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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.
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News (USA)Laverne Cox becomes the first transgender woman to grace the cover of Cosmopolitan
Cosmopolitan South Africa has been given an LGBTQ makeover for a special “Say Yes To Love” issue.
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News (USA)U.S. Ambassador to Panama resigns, saying he can no longer serve under Trump
The announcement comes after Trump made a racist comment Haiti and African countries, but officials claim it wasn’t the cause of his departure.
