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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.”
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The ISIS executioner who killed gay & bi men was released minutes after being arrested
He was out the door in less than ten minutes after bribing his captors.