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State Department calls Chechnya leader’s latest antigay comments ‘upsetting’
The State Department yet again denounces the abuses in Chechnya when it suits them, while refusing men fleeing the abuses visas and staying silent on the issue in meetings with Russian officials.
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Putin spokesman backs Chechnya leader’s call for gay purge to ‘purify our blood’
Chechnya’s leader also called gay people “devils” who aren’t really people.
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Chechen dictator laughs when asked about anti-gay violence
Even though he found the idea hilarious, he still wants Chechnya to be “purified” of gay people.
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The names of 27 men killed during purge of gay & bi men in Chechnya published
The Russian newspaper that first broke the news of the abuses chose to publish the names, including several teenagers, “Because only the dead have nothing to fear in Chechnya.”
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Detentions of gay and bi men have started again in Chechnya
Trump met with Putin on Friday but didn’t bring up violence in Chechnya, which is apparently starting up again.
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Don’t expect to find out what Trump & Putin really talked about
The world leaders are said to have discussed election meddling, but not the abuses of gay and bi men in Chechnya.
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Chechnya resumes arrests of gay and bi men on eve of global summit
Reports of this new wave of illegal arrests of gay and bisexual men surfaced just as Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump prepared to meet.
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Top Democrats urge Trump: confront Putin over election meddling
It’s about as likely as the president asking Putin about the abuses against gay and bisexual men in Chechnya.
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Don’t expect Trump to bring up anti-LGBTQ abuses or election meddling with Putin
Because he doesn’t care.
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Weekly Debrief: The Supreme Court sides with LGBTs and more
Catch up on this week’s news in less than 5 minutes.