Twenty-two Middle Eastern and North African (MENA) organizations are calling on Facebook to better regulate and police anti-LGBTQ+…
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“Faggot,” “sinner,” “abnormal,” “mentally ill,” “outcast,” “lustful,” “prostitutes”: such common pejoratives employed by major Iraqi news outlets to…
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The Iranian state-run news channel Al-Alam released a 22-minute television program labeling the Iraqi organization IraQueer and its network of…
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International outrage helped bring about the release of Kuwaiti transgender woman Maha al-Mutairi on Monday, June 8, after…
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Human rights activist Mohamad al-Bokari was arrested by Saudi officials on April 8 after calling for LGBTQ equality…
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Kuwait police have arrested 32 people after they raided a livestock farm to bust an alleged “gay” party,…
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Is it possible that we can move toward a world where no adult couples are thrown in jail…
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Activists promoting the rights of gays and lesbians suspect that a recent news story about four Iranians sentenced…
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Two men in Abu Dhabi were sentenced to six months in prison, followed by deportation, for kissing on…
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