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Brazil: Thousands of women rally against Bolsonaro’s ‘genocidal policies’
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Brazil: Thousands of women rally against Bolsonaro’s ‘genocidal policies’

Tens of thousands of women took to the streets of Brazil’s capital of Brasilia on Wednesday to denounce the policies…
Mashrou’ Leila concert in Lebanon canceled after church pressure
Middle East

Mashrou’ Leila concert in Lebanon canceled after church pressure

BEIRUT (Reuters) – Lebanon’s Byblos festival has canceled a concert by the indie rock band Mashrou’ Leila “to prevent bloodshed”…
Brazil Supreme Court criminalizes homophobia
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Brazil Supreme Court criminalizes homophobia

Brazil’s Supreme Court voted Thursday to criminalize homophobia, an important step for sexual minorities in one of the most dangerous…
US travel ban leaves LGBT refugees in limbo
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US travel ban leaves LGBT refugees in limbo

Beaten by his brother because of his sexual orientation while growing up in Iran, Ramtin Zigorat's greatest wish is to…
Thousands rally across Israel following gay pride stabbing attack
Middle East

Thousands rally across Israel following gay pride stabbing attack

Thousands of Israelis attended demonstrations across the country on Saturday, two days after an ultra-Orthodox Jew stabbed six people at…
Hounded and out of work, gay Ukrainians flee rebel east
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Hounded and out of work, gay Ukrainians flee rebel east

Oleksandr had already lost his job for being gay in the rebel Ukrainian bastion of Donetsk when he was approached…
‘Emo’ killings raise alarms in Iraq
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‘Emo’ killings raise alarms in Iraq

BAGHDAD — Young people who identify themselves as so-called Emos are being brutally killed at an alarming rate in Iraq,…
Islamic states, Africans walk out on UN gay panel
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Islamic states, Africans walk out on UN gay panel

Brushing aside high-level UN appeals for cooperation to halt murder and violence against gays and lesbians around the globe, Muslim…
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