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Houthis in Yemen will publicly stone & crucify 9 gay men in “gruesome public spectacles”
The country will imprison or publicly flog 60 other suspected homosexuals.
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LGBTQ+ refugees fleeing persecution beaten, raped & killed at notorious Kakuma camp
Two trans women were forced to kiss by a mob threatening to beat them.
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Finland now allows people to legally change gender by simply declaring it
The government also eliminated a law requiring trans people be sterilized before legally changing their gender.
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Qatari officials forced trans woman to remove breast tissue after arresting her
The woman’s story highlights the horrific abuses that LGBTQ+ Qataris face.
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Vladimir Putin signs law effectively outlawing public expressions of LGBTQ+ life in Russia
The new law extends existing restrictions that previously only applied to children to Russians of all ages.
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Putin says U.S. wants to push gender “perversions” on Russian schoolchildren
It’s not surprising that Putin opposes gay marriage and transgender rights. What’s surprising is how many Republicans in the U.S. agree with him.
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Trans people win right to exist in historic Kuwait court ruling
The law that was used to forcibly shave trans women’s heads has been overturned by a court, which cited their “personal freedom.”
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Polish women accused of “offending religious feeling” with stickers win latest court case
The stickers showed the Virgin Mary with a rainbow-colored halo around her head.
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Switzerland just became the 29th country to get marriage equality
But pro-LGBTQ organizations say that it is still possible for a national referendum on marriage equality to be forced.
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Pompeo plans to use the UN General Assembly to promote his anti-LGBTQ agenda to the world
The report calls same-sex marriage a “divisive” controversy and claims that religious freedoms are the most important while completely ignoring LGBTQ rights otherwise.