World
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Online transphobia fueled by race and politics, landmark new study reveals
Study shows the escalation from transphobic comments to calls for violence and genocide
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Attacks on LGBTQ Ugandans increase after government flirts with passing revived “Kill the Gays” bill
Human rights activists say that attacks on LGBTQ Ugandans have increased ever since elected leaders began churning up support for a revival of an anti-gay...
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Trump administration might deport Ugandan lesbian who was beaten and raped for being gay
Uganda recently announced plans to implement the death penalty for gay people
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LGBTQ protests force first British Chick-fil-A to close
A six-month lease will not be renewed after English activists protested company's anti-LGBTQ values
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Gay man beaten with hammers after fake Grindr date led to homophobic attack
Marc Power was was ambushed, assaulted, and called "faggot" by at least four young men
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UN Free and Equal campaign partners with GLAAD for Spirit Day
The United Nations has partnered with GLAAD to call for more action against anti-LGBTQ bullying. The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human...
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Pat McCrory accuses NBA of hypocrisy on China’s human rights record
Former North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory (R) is blasting the NBA and accusing the professional basketball league as “hypocritical” for how it’s dealing with China...
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Man faces prison after assaulting nine-year-old and calling him “gayboy”
Boy was called "a pussy, a gayboy, and a homosexual" after being struck in the chest
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Uganda revives ‘Kill the Gays’ bill, adds punishments for ‘promotion’ of homosexuality
Controversial bill was thwarted five years ago, but the government wants to curb "unnatural sex"
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“The Color Purple” actress sues after being fired over past anti-gay Facebook posts
A British stage actress is suing a theater she once worked for and her former agents after she was fired from the play The Color Purple over...
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Trump touts initiative to decriminalize homosexuality abroad in UN speech
President says United States stands in "solidarity" with people being persecuted for their sexual orientation
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Australian gay man hunted down and beaten by “bloodthirsty” teenagers
Victim and his brother were attacked and stomped on by ten teenagers in homophobic attack
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Activists call for head of French Football Federation to resign for anti-gay chant order
Noël Le Graët has advised referees not to stop matches when fans are shouting anti-gay slurs or chants
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Study into chemsex drug G reveals more than a quarter of users have been sexually assaulted
Gay and bisexual users of G -- or GHB -- reported high rates of sexual assault, overdose, and death
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Iceland welcomed Mike Pence with rainbow flags to “celebrate diversity”
Iceland's president also wore a rainbow bracelet during his official meeting with Pence
