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Added on: 11/08/2019

Brazilians March Against Bolsonaro and his Ties to Murder of Activist

11/07/2019

Brazilians marched in dozens of cities across the country against the far-right government of president Jair Bolsonaro. The marches come amid extremely concerning revelations, which allegedly tie…

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Added on: 11/07/2019

Demand For Rights and anti-LGBT Violence Marks Chile’s Political Crisis

11/05/2019

In less than three days a protest organized by students against the increase in subway fares turned into an imposing and unexpected national protest over years of…

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Added on: 11/07/2019

Georgian far right threatens home premiere of hit gay movie

11/06/2019

After winning accolades abroad, a Georgian movie about gay love is drawing threats at home, with far-right groups threatening to block Friday’s premiere in the conservative Caucasian…

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Added on: 11/07/2019

Vile bill would force HIV tests slammed by LGBT activists and lawmakers

11/06/2019

Plans for forced HIV tests for people whose bodily fluids come into contact with police – despite there being no record of this ever happening – has…

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Added on: 11/06/2019

Bombs and blasphemy: the risks of watching gay art in Russia

11/05/2019

Whenever the play “Out of the Closet” is performed, Russian drama company Teatr.Doc has to take extra precautions: the audiences’ passports are checked to ensure everyone is…

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Added on: 11/05/2019

Germany plans to ban gay ‘conversion therapy’

11/04/2019

German Health Minister Jens Spahn unveiled a draft law on Monday that largely bans “conversion therapy” for LGBT+ people. The practice will be completely banned for all…

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Added on: 11/04/2019

The Indian army wants to keep homosexuality a punishable offence

11/03/2019

Officials in the Indian Army want to keep punishing officers for being gay despite the fact that homosexuality was decriminalised in the country last year. Officials have…

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Added on: 11/04/2019

Vulnerable LGBTQ migrants left to wait in Mexico

11/03/2019

Migrants can still request asylum based on persecution because of their gender identity and/or their sexual orientation. Pedro Luis Perez arrived at the northern Mexico border in…

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Added on: 11/03/2019

‘Casa Nem’ on Copacabana is a Sanctuary for Rio’s Transgender and LGBT

11/03/2019

In Casa Nem a party is being prepared, so the house is bustling. Everybody is getting dressed or helping somebody else. But this is not your average…

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Added on: 11/03/2019

I have a transgender child in Texas. I know gender affirming parenting can save a child’s life.

11/03/2019

Politicians in my state are cruelly using a custody case to promote discrimination against transgender people and perhaps criminalize their loving parents. My son, Jeremy, is transgender….

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Added on: 11/03/2019

African HIV experts are calling on Uganda to legalise homosexuality

11/02/2019

Four leading African HIV experts are calling on the government in Uganda to decriminalise homosexuality in order to tackle the stigma surrounding HIV/AIDS. Serge Paul Eholié from…

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Added on: 11/02/2019

Popular LGBT club in Slovenia capital attacked, no injuries

11/01/2019

Police in Slovenia say unknown assailants have attacked a popular LGBT club in Slovenia’s capital Ljubljana. Police say they are treating the incident as a hate crime….

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Added on: 11/02/2019

Gay man in Turkmenistan goes missing after posting heartbreaking video fearing he might be ‘forcibly taken away’

11/01/2019

A gay man in the central Asian country Turkmenistan has gone missing after claiming in a heartbreaking video that he might be “forcibly taken away”. Kasymberdy Garayev…

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Added on: 11/02/2019

Eastern Caribbean LGBT organisation launches five-country legal challenge to anti-gay laws

11/01/2019

The Eastern Caribbean Alliance for Diversity and Equality (ECADE), today announced the launch of five legal challenges to the remnants of draconian laws of our colonial past….

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Added on: 11/01/2019

ICE ALLEGEDLY DETAINING LGBT ASYLUM SEEKER IN DEFIANCE OF COURT RULING

10/31/2019

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) have allegedly been detaining an LGBT asylum seeker in defiance of a federal judge’s ruling. Darwin Garcia Portillo and his partner…

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Added on: 11/01/2019

Ghana Should Resist World Congress of Families’ Anti-LGBT Message

10/31/2019

Emelia, a woman in her thirties living in Kumasi, Ghana, will never forget the day her father found out she was a lesbian. He beat her for…

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Added on: 10/28/2019

Uganda moves to allay fears over anti-gay sex law

10/25/2019

Uganda has sought to reassure sexual minorities that they are safe, saying it has no plans to introduce the death penalty for gay sex after reports of…

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Added on: 10/28/2019

This trans intersex person explains why they didn’t need surgery to be ‘fixed’

10/27/2019

A trans intersex person has explained, in a moving opinion piece for Intersex Awareness Day (October 26), why they didn’t need surgery to be “fixed”. There are…

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Added on: 10/28/2019

Uganda arrested 16 LGBTQ activists. Here’s where else gay rights are a battleground in the world.

10/26/2019

This week Ugandan police arrested 16 LGBTQ activists on charges of gay sex — which is punishable by life imprisonment. Police arrested them at the sexual health…

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Added on: 10/27/2019

Texas Is Afraid Of A 7-Year-Old Transgender Girl

10/26/2019

What did 7-year-old Luna Younger of Dallas do that has mobilized conservatives and Christian fundamentalists across Texas into action? She declared, at age 3, “I’m a girl.”…

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Added on: 10/25/2019

Anti-LGBT rhetoric stokes tensions in eastern Europe

10/25/2019

In a recent survey, Poles were asked to identify what they felt to be the biggest threats facing them in the 21st century, choosing from options such…

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Added on: 10/25/2019

‘Any day you can be taken’: Inside what it’s like to be gay in Chechnya

10/25/2019

Ricky was just 19 when he said the police came for him. He was at work and they took him to the local police station. From there…

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Added on: 10/24/2019

The Nations With the Highest Levels of LGBT Acceptance (and Lowest)

10/23/2019

An updated study from the Williams Institute at UCLA School of Law ranked the world’s nations by levels of LGBT acceptance. The current report updates and expands…

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Added on: 10/24/2019

Anti-homosexuality Bill poses severe threat to human rights

10/24/2019

Uganda is facing a serious threat to human rights and the HIV response with the announcement of plans to introduce legislation that will impose the death penalty…

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Added on: 10/23/2019

LGBT In Turkmenistan: Go To Jail Or Live A Lie

10/22/2019

To his friends and colleagues in Turkmenistan, Kamil is a successful cardiologist working at a prestigious clinic and an eligible bachelor from a well-connected family. Only a…

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Added on: 10/22/2019

Conversion therapy: PM concerned about ‘vulnerable’ LGBT youth

10/21/2019

The Prime Minister has expressed concern about “vulnerable” youth at risk of undergoing gay or trans conversion therapy. Conversion therapy is where people try to change lesbian,…

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Added on: 10/22/2019

The Terror Gap: U.S. Laws Let White Supremacists Operate Like ISIS

10/22/2019

The recent arrests of Jarrett William Smith, a former U.S. Army soldier who discussed plans to “bomb a major U.S. news network,” and Conor Climo, a Las…

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Added on: 10/21/2019

‘They paid a guy to kill me’: health workers fight homophobia in Uganda

10/21/2019

Maria Nantale is enjoying a beer at a rickety wooden bar after a long day’s work. “Forty people tested today,” she reflects. “Found three positives. One of…

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Added on: 10/19/2019

Coming Out in Uganda Was a Death Sentence. The U.S. Border Was a Trap.

10/18/2019

Margaret didn’t know what was going to happen when she approached the bridge between Juárez and El Paso, but she knew she couldn’t wait anymore. Six months…

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Added on: 10/17/2019

Amid ‘Kill the Gays’ bill uproar, Ugandan LGBTQ activist is killed

10/16/2019

Ugandan LGBTQ activist Brian Wasswa died on Oct. 5, one day after the 28-year-old was attacked at home amid rising tensions in the east African nation over…