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U.S. Ignored Human Rights Abuses Until LGBT People Were Under Assault, Say...
“All of sudden they arrest these 15 gays and lesbians, and we’re seeing really what seems to be a firestorm.” Gambian President Yahya Jammeh and his wife arriving at a White House dinner in Washington...
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Egyptian Police Arrest Men At Cairo Bathhouse "Group Sex Party"
A news team told police that the bathhouse was used for “group perversions,” and plans to air a program on Wednesday on “the dens for spreading AIDS in Egypt.” Facebook: MonaIraqiTv / Via Facebook:...
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Emails Show "Pro-Family" Activists Feeding Contacts To Russian Nationalists
“The empire strikes back :)” Emails posted online by mysterious leak publishers suggest a concerted effort to “push the pro-family worldwide movement.” Image of Orthodox leaders posted on website of...
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Egyptian Reporter Broadcasts Program That Led to Raid on "Gay Sex Parties"
“Our society is full of disasters…and if we kept hiding from that without facing those disasters, frankly, we will all be destroyed,” the reporter said of a bathhouse where more than 26 men were...
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At Least 594 LGBT People Were Murdered In The Americas In A 15-Month Period
Four were killed by decapitation, according to a new report. Tracy Robinson is the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights special rapporteur on LGBTI rights oas.org / Via oas.org A report released...
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Ugandans Won't Be Getting A New Anti-LGBT Law For Christmas
The most vocal advocate of legislation to restore the Anti-Homosexuality Act struck down by the Constitutional Court in August had said he had hoped Ugandans would be able to “celebrate it as a...
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Thirty-Five Injured In Attack On LGBT Event In Zimbabwe
Attackers beat people “using logs, iron bars, empty beer bottles and clenched fists,” according to a statement from the organization hosting the event. Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe. Philimon...
View ArticleU.S. Kicks African Nation From Trade Agreement Over Anti-LGBT Crackdown
“For the first time the gay community really is coming together to get equal consideration in U.S. foreign policy,” activists tell BuzzFeed News. The United States on Tuesday dropped the Gambia from a...
View ArticleEgyptian Court Reduces Sentences For Eight Men In "Wedding Video" To One Year...
The eight were originally sentenced to three years in jail for appearing in a video that seemed to show two men exchanging wedding rings. youtube.com An Egyptian appeals court on Saturday reduced...
View Article25-Year-Old Trans Woman Is Latest Target Of Egyptian LGBT Crackdown
The arrest of the 25-year-old trans woman is the latest in a crackdown on LGBT rights in Egypt that has landed more than 100 people behind bars. Her friend tells BuzzFeed News she fears she may be...
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Russia Bans People With "Gender Identity Disorders" And "Disorders Of Sexual...
A new list of disorders that can disqualify people from driving ranges from “transsexualism” to “sadomasochism.” Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev (left) with President Vladimir Putin, Dec. 24,...
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Egyptian Court Acquits 26 Men Charged With "Debauchery"
No trial court has ever cleared Egyptians of charges of homosexuality in a high profile case, say human rights activists. J. Lester Feder and Maged Atef report for BuzzFeed News from the courthouse in...
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Egyptian Government "Instructions" Have Led Media To Boost Anti-Gay Coverage,...
“The [bathhouse] case has become a kind of fulcrum for different kinds of people to say ‘no’ to different kinds of oppression from the regime,” an activist said. J. Lester Feder and Maged Atef report...
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Marriage Equality Ban In Macedonia May Signal Growing Anti-LGBT Backlash In...
The Balkan state is the fourth Eastern European country to outlaw marriage equality since 2012. Macedonia's Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski. Amit Dave / Reuters The Parliament of Macedonia voted...
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Egyptian Appeals Court Dismisses Case Against 26 Men Accused Of "Gay Sex Party"
“This means they are totally innocent and the case is totally closed,” a defense lawyer told BuzzFeed News. Facebook: MonaIraqiTv / Via Facebook: MonaIraqiTv CAIRO — An appeals court has dismissed all...
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Religious Authorities In Nigeria Reportedly Detain 12 People Accused Of...
“We have 12 men in custody, including the bride. We arrested them at the venue of a planned gay wedding,” an official told AFP. Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan at the launch of his reelection...
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Witness Says Gambian Man Accused Of Homosexuality Bore Signs of Torture, May...
“He has cotton in his nose and he is coughing blood and saying, ‘I know I’m going to die,’” the witness told BuzzFeed News. Gambian President Yahya Jammeh at the U.N. headquarters in New York, Sept....
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France Overturns Treaties Blocking Same-Sex Couple's Wedding
France’s highest appeals court ruled that marriage is a fundamental right that could not be restricted by treaties with foreign governments. General view of the French Senate as French Justice...
View ArticleEgyptian Court Sentences Trans Woman To Six Years In Prison On Prostitution...
It comes after 26 men were acquitted in Egypt’s most high-profile homosexuality trial in more than a decade. View Video › facebook.com CAIRO — A court in Cairo has sentenced a 25-year-old trans woman...
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Pope Endorses Referendum Denying Marriage And Adoption Rights To Same-Sex...
Pope Francis encouraged “everyone to continue their efforts in defense of the family” ahead of a vote Saturday on an anti-LGBT referendum in Slovakia. Pope Francis holds a baby as he arrives to lead...
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