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Brittney Griner released from Russian prison
She is coming back to the U.S. as a result of a prisoner exchange negotiated by the Biden administration.
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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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Russian libraries remove LGBTQ+ books from their shelves after Putin signs harsh anti-LGBTQ+ law
The new law comes as conservatives in the U.S. push for schools to remove LGBTQ+ content from their libraries.
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Vladimir Putin signs law effectively outlawing public expressions of LGBTQ+ life in Russia
The new law extends existing restrictions that previously only applied to children to Russians of all ages.
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Taliban publicly whips Afghan men accused of gay sex amid Sharia crackdown on LGBTQ life
The Taliban’s Supreme Leader has promised to fully enforce Sharia law, including hunting down, torturing, and publicly executing LGBTQ people.
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Brittney Griner faces rampant racism and homophobia in Russian labor camp
Russia’s Deputy Foreign Minister claims a prisoner swap is still possible.
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This man refuses to let LGBTQ+ history be erased as Russia prepares to strengthen gay propaganda law
Pyotr Voskresensky has opened an LGBTQ+ history museum in St. Petersburg that will likely be illegal by the end of the week.
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Singapore decriminalizes gay sex but also prevents marriage equality from becoming law
A government minister said they wanted to “uphold heterosexual family values, but with space for homosexuals to live their lives.”
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Out BBC journalist protests FIFA Pride ban as Qatar battles the world to squash rainbows
Qatari officials are taking anything that looks like a rainbow away from fans. They even confiscated a Brazilian state flag with a rainbow.
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FIFA president said “I feel gay” in cringey moment of LGBTQ solidarity as diversity plane got banned
A planned pro-LGBTQ protest by European teams on Monday was squashed by soccer’s governing body.