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Peru’s LGBTQ activists give Pope Leo a thumbs up; others are wary

‘A courageous figure willing to listen when others remained silent’

Nepali lesbian couple, as illustrated in the Kathmandu Post.
Lesbian couple in Nepal tried to record their marriage. Police jailed them.
Trump welcomes white South Africans even as he blocks all other refugees

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Surviving in silence: Qtalk provides guidance for trans woman in northern Nigeria
‘I don’t belong anywhere’: Intersex man in crisis finds a lifeline on Qtalk
Qtalk: Despairing lesbian’s journey toward hope after forced marriage and rape

Africa

Trump welcomes white South Africans even as he blocks all other refugees
We have freed 46 LGBTQ prisoners. We need help to free 12 more
Kenya Red Cross accused of hosting anti-LGBTQ+ ‘Platform of Hate’
The U.N. refugee agency UNHCR runs the Gorom Refugee Settlement.
LGBTQI+ refugees in South Sudan trapped between a rock and a hard place

Caribbean

Homophobic Jamaican singer Sizzla plans return to Canada in September

10,000+ sign petition against Caribbean murder music in France

Lesbian Visibility Week arrives amid international anti-LGBT rights backlash

Europe

Pope Leo XIV (Alberto Pizzoli photo courtesy of AFP / Getty / NBC)
Peru’s LGBTQ activists give Pope Leo a thumbs up; others are wary
10,000+ sign petition against Caribbean murder music in France
Pro tennis player is the latest LGBT celebrity to defect from Russia
Russia introduces ‘ideological’ visa for homophobic Westerners

Asia

Nepali lesbian couple, as illustrated in the Kathmandu Post.
Lesbian couple in Nepal tried to record their marriage. Police jailed them.
Xulhaz Mannan (Photo courtesy of Facebook)
U.S. dismantles USAID memorial honoring Bangladeshi LGBTQ rights activist
Kaleidoscope Trust photo accompanying article about Botswana.
USAID cuts have dire impact on LGBTQ services in Nepal and Botswana
Lesbian teenagers Arohi and Ritu (Photo courtesy of JMBF)
Bangladesh lesbian couple taken to police by their families

Middle East/North Africa

Influencer says ‘detransition’ made her straight, male and anti-gay
U.S. Chief Justice John Roberts (Photo courtesy of AP and the Los Angeles Times)
Update: Delay of court rejection of Trump on foreign aid; possible appeal of refugee ruling
District Judge Amir H. Ali
Two courts reject Trump’s foreign aid freeze and refugee ban
Scene lasf month at famine relief program in Gaza (Hatem Khaled photo courtesy of Reuters)
Millions learn that U.S. promise to continue life-saving foreign aid was false

Americas

Pope Leo XIV (Alberto Pizzoli photo courtesy of AFP / Getty / NBC)

Peru’s LGBTQ activists give Pope Leo a thumbs up; others are wary

‘A courageous figure willing to listen when others remained silent’

Trump welcomes white South Africans even as he blocks all other refugees
We have freed 46 LGBTQ prisoners. We need help to free 12 more
Xulhaz Mannan (Photo courtesy of Facebook)
U.S. dismantles USAID memorial honoring Bangladeshi LGBTQ rights activist

Oceania

Pro tennis player is the latest LGBT celebrity to defect from Russia

Metroweekly used this photo to illustrate its article about the Feb. 1 police raid in Indonesia (Zeferli photo courtesy of 123rf and Metroweekly)

Indonesia police arrest 56 men at Jakarta ‘gay sex party’

Map of LGBT Rights in Oceania — BLUE: Same-sex marriage legal and sexual orientation/gender identity discrimination prohibited; PURPLE: Foreign same-sex marriages recognized, no discrimination protections;GREEN: Sexual orientation discrimination prohibited; YELLOW: Sodomy illegal; YELLOW with GREEN outline: Sodomy illegal, but some sexual orientation discrimination prohibited; RED: Constitution bans same-sex marriage, but homosexuality is legal, no discrimination protections; GREY: Sodomy legal, same-sex marriage not permitted, no discrimination protections

2024 LGBTQ rights global update: Progress and reversals in Oceania and Australia