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News (USA)Judge orders US to return illegally deported gay asylum seeker before he’s killed
ICE deported him to Africa before his case had been heard. It may be too late to bring him back now.
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News (World)U.S. fires ambassador to Zambia for criticizing the country’s anti-gay laws
Criticizing the Christian-majority nation, the U.S. ambassador wrote, “I cannot imagine Jesus would have used bestiality comparisons or referred to his fellow human beings as ‘dogs,’ or ‘worse than animals.'”
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News (World)Gabon criminalized homosexuality & two men have already been arrested
Gabon never had a colonial law banning gay sex.
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News (World)Ugandan police arrest 127 people at a queer bar for the crime of “smoking”
Some people still detained in jail are said to be “hungry and helpless.”
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News (World)Trump administration denounces Uganda’s new ‘Kill the Gays’ bill
But they stopped short of promising sanctions if the bill becomes law.
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News (World)Botswana just legalized homosexuality & the country is celebrating
The high court ruled unanimously that the sodomy ban was discriminatory and unconstitutional.
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News (World)Gay people flee Tanzania as police break into their homes & make arrests
“I’m fearing for my life — they don’t want us to stay here.”
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News (USA)Mike Pence insults LGBTQ people at White House World AIDS Day ceremony
He refused to mention LGBTQ people in his remarks.
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News (World)10 men in Tanzania were arrested at a wedding because they may be gay
They were sitting “two by two” according to the police. Now they may be tortured to “prove” that they’re gay.
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News (USA)The Trump administration will financially reward countries that oppress LGBTQ people
The Trump administration tells African nations that it won’t withhold foreign aid any longer for violating LGBTQ rights.
