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China dating app helps raise awareness of LGBT issues

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Discussion of LGBT issues remains contentious in China, with activists complaining of tightened restrictions on public discussion in recent years. But despite Danlan.org being repeatedly shut down in the first few years of its existence, Blued has largely avoided conflict with authorities

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Chile: Murders and beatings of men who make dates with other men through apps on the rise

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El Movilh pointed out that in less than a year 4 people have been killed and about 15 beaten, in a context where 84.9% of homo / bisexual men acknowledge that they agree to dates with other men through applications. The last fatal victim was Miguel Arenas Rodríguez, murdered in Colina The family, together with the Movih, are preparing a complaint

Zimbabwe: A better understanding of African MSM’s behaviour patterns will lead to optimised HIV service provision

In African countries where both gay sex and HIV are stigmatised, it can be challenging for HIV services to reach men who have sex with men (MSM).

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Ghana: With blackmail list, gay men in Ghana fight conmen posing as lovers

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Alex Kofi Donkor, head of local activist group LGBT+ Rights Ghana, decided to fight back last year on Twitter and Facebook with the Ghana Gay Blackmail List, which exposes “notorious persons who steal, abuse & blackmail gay men”.

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Canada: Weight stigma affects gay men on dating apps

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Our findings suggest Grindr’s relationship with body image is embedded in a complex web of causation that reflects the situated and emergent interactions between technology, user and environment. As such, efforts to minimize the role information technologies play in maintaining sexual orientation-based disparities in body image disorders must be equally adaptive.