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Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico: Presumed murderer arrested, transphobia as motive
Arrests have been announced in the case of the bodies of two transwomen found in a burnt-out car in Puerto Rico. Two men have been arrested, one of them has confessed to the murders – the other is said to have helped to dispose of the bodies.
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Turkey
Turkey: Homosexuals to blame for Corona? Erdogan agrees
Ali Erbaş, head of the Turkish Directorate of Religious Affairs (Diyanet), provoked a controversy in Turkey with his homophobic statements at the start of Ramadan. Among other things, he hinted that homosexuals were partly to blame for the Corona pandemic. Erdoğan agreed with the clergyman.
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Did Tunisia just recognise the marriage of two men?
Association Shams is a Tunisian queer legal association that works for the queer community and the decriminalisation of homosexuality. It stated that Tunisia had declared a same-sex marriage valid. This would be a historic victory for the queer community in the Arab world – religious associations are taking the issue by storm.
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Great Britain
First open HIV+ mayor in the UK
He wants to fight against stigmata: Philip Normal is the first openly elected HIV+ mayor in Britain. The 38-year-old is an artist and designer, queer activist – and now mayor of the London borough of Lambeth, which also includes the queer neighbourhood of Vauxhall.
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Russia
Survey: Every fifth Russian wants to eliminate queer people
Shocking result of a survey by the NGO Levada Center: The organisation interviewed parts of the Russian population in urban and rural areas. The aim of the survey was to investigate the nation’s attitude towards people whose being and behaviour “deviates from socially accepted norms”.
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Puerto Rico
Trans* Murders in Puerto Rico – Activists warn: “They are hunting us!”
The murders of two transwomen in Puerto Rico are shaking the world: the bodies of Layla Pelaez Sánchez (21) and Serena Angelique Velázquez Ramos (32) were found in a burnt-out car. Two other transgender persons have already been killed in Puerto Rico in the last two months. Activists* speak of an epidemic of violence.
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Morocco
Morocco: forced outings following Instagram video
In Morocco, a large number of gay men have been outed against their will after a trans* Instagram influencer advised her mostly heterosexual followers to find gay husbands or sons by using fake profiles on gay dating apps.
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Poland
Poland: Against Corona and homophobia with rainbow masks
The two Polish queer activists Jakub and Dawid kill two birds with one stone. They are fighting two epidemics at once: Corona and homophobia. The two YouTube stars from Poland distributed rainbow masks on the streets against viruses and against hate. The accompanying video has already been clicked on more than two million times.
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Turkmenistan
Beaten by police officers because he is HIV+: A queer refugee tells his story
Maksat (23) fled from Turkmenistan via Russia to Europe after police officers beat him up and forced him to sign a confession about his sexuality. Now he faces charges of sodomy and a trumped-up charge of deliberately spreading HIV. Maksat talks about the situation of the community in the Asian country and his fear of never seeing his family again.
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USA
Texas: Lesbian judge fights for rainbow flag in courtroom
Texas’ first openly lesbian judge Rosie Speedlin Gonzalez is appealing a sanction that bans her rainbow flag from the courtroom. Flags of other countries are allowed, but the rainbow is too sexual.
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