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Trans woman sets herself on fire to protest government’s poor COVID-19 response
She was protesting Georgia’s stay-at-home order, which has hurt transgender women who already don’t have much support.
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Brazil’s president accuses World Health Organization of turning kids gay
He later deleted the social media post, but his advisors and followers continue to repeat it.
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Tunisia’s first same-sex marriage denounced as an “administrative error”
A Tunisian man got his marriage recognized momentarily in the country that punishes homosexuality with 3 years in prison.
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A trans influencer is outing gay men in Morocco & the horrific fallout has been swift
“Here I am just waiting for my death sentence. I’m frustrated and scared.”
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Tunisia becomes first Muslim-majority country to recognize same-sex marriage
Homosexuality is illegal in Tunisia and punishable with up to three years in prison.
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Turkey’s president says it’s “totally right” to say that homosexuality “brings illnesses”
He said criticizing a religious leader’s anti-gay statements is “an attack on the state.”
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EU’s highest court rules against lawyer who said gays “have physical & genetic anomalies”
He said he would never hire a gay person. Now he has to pay up for his discriminatory statements.
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UK moves to ban trans youth from getting gender affirming health care
A minister said she wants to protect transgender youth from “irreversible decisions” by forcing them to undergo puberty as the wrong gender.
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UN castigates countries that are using coronavirus to persecute LGBTQ people
LGBTQ people are being blamed for the coronavirus pandemic and the crisis is leading to “an increase in homophobic and transphobic rhetoric.”
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Shocking percentage of Russians want to “eliminate” gay & lesbian people
A third wants to isolate gay and lesbian people from the rest of society.