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Gabon
Gabon decriminalises homosexuality
Less than a year after a new penal code made same-sex sexual acts punishable in Gabon, the Gabonese Senate on Monday surprisingly voted to repeal the law.
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Grindr won’t be mafia-owned, but will get straight
Even if “Vicente Acquisition Partners” sounds Italian, it isn’t. After a consortium of bidders close to the Berlusconi clan rumored to have tried to sell Grindr at the beginning of the year, there are now three U.S. heteros who brought the dating app home to Trump’s America.
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Cyprus
Alone against the wings of windmills: How a German fights for the Cyprus gay scene
Werner R. had a dream: to build a gay sauna in Larnaca, to give the community a home, to gradually expand the gay infrastructure – and to make Cyprus the new gay hotspot of the Mediterranean. But he did the calculation without taking into account the corrupt authorities and the Greek Orthodox Church.
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Hard accusations: How racist is the gay porn industry?
Former porn star Race Cooper reports on structural racism in the gay porn world – and explains why he hates terms like “BBC” and is fed up with black men being reduced to one body part instead of being perceived as people with personality and soul.
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Japan
Japanese prefecture bans forced outings
Since the outbreak of COVID-19, the fear of forced outings has increased in Japan. The governor of Mie Prefecture has now announced that he will ban the outing of people against their will.
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Saudi Arabia
Blogger tortured in Saudi Arabia – because he stood up for queer rights
Mohamad al-Bokari (29) declared his support for the rights of homosexuals online – and was arrested on 8 April. Now it has become known that he has to endure humiliating anal examinations and daily beatings. His state of health is said to deteriorate steadily. Human rights activists demand his immediate release.
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187 signatories call on the Human Rights Council to act
After a break due to the Corona pandemic, the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHCR) has resumed its work. At the 44th session of the UNHCR, which was scheduled for today, a coalition of 187 queer human rights organisations presented a joint declaration describing the effects of COVID-19 on the queer community worldwide.
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Ghana
Grindr blackmail in Ghana: The community strikes back
Queer activists from Ghana raise the alarm: Gay and bisexual men are supposed to be spied on in dating apps, lured to places under false pretences, beaten up, robbed and/or blackmailed. Daily. The police and law enforcement of the African country do not care. Now the community is fighting back itself: With a Facebook page, victims warn others of their blackmailers.
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Chile
Coming out in Chilean professional basketball
Daniel Arcos, Chilean professional basketball player, is gay. The 1.91meter-tall athlete has been a striker in the squad of Chile’s best professional basketball club, Club Deportes Castro, for years. Now the 26-year-old came out on Instagram in an impressively open-hearted and emotional posting.
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Egypt
Mourning for Egyptian activist Sarah Hegazi
In 2017, queer activist Sarah Hegazi raised a rainbow flag in support of a gay singer at a concert in Cairo. Now she has died.
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