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Added on: 10/27/2020

Egyptian officials systemically abuse and torture gays, rights group says

NBC News
10/26/2020
Malak el-Kashif, a political activist and transgender woman living in Egypt, was arrested at her Cairo home last March after participating in a protest and was then…
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Global News

Added on: 10/23/2020

Photos Capture Striking Moments of Nigeria’s #EndSARS Protests

Okay Africa
10/22/2020
Over the past few weeks, Nigeria has been rocked by mass protests against continued police brutality in the country. Nigerian youth have called upon President Muhammadu Buhari…
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World Voices

Added on: 10/23/2020

Olubiyi Sanders – ISHRAI, Nigeria

Ari Weinstein
Alturi Contributor
I want to hear a bit about you. How did you become involved in LGBTI activism? The things that pushed me to be an activist centered around…
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Global News

Added on: 10/22/2020

QAnon’s ‘SaveOurChildren’ Slogan Has Long Anti-LGBT History

QNotes
10/21/2020
Model and cookbook author Chrissy Teigen recently shared the devastating news with her social media followers: she and her husband, singer John Legend, had lost their child…
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Global News

Added on: 10/20/2020

Sri Lanka: Forced Anal Exams in Homosexuality Prosecutions

Human Rights Watch
10/20/2020
(Colombo) – Sri Lankan authorities have subjected at least seven people to forced physical examinations since 2017 in an attempt to provide proof of homosexual conduct, Human…
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Global News

Added on: 10/20/2020

Intersex, HIV/AIDs Status, Citizenship Now Protected Characteristics Under Albanian Discrimination Law

Exit News
10/20/2020
The Albanian parliament has made amendments to the law “on protection from discrimination” to afford more protection to people living in the country. As per the amendments,…
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Global News

Added on: 10/20/2020

LGBT Italians Protest in 63 Cities to DemandProtection from Violence

Gay Star News
10/19/2020
Protestors in 63 Italian cities have come together with 24 organizations to demand LGBT+ people receive protection from violence. Meanwhile 69,000 people from Italy and all over…
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Global News

Added on: 10/18/2020

Single fathers with children via surrogates flee Russia amid crackdown

The Guardian
10/17/2020
Several gay men have fled Russia after officials said that they would arrest people “of non-traditional sexual orientation” who had had children through surrogacy. The announcement formed…
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Global News

Added on: 10/18/2020

44 held for attending ’gay wedding’ in Algeria

IOL
10/17/2020
Human rights advocacy group Human Rights Watch said on Thursday that Algerian authorities must immediately release and drop the charges against 44 people for attending a “gay…
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Global News

Added on: 10/17/2020

Demos planned as Italy mulls LGBT+ hate crime law for the sixth time

Reuters
10/16/2020
When Marlon Landolfo kissed his date on a night out, onlookers started heckling, a fight broke out and his friend ended up in hospital – the latest…
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Global News

Added on: 10/17/2020

Australia Set to Fully Outlaw ‘Gay Panic’ Defense

Out Magazine
10/16/2020
The state of South Australia is poised to eliminate the controversial gay defense provision that allows defendants to claim their reaction to a person’s sexual orientation can…
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Global News

Added on: 10/16/2020

How American religious conservatives fought LGBT rights in Ukraine

Bellingcat
10/15/2020
This year has seen several blows to LGBT rights in Ukraine. In June, the Law Enforcement committee of the Verkhovna Rada, Ukraine’s parliament, voted down a proposed…
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Global News

Added on: 10/15/2020

Algeria: Mass Convictions for Homosexuality

Human Rights Watch
10/14/2020
An Algerian court on September 3, 2020 sentenced 2 men to prison terms and 42 others to suspended terms after mass arrests at what the police alleged…
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Global News

Added on: 10/13/2020

Queer Nigerians Are Being Beaten by SARS — I’m Trying to End That

Out
10/13/2020
Matthew Blaise is an LGBTQ+ activist in Nigeria who has been on the front lines of the #End SARS protests and has suffered abuse by SARS officers…
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Global News

Added on: 10/13/2020

Anti-gay violence continues in Senegal’s ‘holy city’

Rights Africa
10/13/2020
That assault came less than three weeks after 10 young homosexual men in Touba were arrested by the city’s Safiyatoul Amal religious militia. The assault came three…
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Global News

Added on: 10/12/2020

At home and abroad, LGBT Syrians fight to have their voices heard

Syria Direct
10/11/2020
AMMAN/BEIRUT — In Damascus, Amira al-Tabbaa lived her life in murmurs. Officially, homosexuality and offenses against “public decency” are illegal in Syria. That is why when Amira…
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Global News

Added on: 10/12/2020

Saving Indigenous Trans Women

The Advocate
10/11/2020
The New Mexico Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women task force held a public meeting on Thursday on the topic of violence against queer and trans people in…
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Global News

Added on: 10/11/2020

At home and abroad, LGBT Syrians fight to have their voices heard

Syria Direct
10/10/2020
In Damascus, Amira al-Tabbaa lived her life in murmurs. Officially, homosexuality and offenses against “public decency” are illegal in Syria. That is why when Amira met with…
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Global News

Added on: 10/10/2020

Anarcho-queer-feminist housing project forcibly evicted after three decades

Pink News
10/09/2020
Liebig34, an “anarcho-queer-feminist” housing project in Berlin, has been cleared of residents following a contentious eviction involving around 1,500 police officers. Officers from eight German states, including…
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Global News

Added on: 10/09/2020

Rights group denounces Central America anti-LGBTQ violence

NBC News
10/08/2020
Human Rights Watch criticized Honduras, El Salvador, and Guatemala for failing to stop violence against LGBTQ people in a new report published on Wednesday, which also denounced…
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Global News

Added on: 10/08/2020

How the LGBT community rallied against a ‘homophobic’ Tunisian influencer

The New Arab
10/07/2020
During a 23-minute monologue on Instagram, the Tunisian beauty influencer Lady Samara veered off-piste when she said: “I do not respect homosexuality. A homosexual person is an…
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Global News

Added on: 10/07/2020

Twitter users flood #ProudBoys hashtag with gay pride images

Reuters
10/04/2020
Twitter users are flooding the #ProudBoys hashtag on social media with images of LGBTQI+ pride, displacing posts made by neo-Nazis and white supremacists using the tag. Proud…
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Global News

Added on: 10/07/2020

Fight against gay marriage still ‘alive and well’ in U.S., advocates warn

NBC News
10/06/2020
President Donald Trump’s nomination of Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court to succeed Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg last month ignited fears of an increasingly conservative…
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Global News

Added on: 10/07/2020

The impact of the anti LGBTQ+movement in Poland on Irish trans masculine people’s healthcare

Gay Community News
10/06/2020
As a member of the LGBTQ+ community, I firmly believe that an attack on one of us, is an attack on all of us. I believe that…
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Global News

Added on: 10/04/2020

Plovdiv Attacks Highlight Bulgaria’s Unsolved Homophobia Problem

Balkan Insight
10/03/2020
Videos and witness reports show that a few days ago, in the very centre of Plovdiv, Bulgaria’s second city, groups of teenagers attacked other youngsters of the…
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Global News

Added on: 10/04/2020

Gay men in Russia with surrogate children warned they face arrest

The Independent
10/03/2020
Russian authorities have warned of the arrest of gay men who have fathered children to surrogate mothers, firing what appears to be another salvo across the bow…
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Global News

Added on: 10/03/2020

When politicians use hate speech, political violence increases

AZ Mirror
10/02/2020
Politicians deepen existing divides when they use inflammatory language, such as hate speech, and this makes their societies more likely to experience political violence and terrorism. That’s…
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Global News

Added on: 10/03/2020

Canada reintroduces bill to ban LGBT+ conversion therapy

Independent
10/02/2020
Canada’s Liberal Party has reintroduced a bill to parliament that if passed will criminalise LGBT+ conversion therapy in the country. LGBT+ conversion therapy is defined as any…
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Global News

Added on: 10/03/2020

LGBT people nearly four times more likely to be victims of violent crime

Yuba Net
10/02/2020
LGBT people are nearly four times more likely than non-LGBT people to experience violent victimization, including rape, sexual assault, and aggravated or simple assault, according to a…
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Global News

Added on: 10/02/2020

Cook Islands defers decision on decriminalising gay sex

Stuff NZ
10/01/2020
As a child, Sonya Apa Temata was surrounded by unconditional love. The human rights advocate’s mother, Tuakana Apa Temata, was her number one supporter: “Her acceptance of…
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