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Russia deems queer activists “foreign agents” as China shuts down LGBTQ advocacy group
President Joe Biden’s firm stance in favor of LGBTQ rights stands in stark contrast to the other two nation’s leadership.
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Organizers postpone the Gay Games in Hong Kong until 2023 as pandemic rages on
Hong Kong was chosen as the next Gay Games’ host city in 2017. The organizers have dealt with one issue another ever since.
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China bans “sissy men” from television in latest crackdown
The hardline male-dominated party has reportedly started to fear K-pop musicians.
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Apple will implement new tech to fight child porn. It’s cause for genuine privacy concerns.
By implementing their new technology to prevent the transmission of child sexual abuse material, Apple could be opening the back door to governments more interested in censoring political speech and LGBTQ people.
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Jen Psaki shuts down reporter demanding China pay “reparations” for COVID-19
“Did you have another question?”
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Hong Kong has become a police state. So why are the Gay Games still being held there?
Dissent and community organizing of any kind is illegal in China – including pro-LGBTQ activism – and two of Hong Kong’s most prominent LGBTQ leaders have been caught in Beijing’s anti-democracy dragnet.
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China just deleted dozens of LGBTQ pages from one of its largest social networks
The pages offered help to the country’s isolated LGBTQ population. Activists fear their removal is part of a larger crackdown on gay content and support groups.
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Karine Jean-Pierre smacks down Fox reporter who wasn’t paying attention
When KJP starts a sentence with “I mean…” you know she means business.
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Beijing’s crackdown on pro-democracy lawmakers includes two LGBTQ rights leaders
Raymond Chan Chi-chuen, who was the Hong Kong legislature’s only out member, and Cyd Ho, who advocated for LGBTQ rights for years, are both in jail for dissent.
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Pete Buttigieg rumored to be nominated as next ambassador to China
The move would give the young politico some foreign policy and diplomatic experience.