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Added on: 05/27/2019

Jerusalem Pride organizers reject police proposal to ID participants

Times of Israel
05/27/2019
The organizers of the Jerusalem Pride parade said Monday that they would not accept a police proposal to ID participants upon their entrance at next week’s demonstration….
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Added on: 05/27/2019

Under-fire SQA strikes deal to provide education in violently anti-gay Brunei

Daily Record
05/26/2019
Scotland’s under-fire exam body has agreed a deal to provide education in the violently anti-gay state of Brunei, the Sunday Mail reveals today. The Scottish Qualification Authority…
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Added on: 05/26/2019

Brazil’s top court rules to make homophobia a crime

Reuters
05/24/2019
A majority of judges in Brazil’s top court has voted to criminalize homophobia in a move welcomed by campaigners concerned about a rollback in gay rights and…
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Added on: 05/26/2019

Protesters demand end to killings of transgender women, Trump rollbacks

Reuters
05/24/2019
Protesters chanting “black trans lives matter” and “we will not be erased” on Friday demanded an end to the killings of black transgender women in the United…
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Added on: 05/26/2019

Men raid Russian activist’s home, threaten to kill people helping LGBTI Chechens escape

Gay Star News
05/25/2019
A group of seven unknown men raided a Russian activist’s home in St Petersburg last week (17 May). The activist, who wishes to remain anonymous, works as…
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Added on: 05/25/2019

Gay Ugandans regret fleeing to Kenya

The East African
05/24/2019
Hundreds of people in Uganda’s lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community have fled the country to escape homophobia and persecution. But many are now stuck in…
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Added on: 05/25/2019

LGBT Hondurans march against hate

Human Rights Watch
05/23/2019
I traveled to Honduras last week to document violence against lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people. Violence abounds, according to Honduran LGBT activists, but there are…
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Added on: 05/25/2019

Russian Files Chechnya ‘Gay Purge’ Complaint With European Rights Court

Radio Free Europe
05/24/2019
A gay Russian man who says he was abducted and tortured by police in Chechnya has filed a complaint with the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR)…
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Added on: 05/25/2019

Almost one in three Russians would disown a gay friend, study finds

The Independent
05/24/2019
A new poll of Russians has revealed a complicated picture of homophobia — falling slightly, but from exceptionally high levels. The Levada Centre study, published on Thursday,…
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Added on: 05/25/2019

Kenya: Court Upholds Archaic Anti-Homosexuality Laws

Human Rights Watch
05/24/2019
Kenya’s High Court on May 24, 2019 upheld laws criminalizing homosexual acts between consenting adults, a step backward in the progress Kenya has made toward equality in…
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Added on: 05/24/2019

Court rejects lawsuit from Indonesian cop who was discharged for being gay

Coconuts Jakarta
05/23/2019
A former Indonesian cop has vowed to fight for justice after he was dismissed from the police force for being gay, but he’s already hit a legal…
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Added on: 05/24/2019

Taiwan man behind Asia’s first gay marriage law urges others to fight

Reuters
05/23/2019
A leading Taiwanese gay activist on Thursday called on the LGBT+ community in other parts of Asia to take their battles to court after his successful legal…
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Added on: 05/24/2019

Tunisian court victory boosts push to end gay sex ban

Openly
05/21/2019
After winning a four-year battle against government efforts to shut it down, Tunisia’s leading LGBT+ rights group said it will push for gay sex to be decriminalised…
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Added on: 05/24/2019

Asia’s Newest Nation of Timor-Leste Is Fighting for LGBTQ Rights

VICE
05/21/2019
On a sunny morning last July, thousands of Timor-Leste residents took to the streets of Dili. Clad in white shirts, gripping rainbow-striped banners and flags, they were…
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Added on: 05/24/2019

Freedom comes at the cost of love

Mail & Guardian
05/24/2019
Close on five years into his forced conscription into the Syrian army, bombs smashed into the military base in the city of Deir ez-Zor, where Fadi Salim*…
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Added on: 05/23/2019

Brazil’s top court set to rule on outlawing homophobia

Yahoo News
05/22/2019
Homophobia and transphobia could become crimes in Brazil if its highest court rules in favor of reform on Thursday, amid fears that its right-wing president could roll…
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Added on: 05/23/2019

Anti-LGBTI violence still acceptable in many countries, new study shows

Gay Star News
05/22/2019
Homophobic violence is still widely endorsed in several countries, new research highlights. The study on the Journal of Interpersonal Violence by the Honour Abuse Research Matrix (HARM)…
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Added on: 05/22/2019

Kenya’s High Court to Rule Friday on Legality of Gay Sex

Voice of America
05/21/2019
This Friday, Kenya’s High Court is set to rule on a case challenging colonial-era laws that criminalize homosexuality. The petitioners want the court to declare those laws…
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Added on: 05/22/2019

Philadelphia Woman Becomes Fifth Transgender Person Killed in 2019

Ebony
05/21/2019
Michelle “Tamika” Washington, 40, is the fifth transgender person killed in 2019, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) reports. A longtime trans-rights advocate, Washington was fatally shot Sunday…
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Added on: 05/19/2019

‘I am with you’ – the trans women helping trafficking victims in Brazil

Reuters
05/14/2019
When Valeria Rodrigues accompanies Brazilian police on dawn raids to rescue transgender women trafficked into prostitution, she goes armed with snacks – chocolate, bread, pieces of fruit….
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Added on: 05/19/2019

Undocumented and unafraid, as Philly’s Latino LGBT immigrants and organizers push back on immigration crackdown

The Philadelphia Inquirer
05/18/2019
Artist Nicolas Gonzalez-Medina spoke out from the stage on Saturday, in front of about 200 people: He’s an undocumented immigrant, living in the United States without government…
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Added on: 05/19/2019

Amid fear, Brazil’s LGBT+ politicians vow to fight back against attacks

Reuters
05/17/2019
Brazilian openly gay politician Fabio Felix used to feel comfortable holding his boyfriend’s hand and kissing him in public, but after the swearing in of far-right President…
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Added on: 05/18/2019

How LGBT friendly is Ghana?

Yen Ghana
05/16/2019
Ghana, like many other countries in Africa, has not yet entirely accepted the LGBT community into our society. While many groups are defending them, they still face…
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Added on: 05/18/2019

Violent mob attacks Indian priest because they think he is gay

The Independent
05/16/2019
Disturbing footage has emerged of an Indian holy man being attacked and beaten in the street by an angry mob because they believed he was gay. In…
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Added on: 05/18/2019

U.N. urges calm after protests by LGBT+ refugees in Kenya turn violent

The Star Kenya
05/17/2019
The United Nations has urged LGBT+ refugees in Kenya to show “calm and restraint” after protests demanding better treatment turned violent, with police firing tear gas and…
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Added on: 05/16/2019

Fewer rainbows, less social media for China’s LGBT community

Channel News Asia
05/16/2019
China’s LGBT community has had a tough year: Censors have shut down social media forums, news media have curbed coverage of gay issues, and online shops have…
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Added on: 05/16/2019

Māori, Pasifika, LGBT and disabled over-represented in Auckland homeless count

New Zealand Herald
05/16/2019
More than 3600 people were living without shelter or in temporary accommodation on one night in Auckland last year, and nearly 40 per cent of those were…
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Added on: 05/16/2019

How This Black Gay Politician Is Standing Up to the Far-Right Government in Brazil

Yahoo News
05/16/2019
For his first two weeks in Brazil’s Congress in February, David Miranda was too scared to take the microphone. Far-right firebrand Jair Bolsonaro, known for homophobic and…
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Added on: 05/15/2019

Trump administration opposes Equality Act ‘filled with poison pills’

Washington Examiner
05/14/2019
The Trump administration does not support the Equality Act, which the House is expected to take a vote on Friday. “The Trump administration absolutely opposes discrimination of…
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Added on: 05/15/2019

A Queer Film Festival in Tunisia — Where Being Gay Is Illegal

New York Times
05/14/2019
For four days in March, a sanctuary for queer and trans people sprung up in Tunisia — a country where being gay is illegal. Mawjoudin Queer Film…
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