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Added on: 03/25/2019

UK lawmakers calls against detention of LGBT asylum seekers

Devdiscourse
03/21/2019
Britain should not put LGBT+ asylum seekers in immigration detention centres where they risk being abused and harassed by staff and other detainees, lawmakers said on Thursday….
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Added on: 03/22/2019

Loud and proud at Arab summit

Erasing 76 Crimes
03/21/2019
Luxembourg’s openly gay prime minister, Xavier Bettel, has boldly condemned Arab countries’ conduct towards LGBT individuals – much to their dismay. Leaders from Arab countries were taken…
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Added on: 03/21/2019

Gay Lawmaker Who Fled Brazil Amid Death Threats: Bolsonaro ‘turned me into a pariah

Japan Times
03/20/2019
Brazil’s first openly gay lawmaker, Jean Wyllys, who fled his country over mounting death threats after the election of far-right President Jair Bolsonaro, fears he won’t be…
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Added on: 03/21/2019

These LGBT Refugees Came to Kenya Seeking Freedom. Now They Say They’ve Been Imprisoned and Abused

Intelli.News
03/19/2019
On Feb. 22, activists, reporters and well-wishers from Kenya and all over the world gathered in a courtroom in Nairobi, hoping to witness a historic moment: the decriminalization…
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Added on: 03/20/2019

Turkish Police Officer Suspended for Being Gay – DW

Ahval News
03/18/2019
A Turkish police officer in the eastern city of Van has been suspended from duty because he is gay, German broadcaster Deutsche Welle (DW) reported on Sunday. It all…
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Added on: 03/19/2019

Dramatic increase in violence against LGBT people in Cameroon

Erasing 76 Crimes
03/18/2019
Humanity First Cameroon and Alternatives-Cameroon are two leading organizations advocating for human rights in Cameroon, with a particular focus on the rights of LGBT people. Working together…
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Added on: 03/19/2019

Russian court jails top Chechen rights activist for 4 years

Pulse Nigeria
03/18/2019
A Russian court on Monday sentenced a top Chechen rights activist to four years in a penal colony after a drugs trial that has drawn condemnation from…
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Added on: 03/18/2019

Rainbow Rage: Kyrgyz Rail Against LGBT Community After Central Asia’s ‘First’ Gay-Pride March

Radio Free Europe
03/16/2019
What many consider the first gay-pride march ever held in Central Asia has unleashed a storm of controversy in Kyrgyzstan, with threats of violence against participants, counterprotests,…
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Added on: 03/18/2019

Germany pays compensation to people investigated under anti-gay laws

Pink News
03/13/2019
Germany has begun offering compensation to men who faced criminal investigations under historical anti-gay laws. The country extended compensation for LGBT+ people who faced oppression under authorities…
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Added on: 03/16/2019

Fresno’s LGBT community ‘outraged’ over plea deal for man in transgender woman’s death

The Bay Area Reporter
03/15/2019
Members of Fresno’s LGBT community are “outraged” over a plea deal reached with a man charged in the fatal stabbing of a transgender woman nearly four years…
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Added on: 03/14/2019

BOTSWANA COURT CASE TO CHALLENGE LEGALITY OF GAY SEX

Jerusalem Post
03/14/2019
Botswana’s High Court will hear on Thursday a case challenging the decriminalization of homosexual intercourse, offering campaigners a rare chance to argue for lesbian, gay, bisexual and…
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Added on: 03/14/2019

Guinea-Bissau’s ‘Big Mamas’ advance gay pride in conservative West Africa

Thomson Reuters Foundation
03/13/2019
Edimilson Silva wears tight jeans, sparkly jewellery and sometimes lipstick – outfits that in neighbouring countries could get him harassed, jailed or even killed. But in his…
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Added on: 03/12/2019

Egyptian Transgender Woman Forcibly Arrested, at Risk of Torture and Sexual Violence

Morocco World News
03/10/2019
19-year-old Malak al-Kashef, who recently had sex reassignment surgery, has not been heard from ever since she was taken by the Egyptian national security at the early…
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Added on: 03/11/2019

Queer women in Russia’s North Caucasus ‘face sexual violence, forced marriage, and murder’

Global Voices
03/07/2019
Queer women in Russia’s North Caucasus face attempts to ‘cure’ them, beatings, rape, forced marriages, and murder, according to a recent report interviewing a number of queer…
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Added on: 03/11/2019

Italian lesbian reveals years of corrective rape by father

Pink News
03/08/2019
A 23-year-old Italian woman has spoken out about the years of sexual assault she suffered at the hands of her father, who attempted to “correct” her sexuality….
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Added on: 03/10/2019

Equality Florida Sounds Alarm Over Preemption Bill

South Florida Gay News
03/07/2019
Equality Florida, the only statewide LGBT rights group, is sounding an alarm over HB 3, which could threaten local LGBT rights protections if passed. “So House Bill…
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Added on: 03/07/2019

Brazilians Demand Answers for Marielle Franco’s Murder at Rio Carnival

The Guardian
03/05/2019
Nearly a year after the still-unsolved murder of Rio de Janeiro councilwoman and LGBT activist Marielle Franco, Brazilian revellers have used their country’s annual carnival to demand answers….
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Added on: 03/07/2019

“I thought Australia was safe”: At Least Four LGBTI People Assaulted on Mardi Gras Weekend

ABC
03/05/2019
At least four LGBTI men were bashed before Sydney’s Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras on the weekend, triple j Hack can reveal. Hack understands the attacks followed a…
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Added on: 03/07/2019

Chechnya’s Gay Purge: A Timeline of the Atrocities

Gay Star News
03/04/2019
The world has been aware for the last couple of years that LGBT people in Chechnya face arrest and persecution. But what exactly is happening in the…
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Added on: 03/06/2019

Two Arrested for Alleged Murder of Trans Woman Found Dead in Spanish Orchard

Gay Star News
03/04/2019
Two arrested for alleged murder of trans woman found dead in Spanish orchard. The woman was found in a church in Castelló de la Plana, Spain.  Two…
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Added on: 03/05/2019

The Gay-Rights Activists Hoping for a Legal Victory in Kenya

The New Yorker
03/03/2019
On a recent Friday, gay and lesbian couples, dressed in matching outfits, posed for photos outside of a Nairobi courthouse, in anticipation of a decision that they…
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Added on: 03/05/2019

Parents urged to stop Birmingham LGBT-row school protests

BBC News
03/03/2019
A school at the centre of an LGBT rights teaching row has written to parents to urge them to stop holding “disruptive” and “upsetting” protests. Parkfield Community…
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Added on: 03/04/2019

Chiang Mai, Thailand celebrates its first LGBT Pride in a decade

Global Voices
03/01/2019
On 21 February 2019, Chiang Mai celebrated its first LGBT Pride festival since 2009, after the city’s last Pride Parade was cancelled due to harassment from counter-protestors….
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Added on: 03/04/2019

The Kimberley Queen who escaped persecution in Indonesia to find sanctuary in Broome

ABC News
03/01/2019
Escaping persecution as a gay man in Indonesia several years ago, the reigning Kimberley Queen has instead found a supportive community in the northern Western Australia town…
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Added on: 03/01/2019

Cardiff University criticised over student support services after deaths of two LGBT group members

Wales Online
02/28/2019
Cardiff University has been criticised over an alleged lack of support for students with mental health issues after two members of an LGBT group took their own…
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Added on: 03/01/2019

This is what it’s like to be tortured in a Chechnya gay concentration camp

Gay Star News
02/28/2019
LGBTI people have been kidnapped, tortured and killed inside concentration camps in Chechnya. The ‘purge’ was first revealed in 2016. Hundreds of men and women are suffering…
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Added on: 02/27/2019

Pakistan opens public school for transgender students

Pink News
02/25/2019
Pakistan has opened a public school exclusively for transgender pupils, believed to be one of the first of its kind in the country. Around 20 students will…
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Added on: 02/27/2019

How being an LGBT international student in Australia changed me

ABC Australia
02/26/2019
When Bijan Kardouni was 23, he went to the wedding of his secret lover. Bijan had met Sami* through the underground LGBT community in Iran, using a…
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Added on: 02/27/2019

LGBT Kenyans’ Patience Has Gone Unrewarded

Human Rights Watch
02/26/2019
Kenya’s High Court on Friday postponed a much-awaited decision on a colonial-era law that has long deprived one group of Kenyans of uhuru, or freedom, promising to…
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Added on: 02/27/2019

Drag queens protest at border wall to raise money for LGBTQ asylum-seekers

NBC News
02/25/2019
Beatrix Lestrange stood in front of a crowd wearing a multicolored dress, red wig, black pumps and a choker with studs. “Who’s ready to have a political…
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