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  Christel van der Boom

  

  1 day ago

  Taliban publicly whips Afghan men accused of gay sex amid Sharia crackdown on LGBTQ life

  LGBTQ Nation - Daniel Villarreal

  The Taliban's Supreme Leader has promised to fully enforce Sharia law, including hunting down, torturing, and publicly executing LGBTQ people. Islamic …

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  Christel van der Boom

  

  3 days ago

  World Cup 2022: 'I am very afraid', says Qatari transgender woman

  BBC News - By Lauren Moss, LGBT correspondent & Josh Parry, LGBT producer

  Controversy about Qatar hosting football's World Cup has mostly focused on LGBT rights in the country and around same-sex relationships being criminalised. Transgender Qataris can be detained for "violating public morality", which requires no trial or official charge. BBC News has spoken to two …

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  Christel van der Boom

  

  6 days ago

  Why Russia has made homophobia part of its anti-Ukraine propaganda

  Grid - Stanislav Kucher

  Russia’s war on the LGBTQ community is now part of its case for war in Ukraine. Update: On Nov. 24, Russia’s State Duma voted to pass a law expanding …

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  Christel van der Boom

  

  4 days ago

  The secret gay neighborhood inside Tehran

  LGBTQ Nation - Kamiab Ghorbanpour

  If his family discovered his secret, “they would kill me by their own hands,” Muhammad told LGBTQ Nation. Muhammad often tells his conservative …

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  Christel van der Boom

  

  5 days ago

  Pitch invader with rainbow flag interrupts World Cup match between Portugal and Uruguay

  CNN

  (CNN) — The World Cup match between Portugal and Uruguay was briefly interrupted by a pitch invader waving a rainbow flag on the field at the Lusail Iconic Stadium on Monday. The FIFA global television feed avoided showing the pitch invader, but the individual could be seen running on the field …

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  Christel van der Boom

  

  5 days ago

  5 ways to show support for the LGBTQ+ community around the world

  The Independent - Imy Brighty-Potts

  LGBTQ+ football fans and allys were left disappointed as England and Wales players were deterred from wearing the One Love armband for their first …