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Chechnya’s Horrific ‘Gay Purge’: A 4-Year Timeline of Abduction, Torture and Murder

April 1, 2021, marks four years since the world at large was first made aware of Chechnya’s gay purge — atrocities committed against LGBTQ people within the Russian republic’s borders, a horrific, ongoing stratagem of abduction, detainment, torture and murder. Gradually rebuked by Western governments over the years as first-hand[…]

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50+ U.K. Celebs Are Asking the BBC Not to Air Eurovision 2019 Due to Israel as Venue Choice

More than 50 UK-based names signed onto a letter asking the BBC not to support the contest due to it taking place in Tel Aviv

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This Gay Man Speaks Out About Fleeing Iraq, Where He Says Being LGBT Is a ‘Death Sentence’

Amir Ashour, a gay Iraqi who fled to the United States, eventually started the very first LGBTQ organization in Iraq

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Week In Review: Australia Hates Poppers, Trump’s Penis Ruined Mario Kart for Everyone

In our look at this week’s top stories, we discover that Australia could ban poppers because straight people started using them and Trump’s Toad-ishness

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