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4 positive political moments for the LGBTQ community that somehow got past Trump
While the LGBTQ community is suffering under the Trump administration, some good moves were made – but often came with a catch.
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Chechyna’s leader has been banned from entering the U.S. for human rights abuses
His bank assets held in the U.S. will also be frozen. Chechnya is in the midst of an anti-LGBT crackdown that has led to detentions, beatings, and even murder.
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Trans woman who escaped anti-LGBT abuses in Chechnya puts life at risk again for others
America has granted her asylum, but many more LGBT Chechens have been turned away and she wants to change that.
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Chechnya is forcing divorced couples into polygamy to stop kids from becoming ‘extremist’
Information Minister Dzhambulat Umarov said around 1,000 families have been “reunited,” calling the scenes “the most beautiful and romantic melodrama.”
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Why is the mainstream media ignoring the abuses of gay & bi men in Chechnya?
We have known about one of the greatest atrocities to human rights occurring in modern times for four months, yet there have been few reports from major TV news outlets.
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A Clever New Strategy to End Ex-Gay Therapy
Trump’s homophobic nominees, news on Chechnya, and a state banned ex-gay therapy.
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Chechnya’s leader defends families committing ‘honor killings’ of gay relatives
The U.S. State Department is condemning the comments but is taking no action to stop the abuses or provide safe haven to the gay and bisexual men feeling them.
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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.