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World - LGBTQ Rights U.S embassy warns of anti-gay crackdown in Tanzania
U.S citizens in Tanzania should review 'social media profiles' to avoid triggering anti-gay laws in the African state, U.S…
World - LGBTQ Rights Indonesia: Fresh Wave of Anti-LGBTQ Rhetoric, Arrests
Indonesian officials should uphold the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and Queer/Questioning (LGBTQ) people in the face of…
World - LGBTQ Rights Malawi: Arrests, Violence against LGBTQ People
Malawi’s laws prohibiting consensual same-sex relations foster a climate of fear and fuel violence and discrimination, Human Rights Watch…
World - LGBTQ Rights New report: Progress on LGBTQ issues in the Middle East and North Africa
Today, OutRight Action International, a LGBTIQ human rights organisation, releases the report, Activism and Resilience: LGBTQ Progress in the…
World - LGBTQ Rights Tokyo: New Law Bars LGBTQ Discrimination
The Tokyo Metropolitan Government has passed a bill that prohibits discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender…
World - LGBTQ Rights LGBTQ Conference in Lebanon Threatened by Security Forces
On the 29th of September Lebanese security forces from the General Security Directorate shut down a regional gender rights…
World - LGBTQ Rights #ChechnyaOneYearOn : MEPs ask Commission about torture of (perceived) LGBTQ people in Chechnya
In April 2017, the Russian newspaper Novaya Gazeta reported that at least 100 men were detained in unofficial prisons…
World - LGBTQ Rights There’s A New Proposed Crimes Against Humanity Treaty: But Where Are Women’s and LGBTI Rights?
A new international treaty is in the works, focusing on crimes against humanity such as massacres, torture, and rape.…