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• Brazil

  Lesbian dream wedding in top sport: Fifa world footballer proposes via Instagram

  Six-time FIFA World Player of the Year Marta Vieira da Silva has announced she will marry her Orlando Pride teammate Toni Deion Pressley.

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• Poland

  Polish state uses intimidation lawsuits against activists

  The situation for Polish LGBTI activists who have been fighting against the right-wing conservatives’ plans to eradicate queer life in Poland is coming to a head. The Polish state is using SLAPP lawsuits to silence their voices.

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• Switzerland

  Coming-out: Swiss basketball player Marco Lehmann is gay

  The domino effect has long been undeniable: More and more top gay athletes are taking heart and coming out publicly, encouraged by the positive reactions to the coming out of their predecessors. This was also the case for professional basketball player Marco Lehmann: The Swiss athlete was encouraged to take this step by the outing of a countryman – swinger Curdin Orlik came out in 2020.

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• USA

  The app Parler, a hotbed of homo/transphobia and racism, is offline

  The network Parler, popular especially among right-wingers, is offline. After Parler was kicked out of Apple’s App Store and Google’s Play Store last week, the third tech giant Amazon has now also announced that it will no longer offer the homophobic/transphobic and racist forum a platform.

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• USA

  USA: Homophiles among the attackers of the Capitol

  In addition to White Supremacists, extremists from the Proud Boys and QAnon supporters, several members of Gays for Trump were also involved in the Capitol riots, as some recordings show. Who are these people and what drives them?

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• USA

  Reappraisal: Hide-and-seek in the US military cost lives

  A study of suicide mortality among US veterans found that the homophobic “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy in the US military had a massive impact on soldiers that belong to a sexual minority.

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• USA

  Rugby pro Devin Ibañez is gay

  US professional rugby player Devin Ibañez shared on Instagram that he is gay – he is the first rugby player to take this step during his active career.

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• Japan

  Japan: Queers often victims of sexual harassment

  Almost 40 per cent of people in Japan who belong to a sexual minority have been sexually harassed or assaulted at some point. This was the result of an online survey with more than 10,000 participants.

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• Uganda

  He stopped “Kill the Gays”: Award-winning human rights lawyer indicted

  Nicholas Opiyo, one of Uganda’s best-known human rights lawyers, was arrested on flimsy grounds and charged with money laundering.

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