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Added on: 12/22/2022

Senegal: LGBTI activists sue in France to punish anti-gay group JAMRA

12/21/2022

JAMRA has initiated numerous marches and demonstrations in Senegal over the past two years to pressure lawmakers to increase the nation’s criminal penalties for homosexual activity. Under current…

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Added on: 12/21/2022

Russian LGBTQ History Museum Closes Because of Anti-Gay Law

12/20/2022

An LGBTQ history museum in Russia opened and closed in less than two weeks, in a protest of Russia’s new law banning LGBTQ “propaganda.” Pyotr Voskresensky, the…

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Added on: 12/21/2022

European Union prepares to assist LGBTI rights groups in Cameroon

12/20/2022

The coalition of Cameroon’s 34 LGBTI rights organizations has signed a contract with the Delegation of the European Union in Cameroon to improve the groups’ operations and…

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Added on: 12/20/2022

Two faces of Pakistan: The Transgender RIghts Act and its Muslim opponents

12/19/2022

Transgender Pakistanis face the complex challenges of life in a homeland with both a strong conservative Muslim society and a groundbreaking transgender rights law. Pakistan, a conservative…

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Added on: 12/20/2022

Exclusive: Biden administration pressed Uganda president on anti-LGBTQ record

12/19/2022

During last week’s U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit in Washington, D.C., Biden administration officials pressed Uganda President Yoweri Museveni on his country’s anti-LGBTQ policies, theGrio exclusively reports. An anonymous…

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Added on: 12/17/2022

UN human rights expert backs Scottish government’s vital gender law reforms

12/16/2022

One of the UN’s leading voices on gender identity and LGBTQ+ rights has endorsed Scotland’s Gender Recognition Act reforms, which will be voted on next week. Victor…

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Added on: 12/17/2022

A new report proves that online anti-LGBTQ2S+ hate turns into real-life violence

12/16/2022

Coordinated online hate targeting doctors and hospitals providing gender-affirming care to youth leads to real-life violence, according to a new report from the Human Rights Campaign (HRC)….

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Added on: 12/16/2022

All the countries where homosexuality is illegal

12/15/2022

We’re well into a new decade, but equality for LGBTQ people around the world continues to not be a given. In fact, being part of the LGBTQ…

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Added on: 12/16/2022

Women ‘acting like men’ face cane, jail under Malaysia state law

12/15/2022

(Bloomberg) — A recent move by a Malaysian state to punish Muslim women for out-of-wedlock pregnancies and donning men’s clothing has drawn the ire of human rights…

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Added on: 12/14/2022

Club Q Shooting Survivors Press Congress To Act On Guns

12/14/2022

Survivors of last month’s deadly mass shooting at a Colorado gay nightclub testified Wednesday to Congress about the onslaught of threats and violence against members of the…

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Added on: 12/14/2022

Biden signs landmark law protecting same-sex and interracial marriages

12/13/2022

Joe Biden on Tuesday signed into law landmark legislation protecting same-sex marriages, hailing it as a step toward building a nation where “decency, dignity and love are…

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Added on: 12/14/2022

Iraq Parliament drafts law to ban publications on LGBTQ concerns

12/13/2022

The Iraqi Parliament recently drafted a law to ban publications regarding queer issues. This has alarmed the members of the LGBTQ+ community in the country. The law…

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Added on: 12/13/2022

Barbados’ top court repeals laws that criminalize gay sex

12/13/2022

A top court in Barbados has struck down colonial-era laws that criminalize gay sex, becoming the third nation in the conservative Caribbean region to do so this…

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Added on: 12/13/2022

Calgary police offer reconciliation for 2002 gay bathhouse raid

12/12/2022

On a warmer-than-average Dec. 12, 2002, Keith Purdy started his shift like any other. He was the bartender at Texas Lounge in Calgary’s Beltline neighbourhood — a…

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Added on: 12/13/2022

‘Passage of anti-LGBTQ Bill go fit be bad for Ghana economy’ – US Ambassador to Ghana caution

12/12/2022

US Ambassador caution Ghanaians den lawmakers say de attempt to pass de anti-LGBT bill go fit affect de economy. According to Ambassador Virginia Palmer, Ghanaians and lawmakers…

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Added on: 12/12/2022

Transgender Qatari princess flees country fearing persecution

12/11/2022

A Qatari princess was granted asylum in the UK over fears that they would be persecuted for being transgender. Leaked documents obtained by the Sunday Times of…

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Added on: 12/09/2022

Indonesia’s new sex laws ‘nail in coffin’ for LGBTQ rights

12/09/2022

JAKARTA – Indonesia’s legislation banning sex outside marriage represents a major new threat to the LGBTQ community’s rights in the conservative country, where same-sex unions are not…

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Added on: 12/09/2022

RUSSIA FREES OUT GAY BASKETBALL STAR BRITTNEY GRINER IN PRISONER SWAP FOR ARMS DEALER

12/09/2022

Out gay American basketball star Brittney Griner was freed by Russia, in exchange for the US releasing Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout, known as the ‘Merchant of…

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Added on: 12/07/2022

Across vast Muslim world, LGBTQ people remain marginalized

12/6/2022

On the outskirts of Yogyakarta, an Indonesian city that’s home to many universities, is a small boarding school with a mission that seems out of place in…

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Added on: 12/07/2022

LGBTQ Politics in Kazakhstan: A Cross-Cutting Electoral Cleavage?

12/6/2022

For many decades domestic politics in Kazakhstan has pivoted around monolithic state structures, dependent on such a concentrated leadership elite, that outside observers might surmise the country…

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Added on: 12/06/2022

I’m a gay football fan and I felt so unsafe going to the World Cup I flew straight out of Qatar after every England game

12/5/2022

Heading to the World Cup is a once in a lifetime opportunity for some football fans. Securing tickets is an expensive process, while finding accommodation can be…

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Added on: 12/06/2022

Putin signs expanded anti-LGBTQ laws in Russia, in latest crackdown on rights

12/5/2022

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday signed into law a bill that expands a ban on so-called LGBTQ “propaganda” in Russia, making it illegal for anyone to…

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Added on: 12/05/2022

Netanyahu chides Trump, vows to defend LGBT rights

12/04/2022

Israeli Prime Minister-designate Benjamin Netanyahu pushed back on criticism of his incoming right-wing government, vowing in an interview with NBC News Sunday that he will not permit an…

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Added on: 12/03/2022

Inside The Secret Gay Neighborhood In Tehran, Iran Where People Are Risking Their Lives For Their Expression

12/02/2022

Historically, Iran has not been a safe place for cisgender women and LGBTQIA+ individuals. But homosexuality has not always been a crime in Iran. Some folks might…

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Added on: 12/02/2022

Russian drag queens ‘ready for the worst’ as LGBTQ law looms

12/01/2022

Backstage at a bar in Moscow, a troupe of drag queens surrounded by make-up palettes and sparkling costumes join hands before taking to the stage for what…

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Added on: 12/02/2022

Colombia: Guaranteeing justice and non-repetition in cases of gender-based violence during repression of National Strike must be central to any police reform

12/01/2022

Women and LGBTIQ+ protesters, journalists and human rights defenders suffered sexual violence and other forms of gender-based violence at the hands of Colombia’s National Police and its…

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Added on: 12/01/2022

We Will Survive Them All’: As Russia Braces For Harsh New Anti-Gay Law, A Museum Of LGBT Culture Opens In St. Petersburg

11/29/2022

Russia’s newest museum opened its doors on November 27. It may close them for good before the week is out. The country’s newly toughened legislation against so-called lesbian,…

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Added on: 12/01/2022

Rainbow flag-waving protester invades World Cup pitch

11/30/2022

A man ran onto the pitch during Monday’s World Cup group-stage match between Portugal and Uruguay, holding up a rainbow flag to protest Qatar’s anti-LGBT laws. The…

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Added on: 12/01/2022

Singapore’s parliament strikes down ban on gay sex

11/30/2022

SINGAPORE — Singapore’s parliament on Tuesday voted to repeal a controversial law that criminalized consensual sex between men, in a landmark victory for the city-state’s LGBTQ community….

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Added on: 11/30/2022

LGBTQ Arabs Fear Backlash After World Cup ‘Spotlight’

11/29/2022

With rainbow flags and “OneLove” armbands, World Cup fans have protested against host Qatar’s anti-LGBTQ policies, but many queer Arabs fear a Western solidarity push could do…