Fear and Loathing

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Malawi: Arrests, Violence against LGBT People

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The punitive legal environment combined with social stigma allows police abuse to go unchecked and prevents many lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people from reporting violence or getting medical care.

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US: administration considering ‘different concepts’ regarding transgender rights, with some pushing back internally

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“We’re looking at it. We have a lot of different concepts right now. They have a lot of different things happening with respect to transgender right now,” Trump said. “And we’re looking at it very seriously.”

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US: Administration Eyes Defining Transgender Out of Existence

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The department argued in its memo that key government agencies needed to adopt an explicit and uniform definition of gender as determined “on a biological basis that is clear, grounded in science, objective and administrable.”

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UK: Gender Recognition Act debate is being used to roll back trans rights

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IT has been an odd facet of the debate around trans rights that those claiming to be silenced have managed to publish endless commentary in major newspapers, while the voices of trans people have remained remarkably absent.

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Israel's Cyber-spy Industry Aids World Dictators Hunt Dissidents and Gays

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Haaretz investigation spanning 100 sources in 15 countries reveals Israel has become a leading exporter of tools for spying on civilians. Dictators around the world – even in countries with no formal ties to Israel – use them eavesdrop on human rights activists, monitor emails, hack into apps and record conversations