All posts tagged "persecution"
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United States Earns a “C” on LGBTQ Human Rights Scorecard
The United States earned an average "grade" on a global LGBTQ human rights scorecard when it comes to protecting gay rights.
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Supreme Court Unanimously Rules in Favor of Transgender Immigrant
High court finds that Estrella Santos-Zacaria should be given another chance to argue why she should not be deported back to Guatemala.
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Court Rules People Perceived As Gay May Be Eligible for Asylum
A federal appeals court has ruled people perceived to be LGBTQ may face persecution in their home countries, thus qualifying for asylum.
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Supreme Court to Rule on Case Involving Transgender Asylum Seeker
Last week, the U.S. Supreme Court heard a case involving a transgender woman from Guatemala who is seeking asylum, claiming her life is potentially in...
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Indonesian Soldiers Jailed for Consensual Gay Sex
Two Indonesian male soldiers have been sentenced to seven months in prison for engaging in consensual sex, which is considered a form of “inappropriate behavior”...
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LGBTQ Afghans fear persecution and death sentences as Taliban returns to power
As the Taliban resumes power in Afghanistan, many LGBTQ people in the country are hoping to flee to avoid being executed for homosexuality.
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A proposed law in Ghana would jail people who advocate for LGTBQ equality for up to 10 years
A proposed law in Ghana would imprison known LGBTQ people for up to five years, and anyone who advocates for LGBTQ human rights for 10...
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Human rights body calls on Jamaica to repeal its colonial-era ban on gay sex
Inter-American Commission on Human Rights find anti-sodomy laws violate LGBTQ people's human rights
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Trump administration sued for blocking most LGBTQ or HIV-positive refugees from obtaining asylum
New rule would radically overhaul immigration system by creating narrow criteria for asylum eligibility
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Rainbow Railroad launches #60in60 campaign to help save at-risk LGBTQ people
Campaign aims to help relocate 60 LGBTQI people facing persecution abroad and provide them with support services
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Gay Salvadoran asylum seeker sues Trump administration for deporting him to Guatemala
Lawsuit challenges "safe third country" policy that puts asylum seekers into similar circumstances that caused them to flee
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Detentions of gay men and women signal another anti-LGBTQ crackdown in Chechnya
Several men and women have been detained in Russia’s Chechnya region on suspicion of being gay, signaling yet another renewal of efforts to purge the...
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Police demand Israeli pride parade erect giant walls along route
Stating it's "for their protection," Kfar Saba's police department won't help finance the walls
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Rugby star who said gays were going to hell claims he doesn’t have “phobia towards anyone”
Israel Folau wrote an op-ed stating "people’s lives are not for me to judge. Only God can do that."
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Australian rugby boss calls homophobic player a “strong role model”
Rugby Australia CEO Raelene Castle refused to punish Israel Folau for saying gay people would go to hell
