Fear and Loathing

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International Activists Fight Anti-LGBTQ Crackdowns

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While levels of homophobic and transphobic violence and discrimination rose to new heights during 2016 and the first half of 2017—with anti-gay atrocities committed in Chechnya sending shockwaves around the world—a handful of countries also made unprecedented moves to recognize same-sex relations or enact stronger LGBT protections.

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US: Remarks on morality of being gay draw criticism

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Oregon Secretary of State Dennis Richardson's statement to an Oregon Public Broadcasting reporter on the morality of being gay drew criticism from his predecessor, Jeanne Atkins, on Thursday. 

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Germany: Meet Alice Weidel, the Former Goldman Sachs Banker and Lesbian Leader of Germany's Far-right

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Since its founding in 2013, the euroskeptic AfD led by Weidel, has sparked concern and controversy in Germany, even going as far as a court case in which it was deemed legal for a comedian to refer to Weidel as a 'Nazi slut'