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Iraq delays vote on “kill the gays” bill as prime minister meets with Joe Biden
The bill would be “catastrophic” for Iraq’s relations with the West if it passed, 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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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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The queer zine that brought “dykedom” to the forefront in India
Over 20 years ago, a group of queer women launched a zine that left an indelible impression on queer collectivizing in India. Its legacy lives on.
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Iraq’s government proposes law to ban homosexuality
Activists say the proposed law would “allow the Iraqi government to legally get away with murder.”
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A father slit his son’s throat for being gay in an attempt to kill him
The father put a knife to his son’s throat and shouted, “Are you gay? Are you gay?”
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Mike Pence is using threats & cronies to award millions in aid to Christian groups
Pence is meddling in the U.S. Agency for International Development, potentially destabilizing longstanding religious tensions in the Middle East.
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Tucker Carlson used the slur ‘fa***t’ on air
Carlson refuses to apologize, saying only that he was “caught saying something naughty.”
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ISIS threw gay men off a tower to execute them. Now the building is being destroyed.
Two years after a joint force took the Iraqi city from ISIS, the infamous building they used for executions is being torn down.
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14-year-old slaughtered in the street while attacker demands to know ‘Who is your boyfriend?’
His last words were “I want my mom.”