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News (World)A major LGBTQ rights conference is being blocked from hosting in Ghana
And no, government officials made it clear that it’s not because of the corona virus outbreak.
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News (World)10 men arrested & imprisoned for attending a “gay wedding”
It was actually a birthday party for a gay man, but the people arrested could face harsh consequences.
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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.
