Bangladesh students expelled and jailed over alleged homosexuality

Government Unani and Ayurvedic Medical College and Hospital in Dhaka, Bangladesh (Photo courtesy of Facebook)

Five sent to jail over gay allegations at Bangladesh school Government Unani and Ayurvedic Medical College and Hospital in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Four students were expelled from their dormitories and five people were sent to jail after allegations of homosexuality made under torture, media reports allege. (Photo courtesy of Facebook) JMBF …

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Prominent Senegal citizens fall victim to anti-gay sweep

Presidential advisor Matar Ndiaga Seck was arrested on homosexuality charges. (Photo courtesy of Seneweb)

Senegal’s anti-LGBTQ witch hunt racks up more than 100 arrests Presidential advisor Matar Ndiaga Seck was arrested May 15 on homosexuality charges. (Photo courtesy of Seneweb) The status of human rights in Senegal is “grave and rapidly deteriorating”, says the LGBTQ rights organization Pan Africa ILGA (PAI) Abuses of LGBTQ …

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I refuse to remain silent as Cameroon shatters gay lives

Image from a Unity Platform report on anti-LGBTI human rights abuses in Cameroon.

In Cameroon, IDAHOTB is not a celebration, it is a slap in the face. The International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia, and Transphobia (IDAHOTB and similar abbreviations) is observed annually on May 17 — mostly outside the United States — to raise awareness of LGBTQ+ rights violations and celebrate sexual and …

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Under new extremism laws, LGBTQ Russians must fight to survive

Under new extremism laws LGBTQ Russians must fight to survive

Russian LGBTQ rights groups learn how to work from abroad Natalia Soloviova, the chair the Russian LGBT Network, a nonprofit that Putin’s government declared as extremist on April 27. (Photo by Bryan Derballa for Uncloseted Media) This story was originally published by Uncloseted Media, an LGBTQ-focused investigative news outlet. By …

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HAITI : screens of hatred

Dominique X Saint-Vil is the undisputed leader of the transgender men's community in Haiti

Trans leader denounces social media, journalists, and Haitian society’s transphobia Dominique X Saint-Vil is the undisputed leader of the transgender men’s community in Haiti “We can no longer hide ourselves. But the media hides us.” This quote from an anonymous transgender Haitian is a key to how Dominique X. Saint-Vil, …

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