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Czech Republic’s high court rules against forced surgeries for trans people
The surgeries used to make trans people unable to have kids. The court called the procedures a “violation of human dignity.”
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Uganda cited Dobbs to back an anti-LGBTQ crackdown. Americans should be worried too.
The ruling shows “how easily it might be deployed in our country for the same thing,” one expert said.
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Human rights group says Meta endangers queer Middle Easterners & urges big changes to keep them safe
Police in Middle Eastern and North African countries are using social media to entrap, extort, and torture LGBTQ+ users.
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Jordan cracks down on LGBTQ+ activists with kidnappings, forced outings & online threats
“Merely existing in Amman has become terrifying.”
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Police are using Grindr & other apps to entrap & torture LGBTQ+ people
A new report says social media companies aren’t doing enough to protect LGBTQ+ users in Africa and the Middle East.
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Gay Chechen refugee arrested in Moscow, amid fears he’ll be tortured
He went back to Russia to attend his father’s funeral. Now he might never leave again.
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Qatari officials forced trans woman to remove breast tissue after arresting her
The woman’s story highlights the horrific abuses that LGBTQ+ Qataris face.
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Qatar arrests foreign activist & local LGBTQ people one month away from World Cup
Qatar’s anti-LGBTQ policies are getting called out in the weeks before they host the World Cup.
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Putin says U.S. wants to push gender “perversions” on Russian schoolchildren
It’s not surprising that Putin opposes gay marriage and transgender rights. What’s surprising is how many Republicans in the U.S. agree with him.
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Maldives police target 38 men after gay sex videos leaked online
Human Rights Watch called the arrests “politically motivated.”