Category: anti-gay

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Two gay men ‘executed on charges of sodomy’ in Iranian prison

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Two men were reportedly executed in an Iranian prison six years after being convicted of charges related to homosexuality. The victims, who have been identified as Mehrdad Karimpour and Farid Mohammadi, were in the Maragheh prison in northwestern Iran at the time of their deaths, the Human Rights Network in the country reported. On 30 January, the Iran Human Rights Monitor tweeted more details about the incident: “Two #Iranian men were executed today after being found guilty of charges related to homosexuality. “#Humanrights websites identified the men as 32 yo…

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Football team fined over fans subjecting Josh Cavallo to homophobic abuse

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The Melbourne Victory football club has been fined over the death threats and abuse Josh Cavallo received from their fans at a recent game. On 8 January, Adelaide United played an away game against the team. During the match’s second half, spectators spewed homophobic remarks at Cavallo – with some being removed and the team promising to “ban any individuals identified as having engaged in the conduct” from future games. Shortly after the game, the 22-year-old condemned the abuse in a lengthy post on Instagram. “I’m not going to pretend…

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Lesbian couple found tortured, shot and dismembered in trash bags in Ciudad Juárez

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Nohemí Medina Martínez and Yulizsa Ramírez were found roughly 17 miles apart from each other on a stretch of Juárez-El Porvenir Road. Content warning: This story may include topics that could make some readers feel uncomfortable. The women, who were both 28-years-old and of El Paso, Texas, were discovered on 16 January the day after seeing family whom they had travelled to visit in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico, El Diario reported. Speaking to the Daily Mail, Chihuahua Committee for Sexual Diversity director Karen Arvizo confirmed that the pair were parents to…

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Polish govt introduces ‘de-facto ban’ on LGBTQ+ teaching in schools

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Poland’s parliament has approved a law that will essentially ban teaching LGBTQ-inclusive topics in schools. On the afternoon of 13 January, the educational reform was adopted into law after being debated in the Sejm (the lower house of Poland’s parliament) a day earlier. Named ‘Lex Czarnek’ or ‘Czarnek’s Law’ after minister of education Przemysław Czarnek, its contents bring the country in line with Hungary and Russia who previously adopted similar anti-propaganda legislation. It gives superintendents the power to overrule any teaching materials that are given to schools by outside groups,…

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Police launch manhunt for culprit of ‘homophobic attack’ on London train

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Police are asking the public for help in identifying a man who is believed to have subjected two people to a homophobic attack. Content warning: This story may include topics that could make some readers feel uncomfortable. Just before 7:30pm on 27 December 2021, the suspect allegedly launched into a homophobic tirade on-board a train travelling between London Bridge and East Croydon stations. As well as directing anti-gay slurs at the two victims, the man reportedly attacked them – leaving one with a broken toe that required hospital treatment. On…

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UFC’s Sean Strickland: “If I had a gay son I would think I failed as a man”

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Sean Strickland is facing backlash on social media after tweeting that having a gay son wouild mean he “failed as a man”. Content warning: This story may include topics that could make some readers feel uncomfortable. On 27 December, the 30-year-old took to Twitter to share some homophobic and misogynistic thoughts with his almost 26,000 followers. Responding to a follower asking if he would rather have a “gay son or a thot daughter,” the fighter said: “If I had a gay son I would think I failed as a man…

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Colton Haynes opens up about facing homophobia at the start of his career

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Colton Haynes has opened up about the sexual harassment, homophobia and exploitation he and other actors experienced in the 2000s. In a first person piece for Vulture, the Pushing Daisies star told the story of his relocation to Los Angeles after graduating high school. When he met with a potential manager in 2007, Colton said he was asked: “Why are you using your hands so much when you talk? And your posture is too…loose. We’re definitely going to have to change your mannerisms. They’re a little too…theater.” The 33-year-old interpreted…

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Jussie Smollett denies staging homophobic and racist attack on himself

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Jussie Smollett has testified in court that “there was no hoax” when it came to a racist, homophobic attack he said he was the victim of. The 39-year-old alleges that he was targeted in Chicago on 29 January 2019 by two assailants who shouted slurs at him. He is currently facing six felony disorderly conduct charges for allegedly lying about what happened. In court, he stuck with his claim that the attackers shouted a Trump slogan and tied a noose around his neck. Prosecutors accuse the actor of faking the…

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Hungary’s parliament paves the way for government to hold anti-LGBTQ+ referendum

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Hungary’s parliament has passed a resolution that will pave the way for the government to hold a referendum on LGBTQ+ issues. As Prime Minister Viktor Orbán enters a tough election race in 2022, the move will raise his anti-LGBTQ+ campaign to a heightened level. Earlier this year, he proposed that the country hold a referendum that could limit how schools teach homosexuality and transgender issues. “The Hungarian government proposes that citizens should have a chance to express their stance on the issues of gender propaganda,” deputy minister Balazs Orban told…

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Pride flag projected onto Ukrainian government buildings to highlight anti-LGBTQ+ hate crime

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Two Ukrainian consulate buildings were lit up with projections of the Pride flag to highlight increasing LGBTQ+ hate crime in the country. Against a backdrop of increasing hate crimes against the LGBTQ+ community in Ukraine, Amnesty International UK took the action to urge authorities to do more to protect those being affected. In recent months, LGBTQ+ groups such as Sphere have been subjected to dozens of discriminatory attacks. Sphere, which provides a safe space for women and LGBTQ+ people in Kharkiv, Ukraine, has been targeted by people who have urinated…

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