World
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Minecraft creator banned from game’s 10th anniversary celebration over anti-LGBTQ comments
Markus "Notch" Persson has a history of making homophobic and transphobic statements
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Major Wall Street banks boycott Brunei hotels over law requiring gays be stoned to death
Bank of America, JP Morgan, Deutsche Bank and more are boycotting Brunei-owned properties
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Brazil’s president does not want his country to be a “gay tourism paradise”
Jair Bolsonaro says gay people may only come if they want to "have sex with a woman"
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Anti-gay Kuwaiti academic claims she’s found a suppository “cure” for homosexuality
Mariam Al-Sohel claims same-sex attraction is caused by anal worms that feed on semen
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Brunei defends stoning gay people to death, claiming convictions will be rare
Country demanded "respect and understanding" in a letter to the European Union
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PrEP helps reduce new HIV infections to record low in Australia
New South Wales reported the lowest number of new infections since records began
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Pope Francis: Those who discard gay people “don’t have a human heart”
Francis told gay British comedian Stephen K Amos that "all human beings" have dignity
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University of Aberdeen revokes Sultan of Brunei’s honorary diploma
The University of Aberdeen has revoked an honorary degree it bestowed on the Sultan of Brunei in 1995 after the Southeast Asian ruler’s country passed...
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Ellen DeGeneres supports hotel boycott protesting Brunei’s anti-gay law
Human rights observer says rightward shift in global politics made Brunei believe it could avoid public scrutiny and criticism
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Human Rights Watch urges Lebanon to ditch its law criminalizing gay sex
Calls come after military tribunal refuses to prosecute 4 service members charged with sodomy
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George Clooney, Elton John urging hotel boycott to protest Brunei’s anti-gay stoning law
Celebrities urge consumers not to allow their money to be used to bolster countries that commit human rights abuses
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Amazon’s Alexa devices get transgender man’s voice for International Transgender Day of Visibility
'Voice of Trans' skill will allow Alexa users to hear a transgender man's story from childhood to his transition and beyond
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Gays will be stoned to death under Brunei’s new Sharia Penal Code
LGBTQ people face a "dangerous crisis" as Brunei continues its rollout of Sharia law
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Botswana High Court hears case challenging country’s statute outlawing gay sex
On Thursday, Botswana’s High Court heard a challenge to the country’s laws criminalizing gay sex, reports Reuters. The country’s penal code outlaws “carnal knowledge of...
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Richard Grenell, openly gay U.S. ambassador to Germany, has reportedly received death threats
Richard Grenell, the ambassador to Germany and highest-ranking out LGBTQ person in the Trump administration, has been receiving threats, including at least one against his...
