/21/2019

SOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER ALLOWED TO LABEL POPULAR MINISTRY “HATE GROUP” UNDER FIRST AMENDMENT PROTECTION

09/20/2019

A district court judge in Alabama has dismissed a lawsuit against the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) that sought to keep the organization from labeling a Christian…

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Added on: 09/21/2019

Indonesian president postpones plans to outlaw extramarital sex

09/20/2019

Indonesia’s president, Joko Widodo, has ordered his government to postpone the ratification of a deeply controversial criminal code that would outlaw living together outside marriage, extramarital sex…

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Added on: 09/21/2019

‘How can you be lesbian and Christian?’ Home Office using religion against LGBT asylum seekers

09/20/2019

A new report has alleged that the Home Office is using religion against LGBT+ asylum seekers. The 85-page publication also found that the government department was using…

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Added on: 09/20/2019

SUSPICIONS ARISE AFTER CONFESSION IN MURDER OF RUSSIAN LGBT ACTIVIST YELENA GRIGORYEVA

09/19/2019

LGBT activist Yelena Grigoryeva’s body was found in St. Petersburg, Russia on July 20, with evidence she had been choked, stabbed and thrown into the bushes near…

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Added on: 09/19/2019

Gay couple held down and prayed over against their will at a church to ‘turn them straight’

09/19/2019

A gay man said that he and his boyfriend were attacked by a congregation at his Mother’s church in an attempt to convert them to heterosexuality. Sean Cormie,…

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Added on: 09/19/2019

Trans woman defies danger to champion LGBTI rights in El Salvador

09/18/2019

Bianka Rodríguez was leaving a San Salvador shopping centre when a man with a gun came up and forced her into his car. He proceeded to drive…

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Added on: 09/19/2019

Photojournalist Rescues Victim Of Anti-LGBT Mob

09/18/2019

On September 15, around 2,000 LGBT rights activists marched through Kharkiv in the first event of its kind in the eastern Ukrainian city. When the march ended,…

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Added on: 09/18/2019

Transgender sex workers feel under attack. These women are working to protect their own.

09/16/2019

With a bag of condoms and a stack of business cards, Tamika Spellman began a route she knew by heart, peering out the window of her Lincoln…

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Added on: 09/17/2019

Jamaica tops Caribbean countries for human rights violation, Guyana comes second

09/16/2019

Jamaica has recorded the most incidents of human rights violation when compared to its Caribbean neighbours. According to the regional civil society-led human rights reporting mechanism, the…

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Added on: 09/16/2019

‘We are seeing a push back on human rights’

09/16/2019

LGBTQ and women’s rights are particularly targeted in the current proliferation of hate speech and backsliding on human rights in the world, including in some EU countries….

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Added on: 09/15/2019

Transgender Woman Found Burned Beyond Recognition in Florida, Officials Say

09/14/2019

The body of a black transgender woman, said by the authorities to have been burned beyond recognition, was found inside an abandoned car in Florida. The victim,…

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Added on: 09/15/2019

Conservative Christians, feminists unite to fight transgender rights in Australia

09/14/2019

Conservative Christians and feminist campaigners may seem unlikely bed fellows – but the two groups have found common cause when it comes to blocking transgender rights in…

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Added on: 09/15/2019

Death threats ‘broke my heart’ says popular Lebanese band singer

09/12/2019

The lead singer of one of the Middle East’s most popular bands said on Thursday he was heartbroken by rising homophobia in Lebanon, after death threats stopped…