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Despite lawsuits, online influencer Eric Damaseau keeps profiting from homophobia

His latest target is popular online gay influencer Ronel Coco

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Meet the Ugandan LGBTQIA+ activist bringing visibility in a time of crisis
Sahara Chowdhury (Photo illustration courtesy of X)
Bangladesh academics protest expulsion of transgender student

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Clare Byarugaba outside Uganda House in London (Photo courtesy of Diva Magazine and Clare Byarugaba)
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Zimbabwean government backs plan to protect rights of intersex people
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The 2019 Pride parade in Kyiv, Ukraine, included Western diplomats and a group of uniformed soldiers from the war with Russia-backed separatists in the east. (Photo courtesy of DW)
Ukraine government introduces bill to combat anti-LGBT discrimination, hate speech

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Six months later, 4 Muslim men are still in prison without trial for watching a gay video
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Sully was attacked because he’s gay. Police in Nigeria arrested him, not the attackers.

Africa

Clare Byarugaba outside Uganda House in London (Photo courtesy of Diva Magazine and Clare Byarugaba)
Meet the Ugandan LGBTQIA+ activist bringing visibility in a time of crisis
Q Bee Chihera-Meki, programs director of Trans and Intersex Rising Zimbabwe (Photo courtesy of IAS)
Zimbabwean government backs plan to protect rights of intersex people
Ghana’s most dangerous areas for anti-gay attacks and extortion
Kilmar Albrego Garcia arrives today at ICE office, where he was arrested. (Photo courtesy of The Wall Street Journal)
Deportation to a human rights wasteland? Uganda is not so unlike Trump’s America

Caribbean

Ronel Coco (Photo courtesy of Instagram)

Despite lawsuits, online influencer Eric Damaseau keeps profiting from homophobia

ICE agents at immigration court in New York City on July 23. (Michael M. Santiago photo courtesy of Getty / MSNBC)

He fled Jamaica after surviving an anti-gay shooting. U.S. is trying to send him back.

Kenita Placide (Photo courtesy of Twitter)

Caribbean court strikes down St. Lucia’s anti-homosexuality law

Europe

Ronel Coco (Photo courtesy of Instagram)
Despite lawsuits, online influencer Eric Damaseau keeps profiting from homophobia
Panel discussion at the Égides conference (Laeticia Clouzot photo courtesy of Égides)
International French-language LGBTQI conference focuses on positivity
The 2019 Pride parade in Kyiv, Ukraine, included Western diplomats and a group of uniformed soldiers from the war with Russia-backed separatists in the east. (Photo courtesy of DW)
Ukraine government introduces bill to combat anti-LGBT discrimination, hate speech
Senegal demands cancellation of LGBTQ event

Asia

Sahara Chowdhury (Photo illustration courtesy of X)
Bangladesh academics protest expulsion of transgender student
Dhaka University of Engineering & Technology (Photo courtesy of Wikimedia Commons)
Bangladesh university students tortured, expelled over alleged sexuality
This image was used on the scammers’ website. An Xtra investigation determined it is a photo of a real event that was altered to include the name and logo of a fake charity. (Photo courtesy of Xtra)
Scamsters prey on LGBTQ+ activists from the Global South, inviting them to fake conferences in Canada
Rafiqul Islam (Photo courtesy of JMBF)
Human rights activists protest killing of gay Bangladesh man

Middle East/North Africa

Tunisian LGBTQ rights protest.
Tunisia and Malaysia arrest dozens of queer people in escalating crackdowns
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Outright launches important reports on LGBTQ rights in every country
Article 230 of the Tunisian penal code provides for up to three years in prison for same-sex intimacy. (Illustration courtesy of HRW)
Queer people suffer double punishment in Tunisian prisons
The Southwest Asia and Northern Africa (SWANA) region
LGBTQ advocacy group creates online safety guide for Middle East and North Africa

Americas

Ronel Coco (Photo courtesy of Instagram)

Despite lawsuits, online influencer Eric Damaseau keeps profiting from homophobia

His latest target is popular online gay influencer Ronel Coco

Kilmar Albrego Garcia arrives today at ICE office, where he was arrested. (Photo courtesy of The Wall Street Journal)
Deportation to a human rights wasteland? Uganda is not so unlike Trump’s America
This image was used on the scammers’ website. An Xtra investigation determined it is a photo of a real event that was altered to include the name and logo of a fake charity. (Photo courtesy of Xtra)
Scamsters prey on LGBTQ+ activists from the Global South, inviting them to fake conferences in Canada
Panel discussion at the Égides conference (Laeticia Clouzot photo courtesy of Égides)
International French-language LGBTQI conference focuses on positivity

Oceania

Logo of Outright International

Outright launches important reports on LGBTQ rights in every country

Pride marcher in New Zealand poses with the flag of the tiny island nation Niue. (Claire-Eastham-Farrelly photo courtesy of NZTV)

Niue: Tally of nations with anti-homosexuality laws drops to 65

WorldPride is happening in Washington, D.C., from May 17 to June 8. (Photo courtesy of CBS and Getty)

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