Fear and Loathing

Indonesia: It’s not illegal to be gay in Indonesia, but police are cracking down anyway

In Indonesia, the world's largest Muslim-majority nation, homosexuality is legal and the state largely stays out of issues of private morality. But as conservative religious groups become more prominent in political life here, police are increasingly finding other ways to crack down on LGBT communities.

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UK: This Gay Man Was Given Repeated Electric Shocks By British Doctors To Make Him Straight

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While studying for his A-levels, Jeremy Gavins was sent to NHS psychiatrists to "cure" his homosexuality. Here he tells BuzzFeed News how the treatment, forced on him by doctors, teachers, and the Catholic church, destroyed his life.

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Brazil: 'População homossexual Brasileira sofreu e ainda sofre um massacre', diz João Silvério Trevisan

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Em livro de memórias, 'Pai, pai', ativista revisita traumas e relação difícil com pai intolerante

In memoir, 'Father, father, "activist revisits trauma and difficult relationship with intolerant father

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Egypt: Unofficial Translation of Statement by Egypt's Supreme Council for Media Regulation

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This is an unofficial translation from Arabic to English by Human Rights Watch of Egypt's Supreme Council for Media Regulation's September 30, 2017 statement "prohibit[ing] the appearance of homosexuals or their slogans in the media."