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Chechnya’s Horrific ‘Gay Purge’: A 4-Year Timeline of Abduction, Torture and Murder

April 1, 2021, marks four years since the world at large was first made aware of Chechnya’s gay purge — atrocities committed against LGBTQ people within the Russian republic’s borders, a horrific, ongoing stratagem of abduction, detainment, torture and murder. Gradually rebuked by Western governments over the years as first-hand[…]

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Trump Administration Says It Wants to Lead Global Effort to Decriminalize LGBT People

While a concrete strategy isn’t yet laid out, the administration reportedly has plans to launch a global campaign

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London’s Russian Embassy Was Wrapped in Rainbow to Protest Chechnya’s Gay Purge

Yesterday a protest made its way to London’s Russian embassy, which was wrapped in a giant rainbow flag

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The Daily Sting, Tuesday: Yet Another Trump Appointee Bites the Dust, a PrEP Fail in Cali

Yet another Trump appointee is out as news of the resignation as United Nations ambassador makes the rounds

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