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Human Rights Watch video documents increased violence against LGBT Russians
NEW YORK — The advocacy group Human Rights Watch released a video Tuesday documenting the increased violence against LGBTQ Russians.
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Russian school girl disciplined under country’s anti-gay propaganda ban
BRYANSK, Russia — A school girl in Russia has been accused of breaking the country’s anti-gay propaganda law and is believed to be the first minor formally disciplined for promoting “non-traditional sexual relations” among her peers.
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Police criticized after a dozen masked men attack gay film festival in Bosnia
SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina — Police are being criticized for failing to provide adequate security for a gay film festival in Sarajevo that was attacked by a dozen masked men.
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Russian court sentences three men for murder of man they believe was gay
A Russian court has sentenced three men who were found guilty of the brutal murder of a man they stabbed and set on fire because they believed that he was gay.
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Bulgaria rejects bill that would have criminalized homosexual behavior
SOFIA, Bulgaria — Lawmakers in Bulgaria have rejected a controversial legislative amendment that would have criminalized homosexual behavior, including “coming out.”
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Russian LGBT teen advocate charged under anti-gay propaganda law
NIZHNY TAGIL, Russia — A freelance Russia journalist was charged Friday for violating the country’s anti-gay propaganda law for creating a online LGBT teen support group on Russian social media website VKontakte (vk.com).
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Russian newspaper fined for violating country’s anti-gay propaganda law
MOSCOW — A Russian newspaper has become the first media organization to be fined under the country’s anti-gay propaganda law after it profiled an openly gay teacher.
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Gay rights activist suing Russian actor for saying gays should be burned alive
A gay rights activist is suing popular Russian celebrity Ivan Okhlobystin, demanding an apology and monetary compensation over a speech in which the former priest said gays should be burned alive.
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Croatia joins LGBT Global Equity Fund
WASHINGTON — The U.S. State Department announced Monday that Croatia has joined the Global Equity Fund, an initiative led by the United States to advance (LGBT) human rights around the world. “Croatia joins nine other like-minded governments (including the United States), three private foundations and two corporations in a multi-stakeholder initiative which aims to protect […]
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Leader of anti-gay Russian vigilante group back in Russia and under arrest
MOSCOW — The leader of the Russian anti-gay vigilante group “Occupy Pedophilia,” who is alleged to have lured LGBT youth to abusive encounters through fake social media profiles, is back on Russian soil Monday and in custody after being deported by Cuban authorities.