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LGBTQI+ refugees in South Sudan trapped between a rock and a hard place

Gorom Refugee Settlement shelters them from war but not from homophobia

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

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LGBTQ rights activists mourn and praise Pope Francis
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‘I don’t belong anywhere’: Intersex man in crisis finds a lifeline on Qtalk
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Revealing the background of the Erasing 76 Crimes news site and its editor

Africa

The U.N. refugee agency UNHCR runs the Gorom Refugee Settlement.
LGBTQI+ refugees in South Sudan trapped between a rock and a hard place
Kaleidoscope Trust photo accompanying article about Botswana.
USAID cuts have dire impact on LGBTQ services in Nepal and Botswana
Queer Ugandans under attack on dating apps
Donald Trump on the campaign trail in 2016 (David Becker photo courtesy of Reuters)
Try to grasp it: 6.3 million deaths from AIDS because of U.S. cuts

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

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
Clare Byarugaba (left) and Pope Francis
LGBTQ rights activists mourn and praise Pope Francis

Asia

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
Donald Trump on the campaign trail in 2016 (David Becker photo courtesy of Reuters)
Try to grasp it: 6.3 million deaths from AIDS because of U.S. cuts

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

Xulhaz Mannan (Photo courtesy of Facebook)

U.S. dismantles USAID memorial honoring Bangladeshi LGBTQ rights activist

Xulhaz Mannan was one of 99 USAID workers killed in the line of duty

Homophobic Jamaican singer Sizzla plans return to Canada in September
Donald Trump on the campaign trail in 2016 (David Becker photo courtesy of Reuters)
Try to grasp it: 6.3 million deaths from AIDS because of U.S. cuts
10,000+ sign petition against Caribbean murder music in France

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