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Added on: 12/26/2019

Brazilian comedy group hit by Molotov cocktails after film on ‘gay Jesus’

Reuters
12/25/2019
Molotov cocktails were thrown at the headquarters of Brazilian comedy group Porta dos Fundos in Rio de Janeiro on Christmas Eve, weeks after the group launched a…
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Added on: 12/24/2019

Africa’s homophobia problem

The Article
12/23/2019
Human rights activists in southern Africa have criticised Zambia’s tough approach to homosexuality after the country’s High Court sentenced two men last month to 15 years in…
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Added on: 12/24/2019

U.S. Recalls Its Ambassador to Zambia After Gay Rights Row: Sources

New York Times
12/23/2019
The United States has withdrawn its ambassador to Zambia following a row with authorities in the southern African nation after he criticized the jailing of a gay…
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Added on: 12/23/2019

Brazil: Bolsonaro in homophobic outburst as corruption scandal swirls

The Guardian
12/20/2019
Brazil’s far-right president, Jair Bolsonaro, has launched a homophobic attack on a journalist from one of the country’s top newspapers in an apparent bid to divert attention…
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Added on: 12/22/2019

Lambda Legal: Trump Administration’s Assault On the Courts and LGBTQ Protections Intensifies

Instinct Magazine
12/21/2019
Lambda Legal released the third edition of its annual report of judicial nominees revealing the alarming extent to which the Trump-Pence administration, with the help of Senate…
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Added on: 12/21/2019

Anti-gay laws in 2019: You win some, you lose some

Erasing 76 Crimes
12/20/2019
2019 has been a mixed year for opponents of the anti-gay laws that still oppress LGBTQ people in dozens of countries worldwide. During 2019, millions fewer people…
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Added on: 12/21/2019

Weeks after suspicious death, Haiti gay rights activist still not buried

Miami Herald
12/19/2019
More than three weeks after the death of a prominent gay rights activist in Haiti under suspicious circumstances, he still has not been buried and no autopsy…
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Added on: 12/19/2019

European Assembly Blasts Polish ‘Anti-LGBT’ Zones

Voice of America
12/18/2019
The European Parliament on Wednesday blasted Poland for creating zones “free from any LGBTI ideology” and suggested closer attention should be paid as a result to EU…
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Added on: 12/19/2019

Anti-LGBT discrimination has a huge human toll. Research proves it.

Washington Post
12/18/2019
In a trio of cases heard in October, the Supreme Court weighed whether discrimination against LGBT people should be legal. Over the course of those and related…
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Added on: 12/17/2019

A Gay Film Sent an Entire Nation Into a Frenzy

Human Rights Watch
12/17/2019
Conflicts around gender and sexuality are often indicators of social tension. A recent public clash over the screening of a film in Tbilisi gives insight into the…
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Added on: 12/16/2019

Everyone welcome? Gay football fans prepare for Qatar

Yahoo News
12/15/2019
World Cup 2022 host Qatar has given the clearest indication yet that LGBT fans will be welcome, engaging with gay supporters as it hosts the Club World…
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Added on: 12/15/2019

Man Convicted of Hate Crime for Punching Transgender Woman

US News and World Report
12/14/2019
An Oregon man convicted of punching a transgender woman has been sentenced to probation. Dominick Gonzales, 38, changed his plea Friday and was convicted of first-degree bias…
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Added on: 12/14/2019

Gabon bans gay sex as global pace of reform falters

Reuters
12/13/2019
Gabon has passed a law against gay sex, becoming the 70th country to ban the practice, an official confirmed, as the global pace of reform falters. The…
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Added on: 12/14/2019

Gay Afghans Facing Deportation From UK Told ‘Pretend To Be Straight’

Spring Hill Insider
12/13/2019
Gay Afghans facing deportation from UK told ‘pretend to be straight’ Gay Afghans being deported to their home country where homosexuality is illegal are being told to…
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Added on: 12/13/2019

Painting of Naked Mexican Revolutionary Hero Unleashes Controversy

New York Times
12/12/2019
A painting depicting Mexican revolutionary hero Emiliano Zapata naked but for high heels and a pink sombrero, astride an aroused white horse, has sparked controversy in socially…
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Added on: 12/12/2019

Mexico’s president condemns LGBT+ hate crimes after painting row

Reuters
12/11/2019
Mexico’s president on Wednesday condemned hate crimes against LGBT+ people after a row over a painting of revolutionary hero Emiliano Zapata naked but for a pink sombrero,…
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Added on: 12/12/2019

‘God Has A New Africa’: Undercover in a US-led anti-LGBT ‘hate movement’

Open Democracy
12/11/2019
This year, I accomplished a feat that I never thought I would: I went undercover to investigate a group that hates me. Not long after I took…
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Added on: 12/12/2019

First men go on trial under Nigeria’s anti-homosexuality laws

The Guardian
12/11/2019
Forty-seven men went on trial in Nigeria on Wednesday for public displays of affection with members of the same sex, an offence that carries a 10-year jail…
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Added on: 12/10/2019

Nicola Sturgeon vows to use SNP influence in hung parliament to champion ‘world-leading’ LGBT reforms

Pink News
12/10/2019
The Scottish National Party (SNP) is pledging to lead the world in LGBT+ rights reforms as it releases its LGBTI Equality manifesto. The SNP is the only…
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Added on: 12/10/2019

For LGBTQ Youth, Human Rights Day Has Special Meaning

The Advocate
12/10/2019
“Youth Standing Up for Human Rights” — this year’s Human Rights Day theme — has particular resonance for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender youth around the world….
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Added on: 12/10/2019

How Russia uses porn charges against LGBT activist and trans woman

Erasing 76 Crimes
12/09/2019
Human Rights Watch cites two recent examples — feminist LGBT activist Yulia Tsvetkova, under house arrest for allegedly distributing pornography such a body-positive drawings, and Michelle, a…
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Added on: 12/09/2019

Attack the OAS: Inside the ultra-conservative war on the Inter-American human rights system

Open Democracy
12/05/2019
“The attack first started when I was president”, Margarette May Macaulay, a lawyer and former judge from Jamaica who was elected to the top post at the…
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Added on: 12/09/2019

Facebook ads push misinformation about HIV prevention drugs, LGBT activists say, ‘harming public health’

Washington Post
12/09/2019
Facebook users have been bombarded with misleading ads about medication meant to prevent the transmission of HIV, according to lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender advocates, who say…
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Added on: 12/08/2019

Uganda Renews Clampdown on the LGBT Community

Council on Foreign Relations
12/04/2019
On November 11, police in Uganda arrested 125 members of the LGBT community. The Kampala police assert that the Ram Bar, which is frequented by the LGBT…
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Added on: 12/08/2019

TikTok admits it censored LGBT users in ‘wrong’ attempt to tackle online bullying

Pink News
12/04/2019
Documents obtained by the German site netzpolitik.org from an anonymous source at the Chinese-owned company showed that accounts and posts from LGBT+ people, body positive advocates and…
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Added on: 12/08/2019

The Fight for Peace and Justice in Colombia

Jacobin Magazine
12/07/2019
Late last August, prominent FARC commanders Iván Márquez and Jesús Santrich declared that they would be taking up arms against the Colombian state once again. The announcement…
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Added on: 12/07/2019

Brazilian Foundation Develops App to Map Risk Areas for LGBT Population

Rio Times
12/07/2019
Fiocruz (Oswaldo Cruz Foundation) has developed an App to map the areas of the country regarded as the most violent for the LGBT population. Users will point…
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Added on: 12/07/2019

Trump’s Rollback of Transgender Rights Extends Through Entire Government

New York Times
12/06/2019
Whether it means serving in the military, working for a federal contractor or seeking medical help, regulations that once protected transgender people are under attack. Nicolas Talbott,…
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Added on: 12/06/2019

Florida dad accused of abandoning son at closed police station because he thought child was gay

WREG TV
12/04/2019
A father in Florida is facing child neglect charges after he left his son outside of a closed police station on Sunday night because he thought the…
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Added on: 12/06/2019

Gay marriage soared ahead of Bolsonaro presidency in Brazil

National Post
12/05/2019
Gay Brazilians rushed to the altar ahead of President Jair Bolsonaro taking office, according to newly released data that campaigners say reflected fears the incoming leader would…
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